In the wake of his deeply powerful viral videos ("Before You Call the Cops" and "Walking While Black"), Tyler Merritt shares his experiences as a black man in America with truth, humor, and poignancy. Tyler Merritt's video "Before You Call the Cops" has been viewed millions of times. He's appeared on Jimmy Kimmel and Sports Illustrated and has been profiled in the New York Times. The viral video's main point—the more you know someone, the more empathy, understanding, and compassion you have for that person—is the springboard for this book. By sharing his highs and exposing his lows, Tyler welcomes us into his world in order to help bridge the divides that seem to grow wider every day. In I Take My Coffee Black, Tyler tells hilarious stories from his own life as a black man in America. He talks about growing up in a multi-cultural community and realizing that he wasn't always welcome, how he quit sports for musical theater (that's where the girls were) to how Jesus barged in uninvited and changed his life forever (it all started with a Triple F.A.T. Goose jacket) to how he ended up at a small Bible college in Santa Cruz because he thought they had a great theater program (they didn't). Throughout his stories, he also seamlessly weaves in lessons about privilege, the legacy of lynching and sharecropping and why you don't cross black mamas. He teaches readers about the history of encoded racism that still undergirds our society today. By turns witty, insightful, touching, and laugh-out-loud funny, I Take My Coffee Black paints a portrait of black manhood in America and enlightens, illuminates, and entertains—ultimately building the kind of empathy that might just be the antidote against the racial injustice in our society.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 I have done some of my deepest thinking on that bench, and though it’s a common bench, I’ve had some uncommon moments on that bench. I was trying to keep an old white lady from freaking out as I crossed the street. #2 I was not laughing at the woman, but at myself. I was trying to figure out why she was so afraid of me, and I realized that it was because she didn’t know me. #3 I want to remind you that there are a lot of people who won’t give me or people like me the benefit of the doubt. And I don’t have the privilege to guess who those people will be.

He challenged her to seduce him! Holly blushed to remember her last encounter with Niall Wesley. He'd rejected her teenage crush on him, making Holly vow that next time she saw Niall she'd be beautiful–and he'd come begging....

TO: Officer Morgan McCall SUBJECT: Undercover Assignment Effective immediately, you will report to Sergeant Alexander Blade for your first investigation. You are to take down gambling kingpin Carlton Spurlock on suspicion of murder. The two of you will pose as newlyweds and move in next door to the suspect. Be aware of the risks involved in role–playing. You and Alex will be living together in close quarters, under constant surveillance by Spurlock. Try to stay in character at all times without giving in to the heated passion that flares in these intimate situations. Remember that love undercover can lead to desire – and danger.

An unforgettable passion...

Special Agent Riley was fearless when it came to hunting ruthless criminals. But he was clueless when it came to marriage. Even a pretend one. Although taking Lana as his convenient bride is the best way to protect her, it’s Riley’s toughest assignment yet!

A selection of the 100 most remarkable lives as featured in the Sunday Times Magazine's - a life in the day. The first life in the day article appeared in the Sunday Times Magazine in 1977 and since then this successful feature has covered over 1200 lives of the famous and not-so famous. This collection brings together 100 of the most interesting and unusual interviewees, from Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Colonel Gadaffi and Muhammad Ali to Kate Winslet, Michael Owen and Christopher Reeve. Illustrated throughout with photographs of the contributors, each interview includes a short update on where they are now. This is good reading for people interested in what world leaders have for breakfast and what film stars really do all day long.

Speaking with Strangers finds Cantwell alone, a single mother struggling in the big city, bereft of her husband but bolstered by friends, thriving in her career yet personally sad."--BOOK JACKET.

Set in the Vietnam era the story follows Jordan Gentry a disabled Vietnam vet trying to get his life back together and Susan Kendal Kincaid, a victim of assault and abuse and the era's drug influence. Both Jordan and Susan find their way while "watching the weeds grow."