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The Great American Bathroom Book, Volume II: The Second Sitting

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It's just brimming with humor and drama, hundreds more of the world's best books trimmed down to easy-to-read two-page summaries. Read "War and Peace" "The Stand," even The Bible in twelve minutes! Dozens of literary classics, as well as classic plays, operas, world religions, amusing quotes, anecdotes, philosophy, trivia galore, Shakespeare, Salinger, Confucious, and every other important author around can be found here. Wonderful for leisure reading, brushing up on your cultural literacy, preparing for a movie, or refreshing your memory about a book you read a long time ago. This book is for any occasion.

I read a rather snooty review of Book One and wondered why an individual like that would bother to read such a book as this? Well, I am not like that person. For me, this series of books is wonderful. Most of all, it satisfies my need for a wide span of general knowledge and also of trivia. There is a personal satisfaction in knowing a little something about a whole lot of things. If you are reading this review, you are the type of person that has heard of most of these summary titles but never read most of them. Maybe you skimmed it in high school or college and wrote a book report on it. Or, the title was on your college "reading list." Maybe your dad read that book when he was a little boy. Read it now! Or, at least the summary. Besides book summaries, there are lots of other little bits of data. I read incessantly and I have used these book summaries to decide on which books I want to read in toto. Perfect for people that expect to wait in an airport or a doctor's office, or outside the mall for your spouse. I even bought a book cover that conceals that it is a "Bathroom Book".

Okay - Where else are you going to be able to read The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand in 5 minutes? Granted, you lose some of the nuances, and finer details which often times make a book a novel, but if you haven't read these classics, don't really have the time to read the whole novel, and you feel you've missed out as a result -- then this lexicon of classics is for you.

GABB has listings for everything from religions to quotations to one-sitting readings of classic summaries.

Highly recommended.

Quite possibly the best kept secret on shelves of bookstores today!

I absolutely agree 100% with the reviewer who wrote, A Wall Of Books In The Palms Of Your Hands" . I couldn't have said it better. A joy to read. Especially when I'm not feeling well or traveling, I put this book in my messenger bag and get lost in its engaging summaries of all manner of famous books.

I also love the quotes sections. LOVE IT.

The entire Great American Bathroom Reader series, Vol's I, II & III are Fantastic books and remind me a little of a famous book during WW II called The Practical Cogitator. My point in getting the books is that I wanted the most "interesting" reading "Bang for my Buck" in the smallest space. In these three volumes you literally have an entire shelf of fascinating reading. I was stuck off the grid in a foreign country once with nothing to read and I swore that it would not happen again. And should the power grid ever go down in your area, rest assured you are covered in as far as intellectual stimulation.

The Great American Bathroom Books are a fantastic way to learn as you go! I also enjoy such things as the Uncle John's series of books, but they are more light entertainment, trivia. The GABB books are informative, enlightening, educational. How many things can you say that about?

It sounds silly, but this series of books ( there's three of them ) gives a person a nice overview of many subjects in an easy to digest form that is both entertaining and enlightening.
Well worth the price!

Talk about a conversation piece. I have this 3 book series, which are kept in the bathroom- and everyone comments on them! Great Gift Idea for those who have everything!

Wow, Being a Python fan since I first saw it in 1976 I have followed and seen every thing done. So, when reading the account of Eric's "Greedy Bastard Tour" I came to the end where he describes how he brought this idea for a musical on Broadway to life, I instantly had to know all I could. Then it happened. I was blessed to watch the Tony Awards live, and he did it;, This little guy brought the heart and soul of Monty Python's Flying Circus to life and won the Tony for Best Musical. This soundtrack is one of the best I have heard. Fantastically mastered, and, well, Monty Python through and through. Classic scenes from "The Grail" come to life as music. "I'm not Dead yet" and "Camelot" are just plain great. But, the new additions are the shining light. "Our song That Goes Like This", I think, is the best number in a musical I have ever heard...challenging Tommy and JCS. All I can say....BUY THIS!