Readers who want to extend the Uncle John experience from bathroom to car, airplane, workplace, or just another room in the house now have that option. Listen to Uncle John's Bathroom Reader has flushed out some of the most entertaining entries in the book series for this audio version. Here listeners can learn the mysteries of ash, maple, and aluminum bats; hear about Dr. Ruth's shock at frank sexual discussions as a Planned Parenthood employee in the 1960s and how she later made it OK to say the word "orgasm;" get close to the crazy Collyer brothers of Harlem, who ate 100 oranges a week and amassed every single edition of every New York City newspaper from 1918 to 1948; and much more. Readers can relax, sit back, and enjoy these short, medium, and long selections no matter where they are.
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In 1987, Uncle John found himself stranded on his throne with nothing to read. That’s when he came up with the idea to launch a series of trivia books specifically tailored toward his fellow bathroom readers. He gathered together the best trivia writers he could find and charged them with the task of combing the worlds of science, history, sports, politics, and pop culture to compile dozens of interesting articles that could be absorbed in just a few minutes. Now, with more than ten million books in print and a membership base topping 40,000 loyal readers, the movement begat by Uncle John is stronger than ever.
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Since 1988, the Bathroom Readers' Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the bathroom (and anywhere else, for that matter). Our crack staff works year-round to bring you the publishing industry's most absorbing anthologies of history, humor, origins, flops, fads, quotes, puzzles, kids' stuff, and more. Today, with more than 11 million books in print and a membership base topping 40,000 loyal readers, the movement begat by Uncle John is stronger than ever. In fact, the "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader" series in the longest-running, most popular series of its kind in the world.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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I love this book!,
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This review is from: Uncle John's Bathroom Reader (Paperback)
This book is one of those "useless facts" books, but the useless things are so interesting and unlike other "useless facts" books, it actually held my attention because the things they talk about are interesting and relevant.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Not Just For The Bathroom,
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These "Bathroom" books are great anywhere.
Read them anywhere you like. You never knew so much stuff existed.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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This is where it all started!!,
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I've been reading and enjoying this series for some time now.I recently came across this little gem,and to the best of my knowledge,it was the first edition in this series.It was published in 1988,which really isn't that long ago,only 11 years in fact;and there have now been 22 in the series.It is somewhat smaller at 224 pages and sold for $9.95 at the time.It follows much the same format as we get today ,and reads just well as a new one just off the presses.As anyone who knows this series,knows it has become so popular that that it is getting its own section on the bookshelves,with many of the older ones still available alongside the new ones.The biggest difference with the newer ones is the increased sise and theme orientation.
In this first book,we'll learn that "Nearly 1/2 of America's population never read books.";The 100 most common words,and don't be surprised that #1 is "I". That among other things,Einstein said,"Imagination is more important than knowledge.";and that Edison demonstrated the first practical electric lightbulb on December 20,1879; and that "Toodle-oo" is derived from the French phrase,"Tout a l'heure",which means ,"See you later". --and that is just for starters. The last lines in this first book are; "Well,we're out of space,and when you've gotta go,you've gotta go.Hope to hear from you soon.Meanwhile remember: Go With the Flow." Uncle John and his staff must be doing something right,'cause they Continue to keep the books flowing!!
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