Richard Kennedy

The shock of being diagnosed with a terminal disease- one of the cruelest in medical annals, is made even more confusing and ironic by a fantastic gift that accompanies it...You will laugh. You will cry. And you will enjoy one of the most moving love stories ever written...You will never forget the "man-child", Simon, with his unparalleled joys and his unimaginable sorrows. And you are sure to be exhilarated by its gripping and astonishing conclusion.

This is the story of Charles Hoffman "Hopper" Kennedy. He became a high school football and basketball coach in the early 1920s. He worked his way up the ladder by working with each of his players to help each of them to believe in themselves to become the best they could be and to help them form into a team. He would scout the teams he would be playing--sometimes going to their school to see the plans they were working on to defeat him. His big break came when they hired him at Lynch, Kentucky. His team had nineteen shutouts in a row, twenty-seven shutouts in three seasons. He was chosen to coach the all-star game of 1942 in Kentucky and won the game. He had two players go to the NFL: #8, Harold Mullin, tackle, 214 lbs., six feet three; and #27, Joe Hollingsworth, running back, 189 lbs., six feet two. Hopper did this at thirty-nine years old. He also played semipro basketball from 1926 to 1928 where he won the MVP for being the center. He got his nickname Hopper in college when he played world billiards champion. Willie Hoppe started calling him Hopper. He then went to Lockport, New York, to coach high school football and basketball. He turned both teams into having a winning season. He talked to each player for hours past the practice into the night. By doing this, he formed the foundation of building his players into champions. That method won the games.

This new edition adds more than 100 illustrations to the book.Amy's eyes are blue as the ocean and bright as buttons. In fact, they are buttons, for Amy is a doll. Once she was a flesh-and-blood orphan child at St. Anne's Home for Girls. But her beloved sailor doll turned into a real little man and went off to seek his fortune, becoming Captain of the frigate Ariel. So Amy pined away and-behold She turning into a doll herself."Why, this means that almost anything could happen " says the Captain upon his return. And almost anything does, as the two set out on the Ariel with a crew that includes rabbits, dogs, cats, monkeys, and other animals (who were all once dolls themselves) on a dangerous quest for gold treasure.

This isn't just another love story. Generically, perhaps, but otherwise not. It is indeed a story about love, falling in love, being in love, experiencing love in all of its manifold, unpredictable aspects with its roller coaster emotions, its exhilarating highs, its heartbreaking lows and its gut-wrenching uncertainties. But the difference and the reason why I believe the reader will kvell over this tale and find it all but un-put-down-able is because this is a story about mature love, venerated love- old love, if you will, to put it plainly....In short, how hope springs eternal, and how we all are truly as young as we think we are..."This is a great book. For anyone who wants to believe there is still magic in the world and that love can happen at any age, this is a must read." Vikki Walker, USA, July, 2016

This new offering is the better- and the best, of two previously published volumes: Gems and Spills, with some new verses added that have previously never seen the light of day. He makes us see things not only clearly and whole, but differently than before, the mark of an artist of the first rank." Vantage Press "Sir, you are a very extraordinary person, magnificent, incredible, great, fantastic, brilliant, clever, etc...I salute you...I adore and admire your works and beliefs." JB, USA, October 2011

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.

YEARS AND FEARS APART is a new release consisting of two previous: House Of December and Philippics and a study of the poet's constructs regarding life's "big questions." While he personally has become more cynical and sardonic, as expressed in other genres, such as his novels, his poetic views and values had remained very much the same, and this is good news for those who will appreciate his idealistic notions and his inimitable way of expressing them. Thinkers in particular are going to have a feast. New compositions have been added that are sure to enhance the reader's enjoyment.

A struggling novelist, who edits other writer's copy to make ends meet, goes to an island in the Mid-Atlantic to work on a "serious" book for a travel writer. What happens after that is anything but serious. He encounters an unbelievably bizarre world filled with uproariously funny people and outlandish events. "...What a fantastic story ...An intricately orchestrated trip of surreal fantasy and humor. "Lindy C., USA (Poet)

Kennedy once described his writing as something of a cross between Khalil Gibran and H. L. Mencken, with a twist or two that makes his style uniquely his own. Combining verse with some of his quotations, or witticisms, is an example of his zest to experiment with different formats creatively...It is a compilation that gives the world a glimpse into the mind of one of the more gifted writers of our time that you will return to time after time.

When an Italian historian researching in the Vatican Archives discovers ancient papers hidden centuries ago by the Knights Templars, he has no idea it will lead to a globe-trotting adventure running from Interpol and the NSA, escaping from an infamous blackmarket racketeer with his own militia and being held at gunpoint in the rainforests seeking holy relics hidden by the Nazis.

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