Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader #8) [Paperback]

Bathroom Readers' Institute (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bathroom Reader | Publication Date: April 3, 2002

Now bathroom readers will no longer have to make agonizing choices between light reading and more serious stuff. Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader has it all. More than 400 pages of reading enjoyment covers a variety of topics in 50 different sections: science, history, pop culture, politics, movies, conspiracy theories, myths, unsolved mysteries, and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 324 pages
• Publisher: Portable Press; 8 edition (April 3, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879682656
• ISBN-13: 978-1879682658
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #789,725 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Uncle John's Bathroom Reader isn't Just for the Bathroom, November 17, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader #8) (Paperback)

Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader, though attempting to be "corny" in reaching its intended audience, is in fact a wonderful collection of trivia and factoids. Displayed in a way that unexpectantly breaks up topics, reading it is more like reading a nonfiction book than a traditional trivia manual just filled with facts.

Unlike most trivia books, which simply line the pages with one liner trivia tidbits, this book is more like "the rest of the story" on topics ranging from retail product failures to most notable quotables from a wide range of celebraties.

This book is a must for anyone planning to take a long uneventful drive, train or plane trip, or for between those hot shuffleboard matches on a cruise ship.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good read between serious books, November 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader #8) (Paperback)

This book helped me make it through Confucious and a 500 page book on anthropology. Uncle John continually brings a smile to those in need of obscure, strange truths, that may matter very little, or a lot, in the big scheme of things.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A compendium of almost totally useless, but precious,tidbits, October 21, 1997

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This review is from: Uncle John's Ultimate Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader #8) (Paperback)

A compendium of almost totally useless information that will make you wonder how you ever got through life not knowing. A great book and for the most part it's a "guy thing".