Bücher von James Egan

In the first story that revolved around a troll, the creature challenged a Viking to a rap-battle.In Greek myth, Medusa is Pegasus' mother.In Inuit myth, there is a monster that looks and acts like the Joker.In some legends, Alexander the Great was gifted with a killer rabbit.Originally, demons weren't perceived as evil.An azeman is a vampire with OCD.Centaurs were originally called sagittary.The oldest mythological creature is Lion-Man.There are reports of Goatmen in three different US states.In Japanese myth, evil cotton kills by stuffing itself in people's mouths.The Minotaur's real name is Asterion.In Celtic myth, leprechauns are bankers for all fairies.Mermaids play a big part in Irish myth.The Jersey Devil myth was probably devised by American founding father, Benjamin Franklin.The unicorn myth was inspired by a whale."Yeti" means "rocky bear."In Japan, there are vampires that can only move around by hopping.

The Pyrenean Ibex goat is the only animal to go extinct... twice.Although aardvarks look small, they are slightly smaller than a human.Badgers used to be called "brocks."Milk is more poisonous to a cat than seawater.Dogs don't like being hugged.William Shakespeare invented the word "alligator."Some ants never sleep.Meerkats kill their own kind more than any other animal.The honey badger is the world's most ferocious animal.Tanzania has more lions than any other country.Giraffes can't yawn.You can tell a horse's age by observing its teeth.Orangutans make umbrellas out of leaves.The Western world didn't know pandas existed until 1869.If a scorpion gets drunk, it can sting itself to death.It's nearly impossible to tell the difference between a koala's fingerprints and a human's.Jellyfish can live for over 10,000 years.The Peregrine Falcon can punch its prey while moving at 230mph. This strike is called "The Falcon Punch."

The Pyrenean Ibex goat is the only animal to go extinct... twice.Although aardvarks look small, they are slightly smaller than a human.Badgers used to be called "brocks."Milk is more poisonous to a cat than seawater.Dogs don't like being hugged.William Shakespeare invented the word "alligator."Some ants never sleep.Meerkats kill their own kind more than any other animal.The honey badger is the world's most ferocious animal.Tanzania has more lions than any other country.Giraffes can't yawn.You can tell a horse's age by observing its teeth.Orangutans make umbrellas out of leaves.The Western world didn't know pandas existed until 1869.If a scorpion gets drunk, it can sting itself to death.It's nearly impossible to tell the difference between a koala's fingerprints and a human's.Jellyfish can live for over 10,000 years.The Peregrine Falcon can punch its prey while moving at 230mph. This strike is called "The Falcon Punch."

In California, it's illegal to set a mousetrap without a hunting license.There's a competition in Delaware where contestants shoot pumpkins out of cannons.Hawaii is considered to be the happiest state.Grand Central Station in Chicago has more radiation than is allowable at a nuclear power plant.Iowa has the highest literacy rate in the country.Kansas means "South Wind."In Connecticut, a pickle isn't a pickle unless it bounces.There was a hurricane in Mississippi that was so powerful, it cut an island in two.Women aren't allowed to dress up as Santa Claus in Minnesota.The largest snowflake ever landed in Montana.There's a museum dedicated to roller skating in Nebraska.It's illegal to kiss someone in Nevada if you have a moustache.Basketball, volleyball, marshmallow fluff and the birth control pill come from Massachusetts.There's a town in Maryland called Chevy Chase.There's a group of blue-skinned people who live in Kentucky.

Deadpool is terrified of cows.Batman had a brother.Spider-Man has teamed up with the Transformers.The X-Men is a rip-off of The Doom Patrol.Captain America was the first superhero to be rebooted.The Flash can burn 1.6 billion calories in a minute.Hulk quit The Avengers after the second issue.Mogo is a superhero who is also a planet.There is a pig version of Iron Man called Iron Ham.Joker has killed over 2,000 people.Magneto used to be an Avenger.Lex Luthor joined the Justice League.Professor X carries a gun at all times.It's illegal to name your child "Superman" in Sweden.The Punisher has teamed up with Robocop.Stan Lee has created over 600 Marvel characters.Marvel weren't allowed to tell stories about werewolves until 1971.A part of Doctor Doom's armor is made of the cross that Jesus died on.Wonder Woman once battled an evil egg.

