Zusatztext Anyone who spends time in! on! or by! water - whether at the helm of a narrowboat or merely playing Poohsticks with grandkids - will benefit from some of the extraordinary insights in this book. Informationen zum Autor Tristan Gooley is the award-winning and international bestselling author of titles such as The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs, How to Read Water and How to Read a Tree . Through his journeys, teaching and writing, he has pioneered a renaissance in the rare art of natural navigation.Tristan is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic. He has explored close to home and walked with and studied the methods of tribal peoples in some of the remotest regions on Earth. Klappentext Learn how to read the clues and signs of water with this eye-opening and enthralling guide from Sunday Times -bestselling author Tristan Gooley, pioneer in the art of natural navigation 'A wonderful read . . . It's one of those books that gives you a new pair of eyes to see the world in a different way. I've been transported by it . . . You'll love every minute, the writing is absolutely beautiful.' - HUGH FEARNLEY WHITTINGSTALL In How To Read Water , Natural Navigator Tristan Gooley shares knowledge, skills, tips and useful observations to help you enjoy the landscape around you and learn about the magic of the outdoors from your living room. From wild swimming in Sussex to wayfinding in Oman, via the icy mysteries of the Arctic, Tristan Gooley draws on his own pioneering journeys to reveal the secrets of ponds, puddles, rivers, oceans and more to show us all the skills we need to read the water around us. A must-have book for walkers, sailors, swimmers, anglers and everyone interested in the natural world. --------- WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: 'Absolutely b+#*dy brilliant. This man is a genius . . .The books are not just good technically, they are actually a pleasure to read . . . I cannot recommend enough.' 'I have read this book before and love it. I got it for a friends birthday. Great read for someone that spends a lot of time on the water or is just interested in learning and knowing more about water movements!' 'Who knew there was so much information to be gleaned from water? Whether you're looking at a puddle or the ocean, there is so much information in this book, you'll never look at 'simple' water in the same way again. Thoroughly fascinating, beautifully written, and hugely inspiring' The author of the top ten bestseller The Walker's Guide unlocks the secrets hidden in the water around us, from streams and puddles to oceans and waterfalls Zusammenfassung The author of the top ten bestseller The Walker's Guide unlocks the secrets hidden in the water around us, from streams and puddles to oceans and waterfalls...

Anyone who spends time in, on, or by, water - whether at the helm of a narrowboat or merely playing Poohsticks with grandkids - will benefit from some of the extraordinary insights in this book.

Vorwort
The author of the top ten bestseller The Walker's Guide unlocks the secrets hidden in the water around us, from streams and puddles to oceans and waterfalls

Autorentext

Tristan Gooley is the award-winning and international bestselling author of titles such as The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs, How to Read Water and How to Read a Tree. Through his journeys, teaching and writing, he has pioneered a renaissance in the rare art of natural navigation.

Tristan is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic. He has explored close to home and walked with and studied the methods of tribal peoples in some of the remotest regions on Earth.

Klappentext

Learn how to read the clues and signs of water with this eye-opening and enthralling guide from Sunday Times-bestselling author Tristan Gooley, pioneer in the art of natural navigation

**'A wonderful read . . . It's one of those books that gives you a new pair of eyes to see the world in a different way. I've been transported by it . . . You'll love every minute, the writing is absolutely beautiful.' - HUGH FEARNLEY WHITTINGSTALL

In How To Read Water, Natural Navigator Tristan Gooley shares knowledge, skills, tips and useful observations to help you enjoy the landscape around you and learn about the magic of the outdoors from your living room.

From wild swimming in Sussex to wayfinding in Oman, via the icy mysteries of the Arctic, Tristan Gooley draws on his own pioneering journeys to reveal the secrets of ponds, puddles, rivers, oceans and more to show us all the skills we need to read the water around us.

A must-have book for walkers, sailors, swimmers, anglers and everyone interested in the natural world.

WHAT READERS ARE SAYING:

'Absolutely b+#*dy brilliant. This man is a genius . . .The books are not just good technically, they are actually a pleasure to read . . . I cannot recommend enough.'

'I have read this book before and love it. I got it for a friends birthday. Great read for someone that spends a lot of time on the water or is just interested in learning and knowing more about water movements!'

'Who knew there was so much information to be gleaned from water? Whether you're looking at a puddle or the ocean, there is so much information in this book, you'll never look at 'simple' water in the same way again. Thoroughly fascinating, beautifully written, and hugely inspiring'

Zusammenfassung
The author of the top ten bestseller The Walker's Guide unlocks the secrets hidden in the water around us, from streams and puddles to oceans and waterfalls