THE GREAT MORTALITY: An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
John Kelly, Author . HarperCollins $25.95 (364p) ISBN 978-0-06-000692-1
The Black Death raced across Europe from the 1340s to the early 1350s, killing a third of the population. Drawing on recent research as well as firsthand accounts, veteran author Kelly (Three on the Edge,
etc.) describes how infected rats, brought...
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John Kelly, Author, Cathy Tincknell, Author . Candlewick $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-3059-1
This comical caper by the husband-and-wife team behind The Mystery of Eatum Hall
introduces a young mole who's an "ace reporter" wannabe. Monty Molenski's editor at The Daily Roar
berates the bespectacled, camera-toting fellow for &
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John Kelly, illus. by Laura Brenlla. Tiger Tales, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-68010-073-0
Bear’s cave is overcrowded with his animal friends—“Raccoon snored. Beaver fidgeted. And Skunk, quite frankly, was a little bit smelly”—so he decamps to a luxury hotel for his winter hibernation. “This is the life!” he cheers, before downing all of...
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CiCi Williamson, Author, John Kelly, Author Barron's Educational Series $13.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-8120-5704-1
Ignoring the sexist angle of this bookand it is not easy, for all the ""celebrity'' recipes are contributed by menthe male or female novice cook, microwave oven at hand, can learn how to prepare a wide range of recipes of varying difficulty. The...
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John Kelly, Author Bantam Books $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-553-10113-3
This ""medical documentary"" by science journalist Kelly (The Secret Life of the Unborn Child) is a compelling triptych of stories that puts a human face on clinical drug and treatment trials. Without sentiment, Kelly charts ground lost and gained...
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Philip Whitfield, Author, John Kelly, Author, Obin, Author Turner Publications Inc $19.95 (48p) ISBN 978-1-57036-064-0
Slightly reminiscent of David Macaulay's The Way Things Work, this striking book wows readers with its unique take on the animal kingdom. Each page features a small inset of one of 16 creatures, along with an abundance of related facts. But the real
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John Kelly, Author, J. A. Kelly, Author Penguin Books $14.95 (167p) ISBN 978-0-14-046800-7
The abundant selection of lovely watercolors and brilliant photographs provided here serve not only to illustrate Kelly's sound instructions but to convince readers that they, too, can create visually rich gardens year round. The author, a British...
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John Kelly, Author, Phillip Wearne, Author, Phillip Wearne, Joint Author Free Press $25 (368p) ISBN 978-0-684-84646-0
The media has familiarized the public with the vocabulary of forensic science: DNA identification, fingerprinting, bomb signatures, etc. However, as journalists Kelly and Wearne make clear in this expose of the FBI crime lab, some of these practices
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John Kelly, Author, Cathy Tincknell, Illustrator , illus. by Kelly. Candlewick $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2594-8
In their first collaboration, husband-and-wife team Kelly (Robot Zoo
) and Tincknell serve up a gourmet meal of porcine intrigue. Horace and Glenda Pork-Fowler, a genteel porker and his lovely goose wife, receive an invitation to a weekend of...
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John Kelly. Holt, $30 (416p) ISBN 978-0-8050-9184-7
Author of nine books on medicine, science, and human behavior, Kelly (The Great Mortality) traces a path of misery and devastation as he documents one of the 19th century’s worst disasters, a nightmarish six years that left twice as many dead as the
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John Kelly. Dalkey Archive, $14.95 trade paper (224p) ISBN 978-1-62897-000-5
Kelly's inventive, overwritten tale of double-dealing and moral vacancy unfurls amidst a backdrop of Machieavellian politics in a broken Dublin, 10 years after the Jerusalem War. The President of the United States, a drug-fueled libertine in love...
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John Kelly. Hachette, $30 (384p) ISBN 978-0-306-90277-2
Historian Kelly (Never Surrender) offers a solid look at the evolving relationships among FDR, Churchill, and Stalin that led to their cooperation to defeat Germany in WWII. Kelly begins in June 1941, as Hitler violates the 1939 German-Soviet...
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