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This week’s books in History

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

The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers ★ Our Staff Pick ★
The Black Family Who Built America: The McKissacks, Two Centuries of Daring Pioneers
By Cheryl McKissack Daniel (Author), Nick Chiles (Primary Contributor)

Publisher: Atria/Black Privilege Publishing
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9781668033999
Format: Hardcover

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The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces
By Seth Harp

Publisher: Viking
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9780593655085
Format: Hardcover

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Communism and European Crime 1945–1990 (Crime History) Communism and European Crime 1945–1990 (Crime History)
By Marsel Nilaj

Publisher: N/A
Publication date: August 8, 2025

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The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990
By Jonathan Mahler

Publisher: Random House
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9780525510635
Format: Hardcover

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Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization Rope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization
By Tim Queeney

Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9781250346452
Format: Hardcover

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Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
By Moudhy Al-Rashid (Author), Moudhy Al-Rashid (Narrator)

Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Publication date: August 12, 2025

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All Roads Lead to Hastings-on-Hudson: A History of the Lower Hudson River Valley and New York City All Roads Lead to Hastings-on-Hudson: A History of the Lower Hudson River Valley and New York City
By Jonathan Foster Lillard

Publisher: Palmetto Publishing
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9798822977938
Format: Paperback

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White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History
By Ann Bausum

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9781250816573
Format: Hardcover

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The Cleopatra Book: Nine Languages, One Woman, And the Eternal Search for the Last Pharaoh The Cleopatra Book: Nine Languages, One Woman, And the Eternal Search for the Last Pharaoh
By S.L. Whitmore (Author), Virtual Voice (Narrator)

Publisher: N/A
Publication date: August 9, 2025

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Immigrant Tongues: Exploring How Languages Moved, Evolved, and Defined Us (History of Language, Etymology Book) Immigrant Tongues: Exploring How Languages Moved, Evolved, and Defined Us (History of Language, Etymology Book)
By Patrick Foote

Publisher: Mango
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9781684818150
Format: Paperback

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Friends Until the End: Edmund Burke and Charles Fox in the Age of Revolution Friends Until the End: Edmund Burke and Charles Fox in the Age of Revolution
By James Grant

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9780393542103
Format: Hardcover

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Augustine the African Augustine the African
By Catherine Conybeare

Publisher: Liveright
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9781631498527
Format: Hardcover

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How to Have Willpower: An Ancient Guide to Not Giving In How to Have Willpower: An Ancient Guide to Not Giving In
By Plutarch (Author), Prudentius (Author) et al.

Publisher: Highbridge Audio
Publication date: August 12, 2025

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Civil War Cavalry: Waging Mounted Warfare in Nineteenth-Century America Civil War Cavalry: Waging Mounted Warfare in Nineteenth-Century America
By Earl J. Hess

Publisher: LSU Press
Publication date: August 13, 2025
ISBN: 9780807184448
Format: Hardcover

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Maurice's Strategikon: Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy (The Middle Ages Series) Maurice's Strategikon: Handbook of Byzantine Military Strategy (The Middle Ages Series)
By Conor Whately (Foreword), George T. Dennis (Translator)

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: August 12, 2025

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An Accidental Villain: A Soldier's Tale of War, Deceit and Exile An Accidental Villain: A Soldier's Tale of War, Deceit and Exile
By Linden MacIntyre

Publisher: Random House Canada
Publication date: August 12, 2025

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Otto Rahn, Grail Hunter: The Secret of the Cathars and the Return of the White Lady Otto Rahn, Grail Hunter: The Secret of the Cathars and the Return of the White Lady
By Richard Stanley

Publisher: Inner Traditions
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9798888501559
Format: Paperback

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The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire The Sassoons: The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire
By Joseph Sassoon

Publisher: Vintage Books
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9780593467114
Format: Paperback

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Centuries Will Not Suffice: A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust Centuries Will Not Suffice: A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust
By Prit Buttar

Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9781398125452
Format: Paperback

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Castro: A Biography by Consent Castro: A Biography by Consent
By Claudia Furiati (Author), Roberto Amaral (Foreword)

Publisher: Skyhorse
Publication date: August 12, 2025

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The Dove and the Dragon: A Cultural History of the Apocalypse The Dove and the Dragon: A Cultural History of the Apocalypse
By Ed Simon

Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication date: August 12, 2025
ISBN: 9798889834618
Format: Paperback

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Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration
By Matthew D.C. Larsen (Author), Mark Letteney (Author)

Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: August 12, 2025

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