Benedict Cumberbatch was kidnapped while in South Africa. He convinced the kidnappers to let him go by pretending to be brain-damaged.Brad Pitt has a condition that prevents him from recognising faces.Michael Fassbender's character in Prometheus is based on David Bowie.Tom Cruise's real name is Thomas Mapother IV.Tom Hardy comes up with characters by watching reality tv shows.Morgan Freeman is a private pilot.During interviews with Robert De Niro, journalists are forbidden to talk to about wine.Until Jack Nicholson was 37, he thought his mother was his sister and his grandmother was his mother.Alan Rickman was 42 when he starred in his first movie.Robin Williams was voted the Least Likely to Succeed while he was in high school.

Until 2009, people who donated blood in Ireland received a free pint of Guinness.Many Irish people don't know that Ireland has a king.Ireland use to be called Wolfland.The words "boycott," "slogan," "quiz," "yahoo," and "electron" come from Ireland.During medieval times, a man could divorce his wife if she "made a mess of everything."Happy hours are banned in Irish pubs.Polar bears originate from Ireland.The Celts originated from Austria, not Ireland.Most of the world's Botox comes from one factory in Ireland.Until 2006, it was illegal to act out Harry Potter in Ireland.The submarine, radiotherapy, chocolate milk, the guillotine, and the torpedo were invented in Ireland.The Leprechaun Museum in Dublin is so scary, children aren't allowed to enter.

NASA helped make Call of Duty.Eminem used to have one of the world's highest scores in Donkey Kong.The Legend of Zelda was meant to be called Adventure.The creator of Five Nights at Freddy's used to make Christian games.Only one character in Mortal Kombat was meant to commit a fatality.The Nintendo wanted the NES to have a knitting add-up.Yoshi has orange arms in his debut game, Super Mario World.Super Smash Bros. was only meant to be released in Japan.Pac-Man is the most recognized video game character in the world.Sonic the Hedgehog's personality is based on Bill Clinton.In Pokémon, Gengar is the ghost of Clefable.Angry Birds was meant to be called Catapult.In Assassin's Creed 2, you can cut someone's throat with a broom.There is fan-fiction of Tetris.

Dolly Parton produced Buffy the Vampire Slayer.Peter Dinklage has never read Game of Thrones even though he is the star of the show.Samuel L Jackson showed up unannounced on the set for Breaking Bad, while he was dressed as his Avengers character, Nick Fury and demanded to be on the show. The producers refused.In Doctor Who, the Twelfth Doctor's costume was inspired by David Bowie.Matthew Perry plays Chandler in Friends. He says he can't remember a single thing from the show throughout three seasons.In The Simpsons, Hans Moleman has died at least 15 times.Many mobsters contacted James Gandolfini to tell him his performance was excellent in The Sopranos but warned him not to wear shorts in the show.Kenneth from 30 Rock is immortal.The first episode of Game of Thrones was so bad, it had to be reshot.Millie Bobby Brown was 11 when she was cast as Eleven in Stranger Things.The Tourette Syndrome Association praised the show, South Park, for its accurate portrayal of the Tourette's condition.

Lex Luthor became the president of the United States.Green Goblin use to lead the Avengers.The Penguin is an expert bare-knuckle boxer.Doctor Doom briefly served as God but gave it up because he "found it beneath me."Darkseid has his own nightclub.Loki claimed to be Deadpool's father.Harley Quinn has two pet hyenas.Carnage was nearly called Chaos or Ravage.Deadshot tried to killed Pope John Paul II.When Peter Parker died, Doctor Octopus became the new Spider-Man.Hugo Strange was supposed to be Batman's nemesis.Ego the Living Planet has a moon called Id who snorts planets.Wolverine has an evil son called Daken.Mister Freeze once escaped Arkham Asylum using a crayon.Thanos has been in a relationship with Hela.The Riddler's hero is Harry Houdini.

Skeletor was cut from He-Man in France because he was too scary.Lois from Family Guy has had eight children.Marceline from Adventure Time has a fear of celery.Steven Spielberg thinks Rugrats is one of the best cartoons ever.Homer Simpson's voice is the most popular GPS voice.Tom Cruise was meant to play Captain Planet.Tim Curry was meant to play the Joker in the Batman cartoon but was considered too scary.Spider-Man was banned in Hong Kong.Mickey Mouse has a brother... who is a rabbit.Bugs Bunny got his name by accident.Tom and Jerry has won seven Oscars.Beast was only meant to appear in a few episodes of X-Men.Winnie the Pooh was originally called Edward.

