Tristan Gooley

How to Read a Tree

The Sunday Times Bestseller

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Sunday Times-bestselling guide to understanding trees from acclaimed nature writer Tristan Gooley.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 191mm x 126mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781529339628
• ISBN-10: 1529339626
• Artikelnr.: 70159139

Autorenporträt

Tristan Gooley is the award-winning and international bestselling author of titles such as The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs, How to Read Water and How to Read a Tree. Through his journeys, teaching and writing, he has pioneered a renaissance in the rare art of natural navigation. Tristan is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic. He has explored close to home and walked with and studied the methods of tribal peoples in some of the remotest regions on Earth.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Finding Meaning—An Introduction
1. The Magic Isn’t in the Name
2. A Tree is a Map
3. The Shapes We See
4. The Missing Branches
5. Bell Bottoms and Fairy Houses
6. Cake Slices and Stump Compasses
7. Roots of Death and Desire
8. Shapeshifting Leaves
9. Bark Signs
10. The Hidden Seasons
11. A Tree is a Map II
12. How to See a Tree—An Epilogue
Appendix—Conifer
Identification
Sources
Bibliography