richard david kennedy

richard david kennedy

Author: Richard David Kennedy

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008-06-26

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1435727509

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HOUSE OF DECEMBER Including Selections from Words, And There Are Five Seasons and Interlude Seven magnificent new poems and selections from two previously published collections available only in hard-to-obtain privately printed editions comprise Richard David Kennedy's HOUSE OF DECEMBER. Its author obviously sees "things clearly ...and whole," to quote E. M. Forster in Howard's End, and he has also realized Forster's admitted intention as voiced in the frontispiece of that novel: "To connect..." The poems on physical nature, fleshly and spiritual love, the creative act, and time, all echo Kennedy's concern with the sanctity of the individual and the presence of the godhead in each and every one. The poet's technical virtuosity adds further complexity and density to his profound ideas. He makes us see things not only clearly and whole, but differently than before, the mark of an artist of the first rank. HARDCOVER EDITION


President Kennedy

President Kennedy

Author: Richard Reeves

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-11-08

Total Pages: 822

ISBN-13: 1439127549

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President Kennedy is the compelling, dramatic history of JFK's thousand days in office. It illuminates the presidential center of power by providing an indepth look at the day-by-day decisions and dilemmas of the thirty-fifth president as he faced everything from the threat of nuclear war abroad to racial unrest at home. "A narrative that leaves us not only with a new understanding of Kennedy as President, but also with a new understanding of what it means to be President" (The New York Times).


The Encuentro Book Two

The Encuentro Book Two

Author: Richard David Kennedy

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-12-03

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1312727349

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The Encuentro isn't just another novel. A fairy tale in novel form- told as a farce, presented like a play, and executed like a movie, it is indeed "novel" in every way. It is very much as advertised: "A Risque Fairy Tale For Contemporary Adults"- very mature adults. It is also Kennedy as his innovated best- "pulling out all the stops," and turning the medium on its head to make a gut-busting spoof that turns out not to be such a "spoof" after all. So, while the subject matter is bawdy, the humor outrageous and the wit nonpareil, it is, to be sure, a deeply profound exposition of the nature and meaning of life at the end of the day. It is, as he has stated, "probably (my) best symphony yet," and destined to be an instant classic. Where else will you find a novel's author portraying himself in his own book as a "movie director?""


The Kennedy Brothers

The Kennedy Brothers

Author: Richard D. Mahoney

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2017-05-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1628727624

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Eight years apart in age, John F. and Robert F. Kennedy were wildly different in temperament and sensibility. Jack was the leader—charismatic, ironic, capable of extraordinary growth and reach, yet also reckless. Bobby was the fearless, hardworking Boy Scout—unafraid of dirty work and ruthless about protecting his brother and destroying their enemies. Jack, it was said, was the first Irish Brahman, Bobby the last Irish Puritan. As Richard D. Mahoney demonstrates with brilliant clarity in this impeccably documented, magisterial book, the Kennedys lived their days of power in dangerous, trackless territory. Mahoney gives us the Kennedy days and years as we have never before seen them. Here are Jack and Bobby in all their hubris and humanity, youthfulness and fatalism. Here, also, is American history as it unfolds. With a new foreword by David Talbot, The Kennedy Brothers is a masterful account of two men whose legacy continues to hold the American imagination.


JFK

JFK

Author: Richard D. Mahoney

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13:

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Examines American foreign policy toward Africa in the 1960s.


The Lost Island

The Lost Island

Author: Eilís Dillon

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2006-08-22

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781590172056

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Michael Farrell was forced to grow up quickly after his father disappeared hunting for treasure on the fabled lost island of Inishmananan. Struggling to get by, one evening he and his mother receive a mysterious message from a ragged tramp who stops by their farm. The old man has proof that Michael’s father is alive! Although no one seeking the island has ever returned, Michael and his friend Joe board the first boat they can, only to find out it is run by a treacherous gang of sailors. Braving the unknown seas, they embark in a grand search for Michael’s missing father, the spectacular fortune, and the island’s long-lost secret. Set amid Ireland’s picturesque west coast, plots against Michael and the adventures that befall him make this magical and suspenseful narrative a page-turning, rough and tumble adventure story.


When Never Shall We Die

When Never Shall We Die

Author: Richard David Kennedy

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-12

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13: 1312720239

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This the definitive anthology of Kennedy's poetic works. In it you will find virtually everything he has ever written, including his most recent compositions. It is, almost literally, the poetic story of his life. Kennedy isn't one to mince words. He can be opinionated and is by nature sardonic. He is also a free spirit, open-minded and unconstrained by conventional forms of presentation. His subject matter runs the gamut, but much of his work is focused on God, religion, love, social mores and, of course, the meaning of life. He is passionate. He is profound. He is earthy, mundane- even ribald occasionally; he also sublime. He is questioning. He is a wordsmith; he is complex and sometimes he can be "too simple to understand," as are all deep thinkers. "...He makes us see things not only clearly and whole, but differently than before, the mark of an artist of the first rank." He is a poet for all ages, as will he be a poet for future generations. He is decidedly one of a kind.


The Dunning Of Harley Nesbit

The Dunning Of Harley Nesbit

Author: Richard David Kennedy

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-11-28

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1312713143

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What would it be like to wake up one morning under a bridge and not be able to remember who you are, how you got there, and only snippets of your past? This is Harley's predicament and it's a mystery he seems incapable of solving on his own...This is where an impish street maven comes in. His name is Dusty, and he's all too familiar with the besotted Harley, who's as put off and perplexed as he is intrigued by this queer little man...Things soon change, however, and somehow between the two of them they manage to unravel Harley's past in a most unorthodox way...Brace yourself, because this is going to be one lurid journey that will shock your socks off! And it all comes to a completely unexpected end!...Be warned: THIS IS MATURE READING, but if you enjoy a compelling mystery and you have a strong stomach, then proceed at your own risk.


The Profit Book One

The Profit Book One

Author: Richard David Kennedy

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-12-03

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1312725214

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What do you get when you take a failed novelist, a capricious "alien," a world renowned- but debauched evangelist, an alcoholic estate manager and mix them together with a half dozen other eccentric characters? What you get is distinctly different cocktail called THE PROFIT that you won't be able to order at a bar anywhere. The plot is a riddle in an enigma that is so well-woven and imaginative it's almost too simple to understand. The content is mature, intended for adults who are discerning readers who enjoy fine, avant-garde literature and bristling social satire, particularly about evangelists and their followers, and should be appreciated by atheists, agnostics and the devoutly religious alike who have open minds. The reader is sure to be as "captivated" as it the Writerman in the book in this most exquisite of his offerings.