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Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio, as well as the county seat of Franklin County. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. This is a full account of the history of this beautiful towns, of Franklin county and its various townships and includes a huge and thoroughly investigated biographical section.

Cuando los europeos vieron por primera vez las estructuras monumentales de piedra en el extremo sur del lago Titicaca, en Bolivia, quedaron maravillados con la habilidad de quienes las produjeron. Estas construcciones han sido consideradas, con razon, la arquitectura de piedra mas ingeniosa y habil del mundo. Su precision rivaliza con la de los incas hasta el punto de que desde los cronistas españoles del siglo XVI hasta los autores del siglo XX han afirmado que Tiahuanaco no solo sirvio a los incas como un modelo para la arquitectura y la mamposteria de piedra sino que estos incluso importaron albañiles de la cuenca del Titicaca para construir sus edificios.Este cuidadoso estudio de Jean Pierre Protzen y Stella Nair, refuta esa idea y se adentra en cuestiones referentes a las tecnicas de los picapedreros de Tiahuanaco, a la vez que se centra en su conocimiento de la geometria y en la extraccion, corte y montaje de las piedras. Sin duda, los detallados analisis de las piedras de construccion permiten vislumbrar la arquitectura de Tiahuanaco, y la apariencia y las reglas que guiaron sus canones de composicion y produccion.

This authoritative and comprehensive history of Ireland covers the entire history of the island from the Ice Age to the peace process in 100 short episodes. In this thoughtful analysis of Irish society, Bardon integrates the significant cultural and literary history of Ireland with its political and social past.Based on the hugely popular BBC radio series A Short History of Ireland, each episode stands alone, providing a snippet of Irish history in five minutes reading. In turn, to read each episode in sequence from beginning to end provides a magisterial history of Europes most western land.

Heart-thumpingly powerful ... history told from the closest and most frightening quarters. SINCLAIR MCKAY, author of The Secret Life of Bletchley ParkShocking, terrifying and revealing. Ground-breaking history, expertly told - a dramatic new insight into the Falklands conflict. ROGER BOLTON, BBC journalist and broadcasterForty years on from the outbreak of the war, acclaimed TV journalist Julian Manyon digs down into Argentinas Dirty War and its effect on the Falklands conflict On May 12th, 1982, after the first bloody exchanges of the Falklands War, journalist Julian Manyon and his TV crew were kidnapped on the streets of Buenos Aires and put through a traumatic mock execution by the secret police. Less than eight hours later they were invited to the Presidential Palace to film a world-exclusive interview with an apologetic President Galtieri, the dictator and head of the Argentine Junta.Spurred on by the recent release of declassified CIA documents about Argentinas Dirty War, Manyon discovered that his kidnapper was a key figure in the Juntas bloody struggle against left-wing opposition, with a terrifying record of torture and murder. Also in the secret documents were details of the wider picture - the turmoil inside the Junta as the war with Britain got under way, and how Argentina succeeded in acquiring vital US military equipment which made its war effort possible.Published on the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, this book is an extraordinary insight into the war behind the war. Manyon provides a harrowing depiction of the campaign of terror that the Junta waged on its own population, and a new perspective on an episode of history more often centred on Mrs Thatcher, the Belgrano and the battle of Goose Green.

In the 1880s, Suzanne Valadon was considered the Impressionists most beautiful model. But behind her captivating façade lay a closely-guarded secret. Born in poverty in rural France, as a teenager in Montmartre, Suzanne began posing for and having affairs with some of the ages most renowned painters. Then Renoir caught her indulging in a passion she had been trying to conceal: the model was herself a talented artist. Some found her vibrant still lifes and frank portraits as shocking as her bohemian lifestyle. At eighteen, she gave birth to an illegitimate child, future painter Maurice Utrillo. But her friends Toulouse-Lautrec and Degas could see her skill. Rebellious and opinionated, she refused to be confined by tradition or gender, and in 1894, her work was accepted to the Salon de la Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, an extraordinary achievement for a working-class woman with no formal art training. Renoirs Dancer tells the remarkable tale of an ambitious, headstrong woman fighting to find a professional voice in a male-dominated world.

