It's one thing to be 14 years old and a loser. It's one thing to be the class swot, and hopelessly infatuated with someone who doesn't know you exist. But what kind of teenager is besotted with an entire sports team – when the players are even bigger losers than she is?In 1993, while everyone else was learning Oasis lyrics and crushing on Kate Moss or Keanu, Emma John was obsessing over the England cricket team. She spent her free time making posters of the players she adored. She ...

Mastering Diabetes: The Complete Guide to Blood Sugar Management through Nutrition and Lifestyle ChangesDiabetes is a complicated and difficult illness, but you can manage your health and thrive if you have the correct information and resources. A comprehensive guide to controlling blood sugar levels through nutrition, exercise, and long-term lifestyle modifications is provided in Mastering Diabetes.This book explores the science of diabetes, including concise explanations ...

There is a piece of cod-wisdom regularly dispensed to single women: romance will arrive when you least expect it. I had assumed it would also make its own travel arrangements too.Emma John is in her 40s; she is neither married, nor partnered, with child or planning to be.In her hilarious and unflinching memoir, Self Contained, she asks why the world only views a woman as complete when she is no longer a single figure and addresses what it ...

Petrona McGibbon knew that completely uprooting her life and moving to the Caribbean island of Jamaica to open a bed & breakfast/bakery was going to be challenging. What she didn’t expect was that her delectable creations would become the center of a murder investigation.What should have been an open and shut case takes some unexpected twists. As a seasoned Senior Superintendent of police, Dean Anderson finds himself having to turn to the likes of Petrona’s crazy cousin Maria, and ...

Can you feel nostalgic for a life you've never known?Suffused with her much-loved warmth and wit, Emma John's memoir follows her moving and memorable journey to master one of the hardest musical styles on earth - and to find her place in an alien world.Emma had fallen out of love with her violin when a chance trip to the American South introduced her to bluegrass music. Classically trained, highly strung and wedded to London life, Emma was about as country as a gin martini....

There is a piece of cod-wisdom regularly dispensed to single women: romance will arrive when you least expect it. I had assumed it would also make its own travel arrangements too.Emma John is in her 40s; she is neither married, nor partnered, with child or planning to be.In her hilarious and unflinching memoir, Self Contained, she asks why the world only views a woman as complete when she is no longer a single figure and addresses what it ...

Can you feel nostalgic for a life you've never known?Suffused with her much-loved warmth and wit, Emma John's memoir follows her moving and memorable journey to master one of the hardest musical styles on earth - and to find her place in an alien world.Emma had fallen out of love with her violin when a chance trip to the American South introduced her to bluegrass music. Classically trained, highly strung and wedded to London life, Emma was about as country as a gin martini....