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INNER CITY MIRACLE by Greg Mathis
October 2002
Millions have seen him on his nationwide TV show, dispensing justice
in his own charismatic style. But Judge Greg Mathis's own rise to
success has been a trial by fire. In this truly candid memoir, his
harrowing life on both sides of the law is revealed for the first
time.
It starts in Detroit¯but far from the court where Greg would
one day preside. Raised in the hell of the Herman Garden Projects,
he grows to become a "bad-ass, cool-dressing, do-anything gangsta."
His father gone, his mother juggling two jobs, he falls in with
the Errol Flynns¯"funkified English gentlemen" in
three-piece suits and Borsalino hats, urban Robin Hoods who are
truly stylish as they steal from everyone and give to themselves.
Considered bright but incorrigible, Greg is sent to stay in his
middle-class cousin's mixed neighborhood, where he enlists the local
white youth in wrongdoing. Even jail can't keep him from going bad
again once he gets out. Then a threat to his beloved mother causes
a shaken Greg to make a promise in a prayer to God: save my mother
and I will straighten up.
To his and everyone else's surprise, he keeps his side of the bargain.
Inspired by The Autobiography of Malcolm X, working at McDonald's
by day and attending classes by night, Greg pulls himself through
high school and college and then law school, using in positive ways
the innate intelligence that made him a master at crime. Soon he
becomes the youngest judge in Michigan history, a District Court
judge and, at last, undaunted by the odds and propelled by his personal
story, a sought-after and highly paid TV star.
In its blunt, bold, and sometimes hair-raising honesty, InnerCity
Miracle is both a cautionary and an inspiring story, one sure to
stun all those who come to Judge Mathis's TV courtroom every day.
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A MAN MOST WORTHY
by Marcus Major
December 2002
Ever since Good Peoples, his bestselling debut novel, Marcus Major
has proven himself a master of lively, fast-moving, sensual stories
about modern relationships. In A Man Most Worthy, he gives us the
irresistible tale of a man who has everything-except the one woman
he can't forget. At thirty-six, self-made millionaire John Sebastian
has achieved the kind of success that most men only dream of. His
up-from-the-ground security systems business is booming, his home
is a palace, and his gorgeous young girlfriend worships the ground
he walks on. But seven years ago, John did something he has regretted
ever since: He allowed the woman he loved to walk out of his life.
Now, four years away from the big four-oh, he has come up with a
plan for the rest of his life. He's going to win back Josephine
Flowers, no matter what it takes-even moving back to his New Jersey
hometown and overcoming the fact that she is now married to another.
But his greatest challenge still lies ahead: to prove himself deserving
of this special woman's love.
A story about reconnecting with the past and risking everything
you have-most of all your heart-A Man Most Worthy is another sexy,
witty, and wise offering from one of today's most gifted talents-an
author most worthy of the kind of success this wonderful new novel
is certain to bring.
Previous Book(s) - Good Peoples, Got to be Real, 4 Guys and Trouble
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