There are many books out there that explain how cancer works biologically. There are countless books that give the reader a deep understanding of how chemotherapy works, how radiotherapy works and how the medication works. They will go into detail about wigs, headscarves, injections, surgery, CT scans, X-Rays, PET scans and so on.But very few cancer books focus on the most important part - the mind. How is your mind going to survive an illness that is turning your life upside down?Cancer books always insist that you need to stay positive but it's not that simple. You need to prepare better than "stay positive."When does it start feeling normal?How much of the battle is in your head?How will people perceive you?This doesn't mean I will neglect to discuss treatment, surgery and medical scans. But I will detail these factors in plain language rather than medical terminology, which many cancer patients find alienating and unhelpful.Read on to learn how to combat cancer - physically and mentally.

Comics have existed for 2,700 years.There is a Captain America comic that is so bad, it killed the editor.Batman has a Batsuit designed to fight Gods.There is a panda version of Deadpool.Iron Man ruled the Illuminati for years.The Joker carries kryptonite in his teddy bear.Loki used to be called Satan.Lex Luthor is so smart, he dreams in algorithms.Batman's son, Damian, became Robin.Spider-Man has killed several criminals.Stan Lee wrote an Aquaman story for DC Comics.Thor was ranked by IGN as the greatest Avenger ever.Batman has a Batcave on the Moon.Wolverine is only 5ft 3.Wonder Woman has battled Medusa.Marvel owned the rights to the word "zombie" for over two decades.Green Arrow has many trick arrows including a Bubblegum Arrow.Muhammad Ali fought Superman. (In the comics, not in real life.)

The time machine in Back to the Future was meant to be a refrigerator.Steve Carell wanted to play the Joker in The Dark Knight.William Wallace was never called Braveheart.Die Hard started off as a sequel to Commando.Aliens were meant to appear in Dr. Strangelove.ET - The Extra-Terrestrial was nearly called A Boy's Life.Blade Runner and Alien take place in the same universe.The line "Play it again, Sam" is never said in Casablanca.Russell Crowe thought his dialogue in Gladiator was "garbage."The shark barely appears in Jaws because it kept malfunctioning.The Lion King is the most successful VHS film ever.Although Viggo Mortensen stars in The Return of the King, he thinks the film is overrated.Orson Welles hated the twist in Citizen Kane.In Star Wars, Han Solo was meant to be a green, gilled, noseless alien.Christopher Walken, Sean Connery, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tommy Lee Jones were considered for the role of Morpheus in The Matrix.

Due to a typo, Doctor Octopus called Spider-Man "Superman" in one issue.Batman thought Bane was his brother.Tony Stark has a 3D printer that makes Iron Man suits.Green Arrow has 135 trick arrows including a Baby Rattle Arrow and a Stepladder Arrow.In the first Avengers story, the Hulk juggled elephants while pretending to be a robot clown.The average Green Lantern only serves for four years before they are killed.There was nearly a Broadway musical of Captain America during the 1990s.Lex Luthor found the cure for cancer and AIDS.Deadpool has a 14-state restraining order from The Olsen Twins.If Superman punched someone at full force, it would create a heatwave that is 13 billion times hotter than the surface of the Sun.Green Goblin's email address is oz@amazinghair.netJudge Dredd has teamed up with Batman.In recent comics, Harley Quinn has teamed up with an egg.

Martin Scorsese was at death's door when he was making Raging Bull due to a cocaine addiction.Quentin Tarantino can only type with one finger at a time.Robert Rodriguez's children are called Rocket, Racer, Rebel, Rogue and Rhiannon.Ridley Scott has never won an Oscar for Best Director.Mel Brooks defused land mines in World War II.Christopher Nolan can't see red or green.Stanley Kubrick thought his best movie was Eyes Wide Shut.Tim Burton has a phobia of chimpanzees.George Lucas said that Darth Vader was inspired from Doctor Doom from the Marvel Comics.Guillermo Del Toro's father was kidnapped in the early 1990s. James Cameron paid off the ransom of $1 million.Joss Whedon's cult show, Firefly, was supposed to run for seven seasons.Edgar Wright shot the Klingon scene in Star Trek: Into DarknessDavid Fincher's favourite book is Dracula.Charlie Chaplin has an asteroid named after him.M. Night Shymalan wrote Stuart Little.Alfred Hitchcock had a phobia of eggs.

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.