Macmillan: 141 books
History's People
Personalities and the Past
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
Part of the CBC Massey Lectures Series
In History’s People internationally acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan gives her own personal selection of figures of the past, women and men, some famous and some little-known, who stand out for her. Some have changed the course of history and even...
What She Knew
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
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 The Girl on the Train and The Guilty One.
In a heartbeat, everything changes…
Rachel Jenner...
I Know You Know
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
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,...
The Solution Revolution
How Business, Government, and Social Enterprises Are Teaming Up to Solve Society's Toughest Problems
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Government Alone Can’t Solve Society’s Biggest Problems
World hunger. Climate change. Crumbling infrastructure. It’s clear that in today’s era of fiscal constraints and political gridlock, we can no longer turn to government alone to tackle these and other towering social problems....
Common-Sense Business
Principles for Profitable Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
“Has the potential to transform how all companies are run…Nothing could be more valuable!”—Mark Drewell, CEO, Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI)
From two of the world’s most successful business leaders comes Common-Sense Business—an accessible, actionable guide to...
Ideas: Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds
Brilliant Thinkers Speak Their Minds
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
For four decades, Ideas has presented more than 400,000 CBC Radio listeners in Canada and the United States with the most challenging contemporary thought of the day. Now, to mark the program’s 40th anniversary, executive producer Bernie Lucht has selected the most striking interviews and lectures...
Nixon and Mao
The Week That Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2007
Margaret MacMillan, praised as “a superb writer who can bring history to life” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), brings her extraordinary gifts to one of the most important subjects today–the relationship between the United States and China–and one of the most significant moments in modern history.
In...
by Margaret MacMillan
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Stephen Leacock's satiric masterpiece Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town captures "the Empire forever" mentality that marked Anglo-Canadian life in the early decades of the twentieth century. Historian Margaret Macmillan—whose books Women of the Raj and Paris 1919 cast fresh light on the...
Dangerous Games
The Uses and Abuses of History
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
Acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan explores here the many ways in which history affects us all. She shows how a deeper engagement with history, both as individuals and in the sphere of public debate, can help us understand ourselves and the world better. But she also warns that history can be...
Wicked Syracuse
A History of Sin in Salt City
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
Gangsters, train robbery, forgery and prostitution--these misdeeds are more often associated with New York City or the Wild West, but make no mistake, Syracuse, New York, has housed its fair share of vice and sinners. A riot prompted politicians to make Syracuse a city in the first place. A man who billed...
The Heart is a Noisy Room
Your inner voices, why they matter and how to win them over
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Your heart, my heart, everyone's heart, is a noisy room full of voices. These voices can come deep from childhood, or from our culture, or from habits embraced in adulthood. These voices run our lives. They can even ruin them. But if we face them, they can also save us.
We all have inner stories...
Discovery-Driven Growth
A Breakthrough Process to Reduce Risk and Seize Opportunity
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2009
You've been charged with growing your business. Incremental growth can no longer deliver the results you need. You need truly dynamic growth - and you need to achieve it without risking a hugely expensive gamble. How can you encourage innovative new ventures and pursue ambitious growth while minimizing...
by Stuart Macmillan
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2011
This book is designed to help anyone from the age of 8 to 80 years old to find out the best way in which they can learn more quickly and effectively and remember what they learn.
No long-winded descriptions and unnecessary reading - this book gets straight to the point and teaches the methods...
by Stuart Macmillan
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2011
The Bullying Elimination Handbook shows schools how to implement strategies that reflect a zero-tolerance to bullying. This Book and resource kit will provide teachers with what they need to eliminate all forms of bullying from within the school and your local community.
Chapters include:
Dealing...