Blends natural science, myth, folklore and the history of travel to introduce you to the ancient art of finding your way using nature's own sign-posts, from the feel of a rock to the look of the moon. In this edition, you'll learn why some trees grow the way they do and how they can help you find yo[...]
Tristan Gooley, author of THE NATURAL NAVIGATOR demonstrates how it is possible to connect profoundly with the lands we travel through. In THE NATURAL EXPLORER he combines the work of the some of the most insightful travellers of the past two thousand years with his own experience. The most rewardin[...]
The ultimate guide to what the land, sun, moon, stars, trees, plants, animals, sky and clouds can reveal - when you know what to look for. Includes over 850 outdoor clues and signs. This book is the result of Tristan Gooley's two decades of pioneering outdoors experience and six years of instructing[...]
BBC Countryfile Magazine Country Book of the Year 'Even the intrepid Bear Grylls could learn a trick or two from this book' The Times The ultimate guide to what the land, sun, moon, stars, trees, plants, animals, sky and clouds can reveal - when you know what to look for. Includes over 850 outdoor c[...]
Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen for.[...]
Gooley s more than two decades of pioneering outdoor experience include research among the Dayak people of Borneo and the Tuareg of the Sahara. With his first book, "The Natural Navigator, "he started a renaissance in the rare art of reading nature s clues. Now, in "The Lost Art of Reading Nature s [...]
Bending natural science, myth, folklore and the history of travel, this title introduces you to the rare and ancient art of finding your way using nature's own sign-posts, from the feel of a rock to the look of the moon.[...]