Bøger af David Griffin

Brother Jesse will be evicted from his home of forty years when Irish overseers decide to sell the monastery to pay off their debts. Jesse hides in the cellar to ruminate and to ... blog. Firing up a borrowed computer and finding an open wifi signal in the air, Jesse posts a tell-all narrative of deceit and disappointment, and along the way falls in love with his guardian angel. Monk In The Cellar is a beautifully funny account of a man who is afraid of getting old, of a life examined and found wanting.

When Mary begins to realize the man she is about to marry is losing his mind she never wavers in her belief that he will recover. She has loved her beautiful boy since he stole her adolescent heart. All she has to do is pray enough, believe enough and love enough. But no one can stop a soul on its way to hell.

The third volume of David Griffin's Windswept Journal, Dave's latest stories and essays take the reader from a heavenly fishing stream in the mountains to a fast train leaving Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan to a tree house in the suburbs. Come along with the author as he remembers the sexiest car of his youth, his crazy neighbors and a mighty blizzard.

This is THE book for the beginning Fly Fisher man or woman. Used for the past ten years by the Rip Van Winkle Chapter of Trout Unlimited in their fly fishing course, "Guide to Fly Fishing for the Beginner" is packed with information ... even for the experienced fisherman ... and will help you to get on the stream and start casting, tying knots, selecting flies and reading the water. Griffin has a way of putting concepts simply and his clear prose describes a No-Baloney approach to fly fishing. Also, a short chapter at the end of the book introduces the beginner to fly tying.

The author's Catholic boyhood provided enough story material for the rest of his life. And in this collection of tales he makes a worthy start. More Stories from the Windswept Journal.

Dave introduces us to members of his family who might better have remained in the background, probably the deep background. From crazy Uncle Harry who thinks he's invented a new sandwich, but winds up in trouble with the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, to a woman who just can't be the author's mother, no matter what he'd like you to believe. An old friend who becomes a funeral director comes in Dave's imagination to bring him "home" while Dave tries to beat his older brother in a an impromtu bike race and learns their future road together will be just as rocky. Dave's warm style is always inviting, . His quirkly take on life and circumstances always produces a smile. From him as well as you. You'll enjoy these stories.

David Griffin has been writing for a long time ... about anything that pops into his head. You'll enjoy following his thoughts as he mulls what his daughter has done to his soul. And for that matter, what his dog has done with his heart. Was it unconditional love or just the luck of evolution that bound the two together? Dave can tell a story so well you might be tempted to believe it, and you should believe him when he reflects on what he learned in life. In "Ceil's Front Porch" he tells us what it's like to grow up long after he should have, and who helped him along the way. "Persuasion" reminds us of the terrible responsibility we can have when trying to help someone save their life. "Twinkies" ponders whether we ever change. Reading an anthology of Dave's stories is not a wild ride. It's a pleasant, thoughtful experience that will sometimes leave you with a few tears, sprinkled with his special touch of humor.

Included in this volume are stories and essays from David Griffin's journal at the Windswept Press. From a memory of childhood war games that came true for one of the kids to tales of Dave's favorite character Willard, his eighty-something year old neighbor who lives up the road. Willard can get himself into trouble when he's at the occulist for an eye appointment or by witlessly calling an Escort service for a ride to the hospital. Included here is the novelette String, the emotional story of woman who moves to the ocean in later years to find her purpose in life. Ever This Day, the short story that won the Stone Voices award of Literary Distinction rounds out Dave's offering of his writing from 2013.

A collection or articles published in the Waycross Journal-Herald by "Uncle Dave" Griffin, songwriter, author, and founder of the Annual Gram Parsons Guitar Pull and Tribute Festival, from Waycross, Georgia.

In two volumes these books are a fitting tribute to one of the world's greatest aircraft, illustrated with over 1,700 black & White images. They cover the chronological history of the Hunter in service in the UK and overseas from design and development to the present day. The Hawker Hunter is a classic postwar aircraft. The Hunter was one of Britain's export success stories and was purchased by 19 countries worldwide. It still remains in service with the Lebanese AF and are used by civilian companies contracted to the Military, such as ATAC in the USA and HHA in the UK. The books give the known dispositions of every airframe constructed; all 1,972 of them. Please note that these printed books are in Black and White, not color.

A book of reminiscences of both the Sepecat Jaguar and of Thumrait and its people from 1977 to 2014 - The era of the Jaguar. For those who lived the times it should bring back some memories of the great times we had there and for those who were unfortunate enough not to have known Thumrait, this is a glimpse of the life we led. For the modellers and historians it is a reference loaded with photographs of the Jaguar both on the ground and in the air.