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R A Jordan, aka Rodenick Anthony Jordan, was a rarity. An African-American violinist who chose Mozart over Motown. Gifted, with a photographic memory, he was able to recall volumes of classical music recordings, classical literature and historical details regarding New York City architecture. The left-handed man who could fill a doorway, became fluent in German before adulthood. Also a gifted sketch artist, he at last, chose to focus on the musings contained is this volume of his poetry. R. A. Jordan's untimely death took place in 1998 at the age of 43. R. A. Jordan in Three Parts, is the compilation of the writer's works. His musings, consistently insightful, at times echoed the prophetic.

John England has settled in the penthouse of Peters Tower, the tower block of fifty apartments that his wife’s family had built. Now living with his partner Fiona since the tragic death of his wife and children, John receives millions of pounds of inheritance. When the financial crisis hit in 2008, Sandra Wall, the MD of Walls Holdings, was under severe pressure to repay the bank. She borrowed three million from Michael Fitzallen, who gained access to half the rental income from the block as well as having a half share. In the present, John England has been the subject of numerous attempts to recover the three million pounds from different factions associated with Michael Fitzallen. Michael himself has been sent to prison for murdering Sandra, and if he is there for more than ten years, the money will be forfeit. And he’s willing to go to imaginative lengths to recover his money… As John and Fiona lay low on a private motor yacht in the Mediterranean and the Greek Secret Police get involved, can John escape this cycle of constant threat and death?

This is a book dealing with the rigors of Addiction. It is the goal of the book and author, to offer and show hope in learning how to live with this Life Sentence. It is a sentence, a conviction, and unfortunately if you are an addict then it is a life sentence. I offer no promises in curing an addict, but I offer hope in my own observations and realizations, in what and what not to do. In the end only you can cure your addiction, this book is to provide for you a guide on the journey of overcoming and living with your addiction. This isn't just for the addict, but the loved ones of addicts as well. It may help better understand the workings of an addicts mindset, but it is primarily for the addict to realize they've got to get through it, to get over it!As far as the Felon part of this book, unfortunately the Two are partners in crime, it has been my observation, that where there's one, the other usually isn't far behind. In the United States we choose to house our addicts in prison and label them as Felons. By doing this we have essentially strapped another anchor to the ankle of a struggling addict, and now given very little hope of ever breaking the chain to the anchor. Thus creating a cycle of what can turn into a way of life, like a washing machine cycle with no escape. Here again I don't have the answers for the problem, but I offer hope, and I show a way of how to step outside of the path that keeps leading to bad places. I show the felon how he can take advantage of what's offered to almost every felon, and also show them how to not only get on their feet again, but if they follow the prescribed manner stay on their feet, and become self sufficient with living in society again. This book is the culmination of Two e-books that were published earlier, they were combined into one print format due to some request by some folks that read them. In case you aren't one of those folks, those books, this book, is the result of 13 years an addict. An addict who earned a felon status in life due to his chosen poison, and what this addict did and learned while he was doing. I'm not trying to show you some method taught by counselors who've never been, I'm showing you ways learned through trial and error by a man whose been there and returned. If you know your disease, then you know the chances of survival are slim, likewise you know the chances of returning to incarceration are great. Addiction has reached epidemic proportions in this country as well as places in the world. As a felon you're already a number and you know what I mean, as a felon with an addiction you're a statistic! If you're tired of being somebody else's number then I challenge you to try to live your life in a manner suggested by this book. Enjoy and have a good Read! R.A Jordan

A fortune beckons Wayne and Michael into the buy-to-let market. They even find a financier in Niall Phelan, open-handed enough to run a charity to save youngsters from drugs, too. There is little to suspect in his background as an Irish horseracing aficionado and, when Niall asks Michael to keep taking their profits to sunny Spain, there is nothing they can do about it. Forced to work for a man they no longer trust, Wayne and Michael struggle to prove their misgivings and the mounting evidence that Niall is not the man they thought they knew. Only his PA, Sarah, can identify her brother found brutally murdered outside Niall's stud, yet can they risk taking their suspicions to the police? If their worst fears are true, they are already framed as money launderers for the international drug trade. If Niall suspects them already, how long before they, too, are found dead?

This is an updated revised e-book of the same title, "The Library Days". As was kindly pointed out to me, there are those that prefer print. The e-book was made available almost 6 months ago, I took the e-book version and did a re edit. This enabled me the opportunity to go in and tweak a few, delete a few and add a few. So in essence you are getting a revised 6 month old book, where the crap has been removed, and a few new good ones added. If you are unfamiliar with "The Library Days" it is a collection of short stories or songs (they were written as songs), but they're strong enough to stand as stories, so choose your illusion. I personally think that all of these tell a rather unique story, and a strong story at that. Song wise if I were a better musician, I believe there's more than a couple of hits in the mix, as these aren't your everyday standard meaningless crap song. These are songs with some testicular fortitude, and they tell a real story of truth and grit for the most part. I have put a few pop songs, and country as well, with the majority going to rockers. While most of these are of a serious manner, I do provide a comedic break from time to time. These were written in hopes that someone of a musical nature would see something in a couple and record them. If this works out right this will be my 5th or 6th book in about as many months. That simply means, my platform is mostly in place, which in turn means it's time to start recording these. I wrote the books in order to raise the money to record the songs, that time has arrived. It was not my intention for me to record these, as I don't pretend to be an accomplished musician or performer, but the wheels are rolling, so there's no need to stop them now. I'm sure you will find quite a few and interesting great reads in here, and for someone with some guts, there's a few good songs in here. Enjoy and have a Great read! R.A Jordan

Casual, drunken sex has consequences, not least of which is an unwanted pregnancy. But how is this connected twenty-five years later with the double murder of a prominent businessman, Peter Wall, and his employee, Fred Appleyard? And then with the murder of Roger Whiteside, the man the police suspected to be responsible for the double murder? England's Wall relates how Peter Wall's family, his wife, Ann, and daughters, Sienna and Sandra, cope with his death and pick up the pieces of his businesses. At the same time they are dealing with an arson attack, the attempted murder of Sienna's boyfriend, John England, and the suspicion that Sienna had been administered Rohypnol during a supposed business meeting. As a result of Peter's death there is a large amount of insurance money at stake. These events seem to indicate that someone outside the family is trying to extract a share, and is prepared to go to any length to achieve that end.

Poets include John Grange, Philip Sidney, Richard Corbet, T. Browne, Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, Henry Sherley, John Donne, Sir Thomas Jay, Ra. Goodinge and Dr. Brookes. One poem is entitled "Mackbeth" (Part I: leaf 13); another "An old ditty of Sir Philip Sidneys omitted in the printed Arcadia" (Part II: leaf 10; cf. Feuillerat's edition of Sidney's Works, v. 3, p. 344); another is on the death of Captain Gething at Seador Poynt on the Potomac in Maryland (Part II: leaf 53). A number of poems are in Welsh.