John Griffin: 24 books
by John Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
This book is a battle manual on building a successful international business. It will help seasoned international marketeers to audit and re-engineer their international distribution channels for a radical improvement in performance. It is vital reading for those in the early stages of building an...
by John Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
"With the ferocity and black humor of a Quentin Tarantino film, this in-your-face chiller delivers lethal villains; flawed, dogged investigators; and a bevy of twists and turns." - Kirkus ReviewsA team of NYC Detectives chase down a sadistic serial killer racing against a countdown to the death...
On the Origin of Beauty
Ecophilosophy in the Light of Traditional Wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
In the light of the looming ecological crisis facing the world today, much of the stunning beauty of the natural world is being lost forever. On the Origin of Beauty seeks to confront this crisis through a philosophical enquiry into our perception of natural beauty. Through discussions of numerous fields...
Making Good Food Great
Umami and the Maillard Reaction
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
There is a lot of good food. There is not a lot of great. There are reasons why some food is only just good, and some food is just plain great. Umami and the Maillard Reaction are two reasons why a dish will make the leap from good to great. In this book, Chefs Griffin and Gold demonstrate the nuances...
Operation Toga
Type One Go Ahead
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
Learn just how fascinating a TOGA party can be! Interwoven fiction and essays illustrate humanity's chance to Go Ahead into a future of peace and prosperity in an increasingly Type One high-energy and wealthy civilization.
Nuclear destruction of a major US port hangs in the balance as Max Progress,...
Barbecue Lover's Texas
Restaurants, Markets, Recipes & Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Barbecue Lovers' Texas celebrates the best this state has to offer. Perfect for both the local BBQ enthusiast and the traveling visitor alike, this book features: the history of the BBQ culinary style where to find––and most importantly consume––the best of the best local offerings; regional...
Food Lovers' Guide to® San Antonio
The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Food Lovers' Guides
Indispensable handbooks to local gastronomic delights
The ultimate guides to the food scene in their respective states or regions, these books provide the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Engagingly written by...
by John W. Griffin, Patricia C. Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
"An important book about a natural World Heritage site that also has a rich human heritage."--American Archaeology "As the only available synthesis of the archaeology of the Everglades, this book fills an important niche."--Choice "Adds immeasurably to our knowledge of South...
Follow the Ecstasy
The Hermitage Years of Thomas Merton
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
In 1969, one year after Thomas Merton's tragic (and suspicious) death, John Howard Griffin was invited to write a biography of America's most famous monk, a monk who strangely had become a best-selling theologian. The result was Follow the Ecstasy: The Hermitage Years of Thomas Merton (1983). Both...
Why Parties Matter
Political Competition and Democracy in the American South
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
Since the founding of the American Republic, the North and South have followed remarkably different paths of political development. Among the factors that have led to their divergence throughout much of history are differences in the levels of competition among the political parties. While the North...
Available Light
Exile in Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Culled from previously unpublished material, this collection of writing and photography by John Howard Griffin was taken from the period during which he was writing and revising what would be his most famous book, the bestselling Black Like Me. Living in exile in Mexico at the time, along with...
Prison of Culture
Beyond Black Like Me
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
The companion volume to the 50th-anniversary edition of Black Like Me, this book features John Howard Griffin’s later writings on racism and spirituality. Conveying a progressive evolution in thinking, it further explores Griffin’s ethical stand in the human rights struggle and nonviolent pursuit...
by John Howard Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
After John Howard Griffin's escape from Nazi-occupied France, he was shipped to the South Pacific, where he was stationed as an isolated observer in the Solomon Islands. That experience led to his second novel, Nuni (1956). As in his first novel, The Devil Rides Outside, an American professor is confronted...
by John Howard Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
No less a critic than Clifton Fadiman called The Devil Rides Outside a "staggering novel." The first novel of John H. Griffin, it written during the author’s decade of blindness following an injury suffered during the closing days of World War II. As Time Magazine described it, The Devil...
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