Collection: Language Learning Fiction

Intended for Vietnamese language students or heritage learners, the stories in this volume present the everyday vocabulary and grammar in use in Vietnam today. Forty folk stories have been edited and simplified for learning purposes and are presented in parallel Vietnamese and English versions to...

Professor Aronax, hans tjener Conseil og harpunkongen Ned Land ender, efter et forlis om bord på u-båden Nautilus, hos kaptajn Nemo. Det bliver starten på en spændende jordomsejling under havet, hvor mange mystiske og usandsynlige hændelser finder sted.

"Story of Violeta Del Valle, a woman whose life spans one hundred years and bears witness to the greatest upheavals of the twentieth century."--Various websites.

Do you like perched villages? Renaissance castles? Dizzying gorges? Do you like these famous and exceptional sites such as the Palace of Versailles, Giverny, Rocamadour or the Pont du Gard? But are you tired of crowded places and queues? Then this book is for you ! We offer 45 alternatives to the...

Bound for an Astronautical Congress in Australia. Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus accept a lift in the private jet of Laszlo Carreidas, the millionaire who never laughs. The plane is hi-jacked, and the millionaire and his guests are landed on a Pacific island. Their old enem...

An overview of the history, geography, government, economy, people, and culture of France.

Bis heute ist das Auto aus unserem Alltag nicht wegzudenken. Seine Erfolgsgeschichte begann 1886 in Mannheim mit dem Patent-Motorwagen von Carl Benz (1844-1929) Wer ist eigentlich ..? stellt den weltberühmten Erfinder vor, zeigt die spannende Entwicklungsgeschichte des Automobils und blickt in se...

Xinxin is a Chinese girl who lives in Italy. When the school year ends, she travels to Shanghai to spend the summer holidays with her paternal grandparents. Torn between two cultures, Xinxin discovers a world that she only partially understands. This graded reader provides a moving and memorable ...

"The life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the greatest musicians and composers of all time: his beginnings as a 'child prodigy', the long, exhausting journeys across Europe, his youth, his successes and failures until his premature death in extreme poverty. The episodes - both dramatic and com...

Woyzeck deals with the dehumanising effects of doctors and the military on a young man's life. It is often seen as 'working class' tragedy, though it can also be viewed as having another dimension, portraying the 'perennial tragedy of human jealousy'.