Featuring stories about Keith Hernandez, Davey Johnson, Michael Tyson, Keith Rosen, and moreNew addition to the Game of My Life seriesPaints a picture of Mets historyThis Game of My Life book takes a personal look at the most significant moments of the Mets’ best and most loved players, from journeymen to superstars. Their most unforgettable games make a picture of Mets history. The franchise changed from a failing (though loved) expansion team in 1...

Game of My Life New York Mets, now newly updated, takes a personal look inside the biggest moments of the Mets’ greatest and most beloved players, from journeymen to superstars. Their most unforgettable games paint a picture of Mets history, as the franchise morphed from a dismal (though lovable) expansion team in 1962 to World Series Champions in 1969 and 1986 and then back to basement dwellers before meeting the Yankees in the 2000 Subway Series, and the Royals in a surprise app...

Canada was born on the back of the fur-bearing animal. Since the time of first contact, trapping and the fur trade was a part of the Canadian identity. But by the 1930s, a small band of individuals believed that trapping was not humane – that alternatives must be available. That was the start of The Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals (APFA). This narrative from award-winning journalist and APFA staffer Michael Howie explores the history of the organization over the cours...

Enjoy a journey through Past, Present and Future with this selection of short fiction, poetry and memoir celebrating animals - wild, domesticated and fantastical!With His Hounds and his Horn in the Morning - Louise TurnerWhat happens when a pair of hunt sabateurs accidentally enlist the help of a Celtic war goddess as they attempt to thwart a Scottish foxhunt...The Beast of Mistylaw

Conflict with nature will always occur, this is true. But by acknowledging the constant growth of biological and ecological sciences, we can mitigate – and at times entirely prevent – such conflicts. The reason The Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals (APFA) has undertaken the Living With Wildlife campaign is simple: to fill a need. Beavers are a keystone species and are responsible for maintaining extremely sensitive and important wetlands from coast to co...

Beavers are the great comeback story—a keystone species that survived ice ages, major droughts, the fur trade, urbanization and near extinction. Their ability to create and maintain aquatic habitats has endeared them to conservationists, but puts the beavers at odds with urban and industrial expansion. These conflicts reflect a dichotomy within our national identity. We place environment and our concept of wilderness as a key touchstone for promotion and celebration, while devoting signifi...

Provocative, passionate and populist, RMB Manifestos are short and concise non-fiction books of literary, critical, and cultural studies.The grizzly bear, once the archetype for all that is wild, is quickly becoming a symbol of nature’s fierce but flagging resilience in the face of human greed and ignorance—and the difficulty a wealth-addicted society has in changing its ways.North America’s grizzlies have been under siege ever since Europeans arrived. They’d survi...

A NATIONAL POST NON-FICTION PICKFor more than a decade, Tim Raines patrolled left field for the Montreal Expos, igniting the powder keg of what would become one of the most innovative and talented teams of the modern era. Alongside superstars such as Andre “Hawk” Dawson and Gary Carter, Raines, nicknamed “Rock,” hit and stole his way into the hearts of the team’s dedicated fan base. The seven-time All-Star tore through the Expos’ record books before moving...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLERWinner of the RBC Taylor PrizeFinalist for Canada ReadsFinalist for Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction**Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, The Inconvenient Indian distills the insights gleaned from Thomas King’s critical examination of the history and experience of Native peoples in North America, weaving the curiously circular tale of the relationship between non-Natives and Natives in the centuries since t...

"Unexpectedly delightful reading—there is much to learn from the buck-toothed rodents of yore" ( National Post).Beavers, those icons of industriousness, have been gnawing down trees, building dams, shaping the land, and creating critical habitat in North America for at least a million years. Once one of the continent's most ubiquitous mammals, they ranged from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Rio Grande to the edge of the northern tundra. Wherever...

The story of legendary Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play major league baseball, is recounted in this title.

A vivid first-person account of life on a troubled reserve that illuminates a difficult and oft-ignored history.Globe and Mail 100: Best Books of 2016 • The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016 • 2017 RBC Taylor Prize — Longlisted • 2017 BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction — Shortlisted • 2016 Speaker's Book Award — ShortlistedWhen freelance journalist Alexandra Shimo arrives in Kashechewan, a fly-in, northern Ontario reserve, to investigate rumou...