James Kennedy

Dark Matter meets Annihilation in this mind-bending and emotional speculative thriller set in a world where the exact moment of your death can be predicted-for a price. Our narrator is the most talented salesman at Dare to Know, a prestigious and enigmatic company in the death-prediction business. While he has mastered the art of death, the rest of his life is an abject failure. Divorced, estranged from his sons, and broke, he's driven to violate the cardinal rule of his business by forecasting his own death day. The problem: apparently he died 23 minutes ago. The only person who can confirm his prediction is Julia, the woman he loved and lost during his rise up the ranks of Dare to Know. As he travels across the country to see her, our narrator is forced to confront his past, the choices he's made, and the terrifying truth about the company he works for--and his role there. Highly ambitious and totally immersive, this adrenaline-fueled thriller explores the destructive power of knowledge and collapses the boundaries between reality, myth, and conspiracy as it races toward its stunning conclusion.

Dare to Know

Thirteen-year-old Jo suddenly finds her humdrum life turned upside down when Colonel Anatoly Kordakov shows up at her aunt's party and announces he has come to protect her.

The Order of Odd-Fish

A young woman’s secretive midwestern town is engulfed by a mysterious plague of tornadoes every generation–and she must escape it before it claims her. 

Stephen King’s The Mist meets David Lynch’s Twin Peaks in this inventive, mind-bending horror-thriller.

In a small town tucked away in the midwestern corn fields, the adults whisper about Tornado Day. Our narrator, a high school sophomore, has never heard this phrase but she soon discovers its terrible meaning: a plague of sentient tornadoes is coming to destroy them. 

The only thing that stands between the town and total annihilation is a teen boy known as the tornado killer. Drawn to this enigmatic boy, our narrator senses an unnatural connection between them. But the adults are hiding a secret about the origins of the tornadoes and the true nature of the tornado killer—and our narrator must escape before the primeval power that binds them all comes to claim her. 

Audaciously conceived and steeped in existential dread, this genre-defying novel reveals the mythbound madness at the heart of American life.

A Novel

Bride of the Tornado

Conversations on Religion with Lord Byron and Others

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Memoir of Margaret Stephen Kennedy

‘Harrowing, funny and 100% true’ Ginger Wildheart The tale that follows is not another clichéd collection of rock’n’roll debaucheries (sorry) nor is it another tired fable of triumph over adversity (you’re welcome). It’s the story of a half-deaf kid from a tiny, remote village in South Wales who was hailed as a genius by the UK’s biggest radio station and headhunted by major record labels, only for the music industry to collapse. It crashed hard, taking with it an entire generation of talented artists who would never now get their shot. CNN called it ‘music’s lost decade’. Along the way, there are goodies, baddies, gun-toting label execs, life-saving surgeons, therapy, true love, loyalty, hope, breakdowns, suicidal managers, betrayal, drummers and way too many hangovers. James Kennedy shows that the best lessons are to be learned from good losers. It really is all about the journey. Part memoir, part exposé of the music world’s murky underbelly, Noise Damage is emotional, painfully honest, funny, informative and ridiculous. It’s also a celebration of the life-changing magic of music.

My Life as a Rock’n’Roll Underdog

Noise Damage

José Zorrilla

José de Espronceda

Leandro Fernández de Moratín

Manuel Bretón de los Herreros

Juan Meléndez Valdés

Francisco Martínez de la Rosa

José María Heredia

Gaspar de Jovellanos

Tomás de Iriarte

Manuel José Quintana

duque de Angel de Saavedra Rivas

Juan Bautista Arriaza

This book is an English translation of a collection of Spanish poetry. It contains the most interesting Spanish poems in modern times of 19th century and translates them into English, introducing Spain's most valuable poetry works to readers around the world. The author of this book is Francisco Martínez de la Rosa, and the translator is James Kennedy.

Modern Poets and Poetry of Spain

Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877

A New Description of the Pictures, Statues, Bustos, Basso Relievos, and Other Curiosities, in the Earl of Pembroke's House, at Wilton. ...

Presenting Graduated Instruction in the Language of the Old Testament

Introduction to Biblical Hebrew

Dennis Boyles

Fresh advice from a popular columnist of America's leading health magazine, Men's Health, presents reasoned guidance on a variety of men's issues, including sex, work, children, and local football teams, and offers useful lists of insults, barbecue spots, and more. Original. 50,000 first printing.

Advice on Women, Work, and Other Stuff that Screws Up Men's Lives

Jimmy the Bartender's Guide to Life

Held in Cephalonia, a Short Time Previous to His Lordship's Death

Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron and Others

Biographical and critical notices, with translations of various poems.

