Tristan Gooley

TRISTAN GOOLEY is the New York Times–bestselling author of How to Read a Tree, How to Read Water, How to Read Nature, The Natural Navigator, The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, The Secret World of Weather, and The Nature Instinct. He has led expeditions on five continents, climbed mountains in three, and is the only living person to have both flown and sailed solo across the Atlantic. His more than two decades of pioneering outdoor experience include research among tribal peoples in some of the remotest regions on Earth.


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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
by Tristan Gooley
Paperback | $17.95 US / $23.50 CAN

When writer and navigator Tristan Gooley journeys outside, he sees a natural world filled with clues. The roots of a tree indicate the sun’s direction; the Big Dipper tells the time; a passing butterfly hints at the weather; a sand … Continue reading →

How to Read Water
Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea
by Tristan Gooley
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In his eye-opening books The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs and The Natural Navigator, Tristan Gooley helped readers reconnect with nature by finding direction from the trees, stars, clouds, and more. Now, he turns his attention to our most … Continue reading →

How to Read Nature
Awaken Your Senses to the Outdoors You've Never Noticed
by Tristan Gooley
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When most of us go for a walk, a single sense—sight—tends to dominate our experience. But when New York Times–bestselling author and expert navigator Tristan Gooley goes for a walk, he uses all five senses to “read” everything nature has … Continue reading →

The Nature Instinct
Relearning Our Lost Intuition for the Inner Workings of the Natural World
by Tristan Gooley
Hardcover | $24.95 US / $32.95 CAN

Readers of master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley have learned that the world is filled with clues to look for—we can use the Big Dipper to tell time, for example, and a budding flower to find south. But what about the innate … Continue reading →

The Nature Instinct
Learn to Find Direction, Sense Danger, and Even Guess Nature’s Next Move—Faster Than Thought
by Tristan Gooley
Paperback | $18.95 US / $24.95 CAN

Master outdoorsman Tristan Gooley was just about to make camp when he sensed danger—but couldn’t say why. After sheltering elsewhere, Gooley returned to investigate: What had set off his subconscious alarm? Suddenly, he understood: All of the tree trunks were … Continue reading →

The Natural Navigator, Tenth Anniversary Edition
The Rediscovered Art of Letting Nature Be Your Guide
by Tristan Gooley
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Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. A windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong could point the way home, and they still do—if you know how to look. With … Continue reading →

The Tristan Gooley Collection
How to Read Nature, How to Read Water, and The Natural Navigator
by Tristan Gooley
Hardcover | $59.99 US / $78.00 CAN

Clocks, compasses, GPS, and Google can only get us so far. In this special collection, lifelong wanderer and New York Times–bestselling author Tristian Gooley walks us through, book-by-book, the near-forgotten art of examining nature’s signs and patterns. Gooley begins to … Continue reading →

The Secret World of Weather
How to Read Signs in Every Cloud, Breeze, Hill, Street, Plant, Animal, and Dewdrop
by Tristan Gooley
Paperback | $17.95 US / $23.50 CAN

In this eye-opening trove of outdoor clues, acclaimed natural navigator Tristan Gooley shows us how, by “reading” nature as he does, you’ll not only detect what the weather is doing (and predict what’s coming), you’ll enter a secret wonderland of sights … Continue reading →

How to Read a Tree
Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves
by Tristan Gooley
Paper Over Boards | $24.95 US / $32.95 CAN

Trees are keen to tell us so much. They’ll tell us about the land, the water, the people, the animals, the weather, and time. And they will tell us about their lives, the good bits and bad. Trees tell a … Continue reading →