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Welcome to Case Closed! We are a podcast focused on crimes both real and imagined. In our current season, we’re serializing Rachel Hawkins’s THE WIFE UPSTAIRS audiobook. You can find more about the story here.

From the internationally bestselling author of The Nanny and What She Knew comes a thrilling dark academic tale of murder, obsession and ruthless ambition, set in remote St Andrews, Scotland. A deadly rivalry. A chilling secret. One woman who can decipher the truth. On a frigid, windswept...

Unlock the #1 career skill that transforms how you’re seen, heard, and respected at work. Do you ever struggle to speak up in meetings, set healthy boundaries, or push back on unreasonable requests? Do you sometimes fear that being direct will make you look aggressive—or that staying quiet will leave you overlooked? The truth is, communication can make or break your career. And the difference between being passed over and being promoted often comes down to one skill: assertiveness. In Effective & Assertive Communication at Work, you’ll discover 50 proven scripts and practical ...

How to Talk to People and Make Friends How Introverts and Shy People Can Build Confidence and Connect Are you quiet in social settings but wish you weren’t? Do you feel like making friends or starting conversations just isn’t your strength? You’re not alone—and you don’t need to change who you are to connect deeply with others. This supportive and practical guide is designed specifically for introverts, shy individuals, and socially anxious people who want to build confidence and form meaningful relationships—without faking extroversion or forcing small talk. Drawing on real-...

“Dark, twisty and full of characters you’ll love to hate, The Nanny is the perfect read for a chilly winter’s night.” — Ruth Ware, New York Times Bestselling Author “The Nanny kept me in white-knuckled suspense until the very last page. Gilly Macmillan’s breakout thriller...

How well do you know the people you love…? Best friends Noah Sadler and Abdi Mahad have always been inseparable. But when Noah is found floating unconscious in Bristol's Feeder Canal, Abdi can't--or won't--tell anyone what happened. Just back from a mandatory leave following his last case...

Margaret MacMillan brings her extraordinary gifts to two of the most important countries today, the United States and China, and one of the most significant moments in modern history: Richard Nixon's week in China in February 1972, which opened relations between America and China (closed since the communists came to power in 1949).

She’s my best friend’s little sister. That alone should be enough to make me keep my hands to myself. Knowing her brother’s extra protective should seal the deal. But after Ellie turns up on our doorstep while her brother’s not home, and falls asleep on the couch after a misunderstanding with her roommate, I can’t seem to stay away. I’m not normally the kind of guy who only wants what he can’t have, but in Ellie’s case, I seem to be making an exception.

“Twisty, dark, and packs a punch. . . . Gripping and genuinely nail-biting.” — Sarah Pearse, New York Times bestselling author of The Sanatorium In this pulse-pounding thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Nanny, a group of women travel to the most remote place...

A witty and heartwarming escape about mothers and daughters, small-town dating, and the surprising ways we find our way home. When Gigi Jenkins finds herself broke, unemployed, and out of options, she has no choice but to return to Mackinac Island, the horse-and-buggy hometown she swore she'd...

This book recounts the history of the Watchtower/Jehovah's Witness' movement in an autobiographical style. A. H. Macmillan was baptized by the Bible students in 1900 and served at Brooklyn Bethel headquarters until his death in 1966.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Nanny and What She Knew comes the terrifying story of what can happen after all your dreams come true Be careful what you wish for... Childhood sweethearts Nicole and Tom are a normal, loving couple—until a massive lottery win changes...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review The Economist The Christian Science Monitor Bloomberg Businessweek The Globe and Mail From the bestselling and award-winning author of Paris 1919 comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, a fascinating...

The world will never see another peace conference like the one which took place in Paris in 1919. For six months, the world's major leaders - including Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States, David Lloyd George, prime minister of Great Britain, and Georges Clemenceau, prime minister of France - met to discuss the peace settlements which were to end World War One.

Available for the First Time: The Complete Social Entrepreneur’s Playbook by Wharton professor Ian C. MacMillan and Dr. James Thompson, director of the Wharton Social Entrepreneurship Program, provide a tough-love approach that significantly increases the likelihood of a successful social enterprise launch in the face of the high-uncertainty conditions typically encountered by social entrepreneurs.

""The Changeling meets an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit but set in the UK.” -The Skimm THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In her enthralling debut, Gilly Macmillan explores a mother’s search for her missing son, weaving a taut psychological thriller as gripping and skillful as...

""A spellbinding book about a missing child, and about the life of a writer. Bold, suspenseful, and impossible to put down. This one will stay with me for a long time."" — Samantha Downing, #1 internationally bestselling author of My Lovely Wife The acclaimed author of The Nanny and What...

Is peace an aberration? The New York Times bestselling author of Paris 1919 offers a provocative view of war as an essential component of humanity. NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW “Margaret MacMillan has produced another seminal work. . . . She is...

Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, renowned historian Margaret MacMillan's best-selling Paris 1919 is the story of six remarkable months that changed the world. At the close of WWI, between January and July of 1919, delegates from around the world converged on Paris under the auspices of peace. New countries were created, old empires were dissolved, and for six months, Paris was the center of the world.

From New York Times bestselling author Gilly Macmillan comes this original, chilling and twisty mystery about two shocking murder cases twenty years apart, and the threads that bind them. Twenty years ago, eleven-year-olds Charlie Paige and Scott Ashby were murdered in the city of Bristol, their...