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! 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 12 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 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!

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). 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 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!

Flush those boring old gifts and give your friends and family something they can really sit down and digest! The Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series is one of the longest-running, most popular humor collections in the publishing industry. It taps into a vast resource of forgotten readers -- the 66 percent of North Americans who admit to reading in the bathroom. It's our 15th year and we're still going strong!

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 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!

An Extra Large Bathroom Reader at an extra low price that’s sure to be a hit with new and existing fans of the series What makes it Extra Large? It’s two great Bathroom Readers (Ahh-Inspiring and Unstoppable) stuffed into one low-priced, hard-cover edition. Overflowing with more than 700 pages of some of the best bathroom reading ever put on paper, Extra Large is a treasure trove of weird news, forgotten history, celebrity gossip, strange science, eye-opening origins, stupid criminals, urban legends, amazing luck, and so much more! Read about: - How the banana peel changed history - The ups and downs of Saturday Night Live - The man who (literally) ate the heart of King Louis XIV - The Gutbuster, Airplane Spin, and other pro wrestling moves - Origins of the bicycle, video games, superglue, and Murphy’s Law - Infamous assassination attempts…that failed - Invasion of the Frankenfish - The world’s worst aircraft - Bizarre baseball trivia - Funeral home lingo And much, much more!