James Kelly: 139 books

"There is no night in the ICU. There is day, lesser day, then day again. There are rhythms. Every twelve hours: shift change. Report: first all together in the big room, then at the bedside, nurse to nurse. Morning rounds. A group of doctors moves slowly through the unit like a harrow through a field....

They came to our world seeking new resources. Earth was lush with both plant life and mineral deposits, and alive with a vast array of creatures, not unlike their past world where they had evolved over two million years ago. It took them over twenty thousand years to reach our solar system, and another...

In Errands for God, Part 1, Jim Kelly creates the beautiful story of family loved, lost, and then regained through the inner weaving and working of God. This is the story of a man named Frank Miller and of his hidden talents. Together they bring hope to a community faced with an unimaginable...

In the last decade there has been an increasing interest in the role of people management in formulating key business decisions. This book offers a counterbalance to the predominant view that Human Resource and Personnel managers have little influence in the strategy making process. The book offers...

'I made him know his Name should be Friday, which was the Day I sav'd his Life...I likewise taught him to say Master' Robinson Crusoe's seafaring adventures are abruptly ended when he is shipwrecked, the solitary survivor on a deserted island. He gradually creates a life for himself, building a house,...

Murder, greed and corruption in the transition from the Barbary Coast mentality to the Flower Power world of the 1970's San Francisco.

The story of early modern medicine, with its extremes of scientific brilliance and barbaric practice, has long held a fascination for scholars. The great discoveries of Harvey and Jenner sit incongruously with the persistence of Galenic theory, superstition and blood-letting. Yet despite continued...

This practical and informative text lays out the product of a number of years of clinical research into suicide behaviour and its prevention. While the focus is on non-affective psychosis and the schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, the mechanisms underlying suicide behaviour in this group may well underlie...

  Digital Engineering with Minecraft Create amazing objects for Minecraft—and learn valuable real-world 3D design skills! Transform yourself into a Minecraft “engineer!” Discover how to create great Minecraft objects and structures fast, and push your creative skills to...

Renee and Colleen have been friends—best friends—since they were college roommates their freshman year. But a lot happens between college and your early 30s. Renee stayed in St. Louis, where the two moved after college, and left her nonprofit job to work in catering for her boyfriend’s family....

Fantascienza - racconto lungo (48 pagine) - Dalla penna multiforme di J.P. Kelly una nuova, originale space opera Been Watanabe è un infiltrato in un’astronave di coloni “consensualisti” in viaggio verso il pianeta Piccolo Mento. In una società dove gli uomini vivono svariate centinaia...

Fantascienza - racconto (18 pagine) - L'atmosfera del Natale ha sempre qualcosa di magico, per molti di malinconico. Difficile immaginare come possa viverla l'ultimo uomo sulla Terra. Il miglior Natale di sempre, uscito nel 2004 sulla prestigiosa rivista on line Sci Fiction, nominato per il...

Fantascienza - racconto lungo (32 pagine) - Un luogo che non si trova da nessuna parte, dei cani col cappello, un romanzo ancora da scrivere. E un misterioso confine dal quale nessuno è mai tornato James Patrick Kelly è uno degli scrittori più brillanti della fantascienza contemporanea,...

Fantascienza - romanzo breve (80 pagine) - Un grande omaggio ad Arthur C. Clarke e un'interessante riflessione sulla natura umana La follia della Godspeed, novella del 2004, considerata dallo stesso Jim Kelly come la sua migliore opera breve, riprende il nome e la storia di una delle prime...