How to Read Water: Clues and Patterns from Puddles to the Sea

**A *New York Times* Bestseller A *Forbes* Top 10 Conservation and Environment Book of 2016** **Read the sea like a Viking and interpret ponds like a Polynesian-with a little help from expert navigator Tristan Gooley, *New York Times*-bestselling author of *How to Read a Tree* and *The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs*** 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 abundant-yet perhaps least understood-resource. Distilled from his far-flung adventures-sailing solo across the Atlantic, navigating with Omani tribespeople, canoeing in Borneo, and walking in his own backyard-Gooley shares hundreds of techniques in *How to Read Water*. Readers will: - Find north using puddles - Forecast the weather from waves - Decode the colors of ponds - Spot dangerous water in the dark - Decipher wave patterns on beaches, and more!