"Learning to read, learning to love reading."--Container

ROBERT ROSS WAS BORN IN THE EARLY 20S IN SAN FRANCISCO IN THE COW HOLLOW DISTRICT WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS THE MARINA DISTRICT HE SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS WITH HIS GOD PARENTS WHO RESIDED AT A NOTORIOUS GAMBLING HALL DURING THE PROHIBITION YEARS. AFTER SPENDING A YEAR IN THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORP HE JOINED THE MERCHANT MARINES AND SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR. AT THE END OF THE WAR HE MET AND MARRIED A LOVELY YOUNG WOMAN THEY HAD SIX CHILDREN TWO GIRLS AND FOUR BOYS. HE AND HIS WIFE MARCELLA SPENT FIFTY FIVE YEARS OF WEDDED BLISS UNTIL HER PASSING ON JULY 24TH 2000. HE BEGAN WRITING AFTER HER PASSING TO PASS AWAY THE LONELY HOURS. HE WROTE THREE OTHER BOOKS, HIS AUTOBIO A WESTERN AND A DRAMA THIS BOOK IS HIS REFLEXIONS ON HIS PAST LIFE AND TIMES. THERE HAS BEEN MANY CHANGES SINCE HIS CHILDHOOD WHICH HE REMENISCES ABOUT IN THIS BOOK.THIS IS HIS PERSONAL THOUGHTS OF HOW THE WORLD HAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER OR THE WORSE.

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"From 1995 to 1998, David Kelly's 'Steven's comics' appeared in gay and alternative newspapers in the U.S., exploring the world of a sensitive boy coming of age in the seventies, with all its joys, quirks, and heartbreaks. This volume collects the entire series, as well as rare strips and illustrations and additional material created especially for this edition"--P. [4] of cover.

Clashing identities - Muslim and American.

Tormented rock star Liam O’Reilly left Dublin and found success, hoping to build a new life, free from the demons of his past. Now it seems he’s got everything he ever wanted, why isn’t he happy? Is it because he’s realised that the most important thing in his life is the promise that he never kept? Sensitive and damaged Rain O’Donovan lives with her brother and his friends in a tiny seaside town north of Dublin. Once a popular and lively schoolteacher, a car accident has wrecked her life, so that her only pleasure is walking in the rain. Her world revolves around mundane tasks, devoid of hope for the future. The amnesia around the time of the accident that changed everything means that her struggle with life is a day-to-day torture, and, more than anything else, she longs for answers. When Liam returns to his home town after his two-year absence, he’s determined to try to make amends for the terrible mistakes he made. But is it too late to put things right? Rainy Days is a complete standalone and a part of the Four Days Series. Keywords: romance, contemporary romance, new adult, new adult book, standalone, emotional romance.