Bøker av Diane Allen

"Pray, Hope, and Don't Worry: True Stories of Padre Pio Book l" (now also available in Audible) is a glimpse into the life and spirituality of St. Pio of Pietrelcina, who has often been called "The greatest mystic of the 20th Century." Forty individuals, all who either met Padre Pio personally or attended his Mass, were interviewed for this book. The author traveled to many parts of the United States in order to record the personal testimonies of Padre Pio's friends from near and far. Chapters in the book which examine Padre Pio's unique spirituality include: The Transverberation, The Extraordinary Perfume of Padre Pio, Padre Pio's Way of the Cross, Answered Prayers, Showers of Blessings, Testimonies of Grace Part One, Part Two, and Part Three, Padre Pio's Holy Death, and more. Be sure to visit the author's informational website on Padre Pio at: www.padrepiodevotions.org as well as her Padre Pio Facebook page at: facebook.com/PadrePioDevotions

They Walked with God: Book 2 examines the lives of St. Teresa of Calcutta, St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe and St. John Bosco. These three remarkable individuals conformed their lives to God in simple ways that became extraordinary ways. Regardless of their particular circumstances, they share a common calling. They are teachers. With profound wisdom, they teach us how to live in the challenging school of life. St. Teresa of Calcutta : was born in 1910 in Skopje, in present-day Macedonia, Mother Teresa joined the Sisters of Loreto religious congregation in Dublin, Ireland in 1928. As a Sister of Loreto, she taught geography at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, India for twenty years. In 1950, she started her own religious congregation, the Missionaries of Charity, in order to minister to the poorest of the poor. To people throughout the world, Mother Teresa is an icon of goodness and compassion. Pope Paul VI said, "The work of Mother Teresa shows this - her inexhaustible energy, her potential for good, the resources of her human heart, are poured out. The leaven of her personal sacrifice as well as her courage enabled her to do unbelievable things with God's help." St. John Bosco who was born in Becchi, Italy in 1815, was the founder of a religious congregation known as the Salesians. He was also the co-founder of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians, an order of religious Sisters whose purpose was to help orphaned and destitute girls in Italy. He organized an association for the laity called the Salesian Cooperators. The Cooperators were to be activists, fully committed to helping the displaced and the destitute. Pope Pius IX was among the first to enroll as a Cooperator. St. John Bosco developed a teaching method called the "Preventive System" which was based on reason, religion and kindness. He became known as one of Europe's finest educators. By the end of his life, he and his religious congregation were helping 131,000 disadvantaged and orphaned children. When praised for his works of charity he said, "I have done nothing by myself. Our Lady has done everything." Pope Pius XI said of him: "John Bosco's life was a succession of wonders. It was one continuous miracle." St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe who was born in 1894, was a Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan Friar. In 1917 he founded the Militia Immaculatae, a worldwide movement that promotes total consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary as a means of spiritual renewal. He established a friary which he named "The City of the Immaculate" near Warsaw, Poland. By 1939, the City of the Immaculate had become the largest Franciscan friary in the world. He published a monthly magazine which he called Knight of the Immaculata. He lived in Japan for a period of six years where he established a friary - the Garden of the Immaculate. He studied Japanese and was able to successfully write and publish the Knight magazine in the Japanese language. When he returned to Poland, he continued to write and print his publications. With very little money, he built one of the most advanced religious printing plants in Europe. For years, he had wanted to use the media of radio to broadcast spiritual programs. With a short-wave radio borrowed from the army, he was finally able to do so. He once said, "If St. Francis of Assisi was alive, he would be using all of the modern means of technology and mass communication." Father Maximilian was known and loved throughout Poland and considered a national hero. The fact that he was a person of such great influence caused the Nazis in Occupied Poland to consider him dangerous. In 1941, he was arrested and taken to the German death camp of Auschwitz. When the Nazi guards selected 10 prisoners to die in punishment for one escapee, Kolbe offered his life in exchange for one of the prisoners. His death was mourned by thousan

A Precious Daughter by Diane Allen is a moving family saga set between Canada and Liverpool during the 19th century.

The Girl from the Tanner's Yard by Diane Allen is an evocative historical saga set in Yorkshire during the 19th century.

Set in the Yorkshire Dales, The Miner's Wife is a sweeping family drama following a young woman who falls in love with a man who is not everything he seems . . .

The final part in the historical Windfell saga trilogy by Diane Allen.

Charlotte Booth loves her father and the home they share, which is set high up in the limestone escarpments of Crummockdale. But when a new businessman in the form of Joseph Dawson enters their lives, both Charlotte and her father decide he's the man for her and, within six months, Charlotte marries the dashing mill owner from Accrington.Then a young mill worker is found dead in the swollen River Ribble. With Joseph's business nearly bankrupt, it becomes apparent that all is not as it seems and Joseph is not the man he pretends to be. Heavily pregnant, penniless and heartbroken, Charlotte is forced to face the reality that life may never be the same again . . .

There would be trouble in Paradise . . . From birth, Polly Harper seems destined for tragedy. Raised by her loving grandparents on Paradise Farm she is unknowingly tangled in a web of secrecy regarding her parentage. When she falls in love with Tobias, the wealthy son of a local landowner of disrepute, her anxious grandparents send her to work in a dairy. There she becomes instantly drawn to the handsome Matt Dinsdale, propelling her further into the depths of forbidden romance and dark family secrets. But tragedy strikes, Polly is forced to confront her past and decide the fate of her future. Will she lose everything, or will she finally realize that her roots and love lie in Paradise?

1912 in the Yorkshire Dales and Alice Bentham and her brother Will have lost their mother to cancer. Money is scarce and pride doesn't pay the doctor or put food on the table. Alice gets work at Whernside Manor looking after Lord Frankland's fragile sister Miss Nancy. Meanwhile Will and his best-friend Jack begin working for the Lord of the Manor at the marble mill. But their purpose there is not an entirely honest one. For a while everything runs smoothly, but corruption, attempted murder and misplaced love are just waiting in the wings. Nothing is as it seems and before they know it, Alice and Will's lives are entwined with those of the Franklands' and nothing will ever be the same again.