JAMES ALLEN WAS A BRITISH PHILOSOPHICAL WRITER KNOWN FOR HIS INSPIRATIONAL BOOKS AND POETRY AND AS A PIONEER OF THE SELF-HELP MOVEMENT. HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS BOOK "AS A MAN THINKETH" WHICH HAS BEEN MASS PRODUCED SINCE ITS PUBLICATION IN 1903, INSPIRING PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH THIS MESSAGE OF PERSONAL GROWTH.