La verdadera historia del narcotráfico en MéxicoA partir de una investigación de archivo sin precedentes, documentos filtrados de la dea, la policía mexicana y cárteles, así como docenas deentrevistas desgarradoras, Smith cuenta una historia emocionante y llena de personajes vividos, como Ignacia La Nacha Jasso, La Reina de las Drogas de Ciudad Juarez, Leopoldo Salazar Viniegra, el medico que argumento que la marihuana era inofensiva y trato de despenalizar la morfina; o HarryAnslinger, el maquiavelico fundador de la Oficina Federal de Narcoticos de Estados Unidos, quien incito el panico racista por las drogas para aumentar su presupuesto y poder. Smith tambien perfila los relatos cotidianos de los trabajadores agricolas, cuyas historias revelan tanto los beneficios economicos como el costo humano del trafico de sustancias ilegales. La droga explica la complicada dinamica que ha impulsado el combate a las drogas, desde principios del siglo xx hasta la actualidad, asi como su fracaso; investiga las politicas respaldadas por Estados Unidos que han exacerbado la carniceria en territorio mexicano y explora la corrupcion en ambos lados de la frontera. Un libro clave para comprender la perspectiva historica del narcotrafico en Mexico y como los mitos alrededor de el han conformado una imagen distorsionada de este pais en el imaginario estadounidense actual.La droga es impresionante. Arroja unaluz implacable sobre los rincones masoscuros de una historia siniestra, revela elempoderamiento de los narcotraficantesmexicanos, y las responsabilidades de losgobiernos de Estados Unidos y Mexico.-Sergio Aguayo, profesor investigadordel Centro de Estudios Internacionalesde El Colegio de MexicoCon las habilidades de un buen historiadory el entusiasmo de un verdadero narrador,Benjamin T. Smith descubre las raices retorcidasde la catastrofica guerra contra las drogas. Unahistoria fascinante, surrealista y tragica.-Ioan Grillo, autor de El narcoLa droga ofrece una historia amplia ycompulsivamente atractiva que da un vuelco amas de un siglo de falsa retorica, destrozandolos mitos mas insidiosos y persistentessobre el narcotrafico en Mexico.-Francisco Cantu, autor deLa linea se convierte en rioBenjamin T. Smith disipa los mitos con unadosis de realidad muy necesaria. Las guerrascontra las drogas en Mexico son la consecuenciasangrienta de la voraz demanda de drogas deEstados Unidos y la insistencia simultaneaen prohibirlas. El costo ha sido sorprendente,como lo demuestra Smith en este libro.-DanielImmerwahr, autor deHowtoHideanEmpireLa profundidad de los conocimientos de Smithasombra, y sus agudas criticas a la politica dedrogas de Estados Unidos dan en el blanco.Esta historia punzante deja una huella.-PublishersWeekly

La Ruta del Samurái invita al lector a un viaje a través de la geografía y la historia del Japón. Atrévase a recorrer el país del Sol Naciente de la mano de un experimentado artista marcial que oficiara de guia, a la vez que va relatando sus increibles experiencias a lo largo de su recorrido. Tomando como eje la vida del famoso guerrero Miyamoto Musashi, el autor ira descubriendo aquellos lugares iconicos de la cultura Samurai y de sus mas arraigadas tradiciones. Un viaje en el tiempo donde compartira sus vivencias en lugares sagrados como templos, santuarios, castillos, museos, cementerios, bosques, campos de batallas y hasta la escalada al mitico Monte Fuji. Una aventura inspiracional de un sueño que llevo muchos años de preparacion y que acerca al lector, tanto neofito como experimentado, a la cultura de este misterioso pais.

Un ensayo sobre los fundamentos del poder político en Mesoamérica y una formidable síntesis histórica del México antiguoLa formación del Estado es el proceso civilizador que impulsó el desarrollo de Mesoamerica, el origen de su unidad politica y de su identidad social y cultural. Los habitantes de estos territorios construyeron el poder que los organizaria y dotaria de identidad basandose en cuatro pilares: el grupo etnico, el territorio o altepetl, la fundacion del reino y la centralizacion del poder.La particularidad de estas cuatro instituciones no radica, sin embargo, en sus origenes ya que las cuatro partieron de procesos sociales y politicos tangibles, sino mas bien en su interiorizacion en el imaginario colectivo, que tomo forma de mitos, simbolos, imagenes y relatos de matiz religioso e ideologico.En este magnifico ensayo, profusamente ilustrado y actualizado de acuerdo con los descubrimientos mas recientes, Enrique Florescano trata desde una perspectiva historica novedosa la formacion del Estado en Mesoamerica, desde su aparicion en el Preclasico hasta su abrupto final en las tragicas jornadas de 1521, pasando por los reinos mayas, los poderosos Estados de Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza y Tula, y los reinos militaristas que dominaron el Posclasico, mostrandonos que la historia politica puede situarse en el centro del desarrollo social, economico y cultural de los pueblos que habitaron Mesoamerica.

