Bøger af James Egan

Jose Ochoa was stabbed to death by a chicken.You can boil and freeze water at the same time."Abracadabra" means "I create as I speak."Pineapples used to cost $10,000 each.Killer bees are manmade.There have been five attempts in history... to ban history.Volcano surfing is a sport.The oldest human name that we have record of is Kushim.There is a flower that looks like Darth Vader's helmet.Sunspring is the first film written by AI.Five of George Foreman's children are called George Foreman.Nobody knows who created donuts or where or when.Colors can be copyrighted.The three most recognizable smells are coffee, crayon, and peanut butter.When the x-ray was discovered, some people thought it was a hoax.Todd Philips directed Joker, which revolves around a serial-killing clown. Philips' first film was funded by a serial-killing clown

Brian from Family Guy is an atheist even though he has met Jesus and God several times.Peppa Pig won a BAFTA.In The Simpsons, Homer and Krusty the Clown were meant to be the same person.In SpongeBob SquarePants, Squidward isn't a squid.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a parody of the superhero, Daredevil.The makers of South Park can create an episode in two days.In Archer, Lana is nicknamed Shirley Temper, Monster Hands, Truckasaurus, and Spray + Pray.Scooby Doo was meant to be called Too Much.The actors of Dragon Ball Z regularly passed out from exhaustion while recording their lines.The person who created Avatar: The Last Airbender used to work on Family Guy.Poison Ivy only became a popular Batman villain after she debuted in Batman: The Animated Series.Daffy Duck's first catchphrase was, "Jiggers, fellers."Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy was created on a dare.The first thing Mickey Mouse ever said was "Hot Dog!"

A children's play about a crippled boy called Marcus who wishes everyone in the world gets what they want. He then wakes up in a world where everyone in the world has had their greatest wish fulfilled - the blind can see, the lame can walk, the deaf can hear, the sick are healthy. Marcus was a poor crippled child with no parents who is now a rich beloved prince with his dear mother ruling by his side.Marcus got his wish.Unfortunately, all of the evil people in the world also obtain their wishes - control, domination, power.As the world starts to become corrupt, people are coming to find Marcus to bring back the old world.What should Marcus do?He has everything he wants. Can he give that all up? Can he go back to being a crippled poor child?Is it his right to change things back to the way they were?Does he even have the power to return the world to the way it was?Why did this all happen? How?

This book is a combination of365 Things People Believe That Aren't True365 More Things People Believe That Aren't TrueAnother 365 Things People Believe That Aren't True500 Things People Believe That Aren't TrueThe world map is inaccurate.Silencers don't exist.Everyone mispronounces "Mt. Everest."Samurais rarely used swords.The Wild West was nothing like you would imagine.The Illuminati only existed for eight years.Satanists don't worship the Devil.Abraham Lincoln didn't care about black people.Amelia Earhart did not mysteriously vanish.Egypt doesn't have the most pyramids nor the biggest.Radiation isn't dangerous.We don't know anything about Druids.Not all pirates were criminals. Some of them were government agents.Rastafarians don't call themselves Rastafarians.The Sun is not on fire.Hamlet wasn't a popular play during Shakespeare's time.Archeologists know who built the Easter Island heads.The Amish do use electricity.Nazis never called themselves Nazis.

DC Comics tried to sue Rihanna for calling her fashion brand, Robyn, even though that is her real name.Captain America fought President Ronald Reagan after he turned into a snake.Batman's butler, Alfred, shot the Predator with a musket.Deadpool has been married nine times.Flash can move so fast, he can create a cyclone.Doctor Octopus was an Avenger.Green Arrow has many trick arrows including a Fake Cat Arrow and a Fake Uranium Arrow.Iron Man teamed up with a teenage version of himself.Superman has the power of super-ventriloquism.The Joker has a two-headed cat.Despite the fact that Nick Fury wears an eye patch, he has two eyes.Wonder Woman's chef is a minotaur.In early issues, Magneto had the power of invisibility.The first issue of Spawn is one of the most successful comics of all time.The Justice League train on Jupiter's moons.Spider-Man was nearly called Fly-Man.Aquaman's first love was a dolphin.Judas Iscariot is a DC superhero.

