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Everyone knows Scott Adams as the king of workplace humour. But why should a humourist stick to the workplace when there are so many other great subjects to explore? What about politics? Religion? Malfunctioning underpants? Adams now offers more...
"Non-fiction: not what you might expect, based on the title alone. I found this account of the White House renovation undertaken during the Truman administration fascinating. The politics, the Cold War, the history of loss of priceless WH furnis..."
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"In 1948, Harry Truman, President of the United States, almost fell through the ceiling of the Blue Room in a bathtub into a meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A team of the nation's top architects was hastily assembled to...
"Just enough ugly reality (a thoroughly narcissistic mother) to balance thoroughly charming main characters."
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