En el año 1910 se inauguraba el primer conjunto de viviendas de interés social realizado con fondos públicos en la Argentina: el barrio Butteler. Desde entonces han transcurrido 100 años y sin embargo la tecnologia hoy empleada en la construccion de las VIS ha variado muy poco,distanciandose asi de los avances de las ciencias que ha caracterizado al siglo pasado y que se han multiplicado en el nuevo siglo. En ese rezago tecnologico han incidido factores que pocas veces fueron puestos de manifiesto en su verdadera magnitud ni tenidos en cuenta en los analisis de esa problematica. Efectivamente, la necesidad de implementar nuevas tecnologias en la construccion de las VIS, para mejorar la calidad, los plazos y costos de las obras, resulto desalentada por causas cuyos origenes y resolucion no dependieron de los proyectistas ni de los constructores, pero cuyas consecuencias las sufre la sociedad toda. Este trabajo identifica y cuantifica esas incidencias negativas en la construccion de VIS, como lo son la baja productividad, las abultadas cargas fiscales, los costos financieros y las escasas inversiones, que impiden, sino resolver, atenuar el deficit habitacional de nuestro pais, el que lejos de disminuir se incrementa anualmente, al igual que las villas y asentamientos urbanos, originando que el diez por ciento de los habitantes del Gran Buenos Aires vivan hoy en esa clase de alojamientos precarios. La Camara de la Vivienda y Equipamiento Urbano CAVERA es una institucion fundada en 1973 con el proposito de nuclear a todos aquellos que, de distintas maneras, trabajan en la solucion del deficit habitacional. Esta integrada por constructores, productores de insumos y profesionales vinculados a la actividad de la construccion de viviendas de interes social.

La Guerra de Tres Años, también conocida como Guerra de Reforma (1857-1861), fue la peor guerra civil que sufrió México entre la consumación de la Independencia en 1821 y la Revolución de 1910. Imposible exagerar la importancia historica de este conflicto, en el que la fragmentacion social llevo a que se enfrentaran dos visiones radicalmente opuestas de lo que era y debia ser el pais: la de los liberales y la de los conservadores. Las disputas entre ellos cambiarian para siempre las relaciones entre la Iglesia y el Estado. Will Fowler rescata del olvido la Guerra de Tres Años y ofrece una historia del conflicto, tanto regional como nacional, que se mueve entre lo publico y lo privado, entremezclando en la narrativa de los grandes eventos y las batallas, las historias personales de aquellos actores que dejaron constancia en cartas y diarios de lo que vino a significar para ellos la que fue una de las guerras mas amargas y crueles que ha sufrido Mexico.

El 1 de enero de 2011 se ha cumplido el 25 aniversario de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de Adhesión de España a las Comunidades Europeas (Unión Europea) firmado el 12 de ¡unió de 1985. La participacion española en el proceso de integracion europea y los nuevos marcos institucionales abiertos por dicho proceso, desde el Acta Unica hasta el reciente Tratado de Lisboa, resultan ya elementos imprescindibles para la mejor comprension de la historia reciente de España. El cuarto de siglo transcurrido desde aquellas fechas permite/ con suficiente perspectiva, un analisis y una reflexion del mayor interes sobre las consecuencias de la pertenencia de España a la Europa Comunitaria. Con un planteamiento multidisciplinar, se abordan en este libro, por destacados especialistas y desde diversas aproximaciones, los aspectos mas relevantes del proceso comunitario europeo durante los ultimos veinticinco años y los efectos del mismo sobre la realidad economica, politica y social española.

Publicada en 1590 en Sevilla, esta obra está basada en indagaciones cuidadosas en las que el autor combina tanto sus propias observaciones como testimonios de personas enteradas y dignas de crédito, y esta fundada en un profundo saber humanista, propio de la epoca. El libro es una respuesta reveladora a preguntas fundamentales que atañen, por un lado, a las caracteristicas naturales del nuevo continente y, por el otro, a aquellos elementos importantes constitutivos del ser peculiar de los habitantes de dichas tierras.

