"One of the finest science writers I've ever read... You know you are in the hands of a good teacher when you look up from a book and your own ideas spill out like winnings from a slot machine. It's fun, pure fun."
— LOS ANGELES TIMES

"You Are Here provides a colorful, well-charted atlas of our subjective mental maps — visual stories that we tell ourselves — and an impassioned argument for finding our true place in the world we inhabit."
— TOM VANDERBILT, author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (And What it Says About Us)

"Delightfully lucid... Ellard has a knack for distilling obscure scientific theories into practical wisdom."
— NEW YORK TIMES

“Ellard writes with admirable clarity …An anecdotally rich provocation in service of environmental awareness.”
— KIRKUS REVIEWS
 
“[A] fascinating and exhaustive rundown of the processes involved in keeping us and other animals moving in the right direction … an absorbing read.”
— GLOBE AND MAIL
 
“Ellard is able to entertain us with an explanation of the cold, hard science of navigation . . . to follow that up with an artfully constructed exploration of how our relationship to spaces plays a huge part in making us human is a rare feat.”
— QUILL AND QUIRE
 
“Colin Ellard’s new book, Where Am I?, is a powerful inquiry into how we humans orient ourselves in space and identify places both familiar and new. It’s a stimulating and provocative read for anyone who’s looking for a better understanding of how we process the world around us and orient ourselves within our habitations and living environments.”
— SARAH SUSANKA, author of The Not So Big House
 
"[A] delightful, dense and illuminating book….”
—PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY

“In this fascinating journey to the wild frontiers of human navigation, Colin Ellard makes it clear that the space around us has made us the species we are. Where Am I? is witty and engaging and crammed with profound insights. What’s more, it’s useful too: if you, or your keys, have ever got lost, Ellard can tell you how it happened – and how to stop it happening again.”  
— MICHAEL BROOKS, author of Thirteen Things That Don’t Make Sense
 
““Ants find their way back to their nest and bees to their hives with remarkable ease, and homing pigeons follow flight paths over incredible distances with uncanny accuracy, but humans seem to need a GPS to keep from getting lost in a mall. Colin Ellard not only delves into such phenomena with élan, he also introduces us to the world of navigational research, a world most of us don't even know exists. Where Am I? is sure to direct you down some paths you've never explored before, and no, you won't get lost.”  
— DR. JOE SCHWARZ, PhD, author of An Apple a Day

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