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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

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  • 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

    Unabridged Edition

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    The Importance of Being Earnest is a glorious comedy of mistaken identity, which ridicules codes of propriety and etiquette. Wilde's "trivial play for serious people" is a sparkling comedy of manners. This hilariously absurd satire pits sincerity against style, barbed witticisms against ostentatious elegance. Wilde's brilliantly constructed plot and famous dialogue enrich the appeal of his ... 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

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  • 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

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  • The Three Musketeers

    A Timeless Tale of Adventure, Friendship, and Heroism

    All for one, and one for all! Dive into one of the greatest tales of adventure and friendship in literary history. Step into the dazzling world of 17th-century France with Alexandre Dumas' classic, The Three Musketeers. This swashbuckling epic follows the young and ambitious d'Artagnan as he joins forces with the legendary trio of Musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. Together, they navigate a ... Read more

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  • Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

    Robert Louis Stevenson's Classic Tale of Duality, Darkness, and the Human Psyche

    One man. Two identities. A terrifying truth about the nature of evil. In Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson delivers a haunting exploration of the duality of human nature. When the respectable and brilliant Dr. Henry Jekyll unlocks a scientific method to separate his moral self from his darker instincts, he unwittingly unleashes Mr. Hyde—a violent, remorseless alter ego ... Read more

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