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<p>Just because it's blustery and dark outside doesn't mean you can't 'experience' the outdoors this winter. Here are half a dozen great books relating to the natural world</p>

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Anja Murray: My favourite wildlife and environment books of 2025

Photography books, community stories, fresh perspectives and inspiring solutions to environmental crises — plenty to choose from with this selection

<p> The River Blackwater in Mallow, County Cork. A ‘corporation, in the eyes of the law, is an entity with legal standing and a suite of rights’, so it is hard to argue against a global movement in which rivers are considered worthy of rights. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>

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Anja Murray: Is a river alive? And if so, does it have rights?

<p>Sessile oak (Quercus petraea)</p>

outdoors

Nature 'literacy' enriches our understanding of the natural world

Our contributor Philip Watson selects his entertainment highlights of the year

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Our contributor Philip Watson selects his entertainment highlights of the year

What lies beneath: A Kaleidoscopic view of the world

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What lies beneath: A Kaleidoscopic view of the world

New wave of writers bring warmth to winter in poetry and prose

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New wave of writers bring warmth to winter in poetry and prose

Book that challenges concepts on autism wins award

Book that challenges concepts on autism wins award

A book that challenges readers to think differently about autism has won Britain’s leading literary award for nonfiction.

Wed, 04 Nov, 2015

Robert Macfarlane wins first book award

Author Robert Macfarlane fought off competition from some of the Britain’s top literary stars to win the Guardian First Book Award 2003.

Fri, 05 Dec, 2003