TEARS and LAUGHTER is David Griffin's often humorous, sometimes tragic, account of his thirty years as a police officer in North West England. It follows his journey from raw young recruit to experienced senior officer, introducing some of the people he met along the way and describing many of the rewards and frustrations of his chosen career. He writes from the heart, with an openness and honesty which is often disarming and always intriguing, describing his innermost thoughts and doubts. The story follows him from uniformed constable, through CID, Firearms Team and various other specialist...

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.

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.

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.

In recent years, it has become apparent that there are very distinct gaps between developed and developing regions in the world, especially in regards to e-government systems, infrastructures, and processes. Digital Public Administration and E-Government in Developing Nations: Policy and Practice examines e-government from the perspective of developing nations and addresses issues and concerns of developing systems and processes. This publication is a valuable and insightful tool for researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and students in different fields who are interested in information...

KIMBERLY CASTLE'S INSPIRATIONAL FAT LOSS success story has motivated women all over the world. She has been featured on the cover of Oxygen Magazine and in Fitness RX for Women just to name a few. Now its your turn to create the pretty-fit life that you have always dreamed of. In Kimberly's Pretty-Fit Lifestyle, she reveals and shares her top advice of the Pretty-Fit Life: Experience Kimberly's journey to fitness Discover how to set your fitness goals Get two weeks worth of Kimberly's Pretty-Fit meal plans to help guide you to your ultimate fitness goals Experience 40+ delicious recipes to...

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"...

Is following Jesus natural? Many would say no, but this book argues yes. Saying no suggests that grace and human nature are alternate moral categories. Saying yes implies that our humanity is gracious in origin, capacity, and intent. Much of this discussion hangs on what is meant by ""nature"" and ""natural,"" and this book explores these ideas creationly and christologically. Part One considers natural law as commonly found in the classical Christian tradition. Part Two explores the radical christological tradition of Anabaptism. Part Three then proposes the two-nature christology of the...

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.