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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221091579
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 490
Size : 170 x 240 mm
The Amazing History of the Names of Mammals

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Release date : 03/04/2003

This unique work is neither a dictionary, nor an encyclopedia, nor a zoology textbook, nor a collection of tidbits for a quiz program, but a little of each all at once. It is above all a fascinating etymological bestiary providing unexpected sidelights on geography, mythology,...

This unique work is neither a dictionary, nor an encyclopedia, nor a zoology textbook, nor a collection of tidbits for a quiz program, but a little of each all at once. It is above all a fascinating etymological bestiary providing unexpected sidelights on geography, mythology, history, botany, literature, and even the constellations. Friends of animals and lovers of words can marvel at this amazing history, written in simple and entertaining language, of the names of some three hundred mammals.

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EAN : 9782221091579
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 490
Size : 170 x 240 mm
Robert Laffont