The short stories and one-act play presented in The Baywoods Anthology were selected for readers who seek classic mainstream literature. Dr. Kennedy is a master storyteller whose spirited writing is poignant and delightfully accessible. ...another great story, Jim...fun to read...and very clever! I adore the child's innocence...the voice...and the ending...Perfect! ...I soooo enjoyed the story...you write beautifully...it touched all of my emotions...I must read it again...once was not enough! ...I lived the Beatle's story! ...cool to write stories people can relate to...top to bottom...I am a true compatriate reading and enjoying... ...a great bit of writing...heartlifting...I found the story and the writing in this one really enjoyable...Is it based on a true story? ...I just finished "The Dog Without a Leash" It was so beautifully written...I enjoyed it very much...it reminded me of a similar experience with a kitten I found in the park...thank you for sending it to Paul and I...it was heartwarming.

The Baywoods Anthology

Russell C. Eberhart

Yuhui Shi

Swarm Intelligence (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Artificial Intelligence)

In 2021 snakken Nederlanders ernaar om weer aan het werk te gaan; de periode van wachten, van nietsdoen of weinig doen is voorbij. Misschien kijken we er vooral naar uit om onze collega's weer te zien op het werk. Dat lijkt goed te rijmen met het beeld van een hardwerkend volk. 'Wij Nederlanders hebben de arbeid altijd lief gehad om de arbeid zelf,' meende een krant net na de bevrijding in 1945. Het bevrijde volk kon niet wachten om eindelijk weer zelf de handen uit de mouwen te steken voor de wederopbouw van hun land. Dat arbeidsethos was volgens de algemene overtuiging deel van hun volksaard. Maar in Aan het werk betoogt James Kennedy dat dit arbeidsethos niet alleen draaide om werk. Zelfs ten tijde van de wederopbouw probeerden Nederlanders een balans te vinden tussen werk, ontspanning en privéleven. Hoe die balans eruitzag was wel aan verandering onderhevig. Na de wederopbouw was er eerst een tijd waarin men vanwege de toenemende welvaart niet veel hóefde te werken, daarna kwam een tijd van grote werkloosheid waarin men niet veel kón werken, en in de afgelopen jaren lijkt het erop dat men weer meer móet werken. Wat opvalt in dit land, waar werk zo belangrijk schijnt te zijn, is dat er hoge eisen worden gesteld aan wie mócht werken. Nederlanders willen aan het werk, maar wat verwachten we van het werk? De Amerikaanse historicus James Kennedy, die uit een land komt met een ander arbeidsethos, probeert de recente Nederlandse geschiedenis te ontrafelen. James Kennedy (Orange City, Iowa, 1963) is Dean van University College Utrecht en columnist van dagblad Trouw. Hij publiceerde eerder onder andere Nieuw Babylon in aanbouw, Een weloverwogen dood en Bezielende verbanden. Over Een weloverwogen dood 'In Een weloverwogen dood geeft hij een intelligente en fraaie analyse van de totstandkoming van het Nederlandse euthanasiebeleid. Tegelijkertijd laat hij op overtuigende wijze zien hoe verhelderend het kan zijn om met een historische blik naar een actueel onderwerp te kijken.' NRC Handelsblad 'Deze Amerikaanse cultuurhistoricus heeft, met zijn grote kennis van Nederland, precies genoeg distantie én affiniteit om op nuchtere wijze zo'n emotioneel geladen kwestie in kaart te brengen. Geen Nederlander ging hem hierin voor.' DE VOLKSKRANT Over Bezielende verbanden 'Een van de charmes van zijn boek blijft de lichte verbazing die af en toe doorklinkt als hij de eigenaardigheden van zijn nieuwe omgeving beschrijft, en al helemaal als hij die vergelijkt met zijn geboorteland, waar die vertrouwde Nederlandse begrippen als tolerantie en burgerschap zo heel anders worden beleefd en ingevuld.' NRC HANDELSBLAD 'Een bundel vol scherpzinnige observaties.' DE VOLKSKRANT **** 'Kennedy is een hoffelijk criticus, die zijn publiek nooit provoceert, maar ondertussen rake opmerkingen maakt.' Historisch NieuwsbladD 'Hij heeft een frisse en vaak onverwachte kijk op ons land, deze bundel getuigt daar uitvoerig van.' Trouw

Aan het werk

The tale that follows is not another clichéd collection of rock'n'roll debaucheries (sorry) nor is it another tired fable of triumph over adversity (you're welcome).It's the story of a half-deaf kid from a tiny, remote village in South Wales who was hailed as a genius by the UK's biggest radio station and headhunted by major record labels, only for the music industry to collapse. It crashed hard, taking with it an entire generation of talented artists who would never now get their shot. CNN called it &‘music's lost decade'.Along the way, there are goodies, baddies, gun-toting label execs, life-saving surgeons, therapy, true love, loyalty, hope, breakdowns, suicidal managers, betrayal, drummers and way too many hangovers. James Kennedy shows that the best lessons are to be learned from good losers. It really is all about the journey.Part memoir, part exposé of the music world's murky underbelly, Noise Damage is emotional, painfully honest, funny, informative and ridiculous. It's also a celebration of the life-changing magic of music.

James Kennedy

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