| How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea Contributor(s): Gooley, Tristan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1615193588 ISBN-13: 9781615193585 Publisher: Experiment OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Walking - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Nature | Star Observation |
| Dewey: 551.46 |
| LCCN: 2016016408 |
| Series: Natural Navigation |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.5" W x 7.4" (1.40 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A New York Times Bestseller A Forbes Top 10 Conservation and Environment Book of 2016 Read the sea like a Viking and interpret ponds like a Polynesian--with a little help from expert navigator Tristan Gooley, New York Times-bestselling author of The Secret World of Weather and The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs In his eye-opening books The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs and The Natural Navigator, Tristan Gooley helped readers reconnect with nature by finding direction from the trees, stars, clouds, and more. Now, he turns his attention to our most abundant--yet perhaps least understood--resource. Distilled from his far-flung adventures--sailing solo across the Atlantic, navigating with Omani tribespeople, canoeing in Borneo, and walking in his own backyard--Gooley shares hundreds of techniques in How to Read Water. Readers will:
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Contributor Bio(s): Gooley, Tristan: - Through his teaching and writing, Tristan Gooley has pioneered a renaissance in the rare art of natural navigation. He has led expeditions on five continents, climbed mountains in three, and studied the methods of tribal peoples in some of the remotest regions on Earth. He is the only living person to have both flown and sailed solo across the Atlantic. |