Ireland went to the 2023 rugby world cup as the number one ranked team in the world. They were the reigning grand slam holders; and still they came home early.Getting to the last four of the World Cup has become a national obsession. But is this the only measure of success? In Touching Distance, Brendan Fanning, one of the games most authoritative voices, shines a piercing light on every corner of the Irish rugby system, from grassroots to green jersey, illuminating the fine lines and thin margins between success and failure.From the breakthrough years of Eddie OSullivan to men of massive influence like Joe Schmidt and Stuart Lancaster, with David Nucifora the first tsar of Irish rugby in the pro era through to Andy Farrell, the man in whom Irish fans hopes now rest, no stone is left unturned in Fannings revealing and absorbing narrative.With the clock already counting down to the 2027 World Cup in Australia, where are Ireland on their quest for the top? And is glory finally within reach?A hugely enjoyable book that gives a fascinating insight into whats been going on behind the curtain of Irish rugby over the last 20 years. SHANE HORGANSmart, incisive and packed with great stories. Most of what I know about rugby Ive learned from reading Brendan Fanning. PAUL HOWARD

"I loved this book. Its full of things I didnt know and needed to know. Its fun too. Nigel Fletchers instinct that you can illuminate politics through the study of opposition is fully vindicated." Daniel Finkelstein, columnist, The Times"A thoroughly entertaining and compelling journey through the too-often overlooked post of Leader of the Opposition and the various characters who have held it. Nigel expertly brings these opposition leaders to life, making for an amusing and informative read that is, above all, never dull for a single second." Ayesha Hazarika, Times Radio presenter"A delightful account of the strange lives of the politicians who didnt quite make it to the top job. A chocolate box of a book: wonderful to pick at slowly or to binge your way through in one long session." Stephen Bush, associate editor and columnist, Financial Times***History is written by the winners, they say. And more often than not, it is written about them too. A librarys worth of books have been published chronicling the UKs Prime Ministers those individuals who somehow made it to the top of the greasy pole of politics, however short or undistinguished their tenure.But what about those who failed to make it? Leaders of the Opposition present themselves as the alternative Prime Minister, waiting in the wings, ready to move centre stage. Many of them have indeed gone on to take power. But many more have not. Who were these potential PMs? Why did they never reach the top job? Do they all deserve to be remembered as losers?In this often wildly entertaining anthology, Dr Nigel Fletcher of the Centre for Opposition Studies brings together profiles of the opposition leaders who didnt make it to No. 10, from Charles James Fox to Jeremy Corbyn. Packed to the brim with odd facts, amusing anecdotes and pub quiz trivia about each not quite Prime Minister, this compelling collection is a journey through British political history, bringing to life the figures from the other side of the political equation who had remained in the shadow of 10 Downing Street until now.

Three centuries of a family history that incite, more than to bask in the display of an absent aristocratic ancestry, to explore the details of a trajectory that begins in the British colonial world of north America, to anchor in the late 19th century in the wild frontier of the northeast of Santa Fe, Argentina. A panorama where the lights and shadows of lives that have left a deep mark are integrated.

An exhilarating real-life Cold War thriller about the Americans who fought for Fidel Castro in the Cuban Revolution then switched sides to try to bring him downBack in 1957, Castro was a hero to many in the USA for taking up arms against Cubas dictatorial regime. Two dozen American adventurers joined his rebel band in the mountains, including fervent idealists, a trio of teens from the Guantanamo Bay naval base, a sleazy ex-con who liked underage girls, and at least two future murderers. Castros eventual victory delighted the world but then he ran up the red flag and some started wondering if theyd supported the wrong side.A gang of disillusioned American volunteers including future Watergate burglar Frank Fiorini and journalist Alex Rorke, whose 1963 disappearance remains unsolved changed allegiances and joined the Cuban exiles, CIA agents and soldiers of fortune who had washed up in Miami ready to fight Castros regime by any means necessary. These larger-than-life characters wreaked havoc across the Caribbean and went on to be implicated in President Kennedys assassination, a failed invasion of Papa Doc Duvaliers Haiti and the downfall of Richard Nixon.The Cold War had arrived in Miami, and things would never be the same again.

