הוצאת Portable Press
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From the cowboy companions of the Old West to elegant Kentucky Derby winners, Uncle John has collected enough facts and trivia to please the most demanding equine enthusiast. It's all here: the secrets of Secretariat, Affirmed, and other Triple Crown winners; horse records (the biggest, smalles...
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Uncle John's Fast-Acting Long-Lasting Bathroom Reader (Bathroom Reader Series)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute
The dedicated researchers at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute return with some fast-acting, long-lasting relief for fans who have been suffering without a new infusion of trademark trivia and obscure facts. Flush with all the usual useless (and occasionally useful) information readers have come to ...
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This fascinating collection is sure to bowl over fans of the king of pets, the humble and charming dog. Uncle John helps readers decode their dog’s behavior; reveals backstage secrets from the famed Westminster Dog Show; profiles famous folk and their canine companions, as well as daring dog ...
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Uncle John's Presents Blame It on the Weather: Amazing Weather Facts (Uncle John Presents)
מאת David Phillips
Little wonder we are interested in the weather -- it's one thing we have little control over. In this delightful, humorous and informative look at the air above, many of the common questions about weather phenomena are answered, fascinating moments in weather history are described, and weather folkl...
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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 p...
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Uncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute Uncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom Reader is jam-packed with over 500 pages of humor, history, science, pop culture, and more. This all-new 21st edition in this popular series is divided into short, medium, and long sections that explore topics including: Breaking the Mayan Code, Cycads: T...
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Designed for the younger fans, this is a light-hearted, easy-to-read collection of facts, fad, quotes, history, science, word-origins, pop culture, mythology, humor... and more! Organized by topics as well as by length (Short, Medium or Long). Uncle John's Bathroom Reader for Kids Only is a never-en...
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To keep readers’ brains bubbling and their synapses snapping, the Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society offers this formidable collection of creative and shaped word searches that cover a vast variety of subjects, including science, geography, music, television, movies, comic books, and more. ...
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Children love animal stories, and this book is full of them, as well as fascinating factoids, quizzes, brainteasers, and photos of the strangest animals imaginable (ever seen a surfing hippo?). Here are pets that saved their owners' lives, animals that performed amazing feats of bravery, and critter...
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Uncle John's Colossal Collection of Quotable Quotes (Uncle Johns Bathroom Readers)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute
Aficionados of the Bathroom Reader have long remarked on Uncle John's ability to select quintessential quotations. The ever-accommodating Uncle John has responded to this shameless praise by flushing out the all-time best and most hilarious quotes to form this cunning compilation. Highlights ...
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People are strange and they sometimes do very silly things. Filled with fantastic facts about peculiar people, here are the best stories about the weirdest folks in the world, culled from Uncle John's amazing archives. What about the girl whose family "raised" a Cabbage Patch doll as her brother? Wh...
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Uncle John's Monumental Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute The third in a series of oversized collections of Uncle John's most sucessful titles, Uncle John’s Monumental Bathroom Reader features Uncle John’s Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader and Uncle John’s All-purpose Extra-strength Bathroom Reader bound together in one m...
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What do Franz Liszt, Louis Armstrong, Woody Guthrie, and Elvis Presley have in common? What’s the story on the birth of the banjo, the electric guitar, and the Stradivarius violin? Why did disco happen? Who are the punk princesses? These are just a few of the questions answered in this lively...
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Even kids who don't like to read will love Uncle John's Electrifying Bathroom Reader for Kids Only. It contains over 300 pages of lighthearted, easy-to-read, user-friendly material that's designed just for kids. Young readers will be on the edge of their seats (no pun intended!) as they learn little...
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This amusing collection proves that dumb doesn't discriminate — it comes in all sizes, shapes, and colors from every outpost of the planet. And to prove that dumb is not a current failing of humanity, the author digs into the past to bring fans some of history's most ill advised blunders and bloop...
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How do Uncle John and his crack team of researchers keep track of all the information they collect? The trick, says Uncle John, is to write down thoughts and ideas as soon as they come to mind. This fun gift book allows fans to emulate the practice. The pages offer plenty of room for scr...
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Uncle John's Did You Know?: Bathroom Reader for Kids Only (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader for Kids Only)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute Featuring hundreds of amusing illustrations, fun fonts, and easy-to-read content, this book is filled with bite-sized tidbits divided into fun categories covering a wide range of subjects. For example, there’s Green Stuff (“Grasshoppers hear with the fronts of their knees”) and Micro...
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Compiled by Uncle John’s crack team of investigators, this witty and informative romp serves up a bounty of fascinating facts and tantalizing tidbits about the great game of golf. While it may not settle the question as to whether or not golf is a sport, the book does answer burning questions such...
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Uncle John's Book of Fun: Bathroom Reader for Kids Only (Uncle Johns Bathroom Readers)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute
What do kids love? Dumb jokes. So does Uncle John. This entertaining collection contains such groaners as: What do you get if you cross a yeti with a kangaroo? A fur coat with big pockets. Knock-Knock. Who's there? Ida. Ida who? Ida called first but the phone's not working. What happened when the gh...
