The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor: The First Woman Settler of the Miramichi

by Sally Armstrong

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Charlotte Taylor lived in the front row of history, walking the same paths as the expelled Acadians, the privateers of the British-American War and the newly arriving Loyalists. In a rough and beautiful landscape, she struggled to clear and claim land, and battled the devastating epidemics that stalked her growing family. Using a seamless blend of fact and fiction, Charlotte Taylor’s great-great-great-granddaughter, Sally Armstrong, reclaims the life of a dauntless and unusual woman and delivers living history with all the drama and sweep of a novel.

My Life with George: What I Learned about Joy from One Neurotic (and Very Expensive) Dog

by Judith Summers

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This is the hilarious and moving account of the impossible but adorable King Charles Spaniel George, of his adventures and misdemeanors, and of the wonderful way in which he filled a huge void in the lives of Summers and her son while driving them absolutely barking mad along the way.

Baseball. Innings 1 and 2

by Ken Burns

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Inning 1: Our Game: 1840s-1900 - On June 19, 1846, at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, a team of well-dressed gentlemen, the Knickerbockers, play the first game of baseball. By 1856, the game is already being called "the national pastime," or simply, "Our Game." Inning 2: Something Like A War: 1900-1910 - In 1894, a sportswriter named Byron Bancroft "Ban" Johnson takes over a struggling minor league -- the Western League -- and turns it into a financial success. In 1900, he changes its name to the American League and begins talking about challenging the big city monopoly held by the National League. The revolution takes only three years. In 1903, the first World Series is played between the American League Boston Pilgrims and the National League Pittsburgh Pirates.

The War on Women: Elly Armour, Jane Hurshman, and Criminal Violence in Canadian Homes

The War on Women: Elly Armour, Jane Hurshman, and Criminal Violence in Canadian Homes

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In The War on Women Valle revisits the domestic battlefield, revealing that the War on Women by the intimate men in their lives continues; that the fallen in this War are more likely to be ignored than honoured; that the refugee camps of this War are called shelters; and that the number of men being killed by their spouses has dropped by more than 70 percent since the inception of shelters, while the number of women being killed has dropped by less than 25 percent.

Robber Baron: Lord Black of Crossharbour

by George Tombs

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Based on rigorous research, hard-hitting interviews, and original documents, this biography stands out as the most complete examination of Conrad Black, builder of the world's third-largest media empire, the Telegraph Group. Author George Tombs not only worked in Black's empire, but maintained steady communication with him over the years as a journalist, giving him exclusive access and insight into Black's opinions, ideas, values, and personality.