Alan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual, particularly for a man who was destined to become Home Secretary. Not in respect of the poverty, which was shared with many of those living in the slums of post-war Britain, but in its transition from two-parent family to single mother and then to no parents at all...This is essentially the story of two incredible women: Alan's mother, Lily, who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic violence and loneliness to t...

Tactics and strategies to help business representatives succeed in foreign markets.Recession-hit American companies are sending people overseas in record numbers in search of new business. But sadly around seventy-five percent of these expats fail, costing an estimated two billion dollars a year. CEOs, vice presidents of international marketing, and HR departments must learn how to choose and educate the right people to send overseas. Beyond helping companies to sa...

"Death and Forgiveness: My Capital Punishment Witness" is a journalist's journey reporting on and witnessing executions in Ohio over a period of 18 years. Johnson witnessed 21 executions in person, many of them eventful, and wrote objectively about those cases and dozens of others. Near the end of his award-winning journalism career, Johnson felt compelled to enroll in a theological seminary, where he earned masters and doctoral degrees. Along the course of his studies, he became convinced...

The award-winning autobiography from the British politician and author of the Sunday Times bestseller, This Boy.In July 1969, while the Rolling Stones played a free concert in Hyde Park, Alan Johnson and his young family left West London to start a new life. The Britwell Estate in Slough, apparently notorious among the locals, in fact came as a blessed relief after the tensions of Notting Hill, and the local community welcomed them with open arms....

'Johnson writes with his usual warmth, wit and modesty' Sunday TimesWinner of the Parliamentary Book Award, best memoir by a Parliamentarian, 2016This is politics as you've never seen it before.From the condemned slums of Southam Street in West London to the corridors of power in Westminster, Alan Johnson’s multi-award-winning autobiography charts an extraordinary journey, almost unimaginable in today’s Bri...

Understanding Worldview Barriers and Bridges to FaithHistorically, Christian mission among Buddhists has seen little response. Missionaries and local Christians sharing the gospel have been met with indifference, confusion, or resistance. Why is the message of Jesus often ignored or rejected by those shaped by a Buddhist worldview?Reaching People with a Buddhist Worldview explores why the message of Jesus often sounds unintelligible and the church ...

'Richard Osman, here's a bullet with your name on it' TimesA government minister has vanished into thin air.The local police in the isolated island of Crete have no leads, save for a mobile phone discarded on a cliff edge.Assistant Commissioner Louise Mangan of the Met Police is sent to assist in the investigation but soon discovers that there is more to this case than the local police realise. Lady Bellingham is less than forthcoming, and ...

Union Township has changed dramatically since the 1950s. The town was still very rural in those days. O'Mara's Farm sold fresh fruit to local kids on their daily trek home from school; Headley's Cider Mill sold homemade cider that tasted like real apples and sausages that tasted like nothing that has ever been tasted before or since. Neighbors knew each other's name and waved hello from seats on their front steps. But O'Mara's and Headley's are gone today, as are Woolworths, Whitney's, and...

'The finest prose stylist in the House of Commons since Roy Jenkins' Mark LawsonWINNER OF A WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDHarold Wilson was one of the most successful politicians of the twentieth century. Prime Minister from 1964-70, and again from 1974-76, he won four elections as well as a referendum on UK membership of the European Community. The achievements of the Wilson Era – from legalising homosexuality to protecting ethnic minorities, from...

As they seek to explore evolving and conflicting ideas of nationhood and modernity, India's writers have often chosen forests as the dramatic setting for stories of national identity. India's Forests, Real and Imagined explores how these settings have been integral to India's sense of national consciousness. Alan Johnson demonstrates that modern writers have drawn on older Indian literary traditions of the forest as a place of exile, trial and danger to shape new ideas of India as...

A woman hiding a deadly secret. And the man who went in search of adventure, but found himself in danger ...'The Girl on the Train with a dash of Russian poisoning and a classic femme fatale' Sunday Telegragh'A fast-moving plot ... expertly told.' Alastair Campbell'A cracking crime thriller.' The Sun'Really gripping, so many twists and turns' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

From being transported by the sound of 'True Love' by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly on the radio, as a small child living in condemned housing in ungentrified West London in the late 1950s, to going out to work as a postman humming 'Watching the Detectives' by Elvis Costello in 1977, Alan Johnson's life has always had a musical soundtrack. In fact music hasn't just accompanied his life, it's been an integral part of it.In the bestselling and award-winning tradition of This Boy