The Outdoor Detective

byTristan Gooley, Andrew Donkin, Gordy Wright (Illustrator)

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Learn the lost art of outdoor navigation . . .

Our surroundings are full of wonders. You only need to step outside your door to discover seas of trees changing hues in the autumn sunshine, or rivers teeming with life.

Imagine if we could use the beauty we see every day to navigate our way through the world. By uncovering the sceret clues and signs of nature, this book will teach you how to . . .

- Turn a hillside into a compass
- Spot a constellation that will take you on a path home
- Use the bark of a tree to find your way out of the deep dark woods
- Watch as clouds make a map of the world

With many more tips and tricks and skills to unearth, this book will give you everything you need to become a true natural detective.

About Tristan Gooley

Tristan is an author and natural navigator. Tristan set up his natural navigation school in 2008 and is the author of award-winning and internationally bestselling books, including The Walker’s Guide to Outdoor Clues & Signs (UK 2014), The Secret World of Weather (2021) and How to Read a Tree (2023), some of the world’s only books covering natural navigation. His books have been translated into 20 languages. He has spent decades hunting for clues and signs in nature, across the globe, and has been nicknamed ‘The Sherlock Holmes of Nature’. He is the only living person to have both flown solo and sailed singlehanded across the Atlantic.

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About Andrew Donkin

Andrew is the multi-award winning author of over eighty books for children and adults. His best-selling books and graphic novels have been translated into thirty languages around the world and have sold over eleven million copies in the last two decades. His innovative graphic novels Illegal, and Global (co-written with Eoin Colfer) are both best-selling international hits. His non-fiction work includes the recent award-winning A History of the World in 25 Cities (co-written with Tracey Turner).

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About Gordy Wright (Illustrator)

Gordy is an illustrator, printmaker and picture maker from the UK. He grew up by the edge of the North York Moors doing lots of painting and drawing. In 2011 he moved to Bristol to study illustration at the University of the West of England, going on to graduate with a first class honours. In his illustrations, he aims to evoke a natural textured feeling that he paints by hand in gouache, acrylic and inks. He works on a range of editorial and publishing projects and has a keen interest in projects focusing on the natural world.

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