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  Over a Hot Stove - A Kitchen...

  Flo Wadlow

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  This delightful memoir provides a unique "Upstairs, Downstairs" account of what life was really like in a bygone era 
  At the age of sixteen, Flo Wadlow left her family to begin what would become a distinguished life "in service." Starting as a kitchen maid in London, she soon rose through the ranks and worked at many of England's great houses, including Woodhall in Hilgay, where she met scullery maid Mollie Moran, author of Aprons and Silver Spoons; and Hatfield House and Blicking Hall. By her early twenties, Flo was in charge of the kitchen and cooked for prime ministers and royalty. 
  Over a Hot Stove is a must-listen for fans of Downton Abbey.

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  Seven HP Lovecraft Stories...

  H.P. Lovecraft

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  This work contains the collected short stories of H.P Lovecraft:
   
  
  
  The Festival,
  He,
  Cool Air,
  In the Vault,
  Pickman's Model,
  The Nameless City,
  The Alchemist,
  The Very Old Folk,
  Rats in the Walls,
  From Beyond,
  The Hound,
  The Strange High House in the Mist,
  The Unnamable - Hypnos,
  The Quest of Iranon,
  The Temple,
  The Moon Bog,
  The Evil Clergyman,
  The Horror at Martin's Beach,
  The Silver Key,
  The Transition of Juan Romero,
  The Other Gods,
  The Outsider.

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  Saddam Hussein - A Political...

  Efraim Karsh, Inari Rautsi

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  “Probably the best biography of Saddam Hussein…[it] presents a coherent view of a man who has generated a good deal of mythology” (Roger Hardy, BBC World Service). 
   
   Authors Efraim Karsh and Inari Rautsi, experts on Middle East history and politics, have combined their expertise to write what is largely considered the definitive work on Iraq’s fifth president. Drawing on a wealth of Iraqi, Arab, Western, and Israeli sources, including interviews with people who have had close contact with Saddam Hussein throughout his career, the authors trace the meteoric transformation of an ardent nationalist and obscure Ba’ath party member into a dictator and geopolitical player. 
   
  From Saddam’s key role in the violent coup that brought the Ba’ath party to power, to the Iran-Iraq War, the Gulf War, and beyond, Karsh and Rautsi present a detailed biography that skillfully interweaves analysis of Gulf politics and history. Now with a new introduction and epilogue, this authoritative biography is essential for understanding the life and influence of this modern tyrant.

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  Carlos Eire: Waiting for Snow in...

  PBS NewsHour

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  In 2003, Carlos Eire won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. He discusses his book Waiting for Snow in Havana with PBS NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown.

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  Edwina Currie - Diaries 1987-1992

  Edwina Currie

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  After Margaret Thatcher, Edwina Currie was the second most prominent woman in British politics during the 1980s. Indeed, she was often spoken of as a potential Prime Minister. Her outspokenness and her lively, media-friendly personality won her a much higher profile than her status as a junior minister would otherwise have commanded. When she was forced to resign from the government after warning of the danger signs of salmonella infection in eggs, she was already a national figure. Revealing her four-year affair with former Prime Minister John Major, Edwina's diaries caused a media sensation. A decade on, and now with previously unpublished material, the diaries still provide a remarkable insight into politics at the top by a writer with an observant eye and a sharp sense of humour. Edwina Currie's honesty, her frankness and her courage make these unexpurgated diaries an irresistible read.

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  Badasses - The Legend of Snake...

  Peter Richmond

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  A book that explores the enduring legends of Snake, Foo, Dr. Death, and John Madden’s Oakland Raiders, Badasses is the definitive biography of arguably the last team to play old-fashioned tough-guy football. Peter Richmond, co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Glory Game, offers a fascinating look at the 1970s Oakland Raiders, led by colorful greats from another era: Ken Stabler, Willie Brown, Gene Upshaw, Jim Otto, Art Shell, head coach John Madden, and owner Al Davis. In the bestselling vein of Boys Will Be Boys, Badasses chronicles the bar-room exploits, practice-field pranks, and Super Bowl glories of the team’s many misfits, cast-offs, psychos, and geniuses of the game.

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