The Barefoot Navigator
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The Barefoot Navigator
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Author : Jack Lagan
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-09-07
The Barefoot Navigator written by Jack Lagan and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-07 with Sports & Recreation categories.
'Barefoot navigation: 5,000 years in the making.' Barefoot Navigator introducesus to a unique take on navigation – using the skills of the ancients and technology-free techniques, we learn how to navigate using the sun, sea, wind and stars, and even the flight patterns of ocean birds. The first part of this absorbing book recounts a colourful history of seafarers and their navigation techniques. How did the Polynesians manage to populate an area of ocean larger than North America simply by analysing clouds,currents and wind direction? How did the Vikings routinely travel on the notorious stretches of water between Iceland, Greenland and Scandinavia? The second part shows how to use these ancient techniques to supplement today's navigational hardware, especially in survival situations. Fascinating history, useful advice, enjoyable writing, and different to every other navigation reference out there, this second edition has been beautifully packaged in a hardback format, with new illustrations and thoroughly revised text.
The Barefoot Navigator
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Author : Jack Lagan
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-08-04
The Barefoot Navigator written by Jack Lagan and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-04 with Transportation categories.
The Barefoot Navigator is an unusual and fascinating exploration of the skills of navigation employed by the ancients and transferrable to the present day. The first half of the book investigates the navigation capabilities of seafarers long before modern navigation instruments or charts became available. For example, how did the Polynesians manage to populate an area of ocean larger than North America simply by analysing clouds, currents, wind direction, sun, stars and the flight patterns of ocean birds? And how did the Vikings routinely travel between Iceland, Greenland and Scandinavia - huge tracts of treacherous water? The second part of the book analyses how the techniques of the ancients can be employed by 21st century seafarers to supplement today's navigational hardware - especially in survival situations. This is a unique analysis of practical technology-free navigation, whose techniques can easily be employed by modern navigators to supplement their personal navigation skills in order to just 'know' where they are. It will fascinate navigators and landlubbers alike.
The Barefoot Navigator Navigare Con L Abilit Degli Antichi
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Author : Jack Lagan
language : it
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Barefoot Navigator Navigare Con L Abilit Degli Antichi written by Jack Lagan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The Last Navigator
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Author : Stephen D. Thomas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
The Last Navigator written by Stephen D. Thomas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Nature categories.
Wayfinding
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Author : M. R. O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2019-04-30
Wayfinding written by M. R. O'Connor and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-30 with Science categories.
At once far flung and intimate, a fascinating look at how finding our way make us human. "A marvel of storytelling." —Kirkus (Starred Review) In this compelling narrative, O'Connor seeks out neuroscientists, anthropologists and master navigators to understand how navigation ultimately gave us our humanity. Biologists have been trying to solve the mystery of how organisms have the ability to migrate and orient with such precision—especially since our own adventurous ancestors spread across the world without maps or instruments. O'Connor goes to the Arctic, the Australian bush and the South Pacific to talk to masters of their environment who seek to preserve their traditions at a time when anyone can use a GPS to navigate. O’Connor explores the neurological basis of spatial orientation within the hippocampus. Without it, people inhabit a dream state, becoming amnesiacs incapable of finding their way, recalling the past, or imagining the future. Studies have shown that the more we exercise our cognitive mapping skills, the greater the grey matter and health of our hippocampus. O'Connor talks to scientists studying how atrophy in the hippocampus is associated with afflictions such as impaired memory, dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, depression and PTSD. Wayfinding is a captivating book that charts how our species' profound capacity for exploration, memory and storytelling results in topophilia, the love of place. "O'Connor talked to just the right people in just the right places, and her narrative is a marvel of storytelling on its own merits, erudite but lightly worn. There are many reasons why people should make efforts to improve their geographical literacy, and O'Connor hits on many in this excellent book—devouring it makes for a good start." —Kirkus Reviews
The Barefoot Book Of Children
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Author : Tessa Strickland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The Barefoot Book Of Children written by Tessa Strickland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The Barefoot Book of children takes its readers on a visual trek across the globe, where they discover that--despite our different clothes and homes and languages--we are more alike than different.
The Navigator
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Author : Morris West
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
The Navigator written by Morris West and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with categories.
Celestial Navigation In A Nutshell
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Author : Hewitt Schlereth
language : en
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
Release Date : 2000
Celestial Navigation In A Nutshell written by Hewitt Schlereth and has been published by Sheridan House, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Reference categories.
Hewitt Schlereth is a writer and sailing enthusiast.
The Romance Of Navigation
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Author : Henry Frith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
The Romance Of Navigation written by Henry Frith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1893 with Discoveries in geography categories.
The Barefoot Lawyer
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Author : Chen Guangcheng
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2015-03-10
The Barefoot Lawyer written by Chen Guangcheng and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An electrifying memoir by the blind Chinese activist who inspired millions with the story of his fight for justice and his belief in the cause of freedom It was like a scene out of a thriller: one morning in April 2012, China's most famous political activist—a blind, self-taught lawyer—climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped. Days later, he turned up at the American embassy in Beijing, and only a furious round of high-level negotiations made it possible for him to leave China and begin a new life in the United States. Chen Guangcheng is a unique figure on the world stage, but his story is even more remarkable than anyone knew. The son of a poor farmer in rural China, blinded by illness when he was an infant, Chen was fortunate to survive a difficult childhood. But despite his disability, he was determined to educate himself and fight for the rights of his country's poor, especially a legion of women who had endured forced sterilizations and abortions under the hated "one child" policy. Repeatedly harassed, beaten, and imprisoned by Chinese authorities, Chen was ultimately placed under house arrest. After nearly two years of increasing danger, he evaded his captors and fled to freedom. Both a riveting memoir and a revealing portrait of modern China, The Barefoot Lawyer tells the story of a man who has never accepted limits and always believed in the power of the human spirit to overcome any obstacle.