Michael Kerrigan is an author and historian of ideas whose written works range from the ancient world to current affairs. He has contributed to several titles in the Myth and the Imagination of Mankind and History of the World Time-Life series and co-authored The Reader”s Digest Illustrated History of the World (2005-8). He is a regular reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement.
17 Ebooks by Michael Kerrigan
Michael Kerrigan: Mind Over Matter (illustrated)
Is it possible to ‘send’ thoughts into someone else’s brain? Can random number generators predict future events? Why does a placebo work like a drug? Is there a collective consciousness? Even in this …
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Michael Kerrigan: Mind Over Matter (illustrated)
Is it possible to ‘send’ thoughts into someone else’s brain? Can random number generators predict future events? Why does a placebo work like a drug? Is there a collective consciousness? Even in this …
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€5.99
Michael Kerrigan: Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen (Text Only)
A charming ebook full of Jane Austen’s wittiest and wisest thoughts and aphorisms.As any schoolgirl knows, ‘It is a truth universally acnowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune …
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€3.49
Michael Kerrigan: Where There’s a Will : A Practical Guide to Taking Charge of Your Affairs
Kerrigan’s tone is carefully balanced and the writing is compelling – he urges us to seize the day before it seizes us (Sarah Stone, Dying Matters Coalition). Death is inevitable, yet most of us …
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Michael Kerrigan: Dark History of the American Presidents
The office of the American President has evolved dramatically over the last 200 years, from George Washington’s heroic posturing as leader of a renegade nation, to calculated cunning as commander of …
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Michael Kerrigan: Dark History of the Roman Emperors
Five of the first eleven emperors of Rome were assassinated and another two killed themselves rather than face the fury of their subjects. Nero sang while Rome burned. Caligula proclaimed himself a g …
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William Shakespeare: To Be or Not to Be
A unique collection of Shakespeare’s soliloquies, each introduced by concise and informative editorial notes. This is an edition to complement the highly successful SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS and is …
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Michael Kerrigan: Dark History of the Catholic Church
The world’s largest Christian organization with 1.2 billion members, the Catholic Church is one of the world’s oldest institutions and has played a crucial part in the development of Western civiliza …
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€9.14
Michael Kerrigan: Dark History of the Bible
‘Sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must master it.’ The Lord’s words to Cain, Book of Genesis Human sacrifice, floods, plagues, murders, massacres, betrayal, wars, incest, …
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Michael Kerrigan: Celtic Myths
From around 750BC to 12BC, the Celts were the most powerful people in central and northern Europe. With the expansion of the Roman Empire and the later Christianization of these lands, they were push …
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Michael Kerrigan: Dark History of Russia
From monarchy to the world’s first socialist state, from Communism to Capitalism, from mass poverty to Europe’s new super rich, Russia has seen immense revolutions in just the past century, including …
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Michael Kerrigan: Hitler
Artist, soldier, politician, madman? We know the headlines, we know about the atrocities, but what do we really know of the man at the heart of it all? Hitler looks behind the image of the …
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Georgie Carroll & Mark Faulkner: Big Ideas. Das Mythologie-Buch
Die faszinierende Welt der Mythen einfach erklärt
Von frühen Schöpfungsmythen bis zu klassischen Heldensagen. Dieses innovative Nachschlagewerk führt mit originellen Illustrationen & ansprechenden …
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€19.99
Michael Kerrigan: China – A Dark History
The history of China is rich in episodes of slaughter, sometimes perpetrated by invaders like the Manchu, or by the Mongols in the 13th century, or much later by the Japanese at Nanking in 1937. …
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€8.45
Michael Kerrigan: The Knights Templar
The Templars, the Knights Hospitallers, the Teutonic Knights – the chivalric orders founded during the Crusades evoke romantic images of warrior monks who were fierce but spiritual, chaste and pious …
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€8.99
Michael Kerrigan: Chernobyl
On 26 April 1986, the unthinkable happened near the Ukrainian town of Pripyat: two massive steam explosions ruptured No. 4 Reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, immediately killing 30 people …
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€9.33
DR. LAWRENCE SONDHAUS & DAVID L. ANDERSON: Big Ideas. Der Erste Weltkrieg
Die Geschichte des Ersten Weltkrieges entdecken und verstehen
Warum wurde er ‘ein Krieg, der alle Kriege beenden sollte’ genannt? Was war der Schlieffen-Plan und wie verlief die Schlacht von Verdun? …
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€19.99
