Collection: Language Learning Fiction

The narrator traces the long story of his brother, Cosimo di Rondò, who lived in the second half of the eighteenth century in Ombrosa, in Liguria. Cosimo, to escape a punishment inflicted by his educators, decides to climb on a tree so that he never falls again. Cosimo is building an airplane wor...

Contains 20 stories, language support boxes, cultural insights, grammatical explanations, and English translations.

Georges Duroy, an ambitious former soldier with no money or prospects, rises rapidly in Parisian society by manipulating his charm, exploiting influential women, and navigating the world of journalism with ruthless opportunism. As he climbs from poverty to power, his success exposes the corruptio...

Students of both French and English will find here a resource for upgrading their language skills. Admirers of fine literature will enjoy the conciseness, strength and rigorous economy that characterize Maupassant's art.

"More than 60 contemporary texts to improve your understanding of written Italian; Featuring Italian-language writings from magazines, newspapers, books, the Internet, and more"--Cover.

Tian Tian Zhongwen is a carefully graded Chinese reader series for high-elementary Chinese language learners and above. Each title is a series of short stories and contains a CD/MP3, English Translation, Language Support boxes with vocabulary training, Q&A, Language Points and Cultural Tips. Clic...

When the old gypsy fortune-teller reads Captain Haddock's palm, she foresees trouble at Marlinspike Hall. Indeed, Tintin, Snowy and the Captain are scarcely home again before misfortune strikes. An accident, an unexpected visitor, an invasion by press and television, and then a robbery. Bianca Ca...

Story designed to teach German. Walter Angermeier is a painter and a friend of private detective Muller. He would like to be rich and become famous. But how ..?

"Breaking into Japanese Literature lets readers enjoy seven classic stories in the original Japanese. thanks to a unique 2-page layout featuring the Japanese text in large type, an easy-to-follow English translation, and a custom dictionary, newly revised for this edition. Also includes downloada...

Germany, 1939. After losing her brother, Liesel begins a new life with foster parents and discovers comfort in stealing and reading books. As the war worsens, she hides a Jewish man named Max in the basement, a secret that could cost them everything.