Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader Plunges Into Great Lives

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1607106825
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining trivia compendium flush with fun facts about all things science. Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into the Universe is your anecdote to boring science textbooks. Uncle John and his loony lab partners will take you back to the Big Bang and forward to the distant future. You’ll see the science in everything around (and inside) you, and learn the truth about the most egregious science myths (such as—you can’t “sweat like a pig” because pigs don’t sweat). How many amazing facts await your visual cortex in these 494 pages made up of atoms (print version) or bits and bytes (e-book)? As Carl Sagan would have said, “Billions and Billions!” So put on your thinking cap and check out: · Pluto denied · Kitchen chemistry · Football gets physics-al · Planet Earth’s sudden hot flashes · Food’s incredible journey . . .through you · The science of surfing, skating, and snowboarding · How they plugged the hole in the ozone layer · How “defenseless” animals stay alive · Sci-fi that’s more fi than sci · Ancient astronomers · Know your clouds And much, much more

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1607106892
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into Great Lives written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look beneath the surface of the world’s most interesting people--past and present--to uncover what makes them tick. Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Plunges into Great Lives looks beneath the surface and uncovers fascinating but little-known stories behind the famous, the near-famous, the infamous, and the should-have-been famous. You’ll meet child prodigies, spies, traitors, celebrities (and sidekicks), gossips, hermits, humanitarians, and zealots. There are incredible stories here, and every one is true. Sit back and prepare to be amazed when you read about: * America’s first prima ballerina * The man who invented tap dancing * Stephen Hawking and his ongoing quest for love * Vidal Sassoon: hairdresser by day, freedom-fighter by night * Sex therapist Dr. Ruth’s early years as an Israeli soldier * The other Boleyn girl in Henry VIII’s bed * The nerd who changed the world * Six degrees of Kevin Bacon And much, much more!

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Portable Press
ISBN 13 : 9781626860438
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Plunges into California written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Portable Press. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California here we come! Uncle John is taking a full-color plunge into the land of freeways, fun in the sun, cable cars, and movie stars. From the redwood forest to the Mexican border, the Pacific coastline to the Mojave Desert, California is the most populous state in the Union and the eighth-largest economy in the world. And what better way to honor America’s most influential state than by devoting an entire Technicolor compendium to the cause? Inside this book, readers will discover obscure history, learn fascinating facts, and meet the unique people who make California so great. So grab your sunglasses, hold on to your gold-miner’s hat, and plunge into the Golden State!

Author : Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society
Publisher : Portable Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592232611
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into History Again written by Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society and published by Portable Press. This book was released on 2004-10-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History repeats itself as Uncle John once again takes the plunge into the past! For our big number-two, we dug ever deeper into our bottomless vaults to bring you more of history’s most colorful characters, cultural milestones, funniest mishaps, and earth-shattering events. More than 500 pages of great stories, fascinating facts, and fun quizzes await you. Read about… * Philosophers who fought with fireplace pokers * “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this Wall!” * Where are they now—the Goths * The golden age of wife-selling * History’s most horrible dentist award * The French monks who invented tennis * Women of the Gold Rush And much, much more!

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1607106531
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Tunes into TV written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle John channel-surfs through America’s favorite pastime: television. What does Homer Simpson call “friend…mother…secret lover?” Television, you meathead! Here comes your wacky neighbor Uncle John to present TV the way only he can. From test patterns to Top Chef, from My Three Sons to Mad Men, as well as TV news, advertising, scandals, sitcoms, dramas, reality shows, and yadda yadda yadda, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Tunes into TV is “dy-no-mite!” Read about… * Gilligan’s seven deadly sins * The inside story of TV’s first commercial * What goes on behind the scenes of Jeopardy! * The most incredibly bizarre shows from around the world * Why Gene Roddenberry tried to beam the original Star Trek cast into space * What reality show producers don’t want you to know * How the King of Late Night crushed his competition * What really went down on the island of LOST * Unexpected sitcom fatalities * TV’s greatest chimps And much, much more!

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Portable Press
ISBN 13 : 9781607105596
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Fake Facts written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Portable Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the market leader in true facts comes a big book of hilariously false information. The crackpot staff of the Bathroom Readers’ Institute is out of control. After 25 years of laboriously researching facts and verifying them and then verifying them again, Uncle John’s mischievous minions decided to blow off a little steam. The result: Fake Facts. It’s stuff that isn’t even remotely true--we just made it sound real. Why? Because it’s really funny. Fake Facts is 228 pages of origins, facts, weird products, strange diseases, kooky fads, slang terms, historical oddities, and other fascinating bits of information that are too good to be true…because they aren’t true. So put aside your BS detector and settle in to read about: * The ill-fated “Vice President For a Day” for kids program * How the overfishing of dolphins led to the canned tuna industry * “Crumble,” “plaidsy,” “benji,” and other British slang * Abandoned rules of early baseball, and obscure rules of grammar * How early vegetarians gave Boston its “Beantown” nickname * The secret superpowers of twins * James Joyce’s unpublished sci-fi trilogy * Unicorns, wizards, and pirates galore And lots more falsified fun!

Author : Bathroom Reader's Hysterical Society
Publisher : Portable Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592230204
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into Great Lives written by Bathroom Reader's Hysterical Society and published by Portable Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Great Lives is a collection of biographical articles about interesting people, both famous and not so famous. Approximately 50 percent of the book focuses on people that all of us should know about but probably don't. The other 50 percent features people who are more well known or even household names. In all cases, this Bathroom Reader will expose some little-known facet of the person's character or the true story behind the myths that may have been perpetuated by Hollywood, by legend or by other unreliable souces.

Author : Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781592233816
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into New Jersey written by Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society (San Diego, Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jersey tomatoes to the songs of the Boss and the Chairman of the Board, this newest Uncle John's bathroom reader captures the imagination. The book presents over 300 pages of interesting and entertaining articles covering tons of little-known facts about the Garden State. Illustrations & maps.

Author : Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society (San Diego, Calif.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781592234974
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into Hollywood written by Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society (San Diego, Calif.) and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flush with delightfully useless--and sometimes even useful--information about sports, movies, music, politics, American and world history, and much more, this book is the most extensive reference guide in the series to date.

Author : Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher : Portable Press
ISBN 13 : 9781607101000
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into Canada, Eh written by Bathroom Readers' Institute and published by Portable Press. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PGW Uncle John's taking the plunge . . . into the Great White North! Raincoast Hey, Canada! Uncle John salutes you! For 25 years, Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader has been wildly popular in Canada, so we decided to dedicate an entire edition to our friends in the Great White North--even though much of the continental U.S. is north of Canada’s southernmost point. That misconception--and a whole lot more--is revealed in this loving ode to a friendly nation with a colorful history and some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. Whether you’re a true Canuck, or just always wanted to be one, Yukon count on us to deliver great bathroom reading! Read about… * Stealing the Stanley Cup (literally) * The origins of Tim Hortons and Kraft dinners * Jellied moose nose and other Canadian delicacies * Move over Napa: the story of Canadian “ice wine” * The government’s secret official UFO division * Canada’s homegrown rock ’n’ roll bands * All about those dam beavers * The answer to Canada’s most burning question: Does Santa Claus really have his own postal code? And much, much more!