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English Summary/英文概要： Your high-school history teachers never gave you a book like this one! Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents features outrageous and uncensored profiles of the men in the White House complete with hundreds of little-known politically incorrect and downright wacko facts. You’ll discover that George Washington spent a whopping 7 percent of his salary on booze John Quincy Adams loved to skinny-dip in the Potomac River Warren G. Harding gambled with White House china when he ran low on cash Jimmy Carter reported a UFO sighting in Georgia And Richard Nixon sheesh don’t get us started on Nixon!
Now with a new chapter on the winner of the 2008 presidential election Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents tackles all the tough questions that other history books are afraid to answer: Are there really secret tunnels underneath the White House? Which presidential daughter bared everything for Playboy? And what was Nancy Reagan thinking when she appeared on Diff’rent Strokes? American history was never this much fun in school!
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 你的高中历史老师从未介绍给你如此一本书！“Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents ”透露了那些白宫主人们有过的蛮横、无拘束的行为以及成百上千不为人知的决策错误和古怪行径。你会看到George Washington把百分之七的巨额薪水都花在了烈性酒上，John Quincy Adams 喜欢在Potomac河里裸泳，Warren G. Harding钱不够用时会拿白宫里的瓷器去赌，Jimmy Carter说在Georgia和Richard看到了UFO，Nixon，sheesh，不要提起他!
如今随着2008年总统大选的结束，Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents将会解答其他历史书上不曾回答过的所有难题：白宫下是否有密道？那一任总统的女儿上过花花公子杂志？当Nancy Reagan出现在Diff’rent Strokes上时她自己是怎么想的？在学校里美国历史从未读起来如此有趣。(ZXY)
Awards/获奖情况： Right Sold: Japanese: Shueisha International; Book Club: QPB, History, BOMC, Literary Guild, Crossings, Doubleday; Display marketing: Books Are Fun- with First Ladies; Calendar, daily 2009: Mead; Romanian: Litera International
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