{"title":"Autobiographical","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"for-heavens-sake","title":"For Heaven's Sake","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in the first person, this sparkling story traces a young man's physical and spiritual journey through the harsh realities of a dubious college career, crippled marriage and bankrupt lifestyle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeet Jane, the looming nemesis of a wife who constantly keeps poverty knocking at the door with her credit-card addiction and compulsive lifestyle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe problem is compounded by her husband's inability to adapt to the political regimen of life in a theological seminary and his constant struggle to make ends meet. Whether conducting a funeral service, taking part in field trips or simply trying to accommodate archaic classroom concepts, the author takes his hero through the curriculum with an authority and candor that can only be the result of meticulous research and firsthand experience. Add to this a hatred of hypocrisy and a smoldering rage at the modern-day pharisaic and one has a free-for-all that has rarely been this honestly described.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHard-hitting and leaving little to the imagination, the author has some surprising revelations for all those interested in what goes on behind a ministerial public front. For Heaven's Sake encompasses hilarious scenes both in and out of the pulpit, and is a compelling read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter obtaining a degree in Theology, John Allen pastored a church, teaching subjects as diverse as textual interpretation, end-time theology and public speaking. 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From then on, its uphill all the wayAgainst a backdrop of European travel and laced with a wealth of experience, the author opens himself to the possibility of rekindled hope. Taking the first hesitant steps towards a whole relationship, we emerge with him into the uniqueness of life in France, and one French person in particularMeet the family. Parents, siblings, aunts and uncles, all play their part in this revealing autobiographical novel. From the demise of a bad relationship to the birth of a good one, little is excluded from the authors perceptive tale. 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Rarely have I got so much information from one book...re-readings will be necessary...I want a copy on order for my university’s library.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProf. Philippe Willems, cultural historian and associate professor of French at Northern Illinois University, Chicago. Translator of The Twentieth Century, by Alfred Robida. Wesleyan University Press, Conneticut.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Thanks John…your email arrived just a week before the proofs of my Great Tales Omnibus edition, so I can incorporate this important change into the corrected text.\u003cbr\u003eI was simply not aware that ‘apartheid’ started so early [1905]. Were you the first to reveal this? I think I’d like to make a little more of this…’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Lacey, historian, author of Great Tales Omnibus and other historical works. Published by Little, Brown and Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAllen provides an authentic account of the socio-cultural and political environment of the apartheid years in South Africa. The book has a clear evidence base and is meticulously researched around documentation, supporting evidence, transcripts, key events…the effects of apartheid on the economy and military, in terms of financial and human costs…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMJ Maher, Author of Racism and Cultural Diversity. Published by Karnac, London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[This] ‘is a unique firsthand-knowledge account...an important addition to any serious reader about southern Africa.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQRA, top-50 Amazon reviewer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Dear Mr Allen…I was assigned a research paper…on the present-day social effects of apartheid in South Africa…your book gave me a huge insight…my teacher has required interviews with various experts on the subject in order to obtain authentic research…this [interview with you] would be essential to my paper.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAshley Song, Troy High School, Fullerton, California.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough British-born, John Allen lived in South Africa from 1954 to 1990, a 36-year period during which the country experienced its most climactic – and sometimes terrible – events. Speaking from firsthand knowledge and with an intimate understanding of the situation, the author takes us beyond the media hype that so dominated Western television screens to answer some of the most vital questions concerning the apartheid era:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho originated the system of government the world grew to hate so much?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWas South Africa the only ‘apartheid’ nation?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDid economic sanctions have the desired effect?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did Washington’s domestic agenda affect US foreign policy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat was the West’s real motive in forcing the country to its knees?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy did Nelson Mandela’s release from prison increase rather than diminish violence?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApartheid South Africa addresses these and a host of other issues, bringing to light little-known facts concerning historical detail and providing the reader with eyewitness accounts of day-to-day life in one of the most dangerous countries in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNon-partisan and hard-hitting, John Allen’s personal account of life in South Africa during the apartheid era will surprise many with its combination of intimate detail and grassroots insight. It contains revealing glimpses of the international media’s selective reporting and gives an insider’s view of the country’s inhabitants, their cultural differences and manner of dealing with them. The book also touches on a number of external influences that so adversely affected the population and brought the country to the brink of revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing from an abundance of experience, the author recalls – often with spirited humour – what living in apartheid South Africa really entailed, transporting the reader to every corner of the region as he maps out the historical parameters around which the nation was shaped. 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