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Naming Nature
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From butterflies and hummingbirds to narwhals and leopards, Naming Nature celebrates our wondrous natural world by exploring the language we use to describe it. Take elephants, for instance. African languages often focus on the power of the animal; Tswana and Tsonga refer to 'the unstoppable one'...
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From butterflies and hummingbirds to narwhals and leopards, Naming Nature celebrates our wondrous natural world by exploring the language we use to describe it.
Take elephants, for instance. African languages often focus on the power of the animal; Tswana and Tsonga refer to 'the unstoppable one' and Zulu 'one crashing through'. In ancient European languages, however, elephants were seen as commodities. When Homer and Hesiod wrote about elephas in the seventh century BCE, they simply used the word for ivory.
Bestselling author T.A. Barron brings together his love of the natural world and his joy in language, creating an inspiring – and often surprising – collection.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781917226356
Publisher: UniPress Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: UniPress Books
Illustration: Full colour throughout: over 100 illustrations
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Width: 136.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 256
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About the Author
T. A. Barron is a passionate conservationist and New York Times bestselling author. He has won various literary prizes including the Nautilus Award Grand Prize and the de Grummond Medallion, and his popular children’s series The Merlin Saga is currently being adapted into f ilm by Disney. Barron’s lifelong love for the natural world has led him to found various initiatives to encourage environmental awareness, including scholarships in environmental law at Harvard University and a biodiversity research fund. Born in Massachusetts, he studied at Princeton, Oxford and Harvard before moving to Colorado, where he now lives with his family.
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