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How to Read Nature: An Expert's Guide to Discovering the Outdoors You've Never Noticed
Written by Tristan Gooley
Narrated by Qarie Marshall
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About this audiobook
Nobody wakes up in the morning and decides to shut down their senses and stumble through each day in an oblivious bubble, and yet some people end up having much richer experiences than others. In this guidebook, natural navigator Tristan Gooley strives to reawaken our senses to help us understand and deepen our personal experience of nature. His message is to connect-however we can and to whatever draws us in. Some listeners will find they have a knack for predicting rain or, after ten minutes of trying to draw a tree, that they will never look at trees the same way again. For others, the landscape will come to life once they see everything from butterflies to bears as locked in a Darwinian struggle for survival. By pairing his philosophy-that there's much more to nature than meets the eye if we know where and how to look-with fifteen simple get-out-the-door exercises, Gooley invites readers who have shared his previous adventures to go out and make their own discoveries.
Editor's Note
Summer adventures…
Camping, traveling abroad, or exploring a new city this summer? Get outside (and bring the kids) with this guide to understanding nature’s language wherever you are. A fun outdoor adventure with the whole family awaits.
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Tristan Gooley
Tristan Gooley is a writer, navigator and explorer. He is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs, The Natural Explorer and The Natural Navigator, one of the world's only books on natural navigation. He has written for publications including Sunday Times, New York Times, the BBC, Geographical Magazine, Yachting Monthly and Financial Times. Tristan has led expeditions in five continents, climbed mountains in Europe, Africa and Asia, sailed small boats across oceans and piloted small aircraft to Africa and the Arctic. He is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed single-handed across the Atlantic and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and the Royal Geographical Society. Prior to setting up a natural navigation school, Tristan gained extensive experience in the travel industry and is currently the Vice Chairman of Trailfinders. Tristan has appeared on TV and radio programmes in the UK and internationally, including The Today Programme, Night Waves, Countryfile, Excess Baggage, Country Tracks, Ramblings, Open Country and All Roads Lead Home. Visit his website www.naturalnavigator.com
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Love it. Tristen is by far my most favorite nature author out there. He really helps you understand the intimacy and connection between the environment and our mind.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A pleasant and approachable introduction to taking notice of nature, with guiding principles and interesting insights and factual connections.