From the bestselling author of THE WALKER'S GUIDE TO OUTDOOR CLUES & SIGNS & THE NATURAL EXPLORERA must-have book for walkers sailors swimmers anglers & everyone interested in the natural world in How To Read Water Natural Navigator Tristan Gooley shares knowledge skills tips & useful observations to help you enjoy the landscape around you A Sunday Times ' Must Read' book'A magical & inspiring quest for knowledge'
- Countryside' Anyone who spends time in on or by water
- whether at the helm of a narrowboat or merely playing Poohsticks with grandkids
- will benefit from some of the extraordinary insights in this book'
- Waterways World' Jam-packed with information this book will fascinate sailors fishers birders naturalists hikers & anyone interested in the natural world'
- Forbes' This study of rivers lakes puddles & seas brims over with astonishing facts His observational skills can be breathtaking' The Sunday Times' This inspired guide to water in all its forms will make a big splash Gooley has done his subject proud
- this is seriously fascinating stuff' The Times' The quirks & habits & secrets of good old H2O were crying out to have a book written about them That said it had to be written by the right person Fortunately the job went to Tristan Gooley' The Spectator
Includes: over 700 clues signs & patterns You'll learn how to Interpret ponds like a Polynesian Spot dangerous water in the pitch black with the help of a clock face Read the sea like a Viking Forecast the weather from waves Find your way with puddles Decipher wave patterns on beaches Decode the colour of water Unravel a river like an expert From wild swimming in Sussex to wayfinding off Oman via the icy mysteries of the Arctic Tristan Gooley draws on his own pioneering journeys to reveal the secrets of ponds puddles rivers oceans & more to show us all the skills we need to read the water around us






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It is quite normal to feel frustrated & sorrowful about aspects of modern capitalism but realistic hope of change can seem either utopian or demented In fact the way that capitalism works is inherently open to alteration & improvement This is because the problems of capitalism are in their essence not about money law or politics but about human psychology
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Billions of citizens around the world are frustrated with their governments Why is this? & what can we do about it? In this groundbreaking book Michael Barber draws on his wealth of international experience advising political leaders to show how those in power can make good on their promises ' Refreshingly ruthless has an uplifting brio to it' Economist' Michael Barber is a source of inspiration & wisdom' Andrew Adonis New Statesman' Excellent there is a lot of common sense & practical wisdom a breath of fresh air' David Willetts Standpoint' Barber is the global overlord of public policy a record around the world of actually achieving change' Philip Collins Prospect ...

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Albie doesn't want to tidy his toys away but when a comic-book baddie snatches one away he has to chase after them! Follow Albie into a world of flying superheroes crazy contraptions & daring rescues in another fantastically fun adventure from the bestselling team of Caryl Hart & Ed Eaves ...

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In recent decades we have witnessed an explosion in the number of visual images we encounter as our lives have become increasingly saturated with screens From Google Images to Instagram video games to installation art this transformation is confusing liberating & worrying all at once since observing the new visuality of culture is not the same as understanding it Nicholas Mirzoeff is a leading figure in the field of visual culture which aims to make sense of this extraordinary explosion of visual experiences As Mirzoeff reminds us this is not the first visual revolution; the 19th century saw the invention of film photography & x-rays & the development of maps microscopes & telescopes made the 17th century an era of visual discovery But the sheer quantity of images produced on the internet today has no parallels In the first book to define visual culture for the general reader Mirzoeff draws on art history theory & everyday experience to provide an engaging & accessible overview of how visual materials shape & define our lives ...