Collection: Language Learning Fiction

"Art Nouveau developed a new, international style in architecture and handicrafts from the 1880s onward, which sought to replace the forms of historicism with plant ornamentation and functional construction. This comprehensive reform of the arts produced rich floral ornaments in Paris and Brussel...

Un viaggio sul lussuoso Orient Express si trasforma in tragedia quando un passeggero viene trovato morto. Bloccato dalla neve, Hercule Poirot deve districare una rete di alibi e segreti per scoprire l’assassino tra i viaggiatori.

Who are bravest, the Belgian tribes or the Gauls? And who can destroy more fortified Roman camps? When the content ends in a draw, and Julius Caesar is asked to adjudicate, he goes into action against both the Gauls and Belgians. They unite against him, inventing fish and chips along the way. But...

Asterix and Obelix, warriors of the last village in Gaul still free after the Roman invasion, set out on a mission to deliver a barrel of their druid's famous magic potion to help Asterix's cousin in Britain fight off the invading Roman army.

Vendettas, fierce family pride, resistance fighters dodging the enemy in the maquis - we're in Corsica in 50 BC. Asterix and Obelix help Chief Boney was a warrior wayayix to foil the evil designs of Praetor Perfidius and oppose Julius Caesar's army. For the only emperor the proud Coriscans will e...

Ordered by Cleopatra to build a palace in Alexandria within three months as part of a bet with Caesar, an architect enlists the help of Asterix, Obelix and Getafix.

In Rome, the geographer Cartographus informs Julius Caesar of the reported existence of the griffin, a beast that is half-eagle and half-lion with horse's ears, located in Sarmatian territory in the remote eastern lands of Barbaricum. The Romans have captured a Sarmatian Amazon woman, Kalashnikov...

Obelix is in love - but the beautiful Panacea is engaged to Tragicomix, conscript in the Roman army. Who'd have expected to see Asterix in a legionary's uniform - When he and Obelix join up to rescue Tragicomix from North Africa, Centurions Nefarius Purpus and Dubius Status don't know what's hit ...

The novel tells the story of Denise Baudu, a 20-year-old woman from Valognes who comes to Paris with her younger brothers and begins working as a saleswoman at the department store "Au Bonheur des Dames". Zola describes the inner workings of the store from the employees' perspective, including th...