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 Polynesianâwith a little help from expert navigator Tristan Gooley, New York Timesâbestselling author of How to Read a Tree and The Lost Art of Reading Natureâs Signs
In his eye-opening books The Lost Art of Reading Natureâs 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 abundantâyet perhaps least understoodâresource.
Distilled from his far-flung adventuresâsailing solo across the Atlantic, navigating with Omani tribespeople, canoeing in Borneo, and walking in his own backyardâGooley shares hundreds of techniques in How to Read Water. Readers will:
Find north using puddles
Forecast the weather from waves
Decode the colors of ponds
Spot dangerous water in the dark
Decipher wave patterns on beaches, and more!
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 Polynesianâwith a little help from expert navigator Tristan Gooley, New York Timesâbestselling author of How to Read a Tree and The Lost Art of Reading Natureâs Signs
In his eye-opening books The Lost Art of Reading Natureâs 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 abundantâyet perhaps least understoodâresource.
Distilled from his far-flung adventuresâsailing solo across the Atlantic, navigating with Omani tribespeople, canoeing in Borneo, and walking in his own backyardâGooley shares hundreds of techniques in How to Read Water. Readers will:
Find north using puddles
Forecast the weather from waves
Decode the colors of ponds
Spot dangerous water in the dark
Decipher wave patterns on beaches, and more!