Uncle John's Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader
Uncle John's Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-10-01

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 160710461X

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One of Uncle John’s all-time bestselling editions, Supremely Satisfying is everything a Bathroom Reader should be: informative, funny, surprising, thought-provoking, weird, and a little bit gross. Supreme satisfaction awaits you in Uncle John’s 14th all-new edition, which covers a whole host of topics—from the silly (a branding iron for hot dogs) to the bizarre (an exploding whale) to the profound (the rise of the Democratic and Republican parties). Where else could you learn how soap works, why people started tipping, and the history of chocolate? Uncle John rules the world of information and humor, so get ready to be thoroughly entertained. Read all about… Dumb 9-1-1 calls 22 things that fell from the sky How Star Trek went from failed series to cult phenomenon The origins of football, photography, soap operas, and paperclips Quack medicines from yesterday and today The “uplifting” history of the bra And much more!

Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader
Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 1607106132

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Grab some quiet time for yourself and enjoy hundreds of pages of the world’s most twisted trivia! The crackpot staff at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has scoured the worlds of pop culture, politics, sports, history, and more to bring you Slightly Irregular, the seventeenth all-new edition in the best-selling series. As always, the articles are divided by length for your sitting convenience. So turn thine eyes away from the shampoo bottle, O bathroom reader, and let Uncle John pepper your brain with these absorbing articles . . . * Women in space * The origin of Kung Fu * The CIA’s secret coup * The great windshield epidemic * Spider eggs in the brain, and other urban legends * What went down at Woodstock * Freedom of McSpeech * How to kill a zombie, and much more!

Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader
Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 1607106140

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Uncle John’s all-new 8th edition is packed with everything that Bathroom Reader fans have come to expect from this stellar series—short, medium, and long articles covering a whole host of topics—everything from dumb crooks to funny quotes to forgotten history. Read about… * Ice cream origins * Olympic cheaters * Celebrity mummies * The first Thanksgiving * Groucho’s wit and wisdom * Weird tales of the Ouija board * The creation of Frankenstein’s monster * “Earring Magic Ken” and other weird dolls And much, much more!

Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader
Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute

Publisher: Portable Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 9781879682733

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Readers of this hilarious series have been laughing their pants off for 11 years and its success is continuing to grow. For two years these books have topped Raincoast's bestseller list - in North America, nearly 2 million people have discovered Uncle John's Bathroom Readers.A light-hearted, easy-to-read format makes this fascinating compendium of cultural lore accessible to all ages. This newest installment will keep fans entertained and on the edge of their seats, with consistently informative and funny chapters on music, monuments, history, science, oddities, quizzes, fads, gossip, pop culture, and much more. Some of this edition's knee-slappers include weird tourist traps, supermarket history, famous for being naked, dumb criminals, the history of the bra, and TV's most famoustoilets. For bathroom convenience, this clever book is organized by content and by length - short, medium, long, and extended. And one-line factoids of the strange and weird add an extra laugh to every page. Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader makes an excellent gift. No bathroom should be without one!

Uncle John's Monumental Bathroom Reader
Uncle John's Monumental Bathroom Reader

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute

Publisher: Portable Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781592238392

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It's huger than huge, it's bigger than big, it's MONUMENTAL!!!! The third in a series of over-sized, incredibly priced collections of our most sucessful titles, Uncle John's Monumental Bathroom Reader features Uncle John's Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader and Uncle John's All-purpose Extra-strength Bathroom Reader bound together in one massive hardcover volume. With over 700 pages of classic Uncle John, the reader can open this book anywhere to find atreasure trove of forgotten history, pop culture, humor, the origins of everyday things, strange lawsuits, quotes, science, unusual people, amazing luck, and so much more! Read about: * The Origin of the Fork * Uncle John's Flatulence Hall of Fame * Strange Pet Lawsuits * First Lady Firsts * The True Story of the Wright Brothers * Astounding Earth Sciences * The Chimp That Saved TV * And much much more!

Uncle John's Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader
Uncle John's Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-10-01

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 1607104628

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Ahh…what a relief it will be to hold this most entertaining, informative, and amusing tome in the palm of your hands. Hours of great bathroom reading await you! Uncle John’s Ahh-Inspiring Bathroom Reader, Uncle John’s all-new 15th edition, sheds a light on everything under the sun and over the moon. From obscure history to classic wordplay to dumb crooks to inspiring quotations, you never know what you’re going to read next! Where else could you learn how the banana peel changed history, how to predict the future by rolling the dice, how the Jivaro tribes shrunk heads, and the science behind love at first sight? Uncle John rules the world of information and humor, so get ready to be thoroughly entertained. Read all about… Homer the Greek versus Homer the Simpson The history of the bicycle When humans become hailstones Alternate definitions for common words Helen Keller’s wisdom The Silly Putty saga And much more!

Uncle John's 3-Ply Bathroom Reader Boxed Set
Uncle John's 3-Ply Bathroom Reader Boxed Set

Author: Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society

Publisher: Portable Press

Published: 2003-08-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781571458742

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Readers can flush their cares away with this handy pack of three long-unavailable books in the popular humor series.

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Treasury
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Treasury

Author: Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society (San Diego, Calif.)

Publisher: Portable Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781592233236

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This collection of slap shots, high sticks, and toothless grins offers fans everything they love about hockey: its colorful history, legendary players, and enough hard-hitting trivia to occupy even the most avid stat head. The latest title in the new Uncle John's series dedicated to the wide (and weird ) world of sports, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Shoots and Scores shares the origins of the Coolest Game on Earth, the greatest teams in hockey history, the best (and worst) hockey movies of all time, the Incredible Exploding Zamboni (and those who lived to tell the tale), a rap sheet of hockey arrests, goalies' superstitions (Patrick Roy's conversations with goal posts; Glenn Hall's pre-game gastric cleansing), and much, much more.

Uncle John's Endlessly Engrossing Bathroom Reader
Uncle John's Endlessly Engrossing Bathroom Reader

Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-10-01

Total Pages: 589

ISBN-13: 1607104598

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Strategically placed near the best seat in your home, Uncle John’s Endlessly Engrossing Bathroom Reader is jam-packed with great bathroom reading. It’s the gift that keeps on giving...and giving...and giving.... The BRI’s 22nd all-new edition--Uncle John’s Endlessly Engrossing Bathroom Reader--is like reading several books all rolled into one: a history book, a weird news anthology, a science text, a dictionary, a how-to manual, a sports magazine, a joke book…and the list goes on and on. Since 1987, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the bathroom (and everywhere else for that matter). With more than 11 million books in print, the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series is the longest-running, most popular series of its kind in the world. Where else could you learn about the lost cloud people of Peru, the world’s first detective, and the history of surfing? Uncle John rules the world of information and humor, so get ready to be thoroughly entertained. Read all about… * Soda pop flops * Spider farms * England’s Secret UFO Files * Real hillbilly recipes * Webster’s least-wanted words * Super-trains * And much more!

Even This I Get to Experience
Even This I Get to Experience

Author: Norman Lear

Publisher: Penguin Books

Published: 2015-10-27

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 0143127969

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The legendary creator of iconic television programs All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Norman Lear remade our television culture, while leading a life of unparalleled political, civic, and social involvement. Sharing the wealth of Lear's ninety years, this is a memoir as touching and remarkable as the life he has led.