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Presidents

Christine Guniti, Simon Adams. Two-Can Publishers, $16.95 (96pp) ISBN 978-1-58728-093-1

Each of the 43 American presidents gets a spread in The Presidents of the United States by Simon Adams, including a timeline of their accomplishments on the way to the White House, a listing of their party, first lady and vice-president (the exception being George W. Bush, whose spread traces the election process, rather than offering a biographical treatment). A kind of thumbs-up, thumbs-down summary concludes each (e.g., Carter is deemed ""An Ultimate Failure"" due to the unsuccessful hostage rescue attempt, which Simon suggests caused a ""landslide"" loss to Reagan). ( Mar.)