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The first serious biography of Francisco Solano López in English for decades, this richly researched book tells the dramatic story of Paraguay's most notorious ruler. Despite the heroic stature he gained after his death, López was a monumentally flawed leader who made the disastrous decisions in 1864 and 1865 to invade Paraguay's powerful neighbors, Brazil and Argentina, initiating the most devastating interstate conflict in South American history. Drawing on a trove of primary sources, James Schofield Saeger offers a critical analysis of López's personality and often-irrational persecution of enemies, adherents, and siblings. He traces López's preparation for high public office, work habits, control of his nation and army, propaganda, and execution. Concluding with an examination of López's posthumous rehabilitation, Saeger shows how the tyrant who ruined his nation became its most highly honored hero, crowning a campaign by revisionist publicists from 1870–1936, and a useful symbol for later authoritarians. Still largely unchallenged in Paraguay today, this glorification of a martial president is definitively put to rest in Saeger's meticulous study.

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Do you want to communicate confidently in English at work?Learn English with Tom Field, a project manager at Lowis Engineering. He attends meetings, gives short presentations, participates in video and phone conferences and writes emails for different business situations.In the Workplace English 2 self-study pack you can follow Tom's daily life at his office and learn the English you need for your everyday work.Watch or listen to Tom to learn the language of businessHave fun with practice activitiesUse the key phrases in your own work lifeUnits cover: Giving presentations, Assigning tasks, Teleconferencing, Video conferencing, Emailing, Conducting small talkTwelve videos featuring different business situationsAudio includes conversations and exercisesFull colour book with 24 units and reference section including: key words phrases for speaking and writing answer key audioscript grammar referenceCEF level: A2 (Pre-intermediate)

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Aurora Picardi manages The Grand Hotel Pelleas in Malta. The hotel is not perfect, but head office in San Francisco does not seem interested in giving Aurora any support - in fact somebody wants to close the hotel. We help Aurora in her everyday business tasks with colleagues and customers including emailing, telephoning, meetings, negotiating, report writing and presenting as she fights to survive in the corporate world. Double Dealing is an intermediate business English course book, set at B1 level in the Common European Framework for languages. Accompanying the Student's book, the Teacher's book contains: full language teaching notes and ideas for classroom use; extensive cross-cultural notes and reading suggestions; audio scripts and detailed answer keys. Student's Book includes Self-Study, Grammar reference and practice & Audio CDs; Gripping storyline to motivate students and stimulate learning; Flexible class units that can be used sequentially or according to need; Single volume student book with free audio CDs and self-study workbook; Full cross-cultural focus for each lesson; Designed for B1 level in the Common European Framework for languages; FREE multilingual glossary to accompany the Student's book at www summertown.co.uk

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