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This week’s books in History

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

Old Ways to New Days: The Folklore, Traditions and Everyday Objects that Shaped Ireland ★ Our Staff Pick ★
Old Ways to New Days: The Folklore, Traditions and Everyday Objects that Shaped Ireland
By Shane Lehane

Publisher: Hachette Books Ireland
Publication date: October 2, 2025

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Ike's Last Battle: The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, April 1945 (Commanders at the Endgame Book 1) Ike's Last Battle: The Battle of the Ruhr Pocket, April 1945 (Commanders at the Endgame Book 1)
By Charles Whiting

Publisher: Sapere Books
Publication date: September 29, 2025

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Gotham at War: A History of New York City from 1933 to 1945 Gotham at War: A History of New York City from 1933 to 1945
By Mike Wallace

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: October 1, 2025
ISBN: 9780199384518
Format: Hardcover

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Surrender!: The End of World War II, and the Pens That Signed the Axis Death Warrants Surrender!: The End of World War II, and the Pens That Signed the Axis Death Warrants
By Richard Binder (Author), Nicky Pessaroff (Foreword), Frederic Propas (Foreword)

Publisher: Richard Binder
Publication date: October 1, 2025

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The Lost Mary: Rediscovering the Mother of Jesus The Lost Mary: Rediscovering the Mother of Jesus
By James D. Tabor

Publisher: Knopf
Publication date: September 30, 2025
ISBN: 9781101947845
Format: Hardcover

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Robert H. Jackson: A Life in Judgment Robert H. Jackson: A Life in Judgment
By G. Edward White

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: October 1, 2025
ISBN: 9780197778432
Format: Hardcover

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The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization The Far Edges of the Known World: Life Beyond the Borders of Ancient Civilization
By Owen Rees

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Publication date: September 30, 2025
ISBN: 9781324036524
Format: Hardcover

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Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette
By Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025
ISBN: 9780300286700
Format: Paperback

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Black History Is for Everyone Black History Is for Everyone
By Brian Jones

Publisher: Haymarket Books
Publication date: September 30, 2025
ISBN: 9798888904473
Format: Hardcover

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Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth, and Power Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth, and Power
By Victoria Bateman

Publisher: Seal Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025
ISBN: 9781541606067
Format: Hardcover

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Northumbria AD 367-867: Earth Hall, Ring Gift and Heaven's Field Northumbria AD 367-867: Earth Hall, Ring Gift and Heaven's Field
By Max Adams (Author), Colm O'Brien (Author)

Publisher: John Donald
Publication date: October 2, 2025

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Fighting Tigers in Italy: First Hand Accounts of Tanks in Combat Fighting Tigers in Italy: First Hand Accounts of Tanks in Combat
By Jeffrey Plowman

Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
Publication date: September 30, 2025

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A Short History of the World in 50 Failures A Short History of the World in 50 Failures
By Ben Gazur

Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books US
Publication date: September 30, 2025

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The Road to Cisterna: Darby’s Rangers and Their Most Consequential Battle in World War II The Road to Cisterna: Darby’s Rangers and Their Most Consequential Battle in World War II
By David Lyle Williams

Publisher: LSU Press
Publication date: September 26, 2025
ISBN: 9780807185032
Format: Hardcover

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New York’s Secret Subway: The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit New York’s Secret Subway: The Underground Genius of Alfred Beach and the Origins of Mass Transit
By Matthew Algeo

Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025

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Battle of Britain The Final Curtain: 1 October 1940 – 31 October 1940 Battle of Britain The Final Curtain: 1 October 1940 – 31 October 1940
By Dilip Sarkar MBE FRHistS FRAeS

Publisher: Air World
Publication date: September 30, 2025

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Jane Austen’s Favourite Brother, Henry Jane Austen’s Favourite Brother, Henry
By Christopher Herbert

Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Publication date: September 30, 2025

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The Maya Myths: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes and Ancestors The Maya Myths: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes and Ancestors
By Mallory E. Matsumoto

Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: September 30, 2025
ISBN: 9780500026540
Format: Hardcover

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The First Right: Self-Determination and the Transformation of International Order, 1941–2000 (Oxford Studies in International History) The First Right: Self-Determination and the Transformation of International Order, 1941–2000 (Oxford Studies in International History)
By Bradley R. Simpson

