Ian Snowball - Böcker

Foreword by Martin FreemanWhether flying across a screen or lighting up the stage, Madness' wild, energetic sax player has always been hard to miss. For Lee 'Kix' Thompson, life is for having as much fun as possible.Growing Out of It is the tale of one 'nutty boy' not really growing out of it at all. From getting up to no good as a teenager to his many musical (mis)adventures in the 1970s, Lee's memoir of his formative years captures his enduring love for his north London stomping ground, where he first met the other members of Madness.This is a story of growing up in a certain time and place when anything felt possible, even a bunch of north London lads forming a ska revival band - and becoming one of Britain's best-loved groups.

With public executions on the ancient Penenden Heath still within living memory of the elders of Kent, England, a new threat lingers in the shadows of the North Downs-the unspeakable Lady Highwaymen.What motivates them? Who are they? Are they coming for you?Father and daughter, Ian and Josie reunite for a second book, a tale of the future that’s set in the past. Set in Kent in the winter of 1775, The Unspeakable Lady Highwaymen is a story of courage, resistance and disruption.It’s a call to action to be brave in the face of oppression and it takes no prisoners. And is packed full of themes that continue to resonate through society even today. Alongside the fictional aspect of the novel, the authors have also included factual references from the period, as they relate to life in the 18th Century in both England and during the tensions of the American Revolutionary War.The Unspeakable Lady Highwaymen is an original untold story that has been waiting to be written. There’s romance, there’s mystery, there’s being transported back in time, and Josie and Ian have created characters you will warm to, despise, detest and fall in love with. It’s a story that truly stands up and delivers…