Customer Reviews

Passing Time in the Loo, Volume 1 (Compact Classics) (v. 1)

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This is a terrific book! I received it as a gift and want to give it as one. It contains many short essays on various topics, biographies, classic book synopsis, quotes, business advice, health information, anecdotes, self-help information, vocabulary building, grammar rules and on and on. A mini library in one book. Great to keep in the bathroom for your reading pleasure. It won't disappoint. You'll keep enjoying it for a long time.

I bought this for my Dad. He loves it and feels like he is becoming well read because of the synopsis of all the classics. He even forced me to read several to insure him they followed the real books. They did. Great gift idea.

This book is crammed full of useful information, short synopses of books by well known authors, biographies, advice, etc. It would be a poor soul who failed to find something useful in it.

Just Perfect

Unfortunately, we purchased ours at Restoration Hardware and paid more :(

Lots of fun info about fascinating people, events, things, without the filler that bores you.

Cannot wait for future volumes.

this is much more then a book to read in the bathroom. it contains a wealth of knowledge. i have used it as a reference book many times.

As the title suggests, this is a great book for passing time, while educating yourself with all types of information, some trivial, some important but presented in short informative chapters!

The book ordered came very quickly and in the condition as described. I would order from this seller again.

This is just a great book for casual reading. The classic book summaries, biographies of important people, etc. intersting, well written, and they cover things that are important to know. My education was a bit heavy on science/engineering, and light on liberal arts - for that reason I appreciate this book even more.

I received this as a gift, but would definitely buy it for myself. I have removed it from the "loo" and put it on the nightstand. Great gift idea (kind of a gag gift, but actually very nice to have), or worth buying for yourself.

My husband became aquainted with this book at a 5 star resort hotel we stayed in recently. We both thought it was terrific. I ordered 2 hardover copies for gifts. Unfortunately, I was stunned to find a horrific sticker affixed to the front cover - a very juvenile yellow duckie sticker with text something like "over a million copies sold" and "the Brits call it the loo and so should you". I tried to remove the sticker but it left a sticky film on the cover. I have returned the books and will look elsewhere for a copy without yellow duckie on the cover. BEWARE!