Description
Product Description
The most trusted name in trivia has done it again!
What’s so uncanny about the 29th annual edition of Uncle John’s? This enduring book series has been delivering entertaining information to three generations of readers (so far)...and it’s still going strong! How do they do it? Back in 1988, Uncle John successfully predicted the way that 21st-century readers would want their information: in quick hits, concisely and cleverly written, and with details so delightful that you’re compelled to share them with someone else. (Kind of like the Internet, but without all those annoying ads.) This groundbreaking series has been imitated time and time again but never equaled. And
Uncanny is the Bathroom Readers’ Institute at their very best. Covering a wide array of topics—incredible origins, forgotten history, weird news, amazing science, dumb crooks, and more—readers of all ages will enjoy these 512 pages of the best stuff in print. Here are but a few of the uncanny topics awaiting you...
The World's Weirdest Protests
The Wit and Wisdom of Bill Murray
Forgotten Game Shows
Darth Vader's Borderline Personality Disorder, and Other Real Psychiatric Diagnoses of Fictional Characters
Manly Historical Leaders and Their Manly Tattoos
NASA's "Pillownaut" Experiment
The Secret Lives of Squatters
And much more!
IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award winner 2017!
The World’s Weirdest Protests
The Wit and Wisdom of Bill Murray
Forgotten Game Shows
Darth Vader’s Borderline Personality Disorder, and Other Real Psychiatric Diagnoses of Fictional Characters
Manly Historical Leaders and Their Manly Tattoos
NASA’s "Pillownaut" Experiment
The Secret Lives of Squatters
Toilets, Motorcycles, and Other Strange Things That Have Fallen From the Sky
The Origins of Apples and Oranges (and a Bunch of Other Fruits)
Where to Visit Real-Life Horror Movie Locations
Cooking with Mr. Coffee
Odd Alcoholic Drinks From Around the World
The History of the Tooth Fairy
Zoo Escapes!
And much, much more!
Review
"This series never fails to bring a smile and is useful to those of us who spend extensive time on the commode and who aren't slaves to a smart phone. Maybe it's a very niche market, for a trivia book, but it fills it admirably and is just as good as the earliest books in the series. They have some very good editors and writers." —Librarian, via NetGalley
About the Author
The Bathroom Readers' Institute is a tight-knit group of loyal and skilled writers, researchers, and editors who have been working as a team for years. The BRI understands the habits of a very special market—Throne Sitters—and devotes itself to providing amazing facts and conversation pieces.