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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...
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This endlessly readable book covers every inch—geographically, culturally, and historically—of the Keystone State. Uncle John profiles a wealth of Pennsylvania firsts—it is home to the first U.S. zoo, first in the nation in mushroom production, and the leading producer of potato chips and...
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Bordering its trading partner, Canada, on the north, Minnesota is the 12th-largest state in the USA. It’s no wonder that Minnesota, nicknamed Land of 10,000 Lakes, leads the nation in per capita sales of fishing licenses, with 15,000 streams and over 5,400 fishable lakes. Uncle John is rightly ena...
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Now in its 16th year, The Bathroom Reader — which seems to have replaced the tie as the most popular Father's Day gift idea — has become a movement, with satisfying, easily digested new selections sure to wipe away bathroom boredom. Handily arranged by length — "short" (a quick read), "medium"...
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Warren Eckstein said, "In the beginning, God created man, but seeing him so feeble, He gave him the cat." The Bathroom Readers’ Hysterical Society agrees, and shows it with this endlessly diverting tribute to tabby. From famous cats to the famous with their cats to cats’ famous history, fro...
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Uncle John takes aim at providing the heroic, historic, and entertaining stories of America’s five armed forces: Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Read about:* A history of the draft* Dog tags then and now* Medal of Honor winners* MASH: the true story* Doolittle's Rai...
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The two mottos of the Bathroom Readers' Institute are evident in the pages of Instant Genius: "Get smart," and "Have fun." As the creators of the wildly popular Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series, the BRI has 20 years of experience translating those mottoes into fun and in...
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What are pato, shinty, and hapkido? Where would you find a fetlock? In what country would you find the world's smallest mammal? If you're a Median, where do you live? These are a few of the hundreds of questions in this entertaining book arranged in a fun quiz format. Weighing in ...
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe (Uncle John Presents)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society
Find out just how entertaining the universe we live in can be! Uncle John Plunges Into the Universe fights back against every textbook that has ever made science seem boring. For Life Sciences we explore the weirdest solutions that different organisms have invented for the problems of survival. From...
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Uncle John's Facts to Annoy Your Teacher Bathroom Reader for Kids Only! (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader for Kids Only)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute Hey, kids! Here at the Bathroom Readers' Institute knows there are lots of books in the world that are really boring: text books, history books, math books…yuck. But this book is different. It's so much fun you won't even notice it's informative because it's packed with all sorts of w...
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From Jersey tomatoes and blueberries, the Tigers of Princeton and the Scarlet Knights of Rutgers, the songs of the Boss and the Chairman of the Board, New Jersey has long provided a treasure trove of exceptional sons and daughters, legends and folklore, amazing facts and figures — not to mention a...
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The first full baseball game took place in 1838 — so it's no surprise that in the last 170 years the sport has produced staggering volumes of statistics, raised an impressive array of players, and, perhaps most significantly, won the love of an entire nation. Baseball is America's most treas...
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Uncle John's Certified Organic Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Classic)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute When Uncle John emerged from his composting solar outhouse, he wondered aloud, “Who were the first environmentalists? How are plastic shopping bags turned into park benches? What's my carbon footprint?” Next thing we knew, the diligent staff the Bathroom Readers' Institute was working ...
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Uncle John’s team of all-star writers tackled the storied archives for their funniest, weirdest, and most entertaining sports articles ever. And then, to top it off, they added a spectacular bunch of new stories. You don't have to be a sports fan to enjoy these stories of hard-won victor...
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Uncle John's Quintessential Collection of Notable Quotables: For Every Conceivable Occasion (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute In 2004, Uncle John released a unique collection of quotations that are equal parts witty, wise, sublime, stupid, and mind-boggling. ("I considered myself and still consider myself the hippest man on the planet." — Barry Manilow.) For this special edition, the Outhouse Staff scoured books, ma...
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and Uncle John is back with a new compilation of Christmas past and present. Packed with as much fun stuff as an elf’s Christmas stocking, this anthology includes all the legends, lore, trivia, and history Uncle John didn’t have room for in the...
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The Bathroom Readers’ Institute shows its softer side with hundreds of pages of feel-good stories, told with Uncle John’s inimitable good humor. Uncle John and his friends at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have been hard at work — eating lots of chicken soup and sharing hugs aplenty — as ...
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If there’s one thing the Bathroom Readers' Institute loves, it’s pop culture trivia — and puzzles. This handy book combines them in more than 200 pages of trivia, crosswords, and word searches. Topics include: Which Ewing brother spun off into his own television series? What do Pat Sajak,...
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Ohio is about much more than corrupt politicians and voter fraud. The BRI’s crack team of investigators have combed the countryside and scoured the cities to uncover the things that make Ohio such a special place. In addition to Buckeye-based puzzles, quizzes, and trivia, this guide includes ...
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If the world’s longest ear hair, a woman whose legs were broken by a flying pig, a college student who got credit for dressing like a lobster and living in a box for three months, and a man who patented a method for determining the sex of spinach plants all ended up in the same place, wh...