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025

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Demosthenes: Democracy's Defender (Ancient Lives) Demosthenes: Democracy's Defender (Ancient Lives)
By James Romm

Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025
ISBN: 9780300269383
Format: Hardcover

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A Tale Unasked A Tale Unasked
By Lady Nijo (Author), Meredith McKinney (Translator)

Publisher: Penguin
Publication date: October 2, 2025

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The Melted Pot: Diversity, Antisemitism, and the Limits of Tolerance The Melted Pot: Diversity, Antisemitism, and the Limits of Tolerance
By Harry Saul Markham

Publisher: Academica Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025

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Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond (Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity) Palmyra, the Mediterranean and Beyond (Mediterranean Studies in Antiquity)
By Rubina Raja

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025

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The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History
By Alexander Mikaberidze

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: October 1, 2025
ISBN: 9780197695548
Format: Paperback

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Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE–300 CE (Cultures of Reading in the Ancient Mediterranean) Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE–300 CE (Cultures of Reading in the Ancient Mediterranean)
By Jeremiah Coogan (Editor), Candida R. Moss (Editor), Joseph A. Howley (Editor)

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: October 1, 2025
ISBN: 9780197769966
Format: Hardcover

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The State, the Law, and the People in the Roman Empire: A Sourcebook The State, the Law, and the People in the Roman Empire: A Sourcebook
By Brian Campbell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025
ISBN: 9781107163164
Format: Hardcover

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The Wars of the Roses: A Medieval Civil War (The James Lydon Lectures in Medieval History and Culture) The Wars of the Roses: A Medieval Civil War (The James Lydon Lectures in Medieval History and Culture)
By John Watts

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025
ISBN: 9781009422161
Format: Hardcover

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Relief in Greek, Roman, and Late Antique Art (Yale Classical Studies, Series Number 40) Relief in Greek, Roman, and Late Antique Art (Yale Classical Studies, Series Number 40)
By Jas' Elsner (Editor), Milette Gaifman (Editor), Nathaniel B. Jones (Editor)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025
ISBN: 9781009505765
Format: Hardcover

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The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing
By Sebastian Sobecki

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025
ISBN: 9781108493680
Format: Hardcover

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Stalin’s Liquidation Game: The Unlikely Case of Oleksandr Shumskyi, His Survival in Soviet Prison, and His Subsequent Arcane Assassination (Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies Book 86) Stalin’s Liquidation Game: The Unlikely Case of Oleksandr Shumskyi, His Survival in Soviet Prison, and His Subsequent Arcane Assassination (Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies Book 86)
By Filip Slaveski (Author), Yuri Shapoval (Author)

Publisher: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute
Publication date: October 1, 2025

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Cyril of Alexandria: Against Julian: Introduction and Translation Cyril of Alexandria: Against Julian: Introduction and Translation
By Matthew R. Crawford (Translator), Aaron P. Johnson (Translator)

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025

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Proscription by Degrees: The Abolition of the Slave Trade to the United States Proscription by Degrees: The Abolition of the Slave Trade to the United States
By Kenneth Morgan

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025

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Minority Identities in Nigeria: Contesting and Claiming Citizenship in the Twentieth Century (African Identities: Past and Present) Minority Identities in Nigeria: Contesting and Claiming Citizenship in the Twentieth Century (African Identities: Past and Present)
By Oghenetoja Okoh

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025

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The Frisch-Peierls Memorandum: The Founding Document of the Nuclear Age (SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology) The Frisch-Peierls Memorandum: The Founding Document of the Nuclear Age (SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology)
By Bruce Cameron Reed

Publisher: Springer
Publication date: September 26, 2025

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Death Rituals: The Rūs and 'Vikings' in Arabic and Persian (Elements in the Global Middle Ages) Death Rituals: The Rūs and 'Vikings' in Arabic and Persian (Elements in the Global Middle Ages)
By Tonicha M. Upham

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: September 30, 2025

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Pasts Otherwise: An Archaeology of War in Arctic Norway Pasts Otherwise: An Archaeology of War in Arctic Norway
By Bjørnar Olsen (Author), Christopher Witmore (Author)

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: October 2, 2025
ISBN: 9798881805463
Format: Hardcover

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