Böcker av Chris Evans

The essential day-to-day guide for training for and nailing your first marathon. 'Chris is a mad keen runner. I hope this book inspires others to get out and do it.' Sir Mo Farah

This new biography - the first for 30 years - provides a fascinating insight into the life of one of football's most celebrated players and personalities There's no denying that whatever Gary Lineker does is big news, whether it's fronting some of the UK's most-watched sports coverage or causing controversy on social media. With 8.9 million followers on Twitter, all eyes remain on Lineker. While he's better known as a TV personality and philanthropist nowadays, Lineker's football career marks him out as one of England's greatest-ever players. But he wasn't always destined for greatness. After helping his dad on his market as a youngster and being told he'd never make it by a school teacher, Lineker was a late bloomer, making his England debut at 24 and going on to play for a host of top clubs. Written by FourFourTwo journalist Chris Evans, this comprehensive look at Lineker's career - on and off the pitch - covers his early years in Leicester, his rise to fame at Leicester City and Everton, and his successful years at Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur. Gary Lineker: Portrait of a Football Icon looks at the phenomenal career of a sporting legend - one of England's deadliest strikers and one of the most respected sports figures today.

Total Belief looks back at three incredible years in the early 1990s when Bruce Rioch transformed the fortunes of a football club on its knees. As football changed forever with the launch of the new Premier League, Bolton experienced exciting cup runs, dramatic promotions and the galvanising of a town before Bruce was tempted away.

'Superbly insightful . A brilliant new perspective on World Cup management' - Jamie Carragher'Superb - great stories about the greatest tournament' - Daniel TaylorMaster tacticians, crazy tyrants and lucky generals... This insightful investigation reveals the mindsets and, frankly, at times unbelievable approaches of the coaches who strive to deliver football's ultimate prize.HOW DO YOU WIN THE WORLD CUP?Godlike genius or the focus of a disappointed nation's fury - the world's most prestigious tournament makes or breaks a national coach. Only 20 managers have guided their team to World Cup glory, so what are their secrets? From revolutionary tactics to hare-brained schemes, this book searches for the keys to the most exclusive club in international football.They may silently plot on the bench or manically gesticulate from the sidelines, but what can the coach really do to influence their team's performance? Discover the tactical innovations and brilliant strategies as well as the bizarre superstitions, psychological masterclasses and bonkers team-building regimes that managers have employed in the quest for that iconic trophy.Charting the successes, failures, dramas and controversies of 90 years of World Cup action, through the insights of journalists, players and managers with first-hand experience of World Cup competition, this book comprehensively documents the lengths the man in the dugout will go to in order to bring home the greatest prize.The book features contributions from leading World Cup stars, including Luiz Felipe Scolari, Geoff Hurst, Carlos Alberto Parreira, Pierre Littbarski, Roberto Martinez, Mick McCarthy, Tomas Brolin, Jamie Carragher, Alexi Lalas, Patrick Barclay, Raphael Honigstein and Graham Hunter.'A rich and rewarding football read' - Patrick Barclay'A fascinating read' - Barry Davies

This book throws a life belt to all counselling and psychotherapy trainees and practitioners looking to make the best start in their research-informed career.

Book 3 of the Iron Elves trilogy sees the final battle between the Iron Elves and the Shadow Monarch, as they try prevent the fall of the empire.

Atlantic slavery does not loom large in the traditional telling of Welsh history. Yet Wales, like many regions of Europe, was deeply affected by the forced migration of captive Africans. Welsh commodities, like copper and brass made in Swansea, were used to purchase slaves on the African coast and some Welsh products, such as woollens from Montgomeryshire, were an important feature of plantation life in the West Indies. In turn, the profits of plantation agriculture flowed back into Wales, to be invested in new industries or to be lavished on country mansions. This book looks at Slave Wales between 1650 and 1850, bringing the most up-to-date scholarship on Atlantic slavery to bear on the Welsh experience. New research by Chris Evans casts light on previously unknown episodes, such as Welsh involvement with slave-based copper mining in nineteenth-century Cuba, and illuminates in new and disturbing ways familiar features of Welsh history - like the woollen industry - that have previously unsuspected 'slave dimensions'. Many Welsh people turned against slavery in the late eighteenth century, but Welsh abolitionism was never a particularly powerful force. Indeed, Chris Evans demonstrates that Welsh participation the slave Atlantic lasted well beyond the abolition of Britain's slave trade in 1807 and the ending of slavery in Britain's Caribbean empire in 1834.

The story of how one council estate lad made good, really very good, and survived - just about - to tell the tale...Chris Evans's extraordinary career has seen him become one of the country's most successful broadcasters and producers. From The Big Breakfast to Don't Forget Your Toothbrush and TFI Friday, Chris changed the TV landscape during the '90s; and on Manchester's Piccadilly Radio, BBC Radio 1's Breakfast show and as owner of Virgin Radio he ushered in the age of the celebrity DJ.But this is only part of the Chris Evans story. In this witty and energetically written autobiography, Chris describes the experiences that shaped the boy and created the man who would go on to carve out such a dazzlingly brilliant career. Born on a dreary council estate in Warrington and determined to escape, Chris started out as the best newspaper boy on the block, armed with no more than a little silver Binatone radio that he would take to the newsagents each day and through which he would develop a life-long and passionate love affair with the music and voices that emerged.From paperboy to media mogul, It's Not What You Think isn't what you think - it's the real story beyond the glare of the media spotlight from one of this country's brightest and boldest personalities.

The 1790s was a fateful period for Britain. The French Revolution of 1789 opened an era of seismic political upheaval, one in which many features of the modern world made their first significant appearance. This work demonstrates how the latent intellectual and political anxieties were sharpened by the French Revolution.