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Mickey is a 12-year old, asthmatic boy who spends his time with his iPad, iPod, and tons of video games. He does not participate in the rough and tumble activities of boys his age including sports and considers himself a nerd. That does not stop his parents from sending him to camp for the summer. While there, he meets Jackson, a beaten down plow horse that seems to need Mickey's friendship as much as Mickey needs his.

Dolores is a grade school teacher married to Lawrence, a handsome, high school music teacher. She settled into the role of wife and mother, creating the picture perfect life in a small, Southern California town where everyone knows everyone else. Her world is shattered when Lawrence is accused of molesting his students. Dolores and her children become collateral damage as he is tried as a sex offender. In order to assure a fair trial, the judge orders that she not talk to anyone about the trial.

Born to Hustle follows the lives of identical twin brothers as they learn to survive their abusive upbringing by identifying with fictional con men, imitating behaviors of gangsters and secret agents, to become the bad-ass boys in black. With no one to protect them, the twins grow up fearful of attachments to anyone else but one another. They learn to use being idents to hustle the world around them, becoming the ultimate grifters focused on becoming as rich as possible as quickly as possible.

When most people think of a pornographer, they think of some sleazy guy who is exploiting the women he films. Harry Moreland's journey into porn depicts a sensitive, idealistic young man who wanted to make serious documentaries. He travels across the country from the Midwest to the west coast ending up in Los Angeles where he is seduced by the glamour, the glitz, the money, and drugs. We follow his struggle as he hits bottom and then struggles to redeem himself.

Dr. David Edminson is a thirty-six-year-old street-smart, iconoclastic clinical and forensic psychologist who works out of his customized van treating the inhabitants of Skid Row between midnight and 5:00 a.m. David’s patients and others in the area know him as the “midnight shrink.” He divides his practice between treating people in his van and his office in Hollywood, his work as a forensic psychologist with the LAPD and as a clinical professor at County-USC Medical Center, where he consults and teaches psychiatric residents and psychological interns.

Fair-skinned, wheelchair-bound Jeremy begins his first day of the fourth grade at his new school like all other days–wishing kids would stop staring at him and treating him like a freak. He is shocked when he is befriended by a very tall boy who stands out almost as much as Jeremy does for his dark skin, height, and energetic personality.

Five septuagenarian men have been playing in a weekly poker game for over 30 years. In an attempt to learn more about one another, they decide to go to a mountain cabin for a weekend retreat. There, they discover that each of them has a secret that, when shared, changes their relationship and their lives.

Marianna Bolton, a 28-year-old adopted, married physical trainer, and actor discovers her biological father when she appears in a documentary film focusing on adults who are seeking to find their birth parents. In the process, she learns some of the secrets her parents have kept from her and discovers that her birth father is the son of a mafia crime boss with a large organized crime family. She sets out on a journey from LA to NY to meet Her Other Family disrupting her tranquil life and forces her to examine the fundamental values upon which she constructed her life.

Four guys have been friends since childhood. As 10-year olds, they had taken an oath of secrecy vowing that no matter what they would never squeal on one another. Though very different personalities, they were tight with one another. At 30-something, they find themselves living in Manhattan at the same time and plan a reunion of their secret club. Once they have caught up on their lives, they decide to maintain contact with one another to play racquetball. On one occasion at the court they befriend Raul Cabrera....

Set in the context of a search for a serial killer, a streetwise psychologist with a social conscience - Dr. David Edminson - treats denizens of the night in his van on the streets of LA's skid row between the hours of nine at night and five in the morning. He works with his best friends, an LAPD detective and an ER physician; they are all NY transplants committed to social justice and wanting to make a difference. Similar to his patients, Dr. Edminson has built his life on a narrative created in childhood.

This book focuses on living inside out. Rather than defining oneself by titles, wealth, possessions, acquisitions, and other things, this model requires a look inside of ourselves to discover who we really are. It creates an empowering model that places individuals in control of their life, their personal value, and their happiness, rather than placing external circumstances in control of how we feel about ourselves.

You do not have to be alone; and there is more than one partner for you if you are willing to change your attitudes and put in a little effort. You must give up certain myths, time-honored beliefs, and begin to take charge of your romantic life. Romance is no different from any other aspect of your life. It requires that you take the responsibility for making it happen.