This tale of a mother accused and convicted of the deaths of her two young babies is a horrific yet powerful. By adopting a form commonly associated with verbatim theatre, the subject is imbued with a clarity that is at once both unrelenting and utterly engaging, as it slowly emerges that these events are not truth at all, but Kelly masquerading theatrical illusion as truth. What unfolds is a bleak yet tender exploration of grief, exploitation, and the innate hypocrisies of reportage.

Taking Care of Baby

Literature & Fiction

Kelly, Dennis

Dramas & Plays

Concord Theatricals

An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids - theirs is an ordinary family. But then their world starts to unravel and things take a disturbing turn.

Girls & Boys

Vince Locker's life is tragic. His comedy act for the LaughCom competition has just bombed, ruining any chance of the cash prize he desperately needed. His life is in tatters; abandoned by his father as a child, an estranged wife, Jessica, who he seems to disappoint just by his mere existence, and living in his mother's house with his bipolar brother and facing foreclosure. As he stands on Smith Avenue Bridge, suicide seems the only option until he is unexpectedly rescued by an old school mortician named Truss. Vince meets another of Truss's rescues, Winona. Although beyond social norms, the trio seize on a quick cash fix that just might help Vince meet his child support demands-comedic tributes for the dead. The eulogies are hilarious and off the wall, sometimes disastrous and sometimes enlightening. They propel Vince into the dark underworld of the funeral industry, life insurance scams, savage politics, a kidnapping, the murder investigation of a destitute unclaimed young woman and threats to Jessica and his young daughter. As details of the murdered young woman are slowly revealed, Vince realizes that he has many ghosts of his own to put to rest. The story is a brilliant thought-provoking exploration of grief and death nested in clever humor.

A Comedian Walks Into A Funeral Home

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Dymaxion Press

Have you ever wished your job came with an owner's manual? You'll find the closest thing to it in this insightful collection of lessons learned by veteran school administrator Dennis Kelly. As he has moved from teacher to principal to superintendent, Kelly has taken careful mental notes about his path―the landmarks, the roadblocks, the hidden snares―and the view from the top. Novice and veteran alike will appreciate Kelly's poignant, inspirational vignettes as well as his practical advice on being a good educator and a good human being.

Lessons Learned Along the Way: Survival Tips for School Leaders

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

R&L Education

Against the backdrop of a blustery Minnesota winter, lottery players hold their collective breath at the thought of winning big on Christmas Day. The BlizzzardBall jackpot has run up to a red-hot $750 million, the world's richest prize. The 'stuff of dreams' becomes a deadly game that propels the reader into the world of numerical probability, conspiratorial politics, international ticket scalpers, counterfeiters, disgruntled players, and illegal aliens looking to grab the brass ring. Caught in the crosscurrents are an old school cop and tech savvy analyst buffeted by unsolved murders, a bomb blast, and the curious whereabouts of the winning lottery ticket. Underlying the chaos is an insight to those who understand and leverage the human condition of want, the irrational hope for riches and the search for life's short cuts - with the lottery being the perfect fix.

Blizzard Ball

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

North Star Press of St. Cloud

CHICKEN [poems and collages]

Gay Sunshine Press

Tells the history of the campaign in a lively manner.

Blue & Gray Magazine's History and Tour Guide of the Atlanta Campaign

History

Davis, Stephen

McMurry, Richard

Americas

Blue & Gray Enterprises

In early May 1864, William T. Sherman led his large army group of 98,000 men into Georgia against Joe Johnston's significantly smaller Confederate Army of Tennessee. Sherman's goal was the capture of Atlanta 100 miles to the south. After a series of sharp engagements and timely maneuvers, he ran up against his enemy along the Kennesaw Mountain line just north of the Chattahoochee River.\nThe roadblock confounded Sherman, who grew frustrated with the rainy weather and stalemate. A Confederate attack at Kolb's Farm on June 22 was thrown back. Five days later on June 27, Sherman launched his own large head-on assault that would prove to be his bloodiest mistake of the entire campaign.\nOriginally published in 1990 and long out of print, Dennis Kelly's heralded Kennesaw Mountain and the Atlanta Campaign is perfect for the armchair historian or battlefield stomper. In addition to plentiful photos, includes nearly two dozen helpful maps and a clear and concise account of the entire campaign, including a tour.

Kennesaw Mountain and the Atlanta Campaign: A Tour Guide

Travel

United States

Kennesaw Mountain

Review\n“A taut, compelling thriller and a modern-day spin on Lord of the Flies, exploring group behaviour and moral equivocation.” ―Financial Times\nDennis Kelly's play DNA centres on friendship, morality and responsibility in odd circumstances. When a group of young friends are faced with a terrible accident, they deliberately make the wrong choices to cover it up and find themselves in an unusually binding friendship where no one will own up to what they've done.\nThe play began life as a National Theatre Connections commission in 2008 and has subsequently been produced, studied and toured around the world.\nDNA is published for the first time in the Methuen Drama Student Edition series with commentary and notes by Clare Finburgh Delijani, which look at the play's context, themes, dramatic form, staging possibilities and production history, plus offers suggestions for further reading.

DNA (Student Editions)

Methuen Drama

"A piece that takes us on an extraordinary journey... The energy and the vividness of the writing never lets up "- Independent An unexpected meeting at an airport leads to an intense, passionate, head-over-heels relationship. Before long they begin to settle down, buy a house, juggle careers, have kids - theirs is an ordinary family. But then their world starts to unravel and things take a disturbing turn. A tragic, violent look at parenthood and trauma, Denis Kelly's stirring monologue play premiered at The Royal Court Theatre in 2018 starring Carey Mulligan. Published for the first time in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, this edition features a new introduction by David Pattie.

Girls and Boys (Modern Classics)

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