Synopsis: The toilet, dunny, loo - whatever you choose to call it - is an area that everyone inevitably plays a very important part in human beings' lives.

Categorised into continents, Toilets of the World takes us around the globe through photographs and descriptions of various toilets. From Swaziland, where toilets in schools are merely holes in the ground, to Japan where, with the mere push of a button, the seat can be warmed, a bidet function operated followed by a blow-dry session.

My Opinion: A thorough and well-researched coffee-table sized book on toilets around the world. Coming from New Zealand, it was interesting to see toilets plucked from my side of the globe that others around the world may consider unusual. ( )

"Read" this book, but don't buy it. Once you have looked through it and read the very brief descriptions of these "wacky and zany" toilets, there isn't really much else you can do with it. Put it in your own bathroom, I guess, but honestly, how many times can you look at an exciting toilet while sitting on a borning one? ( )