OJ Simpson was turned down for the role of The Terminator because the studio thought he couldn't play a convincing killer.Back to the Future was nearly called Spaceman from Pluto.In the original script of The Truman Show, all the actors are criminals.Bob Hoskins kept hallucinating while making Who Framed Roger Rabbit and couldn't work again for a year.The line, "Fly, my pretties. Fly!" is never said in The Wizard of Oz.The crewmembers of The Lord of the Rings made so much chainmail for the films, they wore their fingerprints off.The main song for Beauty and the Beast was meant to be a rock-n'-roll song.The most expensive part of Rocky was the make-up.The line "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn," in Gone with the Wind was nearly, "Frankly my dear, it makes my gorge rise."Alec Guinness wears a toupee in every Star Wars film that he appears in.Production on The Shawshank Redemption was shut down for days while the studio waited for a maggot to die so they could use it in a scene.

The writers of Captain America were originally criticized for being too harsh on Nazis.Batgirl was created to make Batman "less gay."Of the top ten greatest Marvel comics, five of them are X-Men stories.Shazam was originally more popular than Superman.Black Panther loves Game of Thrones.Wolverine was a Canadian secret agent. His first mission was to kill the Hulk.Keanu Reeves nearly played Plastic Man.The Punisher defeated the Hulk in three seconds.Aquaman's series was the first DC comic to be cancelled.Deadpool believes he is "the Canadian James Bond."Wonder Woman was nearly called Superma.Ant-Man merged with Ultron.Green Arrow has a tuning fork arrow.Hulk originally turned grey, not green.Green Lantern's original weakness was wood.Spider-Man's origin story is based on the Greek myth of Arachne.Superman was originally a bald, telekinetic villain.

A planet can turn into a star.Mercury has ice.On Venus, it rains metal.Earth isn't round.Mars is the only planet that is solely populated by robots.The volcanoes on Jupiter's moon, Io, erupt its lava into space.Saturn has a hurricane in the shape of a hexagon.Uranus' moons are named after Shakespeare characters.Neptune has a ring like Saturn that we can't see in photographs.The Moon's real name is Luna.The oldest planet, Methuselah, is 12.7 billion years old.The word "planet" is Greek for "wanderer."Asteroids can have moons.A comet's tail is about ten million kilometres long.When a Black Hole tears something apart, it's called spaghettification.The Big Bang Theory's original name was The Primeval Atom.The universe is beige. No, really.

Dinosaurs had feathers.The appendix isn't useless.Coliseum gladiators were obese and staged their fights.The first robot was built 2,400 years ago.Sharks have no bones.Raspberries and strawberries aren't berries.Banana trees don't exist.Diamonds aren't rare.You have never used tinfoil or chalk.George Lucas didn't direct the original Star Wars trilogy.Tutankhamen wasn't an important pharaoh.The Bible never says what The Devil looks like.Wolves don't howl at the Moon.Lifting heavy objects doesn't cause a hernia.Leprosy doesn't exist.

Here is a compilation of nearly 400 phobias such as -Barophobia - Fear of gravityCheimaphobia - Fear of coldChirophobia - Fear of handsGlobophobia - Fear of balloonsHippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia- Fear of long words.Ailurophobia- Fear of catsAnuptaphobia- Fear of staying single.Onomatophobia - Fear of hearing a specific wordPogonophobia - Fear of beardsZeusophobia - Fear of God

There are so many great words in different languages which have never become a part of the English vocabulary. Here a few examples -Backpfeifengesicht - a face in desperate need of a fistKabelsalat - an entanglement of wires (cable salad)Sitzfleisch - to tolerate incredible boring activitiesJayus - a joke that is funny because it is so badly toldDrachenfutter - the gift a man gives to a woman to make up for his mistakeTartle - the moment when you have to introduce somebody and you realise you forgot his or her nameKummerspeck - eat out of emotion (grief bacon)Age-otoi - to look worse after a haircutPackesel - the person who is stuck with everyone's bag on a tripMokita - the truth that everyone knows but nobody saysPochemuchka - a person who asks too many questions

