Books by Michael McCarthy

Improve your fluency and sound more natural in English.

A moving and intimate portrait of nature during the lockdown spring of 2020 - the first book to document the environmental impact of this world-historical event.

The words you need to communicate with confidence.

The words you need to communicate with confidence.

The words you need to communicate with confidence.

Viewpoint is an innovative course that's based on extensive research into the Cambridge English Corpus, taking students to a higher level of proficiency to become effective communicators.

A new and fresh roll of Papal Arms from 1012 to Benedict XVI.

Although the College of Cardinals is the most prestigious and venerable body at the heart of the Catholic Church, no consolidated work on its members had appeared in well over 150 years. This volume finally presents an authoritative roll of the college and of the coats-of arms used by the members of the College, and will therefore be warmly welcomed. MICHAEL McCARTHY was a recognised expert in the field of ecclesiastical heraldry.

This up-to-date A-Z grammar field guide, written in a clear, non-technical style by a globally successful author, will transform your ability to give the best impression through your use of language, while being entertained and enlightened along the way.

By the author of Ashes Under Water (Lyons, 2014), here is one of the great untold stories of World War II. The Hidden Hindenburg finally catches up with a German conman who mislead the world about the Hindenburg to bury his own Nazi connections.

A sweeping and detailed, history of one of Scotland's oldest families and clans set against events national and local, political and social from the Norman Invasion until the present day. Capturing the highs and lows of family, clan, estate and community within the formation, struggles and advancement of the Scottish nation.

This second supplement of the Heraldica Colegii Cardinalium continues the planned publication of that roll of arms as Cardinals are created by the Sovereign Pontiff, this time giving the arms of all but one of the Cardinals created on 21st October 2003.

Authoritative roll of the coats-of-arms of the College of Cardinals.

Codifies coats of arms used by the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and the Lutheran Churches of Scandinavia dioceses worldwide.

"Michael McCarthy's volume ... deserves an important place in the growing body of scholarly literature devoted to ... the image of the black in Western consciousness.' Although this excellent book touches on diverse aspects of African-American relations, it is primarily concerned with the origins and development of American perceptions of an alien environment and people--perceptions, as McCarthy amply demonstrates, that were shaped as much by expectations and predispositions of Americans traveling and living in Africa over almost a century and a half as by the actual characteristics of the land and people they encountered there. Through a careful examination and sophisticated interpretation of the voluminous writings of dozens of Americans, McCarthy explains how a language of discourse' about the continent and its people evolved in the United States and ultimately shaped the nation's ideas about both in a particular way. ... [This] work ... provides rich insight into the complex relation between the physical and metaphysical Africa.' The significance of McCarthy's study is much larger than its brevity suggests."-American Historical Review

The words you need to communicate with confidence.

The words you need to communicate with confidence.

Improve your understanding of idioms in English.