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New York History Month Reading List

New York History Month Reading List

October 13, 2025

Celebrate New York History Month with a reading list of local history.

New titles in October

New titles in October

October 6, 2025

This October, three new books from Syracuse University Press explore the lives of Syrian refugees, Palestinian marriage practices, and the ...

Francis Adrian Van der Kemp and the Canal

Francis Adrian Van der Kemp and the Canal

September 29, 2025

Francis Adrian Van der Kemp was a writer, minister, and political leader of some prominence in Holland when he fled, ...

Excerpt: Castigation

Excerpt: Castigation

September 23, 2025

The winner of Kazakhstan’s 2014 Novel of the Year, Castigation is a stunning meditation on humanity’s capacity for both destruction and transcendence