THE LOST ART OF READING NATURE’S SIGNS (UK TITLE: THE WALKER’S GUIDE TO OUTDOOR CLUES AND SIGNS)
Book ID/图书代码: 04300014B67274
English Summary/英文概要:
Chinese Summary/中文概要: 《行走者指南》将为读者们提供一种全新的方式去体验户外生活。特里斯坦??谷里将带领我们踏上一趟愉快的旅程,在本书中,遵循他最爱的行走路线,你会发现每一次的行走都是一场极其值得的发现之旅。
读者们将经历一系列的人人都会在户外尝试的原创观察和推理技巧,且所有的方法均有科学研究作为支撑。
《行走者指南》中鲜有人们熟悉的领域,如自然天气预报和方向辨别,相反,其主要将带领读者们进入全新的复杂领域之中。多数人可以通过数年轮的方式估算一棵已死树木的年龄,或是通过在闪电后计算来预估暴风雨的来临,然而却还有成百上千种鲜为人知的其他方法。本书便将带领读者们认识一些简单却叫人大开眼界的方法,相信今后他们也一定会记住并愿意与他人分享。
你是否知道可以通过嗅觉去预测落日?又是否知道彩虹可用来辨别方向?本书将教会你如何借助星星获取时间和日期的信息,如何用昆虫测量温度,如何通过植物测量纬度,以及如何在潮湿的地面上找到最湿度最低的地方穿越等。相信读完本书,所有的户外行走者都将从此大不一样。。。。。。(DC)
Awards/获奖情况:’In terms of sheer did-you-knows per page it is
one of the richest, densest, most rewarding
books on nature I have read in a long time... If
a trek with Gooley himself might be daunting,
his book vastly repays any time spent with it.
Above all, its joy in deduction is infectiously
delightful.’ -The Sunday Times
A Top 10 Sunday Times bestseller, the UK edition has now sold 77,000 copies in all formats! It has also recently won two awards, The Great Outdoors Awards 2015 Book Of the Year and BBC Countryfile Magazine’s "Country Book of the Year".
"In terms of sheer did-you-knows per page it is one of the richest, densest, most rewarding books on nature I have read in a long time. If a trek with Gooley himself might be daunting, his book vastly repays any time spent with it. Above all, its joy in deduction is infectiously delightful." - James McConnachie, The Sunday Times
"I for one will never look at the British countryside in quite the same way again." - Stephen Moss, Countryfile Magazine
"Learning so much in The Walker’s Guide, the new book from Tristan Gooley, that I might have to take another long walk." - Nicholas Crane
"Gooley can show the most moonstruck how to interpret their surroundings. Even the intrepid Bear Grylls could learn a trick or two from this book." - The Times
"Tristan Gooley’s latest best-selling book is a delight to read and is full of information about the natural features we so often miss while walking in town and country... Anyone interested in walking out of doors at any time would be well advised to read this excellent book." - The Royal Institute of Navigation
About the Author/作者介绍: Tristan Gooley是一位作家,探險家和航海家。
他是目前世界上僅有的有關自然航海的一部書《The Natural Navigator》的作者,《The Natural Explorer》將由Sceptre在2012年三月發行。他為英國廣播公司,紐約時報,國家地理雜誌,每月帆船,金融時報和許多其他期刊撰寫過專欄。
Tristan曾帶領探險隊穿越五大洲,跨越歐,亞,非山脈,揚帆小船橫渡大洋,並駕駛小型飛機穿越非洲和北極。
他是唯一一位既獨自飛行和橫渡大西洋的倖存者,他還是英國航海學會和皇家地理學會的成員。
在早先設立的自然航海學院,Tristan在旅遊業和目前的Trailfinders副主席獲得了廣泛的經驗。
Tristan經常出現在英國國際電視和電臺節目上,包括《今日》,《國家檔案》,《限量行李》,《神秘的旅程》,《閒聊》,《原野》和《歸路》
Tristan Gooley is a writer, navigator and explorer.
Tristan set up his natural navigation school in 2008 and is the author of The Natural Navigator, one of the world’s only books on natural navigation.
He is also the author of The Natural Explorer, published in March 2012. He has written for the Sunday Times, the New York Times, the BBC, Geographical Magazine, Yachting Monthly, The Financial Times and many other periodicals.
Tristan has led expeditions in five continents, climbed mountains in Europe, Africa and Asia, sailed small boats across oceans and piloted small aircraft to Africa and the Arctic. He has walked with and studied the methods of the Tuareg, Bedouin and Dayak in some of the remotest regions on Earth.
He is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and the Royal Geographical Society.
Prior to setting up a natural navigation school, Tristan gained extensive experience in the travel industry and is currently the Vice Chairman of Trailfinders.
Tristan has appeared on TV and radio programmes in the UK and internationally, including The Today Programme, Night Waves, Countryfile, BBC Stargazing Live, Country Tracks, Ramblings, Open Country, Shipwrecks and All Roads Lead Home.
Format:
Rights Status/版权销售情况:Simplified Chinese/简体中文:SOLD
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文:AVAILABLE(到期可授)
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况:Rights sold: Korea (EK Book)
原文第一章内容:暂无
手稿:暂无
大纲:暂无