Books by James Egan

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.