Tristan Gooley
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The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs: Use Outdoor Clues to Find Your Way, Predict the Weather, Locate Water, Track Animals―and Other Forgotten Skills (
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2014
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2 editions
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How To Read Water
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2016
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25 editions
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How to Read Nature: Awaken Your Senses to the Outdoors You’ve Never Noticed
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2014
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17 editions
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How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves
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2023
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6 editions
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The Natural Navigator
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2010
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21 editions
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The Secret World of Weather
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2021
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17 editions
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Wild Signs and Star Paths: The Keys to Our Lost Sixth Sense
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2018
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19 editions
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The Natural Explorer
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2012
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9 editions
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The Natural Navigator Pocket Guide
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2011
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3 editions
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The Hidden Seasons: A Calendar of Nature’s Clues
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2025
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8 editions
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How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves:
"So far I’ve yet to read a book by Tristan Gooley that I didn’t like, and How to Read a Tree was no exception! Packed with broad observations and tiny details that help to tell the life story of individual trees and forests alike, the book is useful t"
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"Informative, sometimes really obvious. Things we learned in grade school obvious, but written in a way where you’re like oh, that fact doesn’t stop there…
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“It should be expected that we will find wonder in a vast mountain landscape, but it is a more serious challenge to find wonder in a hill. It is a great achievement to find it in a molehill.”
― How to Connect with Nature
― How to Connect with Nature
“As I discovered a few years ago, once you learn that you can measure the size of raindrops by looking at the colors in a rainbow—the more red, the bigger the drops”
― How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea
― How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea
“Sadly, the natural world is not short of people who believe that rattling off Latin names incessantly makes them appear clever, whereas most of us know instinctively that this suggests insecurity at best, but possibly social and sexual dysfunction as well. If somebody corrects you sternly by using an obtuse name for something, they probably know neither human nature nor any other kind very profoundly.”
― How to Connect with Nature
― How to Connect with Nature
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