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Long before GPS Google Earth and global transit humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way Encyclopedic in breadth weaving together astronomy meteorology oceanography and ethnography The Lost Art of Finding Our Way puts us in the shoes ships and sleds of early navigators for whom paying close attention to the environment around them was quite literally a matter of life and deathHaunted by the fate of two young kayakers lost in a fogbank off Nantucket Huth shows us how to navigate using natural phenomena the way the Vikings used the sunstone to detect polarization of sunlight and Arab traders learned to sail into the wind and Pacific Islanders used underwater lightning and read waves to guide their explorations Huth reminds us that we are all navigators capable of learning techniques ranging from the simplest to the most sophisticated skills of directionfinding Even today careful observation of the sun and moon tides and ocean currents weather and atmospheric effects can be all we need to find our wayLavishly illustrated with nearly 200 specially prepared drawings Huth s compelling account of the cultures of navigation will engross readers in a narrative that is part scientific treatise part personal travelogue and part vivid recreation of navigational history Seeing through the eyes of past voyagers we bring our own world into sharper view. 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes. 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Fans of Hampton Sides’ Ghost Soldiers, Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor, and David Grann’s The Lost Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff’s masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of danger, daring, determination, and discovery injungle-clad New Guinea during the final days of WWII. What makes us happy? It\'s not wealth, youth, beauty, or intelligence, says Dan Buettner. In fact, most of us have the keys within our grasp. Circling the globe to study the world\'s happiest populations, Buettner has spotted several common principles that can unlock the doors to true contentment with our lives.Working with leading researchers, Buettner identifies the happiest region on each of four continents. He explores why these populations say they are happier than anyone else, and what they can teach the rest of us about finding contentment. His conclusions debunk some commonly believed myths: Are people who have children happier than those who don\'t? 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Fans of Hampton Sides’ Ghost Soldiers, Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor, and David Grann’s The Lost Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff’s masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of danger, daring, determination, and discovery injungle-clad New Guinea during the final days of WWII. Long before GPS, Google Earth, and global transit, humans traveled vast distances using only environmental clues and simple instruments. John Huth asks what is lost when modern technology substitutes for our innate capacity to find our way. Encyclopedic in breadth, weaving together astronomy, meteorology, oceanography, and ethnography, The Lost Art of Finding Our Way puts us in the shoes, ships, and sleds of early navigators for whom paying close attention to the environment around them was, quite literally, a matter of life and death.Haunted by the fate of two young kayakers lost in a fogbank off Nantucket, Huth shows us how to navigate using natural phenomena the way the Vikings used the sunstone to detect polarization of sunlight, and Arab traders learned to sail into the wind, and Pacific Islanders used underwater lightning and read waves to guide their explorations. Huth reminds us that we are all navigators capable of learning techniques ranging from the simplest to the most sophisticated skills of direction-finding. 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