"A meticulous account of the fascinating, convoluted and sometimes ugly publishing history of the worlds most famous diary. Karen Bartletts book is all the more relevant at a time of untruths and fake news." Caroline Moorehead, bestselling author of Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France***When Otto Frank unwrapped his daughters diary with trembling hands and began to read the first pages, he discovered a side to Anne that was as much a revelation to him as it would be to the rest of the world.Little did Otto know he was about to create an icon recognised the world over for her bravery, sometimes brutal teenage honesty and determination to see beauty even where its light was most hidden.Nor did he realise that publication would spark a bitter battle that would embroil him in years of legal contest and eventually drive him to a nervous breakdown and a new life in Switzerland. Today, more than seventy-five years after Annes death, the diary is at the centre of a multi-million-pound industry, with competing foundations, cultural critics and former friends and relatives fighting for the right to control it.In this insightful and wide-ranging account, Karen Bartlett tells the full story of The Diary of Anne Frank, the highly controversial part it played in twentieth-century history, and its fundamental role in shaping our understanding of the Holocaust.At the same time, she sheds new light on the life and character of Otto Frank, the complex, driven and deeply human figure who lived in the shadows of the terrible events that robbed him of his family, while he painstakingly crafted and controlled his daughters story.

"A truly insightful tour dhorizon" Rt Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Health, 201218"Insightful and thought-provoking" Rt Hon. Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health, 201821"Brilliant" Sir Stephen Bubb, director of Charity Futures and the Oxford Institute of Charity"A tour de force" Niall Dickson CBE, former chief executive of The Kings Fund, the General Medical Council and the NHS Confederation***How good is the NHS, really?That is the question this book seeks to answer, as the health service emerges from the gravest crisis in its history with more money but greater challenges than ever before.During the pandemic, voters made extraordinary sacrifices to save the NHS from collapse. Thanks to these efforts and the dedication and bravery of the NHS workforce, hospitals were able to treat patients with coronavirus, but millions of others lost out. Now an exhausted and depleted NHS workforce faces a huge backlog. The gap between supply and demand for publicly funded healthcare has never been so wide.With record numbers waiting for treatment, the politicians answer has been to spend ever more taxpayers money. The question is whether throwing cash at the problem will work.Every day, millions of patients receive care that is fair, good or outstanding. In keeping with Nye Bevans founding principles, the same treatment is available to rich and poor, free at the point of need. Public support for the concept remains overwhelming. Yet for every positive NHS experience there are negatives: care that is substandard, disjointed and arrives too late. A cult of secrecy surrounds errors and failings. Politicians on all sides dissemble and lie.This book seeks to strip away the spin and uncover the true state of the NHS: the good, the bad and the ugly. It explores an increasingly urgent question: in an era of pandemics, can the NHS provide the quality of service patients deserve?

Chinas rise as a global superpower has completely reshaped the landscape of international politics. As the countrys authoritarian regime becomes increasingly assertive on the world stage, the United States grows ever more hostile to its Asian rival. Repressive moves by China in Xinjiang and Hong Kong, military activities in the South China Sea and Western measures against Chinese companies have only exacerbated tensions. While the great powers of East and West battle over hegemony, the world is being led inexorably towards a new Cold War.During his time as a Cabinet minister attending National Security Council meetings, Oliver Letwin realised that there was no agreement among Western politicians and academics on how to conduct a peaceful long-term relationship with China. China vs America traces the contours of history, both ancient and modern, to explain how China has emerged as a challenger to American power in the twenty-first century and why this has created such uneasiness in the West.In this robust and controversial assessment, Letwin argues that the international rules-based order is completely ill-equipped to foster a positive relationship between China and the United States and that the global community must act now to correct the collision course these two behemoths are currently on before its too late.

Revered by some as the Arab Garibaldi, maligned by others as an intriguer and opportunist, Fawzi al-Qawuqji manned the ramparts of Arab history for four decades. As a young officer in the Ottoman Army, he fought the British in World War I and won an Iron Cross. In the 1920s, he mastered the art of insurgency and helped lead a massive uprising against the French authorities in Syria. A decade later, he reappeared in Palestine, where he helped direct the Arab Revolt of 1936. When an effort to overthrow the British rulers of Iraq failed, he moved to Germany, where he spent much of World War II battling his fellow exile, the Mufti of Jerusalem, who had accused him of being a British spy. In 1947, Qawuqji made a daring escape from Allied-occupied Berlin, and sought once again to shape his regions history. In his most famous role, he would command the Arab Liberation Army in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. In this well-crafted, definitive biography, Laila Parsons tells Qawuqjis dramatic story and sets it in the full context of his turbulent times. Following Israels decisive victory, Qawuqji was widely faulted as a poor leader with possibly dubious motives.The Commander shows us that the truth was more complex: although he doubtless made some strategic mistakes, he never gave up fighting for Arab independence and unity, even as those ideals were undermined by powers inside and outside the Arab world. In Qawuqjis life story we find the origins of todays turmoil in the Arab Middle East.