Apesar de termos acesso a uma imensidão inabarcável de informações com apenas um click, quem de nós saberia se guiar apenas com informações da natureza? Para saber se vai chover, olhamos na internet; sem GPS, dificilmente chegaríamos em casa; em caso de necessidade, não conseguiríamos encontrar água potável na natureza. Diante dessa avalanche de informações soltas, acabamos por nos desligar cada vez mais da realidade e negligenciar a nossa capacidade de observar de fato o ambiente à nossa volta.

Ao longo de duas décadas em expedições nos cinco continentes, Tristan Gooley recolheu pistas e sinais da natureza que nos ajudam a fazer previsões e deduções. Com mais de 850 dicas, "A arte perdida de ler os sinais da natureza" busca mudar a forma como olhamos para o ambiente em redor e nos tornar capazes de compreender o que a natureza nos está as raízesde uma árvore servem como bússola; a Ursa Maior diz as horas; uma borboleta muito nos revela sobre o ambiente; uma duna de areia indica o vento predominante; o cheiro de canela sugere altitude; uma flor em botão aponta para o sul; e tantas outras dicas.

Tristan Gooley, author of the internationally bestselling How To Read Water and The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues & Signs, shows how it is possible to achieve a level of outdoors awareness that will enable you to sense direction from stars and plants, forecast weather from woodland sounds and predict the next action of an animal from its body language — instantly.

Although once common, this now rare awareness would be labelled by many as a 'sixth sense'. We have become so distanced from this way of experiencing our environment that it may initially seem hard to believe that it is possible, but Tristan Gooley uses a collection of 'keys' to show how everyone can develop this ability and enjoy the outdoors in an exciting way — one that is both new and ancient.

New York Times-bestselling author Tristan Gooley opens our eyes to the secret language of trees—and the natural wonders they reveal all around us.

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 story, but only to those who know how to read it.

In How to Read a Tree, Gooley uncovers the clues hiding in plain sight: in a tree’s branches and leaves; its bark, buds, and flowers; even its stump. Leaves with a pale, central streak mean that water is nearby. Young, low-growing branches show that a tree is struggling. And reddish or purple bark signals new growth.

Like snowflakes, no two trees are exactly the same. Every difference reveals the epic story this tree has lived—if we stop to look closely.