Full name: How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea

Author: Tristan Gooley Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9781615193585 1615193588

In How To Read Water, natural navigator Tristan Gooley unlocks the hidden secrets of water, the world’s most abundant—yet remarkably little-understood—resource. Distilled from his vast and wide-ranging experience with water in all its liquid forms—from his far-flung sailing adventures, encounters with Omani tribespeople, and wild swimming off England’s coast, to canoeing in Borneo and walks in his own backyard—Gooley shares knowledge, skills, tips, and useful observations to help you navigate and appreciate the landscape around you. You will learn:How to find your way with puddlesHow to identify lighthouses with the aid of elephantsHow to read the sea using ancient Viking methodsHow to spot dangerous water in the pitch black with the help of a clock face How to interpret ponds like a PolynesianHow to decipher patterns on beachesFrom streams, ponds, puddles, rivers, oceans, waterfalls, and more, How To Read Water reveals the many ways to read the water all around us. Similar books: The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs by Tristan Gooley The Amateur Naturalist by Gerald Durrell The Forest Unseen by David George Haskell A Naturalist Buys an Old Farm by Edwin Way Teale In a Patch of Fireweed by Bernd Heinrich Watchers at the Pond by Franklin Russell The Natural Navigator by Tristan Gooley The Passionate Observer by Jean-Henri Fabre Waiting for Aphrodite by Sue Hubbell Meadowland by John Lewis-Stempel Winter World by Bernd Heinrich Natural Acts by David Quammen Wild Thoughts from Wild Places by David Quammen The Flight of the Iguana by David Quammen The Moon by Whale Light by Diane Ackerman