JOHN HICKMAN

Inspired by a real familys adventures, LIVING UPSIDE DOWN is an interesting, funny, and entertaining tale about Sue and Roger who are contemplating a move Down Under!Set in the latter days of the White Australia Policy, when true blue Aussies are suspicious of ten pound poms and anyone who whinges or drinks tea, rather than coffee - this is an inspirational, yet laugh-out-loud story of one small familys triumph over unbelievable odds, hilarity, and happiness.At the heart is a tale of poms attempting to resolve family conflicts by migrating with their two small children from England to the great southern land as ten pound poms in 1971 and becoming fair dinkum Aussies. Their family conflicts of course follow them.From their first encounter with Australia House, surviving a homicidal charter flight to Australia, to an immigration hostel, and the desperation of job seeking in a foreign country, Roger wallows in his now inherited Aussie witticism.Buckle up for a bittersweet roller-coaster ride as the fun and games continue after they settle into their new home among the gum trees interrupted by a three year secondment to the Smolfala Archipelago.They take up barbequing, fishing and crabbing with their new Aussie mates, as well as wrestling with the complexities of the Aussie Strine.In the face of diversity, they press on meeting a diverse range of characters. How they cope with these considerable challenges of promotion, demotion, company fraud, drug peddling and death is told with a self-deprecating humour.We leave our characters at another set of crossroads in 1985, whenwell, thats another story!

Tripping Over is the true comic foil sequel to Reluctant Hero. John grows up in post war England in the 1950s and 1960s. It tells the story of John, who grows up in the shadow of his Dad, a returned war hero. John senses he is different but not in a good way and knows he has big shoes to fill. He is not coping well. Beleaguered and confused, poor judgement and clumsiness dog his every move.When his parents visit the annual Earls Court Motor Show to buy a new car but return with a boat instead - turmoil follows.Later he is almost killed on a disastrous wild horse ride on Rotten Row but is he really guilty of the police accusation of fraud? As a teenager John explores his sexuality, only to fall in love for all the wrong reasons.Johns self-deprecating reminisces are often illuminating as the reader accompanies him on his bittersweet journey of both triumph and disaster.Johns first book Reluctant Hero, is about his Dad, Bill, who was a Lancaster bomber pilot in WW2. Tripping Over is its comic foil sequel.Sex, Lies & Crazy People best described as a true life Fawlty Towers - but without Basil, follows on from Tripping Over.They are all true stories.

John tells the true story about his Dad, Bills involvement in the Second World War. Bill grew up in the slums of Notting Hill, London and left school at fourteen. Despite his insecurities and self-doubt, while still in his late teens, and against all odds, he qualified as a skilled fighter pilot. Due to his lack of family connections he was assigned to the Bomber Boys where thrust from boyhood to air combat veteran in just two years.He desperately wanted to belong to the establishment but rebelled against the powers-that-be when he realised how expendable they thought he was. Victim of their class conscious attitudes, he was unwilling to toe their line and so they punished him!For this and his outspoken anti-establishment views he was penalised, but continued to cheat death many times. Needless to say he was held in high regard by his crew.Loss of life and planes was horrendous and to Bills mind largely unnecessary. His attitude towards death in combat changed dramatically after he met and married Johns mother to be, Alice.After the raid over Dresden in February 1945, he became angry at the cover-ups, corruption and myriad of lies. Authorities disputed claims that British planes carried out machine-gun attacks on the civilian population but Bill knew otherwise!Against all odds he survived the war, physically but was dreadfully scarred emotionally.After serving his country he was finally dismissed without a commission or a job. Even told he was unfit to fly!Angry and bitter at the age of 23, with a wife and child to support he needed to move on. Disillusioned, he decided to become wealthy and sell diamonds to Americans. This is the true story of how his combat experiences, especially the bombing of Dresden, changed the course of his and his familys life.A no holds barred book thats honest about the role of Lancaster Bombers in the Second World War, one that challenges most preconceptions. A book not afraid to be honest about war.

John tells the bittersweet true story about his familys involvement in the Harewood Hotel, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent in England during the 1960s, interspersed with self-deprecating reminisces.Best described as a true life Fawlty Towers but without Basil.When John is assigned to the kitchens will he be able to cook any better than his dysfunctional family? Hes in good company with chefs who cant cook and waiters who dont speak English.A multitude of international guests include a millionaire addicted to pornography; a con man and his beautiful ex-prostitute wife; a cash strapped film company; a strange little man who reads tea leaves and scientologists seeking spiritual fulfilment.After falling in love for all the wrong reasons John meets Carole but will their love last?Sex, Lies & Crazy People follows on from Tripping Over.

Prestar una atención suficiente y regular a los cascos y el herraje constituye un elemento vital en el cuidado correcto de un caballo. Un herraje correcto resulta, sin duda, más importante que el tratamiento de cualquier enfermedad del caballo o quizá de todas ellas. El casco es una parte anatómica cuya salud debemos mantener, si utilizamos con juicio este arte, el casco no resultará más propenso a las lesiones que las restantes regiones anatómicas.