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Hollywood (Bathroom Readers)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society
Uncle John’s team of stellar researchers has dug deep to probe the mysteries, mayhem, and majesty of the movies and their makers. This witty tome for the throne covers such topics as landmarks (just how tall is the Hollywood sign?); mind-boggling special effects; Hollywood murder mysteries, includ...
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Only one book will do when St. Nick’s on the go: the new Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Christmas Collection. Stuffed like a Christmas goose, this book is packed with fun facts and merry myths about Santa himself, the tradition of Christmas stockings, the Red Nosed Reindeer’s original name ...
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Shoots and Scores (Uncle John's Series)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute
This collection of slap shots, high sticks, and toothless grins offers fans everything they love about hockey: its colorful history, legendary players, and enough hard-hitting trivia to occupy even the most avid stat head. The latest title in the new Uncle John’s series dedicated to the wide (and ...
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Created as a gift item for Mother's Day or moms' birthdays, this book is filled with short, informative articles, advice, inspirational quotes, humor, proverbs, and profiles of famous moms. It includes what motherhood was like in ancient Greece and Rome, Victorian England, the Middle Ages, and even ...
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Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Michigan presents over 300 pages of little known facts and witty dish on the Great Lakes State. With over 10 million residents, Michigan has no shortage of fascinating folklore and colorful characters. Porcelain partisans can read about the antics of ...
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With Uncle John's Curiously Compelling Bathroom Reader, the dedicated folks at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute offer fast-acting, long-lasting relief for their legions of fans who have been suffering without a new infusion of the series’ trademark trivia and obscure and fascinating f...
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Uncle John's Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader (Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute Proving that some things do get better with age, Uncle John's Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader is packed with 600-plus pages of all-new material. Here, fans of “the John” can find all of their favorites: obscure trivia, strange lawsuits, dumb crooks, origins of everyday th...
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For the latest entry in this popular puzzle book series, Uncle John recruited some of the country’s top puzzle creators and asked them to put together a year's worth of games to get the brain bubbling and the synapses popping. There are no tricks here, just plenty of creatively diverting game...
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Sudoku is Japanese for "number place" but no knowledge of Japanese or scary math is required to become addicted to the puzzle that’s sparked a worldwide craze. A game of pure logic, puzzles are completed so that each row, column, and box contains the numbers 1 through 9 exactly once, using gi...
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Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader (Uncle Johns Bathroom Readers)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute
Where else can people find out about celebrity museums, where Hitler's nephew lived in New York, or how to do an authentic rain dance? In Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader, of course! Aimed at the legions of literate bathroom lingerers, this toilet tome is filled with pop cultur...
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What's so great about great quotations? They're nuggets of gold, offering a glimpse into the human experience—and they do it with only a handful of words. With that in mind, the editors at Portable Press, publishers of the wildly popular Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series, did what...
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Uncle John's Under the Slimy Sea Bathroom Reader for Kids Only (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader for Kids Only)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Institute Uncle John holds his breath, dives in, and goes deep, deep under the sea to bring back tantalizing tales of the fantastic fish and crazy creatures who live beneath the ocean. Uncle John's Under the Slimy Sea Bathroom Reader for Kids Only has everything a little landlubber could want: jok...
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And the Golden Plunger goes to…Forget about the Oscars, Grammys, and Golden Globes. After two decades of producing interesting, entertaining, and mind-boggling stories, Uncle John has come up with his own unique opinions about what deserves an award. So he recruited the dedicated staff at the...
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Continuing its quest to reclaim otherwise wasted moments, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has come up with another absorbing addition to its popular puzzle series. This collection includes both traditional and creatively shaped word searches that encompass a variety of subjects, includin...
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Who wrote the book of love? Uncle John, of course! The perfect gift for a spouse or any loved one, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Book of Love is loaded with trivia and information about that always-mysterious emotion and its many manifestations. Read about the history of that carnal swee...
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Featuring the BRM’s trademark trivia, fun facts, amazing origins, and unknown histories, this book dips into every national park, monument, site, and trail (more than 150 in all), exploring such exciting phenomena as Yosemite’s firefall and the wild horses of Assateague, along with practica...
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Once again, Uncle John goes back in time to bring fans more compelling, confounding, and fascinating peeks into the world's past. As always, the slant is on revealing what isn't taught in history class. Here are scintillating sagas of rogues and rascals, diplomacy and disaster, popes and peasants, n...
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Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader: (the Audio) (Uncle John Listen To)
מאת Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society
A mainstay in the bathroom, Uncle John now eliminates boredom from the car, jogging path, workplace, garden, and just about anywhere else a CD player can be found. The second volume in the audio series, this inspiring collection compiles some of the most popular articles from three best-selli...
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If there’s one thing history teaches, again and again, it’s this: Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. The Book of the Dumb chronicles some of the biggest and funniest moments of folly in every field of human endeavor. From idiotic utterances to dumb decisions like vegetable-flavore...
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