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 celebrit...

In Its Not What You Think Chris Evans had written himself a recipe for success. He was poised on the brink of seeing it become a reality. All the right ingredients were there: he was rich, famous; now he was the owner of his own radio station and media company. What could possibly go wrong? As it turned out, the answer was everything…well almost.In It’s Not What You Think Chris Evans had seemingly found the recipe for success. He was rich, famous, and now the owner of his own radio...

In this story the Jumbalees are disappointed to learn that their youth centre has to close due to lack of funds. They go to the beach for a swim instead where they spot a Pirate ship approaching in the distance. An encounter with the pirates provides an unexpected solution for the youth centre!

During his run into turning FIFTY, CHRIS EVANS is on a MISSION. To take stock of WHERE HE IS and WHERE HE'S AT in order to figure out how BEST to get the MOST out of what he BELIEVES are the BEST YEARS yet to come.His typically positive and upbeat journey involves ONE HUNDRED DAYS of contemplation, research, focus, frustration and DECISION MAKING while SECRETLY:*Training for The London MARATHON*Bringing back his cult Nineties TV show TFI FRIDAY*And the small m...

'A brilliant new perspective' – talkSPORT'Fascinating' – Barry DaviesWITH NEW AND UPDATED CONTENT FOR THE MEN'S FIFA WORLD CUP 2026THIS INSIGHTFUL INVESTIGATION REVEALS THE MINDSETS AND UNBELIEVABLE APPROACHES OF THE COACHES SEEKING FOOTBALL'S ULTIMATE PRIZEOnly 21 managers have guided their team to World Cup glory, so what are their secrets? They may silently plot on the bench or manically ...

Channelling the turbulent period of the Vietnam War and its ruthless pitting of ideologies, cultures, generations, and races against each other, military historian and acclaimed fantasy writer Chris Evans takes a daring new approach to the traditional world of sword and sorcery by thrusting it into a maelstrom of racial animus, drug use, rebellion, and a growing war that seems at once unwinnable and with no end in sight. In this thrilling epic, right and wrong, country and honor, freedom a...

This is a story about Dylan, a young dragon who lived in a faraway land where only dragons lived. One fateful morning he found he had hiccups and they wouldn't stop. This caused terrible problems for Dylan and other dragons. His fiery hiccups had already burnt his mother's washing and melted Lucy's lollipop among other things. Dylan decided he needed to get away to avoid causing more problems and to see if he could find a cure for his hiccups. He set off on his little boat in search for di...

Chris Evans is one of the country’s most successful broadcasters and producers. For the first time, readers can follow Chris’s journey in this single volume – from a young paperboy living in a council estate in It’s Not What You Think to battling his demons whilst hosting his radio show in the Sunday Times bestseller Memoirs of a Fruitcake.It’s Not What You Think tells the story of how one council estate lad made good, really very good, and survived – just about – to tell the tale....

This story tells of how the Jumbalees came to settle on their tropical island in the very beginning, but trouble from their past lies ahead. Many, many years ago, the Jumbalees were captured from their distant home planet Jumbala by an evil robot race, the Captubots, to be used as servants. While travelling through space an asteroid struck the Captubots spaceship and the capture pod that the Jumbalees were being held in broke away, sending them hurtling into space. After many days travelli...

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.In the summer of 1992, Bolton Wanderers were a club in distress. With an aging stadium and struggling in the league, chairman Gordon Hargreaves made the difficult decision to sack manager Phil Neal and employ Bruce Rioch and his assistant Colin Todd.Over the next three seasons, Bruce began to change attitude...

'Full of pace and style, just like its subject ... a vivid, nostalgic reminder of Lineker's greatness as a player' - Leo McKinstry'Chris Evans has done the hard yards on Lineker's football career.. faithfully detailing the life of a hard-working footballer at the highest level' – Roger Alton, The TimesENGLAND CAPTAIN. WORLD CUP HERO. SERIAL GOALSCORER. MATCH OF THE DAY HOST. FOOTBALL ICON.As player...

Fearless Freddie is the story of Britain's first boxing superstar. A legend who had it all: a young family, regular TV appearances, and a thriving nightclub. Surely someone this outgoing would not kill himself? However, Freddie was a man with dark secrets. Did those secrets drive him to take his own life, or was it something more sinister?