Although you may think this book's title is a joke, I assure you that there are people today that adamantly believe the world is flat. Worse still, the number of Flat Earthers has been increasing in recent years. How could that be possible? NASA has taken photos of the Earth from space to confirm it is round. According to The Flat Earth Society, NASA are lying. NASA never went to space... because space isn't real. You might find this concept preposterous. Are Flat Earthers suggesting every astronomer and physicist is wrong? No. Flat Earthers believe that so-called "scientists" know the Earth is flat but they are lying. Why would anyone lie about the shape of the Earth? How can Flat Earthers be so sure? If the Earth is flat, why doesn't the oceans spill out at the sides? All of these questions will be explained in this book. Read on to learn the history of the Flat Earth community, why they believe what they believe, and most importantly, how we know their beliefs are irrefutably false.

The sheep are being racist again!Why she can't be addicted to heroin like a normal person!I couldn't sleep! I was too excited and I couldn't stop thinking about my morning porridge.Don't do drugs! You still have a cold!Robocop is just Jesus with a robot.I can't get the Internet up. The little robots in the computer aren't doing their job.I can't find Noah's Ark under the "True Stories."I don't have wrinkles because I never smiled at my kids.There's no blood in your fingers.Having a child is like having a hairless puppy that learns to talk.Don't point at the hippo! It might bite your arm off and get sick and then we might get in trouble.Your suit nearly hides your moobs.You seem to get on well with my son in spite of his small hands and girly laugh.Is there kangaroo in beef pie?Tell your cereal to stop being so loud.Skype is working! I have so many Internets!I'll never forget what I got on my second date. Pregnant.

How do old people die?I can't watch Flubber! There's too much animosity!I can't use my kite! The wind isn't working today.You didn't tell me clouds move? What else haven't you told me?I want to become a scientist so I can pick up chicks.I broke my milk!I don't like Darth Vader. He's just... too tall.I got salmonella from a creme egg.Voldemort doesn't have a nose. That means he can't sneeze. EVER!When I grow up, I want to be a tiger.I'm so hungry, I could eat a large portion of food!Saturn is my favourite planet because he has a hula hoop.My Mummy never drinks and drives. She only drinks when she is stuck in traffic.

Genetically modified food existed since the Stone Age.We have no idea what Ancient Egyptians looked like.Thomas Edison didn't invent the lightbulb.Women could vote since 1867.The writer, Homer, probably didn't exist.Giants aren't always tall.Ancient Greece wasn't a country.The Hanging Gardens of Babylon never existed.Gandhi was a horrible human being.

Panthers don't exist.James Bond isn't a secret agent.The funny bone isn't a bone.E-readers like the Kindle were invented in 1949.Slavery has never been more common as it is today.Neanderthals were extremely smart and were able to speak.Vikings invented rap battles.Natural oranges aren't orange.Rats didn't cause the Black Death.Halitosis doesn't exist.Buddhists don't worship Buddha.Everyone mispronounces "Nutella."St. Patrick wasn't Irish.There has never been 50 states in the United States.Selfies aren't a recent fad. They have existed since 1839.Guardian angels aren't mentioned in the Bible.A comatose person can speak and walk around.Nicotine doesn't cause cancer.

Donald Trump bought a nightclub from a hitman.George Washington lost nearly every battle he was involved in.George Bush used to be a cheerleader.Joe Biden had brain surgery twice in the same year.It's very likely that Thomas Jefferson suffered from Asperger's Syndrome.Obama's first job was selling ice-cream.John Adams' dog was called Satan.Theodore Roosevelt used to Judo sweep people in public if he got bored.John Wilkes Booth's brother saved Abraham Lincoln's son's life.JFK used crutches in private due to his chronic back problems.Richard Nixon used poker winnings to fun his presidential campaign.Jimmy Carter wrote a children's book called The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer.Ronald Reagan nearly appeared in Back to the Future III.Only one president has died from cancer.There was supposed to be a Super Nintendo game about Bill Clinton's cat, Socks.

