Product Description

More.......for the person who has it all, but doesn't (yet) know it all. The perfect gift (it looks smashing too). If you liked volume 1, you're going to love this volume even more!

Nearly 600 pages of comprehensive two-page book summaries,
topical overviews and other vital information ...
Dreamscapes & Realityscapes--enlightening overviews
of the world's literary masterpieces, classic to contemporary,fiction to non-fiction:
'Animal Farm', 'The Odyssey', 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn','Catch-22', 'Childhood's End', 'Ten Little Indians', 'Roll of Thunder','Hear My Cry','Rabbit Run' ...

Walking Back in Time--the drama of history through
the world's most amazing and illuminating sagas:
'100 Events That Shaped the World', 'The Medieval Underworld', 'Touching the Void', 'Roots', 'The March of Folly'
They Made a Difference--biographies of cultural icons, sports champions, business moguls,movie stars, comedians,musical geniuses, political legends, and guardians of humanity.

Poets & Poetry--of the most celebrated: Shakespeare,
Longfellow, Shelley,Dickinson,Whitman, Browning, Frost,
Parker,Nash, Plath, Prelutsky ...

Thoughts Worth Pondering--Classic Comedy collections,
Wisecracks & Witticisms, Lights to Live by,Maxims & Mottos ...

Fantastic Facts--trivia to learn by, brainteasers and fun.

All in all, know this book, and you're destined to be appointed the office genius in no time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #200594 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-21
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 608 pages

From the Publisher
When 'Passing time in the loo, volume 1' has sold nearly a quarter of a million copies.........why wouldn't we expand your horizons by releasing Volume 2 ?

Customer Reviews

Don't be put off by the title. A great book!
While this book might at first seem to be aimed at constipated men - or at least those who always take something to read in the loo with them - it's really ideal for both sexes and should be on every coffee table in the land [not to mention dentists' waiting rooms]. Packed with bite-size chunks of information, anecdotes, reviews of classic novels, biographies of famous people ... it's great. If you really want to take the title literally, my advice is to eat nothing but bananas for a month and work your way through this book in the little boy's [or girl's] room during your marathon sessions there. If you still have any friends left with your strange toilet habits, you'll impress their socks off with what you know about, well ... everything!

Brilliant! Worth it's weight in gold. (And it's heavy!)
This book contains a summary of just about every topic that ever comes up in any conversation. Vast trivia, biographies of famous people, summaries of classic novels, ways to improve vocabulary, management guide, personal effectiveness, general knowledge, and that's not even vaguely close to all. My most valued book without a doubt. It's very well-researched, well presented and absolutely ideal for a gift. Don't be put off my the title - this book is basically an insightful summary of everything. I'm off to buy another copy just in case...

brilliant pick up and put me down book.
This is exactly what the title states. One great doorstop of a paperback for those 1 to 20 minutes bouts of solitude wherever you are. Makes a great gift for the culture minded. Perhaps a bit too American in places but quite acceptable. Can't wait for volume 2.