Coney Island was the finest amusement park of its day, not only in the minds of its patrons but in the esteem of its peers. A visit by Walt Disney in 1953 seeking advice on his new dream, Disneyland, confirmed the park's stature. To Coney, With Love will fill your heart with memories from grandparents who rode the Island Queen to dance the night away at the nationally acclaimed Moonlite Gardens, or the young Aquanaut swim team kids who spent numerous days in Coney's pool in the early morning hours. You will read the stories from married couples who met while working their first jobs at the park and have created future generations of Coney Island memory-makers and stories about the rides that made for thrilling moments while creating memorable experiences. Many felt such a deep connection to Coney Island that they spread their loved one's ashes there, much like Rob Lowe did with his dad's. During the winter of 2024, the shocking news of the park's closing was announced. It was then that a friendship was kindled between Rob Lowe and Katy Mark. Their lives were connected in search of a Coney plaque that was missing and they quickly realized there was synergy between the two of them. Rob Lowe, whose dad was Bob Lowe, Captain of the Guards at Coney Island's Sunlite Pool for 50 years, grew up at the park creating day-to-day memories that turned into a lifetime of love for the park. Katy was one of the full-timers as the Coney kids called the few that worked year-round as most employees were seasonal. She was there the day the city came out to enjoy the amusement park rides for the last time in 2019 and also experienced the loss the day she found out that Coney would be closing its doors forever. Together, each with unique perspectives, Katy and Rob set out hoping to bring a grieving city together and allow Coney's loved ones, the opportunity to keep their memories alive, each with their unique points of view as to how the park affected their lives.

Coney Island was the finest amusement park of its day, not only in the minds of its patrons but in the esteem of its peers. A visit by Walt Disney in 1953 seeking advice on his new dream, Disneyland, confirmed the park's stature. To Coney, With Love will fill your heart with memories from grandparents who rode the Island Queen to dance the night away at the nationally acclaimed Moonlite Gardens, or the young Aquanaut swim team kids who spent numerous days in Coney's pool in the early morning hours. You will read the stories from married couples who met while working their first jobs at the park and have created future generations of Coney Island memory-makers and stories about the rides that made for thrilling moments while creating memorable experiences. Many felt such a deep connection to Coney Island that they spread their loved one's ashes there, much like Rob Lowe did with his dad's. During the winter of 2024, the shocking news of the park's closing was announced. It was then that a friendship was kindled between Rob Lowe and Katy Mark. Their lives were connected in search of a Coney plaque that was missing and they quickly realized there was synergy between the two of them. Rob Lowe, whose dad was Bob Lowe, Captain of the Guards at Coney Island's Sunlite Pool for 50 years, grew up at the park creating day-to-day memories that turned into a lifetime of love for the park. Katy was one of the full-timers as the Coney kids called the few that worked year-round as most employees were seasonal. She was there the day the city came out to enjoy the amusement park rides for the last time in 2019 and also experienced the loss the day she found out that Coney would be closing its doors forever. Together, each with unique perspectives, Katy and Rob set out hoping to bring a grieving city together and allow Coney's loved ones, the opportunity to keep their memories alive, each with their unique points of view as to how the park affected their lives.

Actor Rob Lowe's memoir presents a wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye.

A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.

The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the eighties, leading to his quest for family and sobriety.

Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last twenty-five years. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.

On the heels of his New York Times bestselling Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe is back with an entertaining collection that invites readers into his world with easy charm and disarming frankness (Kirkus Reviews).

After the incredible response to his acclaimed bestseller, Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe was convinced to mine his experiences for even more stories. The result is Love Life, a memoir about men and women, actors and producers, art and commerce, fathers and sons, movies and TV, addiction and recovery, sex and love. Among the adventures he describes in these pages are:

- His visit, as a young man, to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion, where the naïve actor made a surprising discovery in the hot tub.
- The time, as a boy growing up in Malibu, he discovered a vibrator belonging to his best friend's mother.
- What it's like to be the star and producer of a flop TV show.
- How an actor prepares, for Californification, Parks and Recreation, and numerous other roles.
- His hilarious account of coaching a kid's basketball team dominated by helicopter parents.
- How his great, great, great, great, great grandfather may have inspired everything from his love of The West Wing to his taste in classic American architecture.
- His first visit to college, with his son, who is going to receive the education his father never got.
- The time a major movie star stole his girlfriend.

Linked by common themes and his philosophical perspective on love--and life--Lowe's writing is loaded with showbiz anecdotes, self-deprecating tales, and has a general sweetness (New York Post).

Wonders, mysteries and secrets of where we live. A fascinating and perceptive insight into the most peculiar aspects of the Universe. Topics covered are verging on the 'almost unbelievable'. How nature has revealed instantaneous communication; the reason for d j vu; the remarkable eternal jellyfish; where money comes from; the fastest evolutionary species; the mysteries of instinct; what this peculiar Higgs particle is all about; the cause of consciousness; secrets of how to hypnotise people; the extraordinary properties of light; the quantum computing revolution; tell-tale signs which show extraterrestrials exist; what happens when you die; traits that constitute happiness; the mysteries of time; how 'they' are watching you; inventions of the future; and a host of other compelling topics.