Hitler's favorite film was King Kong. The Blues Brothers is the only film ever that had a cocaine budget. Citizen Kane was booed at the Oscars every time one of its nominations were announced. Marlon Brando didn't read the script when he was shooting Apocalypse Now. Instead, he turned it into a hat. Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings. He would've been paid $560 million. Although Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for Gone with the Wind, she wasn't allowed to go to the premier because she was black. Edward Scissorhands was supposed to be a musical. Steven Spielberg thought the theme song for Jaws was terrible. Groundhog Day takes place over 27 years. All of the Ping-Pong balls in Forrest Gump are computer-generated. In Toy Story, the carpets in Sid's house have the same design as the carpets in The Shining. It took eight years for Christopher Nolan to write Inception. Back to the Future was banned in China because the Chinese find time-travel disrespectful to history.

It is better to travel well than to arrive - Buddha The heart will break, but broken live on - Byron A man is great by deeds, not by birth - Chankaya You are never too old to set another goal - C.S. Lewis A wounded deer leaps the highest - Emily Dickinson This is slavery, not to speak one's thought - Euripides Don't find fault, find a remedy - Henry Ford What you do not bring forth will destroy you - Jesus Christ Experience is the teacher of all things - Julius Caesar I can't go back to yesterday because I was a different person then - Lewis Carroll Only the weak never forgive - Gandhi A man who lives fully is prepared to die any time

Prevention is better than cure.- Desiderius ErasmusFortune favors the audacious.- AnonHalf a truth is often a great lie.- Benjamin FranklinWork as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.- American ProverbA countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.- North American ProverbA nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.- Desiderius ErasmusHe who allows oppression shares the crime.- Dutch ProverbInformation is not knowledge.- Albert EinsteinSmall is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.- Zen ProverbTo find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.- Pearl S. BuckI do not judge, I only chronicle.- John Singer SargentDon?t underestimate your opponent, but don?t overestimate them, either.- Nancy PelosiDo good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.- Chinese ProverbOnly the educated are free. - Greek Proverb

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself. - Anon Water is formless and flows. But if you put it in a cup, its shape becomes the cup. If you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Be like water. - Bruce Lee One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. - Malala Yousafzai If you only read the books that everyone is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. - H.P. Lovercraft Work hard in silence. Let success makes the noise. - Anon Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. - Marie Curie Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. - Bill Nye

Robinson Crusoe. Jane Eyre. Beowulf. Pride and Prejudice. A Tale of Two Cities. Animal Farm. The Odyssey. So many books to read. So little time. Have you ever wanted to read Crime and Punishment but it was just too long? Were you ever curious to know the story of Paradise Lost but you found the structure too complex? Want to know why Hamlet is so famous but you can't quite grasp the language? Need to read Withering Heights for school but can't articulate what the story is about? Are you a teach who needs to brush up on David Copperfield before teaching it to a class? Or maybe you are just trying to remember which of the Three Musketeers becomes a monk at the end. What if I told you that I could sum the entire story of War and Peace in a single page? In this book, have summarised 100 classic stories in 100 pages. Now you can learn about wonderful stories such as Huckleberry Finn, king lear, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Iliad, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, and dozens more.

This book covers 150 traps in life you can fall into if you're not careful. Find out how to stop being complacent, how to let go of your spite, take a stand against those who underestimate you, stop hiding behind a facade or just learn how to be more open.

There are many ways to sabotage your life. In this book, over 100 traps of life are analysed which can help you avoid life's hardships. Learn to get closure from a personal tragedy, develop contingencies when plans fall apart, understand how to deal with criticism constructively, break away from self-destructive cycles and find out how to stop dwelling on the past and embrace the future.

This book looks at all of the traps we fall into in life and how to get out of them. Read on to cast off your emotional baggage, dissolve your anger problems, learn how to stop doubting yourself, overcome your shyness and become a better version of you. Alphabetised for easy reference, this book offers wise sayings from some of history's most accomplished individuals to help you keep working toward your goals and become the person you want to be.