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Here are this week’s new releases for the category ‘History’.

The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China ★ Our Staff Pick ★
The Loom of Time: Between Empire and Anarchy, from the Mediterranean to China
By Robert D. Kaplan

Publisher: Random House
Publication date: August 22, 2023
ISBN: 9780593242797
Format: Hardcover

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Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
By Drew Gilpin Faust

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: August 22, 2023
ISBN: 9780374601805
Format: Hardcover

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Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity Dream Town: Shaker Heights and the Quest for Racial Equity
By Laura Meckler

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Publication date: August 22, 2023
ISBN: 9781250834416
Format: Hardcover

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Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
By Andrea Lankford

Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: August 22, 2023
ISBN: 9780306831959
Format: Hardcover

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The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams
By Adam Lazarus

Publisher: Citadel
Publication date: August 22, 2023
ISBN: 9780806542508
Format: Hardcover

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France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain
By Julian Jackson

Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
Publication date: August 22, 2023
ISBN: 9780674248892
Format: Hardcover

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I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign
By David S. Hartwig

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: August 22, 2023
ISBN: 9781421446592
Format: Hardcover

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Operation Black Buck 1982: The Vulcans' extraordinary Falklands War raids (Air Campaign Book 37) Operation Black Buck 1982: The Vulcans' extraordinary Falklands War raids (Air Campaign Book 37)
By Andrew Bird (Author), Adam Tooby (Illustrator)

Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Publication date: August 17, 2023

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The Problem With Denny: A True Story Of Hope For An Unwanted Child The Problem With Denny: A True Story Of Hope For An Unwanted Child
By Dawn D. Dickerson

Publisher: D2the4
Publication date: August 17, 2023
ISBN: 9798988332909
Format: Paperback

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Undercurrent: Tank Commander Cadet in the Yom Kippur War Undercurrent: Tank Commander Cadet in the Yom Kippur War
By Amir Bega

Publisher: Casemate
Publication date: August 17, 2023

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My Mameleh: A Memoir My Mameleh: A Memoir
By Mariette Goldberg

Publisher: Austin Macauley
Publication date: August 18, 2023
ISBN: 9798886936407
Format: Paperback

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Eleanor of Aquitaine, as It Was Said: Truth and Tales about the Medieval Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, as It Was Said: Truth and Tales about the Medieval Queen
By Karen Sullivan

Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: August 18, 2023

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Three Centuries of Silver: Art and the Coins of Syracuse Three Centuries of Silver: Art and the Coins of Syracuse
By Mark A Wallenbrock

Publisher: Mark A Wallenbrock
Publication date: August 18, 2023
ISBN: 9798218233334
Format: Hardcover

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Colonizing Palestine: The Zionist Left and the Making of the Palestinian Nakba (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures) Colonizing Palestine: The Zionist Left and the Making of the Palestinian Nakba (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures)
By Areej Sabbagh-Khoury

Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: August 22, 2023

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A History of the SAS: The First Forty Years A History of the SAS: The First Forty Years
By John Strawson

Publisher: Canelo History
Publication date: August 17, 2023

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Beyond the Hiding Place: Stories of Faith, Betrayal and Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Holland Beyond the Hiding Place: Stories of Faith, Betrayal and Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Holland
By Guus Hartendorf (Author), Ruth Akamine Wassynger (Editor)

Publisher: N/A
Publication date: August 19, 2023

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The Emperor Caligula in the Ancient Sources The Emperor Caligula in the Ancient Sources
By Anthony A. Barrett (Author), John C. Yardley (Author)

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: August 18, 2023
ISBN: 9780198854579
Format: Paperback

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A Complete Biography of Napoleon Bonaparte A Complete Biography of Napoleon Bonaparte
By Louis Antoine Bourrienne (Author), Digital Fire (Editor)

Publisher: DIGITAL FIRE
Publication date: August 20, 2023

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MiG-21 “FISHBED”: Opposing Rolling Thunder 1966–68 (Dogfight) MiG-21 “FISHBED”: Opposing Rolling Thunder 1966–68 (Dogfight)
By István Toperczer (Author), Gareth Hector (Illustrator), Jim Laurier (Illustrator)

Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Publication date: August 17, 2023

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Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
By Keith Houston

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: August 22, 2023

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The Cimbrian War 113–101 BC: The Rise of Caius Marius (Campaign) The Cimbrian War 113–101 BC: The Rise of Caius Marius (Campaign)
By Nic Fields (Author), Johnny Shumate (Illustrator)

Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Publication date: August 17, 2023

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Ottoman Armies 1820–1914 (Men-at-Arms) Ottoman Armies 1820–1914 (Men-at-Arms)
By Gabriele Esposito (Author), Giuseppe Rava (Illustrator)

Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Publication date: August 17, 2023

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Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History
By Yunte Huang

Publisher: Liveright
Publication date: August 22, 2023
ISBN: 9781631495809
Format: Hardcover

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Broken Pots, Mending Lives: The Archaeology of Operation Nightingale Broken Pots, Mending Lives: The Archaeology of Operation Nightingale
By Richard Osgood (Author), Alice Roberts (Foreword)

Publisher: Casemate
Publication date: August 17, 2023

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