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  • Instant Genius: Fast Food for Thought

    Open this book anywhere, any time, any place for bite-size morsels of essential (and not-so-essential) knowledge.We have two mottos here at Portable Press: "Get smart" and "Have fun." As the publishers of the wildly popular Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series, we have twenty years' experience in translating our mottos into bestselling books, but we also know that not every reader is a bathroom ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Instant Genius: Smart Mouths

    The smartest and funniest quotations of all time, artfully arranged into witty—and surprising—categories. Every page will entertain, educate, and delight.Uncle John's dedicated team of quotationeers have scoured the worlds of entertainment, history, literature, politics, sports, and more to bring you this unique collection of utterances that bear repeating. From silly to profound, from Aristotle ... Read more

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  • The Last of the Mohicans

    It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that the toils and dangers of the wilderness were to be encountered before the adverse hosts could meet. A wide and apparently an impervious boundary of forests severed the possessions of the hostile provinces of France and England. The hardy colonist, and the trained European who fought at his side, frequently expended months in ... Read more

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  • The Pioneers

    Series Book 1 - The Leatherstocking Tales
    Originally published in 1823, "The Pioneers" (in full "The Pioneers; or, The Sources of the Susquehanna") is the first of five novels, but the fourth chronological story, in the series The Leatherstocking Tales by American writer James Fenimore Cooper."The Pioneers" began the saga of frontiersman Natty Bumppo, also called Leather-Stocking, and tells the interlocking story of three characters in ... Read more

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  • The Prairie

    Series Book 3 - The Leatherstocking Tales
    Written at speed after "The Last of the Mohicans" established Cooper’s reputation, and published just a year later in 1827, "The Prairie", the third published novel of the Leatherstocking Tales but the last in Deerslayer’s chronology, depicts Leatherstocking, now known as the trapper or the old man, in his final days.The setting is the edge of the Great Plains, the time is 1805, and the hero is in ... Read more

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  • Uncle John's Facts to Go Playtime!

    Series series Facts to Go
    A loving look at toys and games—and the people who make and play them—from the past and present.Albert Einstein once said, “Play is the highest form of research.” Uncle John adds: “And it’s really fun!” And so is this e-book, which includes several classic articles from the Bathroom Reader archives along with a few all-new entries (including an inside look at the Angry Birds phenomenon). So ... Read more

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  • The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    ACT I. Algernon Moncrieff’s Flat in Half-Moon Street, W.ACT II. The Garden at the Manor House, Woolton.ACT III. Drawing-Room at the Manor House, Woolton.TIME: The Present. ... Read more

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  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Attack of the Factoids

    Series series Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
    Bite-sized bits of information to give you the edge on trivia night—from crime and punishment to the rich and famous to ghosts, ghouls, oddballs, and more!Packed with more than 400 pages, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Attack of the Factoids is a fact-a-palooza of obscure information. Like what, you ask? Here are just a few extraordinary examples:* Bats always turn left when they exit a cave.* In ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Golden Plunger Awards

    Series series Uncle John's Bathroom Readers
    Celebrate the winners of this competition for Weirdest, Wildest, and Most Hilarious Trivia of the Year . . .Forget the Oscars, Grammys, and Golden Globes—after two decades of producing interesting and mind-boggling stories—the folks at the Bathroom Readers' Institute have come up with their own collection of pop-culture awards!This unique volume provides a new way to recognize some of the world's ... Read more

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  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: WISE UP!

    Series series Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
    With this volume filled with thousands of bizarrely fascinating facts, we're on a roll!Is there any other single book in the universe with this many awesome tidbits of bite-sized information? Nope. And that's a fact! At nearly 400 pages (with a handy index for your fact-seeking convenience), Wise Up! is a must-have for anyone who likes their information on the go. It's organized into hundreds of ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Metamorphosis

    Alienation, Transformation, and Modern Anxiety

    by Franz Kafka ...
    A landmark modernist novella portraying isolation and identity through surreal transformation. ... Read more

    $1.37 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1,001 Facts that Will Scare the S#*t Out of You

    The Ultimate Bathroom Reader

    by Cary McNeal ...
    Fact: Chocolate contains the alkaloid theobromine, which in high doses can be toxic to humans, and in even small amounts can kill dogs, parrots, horses, and cats.This means that despite its name, the Kit-Kat candy bar is not a recommended snack for your kitty-cat. I wonder how many cats have died because of this confusion.Fact: The most germ-laden place on your toilet isn't the seat or even the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD