Collection: Language Learning Fiction

"Qu'est-ce que tu dirais si j'avais tué quelqu'un? J'ai cru qu'elle plaisantait ou qu'elle m'avait posé cette question à cause des romans policiers qu'elle avait l'habitude de lire. C'éait d'illeurs sa seule lecture. Peut-être que dans l'n de ces romans une femme posait la même question à son fia...

After their mother’s death, brothers Próspero and Bonifacio escape their Aunt Esther and flee to Venice. There they are taken in by a small band of young thieves led by the mysterious Lord of Thieves, whose real name and past no one knows. Hired by the aunt, detective Victor Getz begins searching...

Between Figeac, in the Lot, Chanterelle or Aurillac, in the Cantal, and Paris, 'Histoire du fils' probes the heart of a family, its ordinary happiness and its deepest vertigo, those who dig galleries in lives, under silences.

A collection of short readers enriched by colour illustrations, notes on vocabulary and interspersed with a variety of comprehension activities and exercises. The accompanying audio material offers a reading of the entire story as well as some listening exercises, as detailed in the books. With d...

1931, Napoleon V reigns over a France that has remained stuck in the era of steam following the mysterious disappearances of the most brilliant scientists.

Set between the Norman countryside and Parisian society, the stories portray the lives of four women—Félicité, Mathilde, Madame Wilemsens, and Camille—who face personal struggles, sacrifice, ambition, motherhood, and disability. Through these memorable characters, the authors explore the conditio...

Novel on a little-known revolutionary named Alejandro Mayta-Avedaño.

"Zorbas, a "big, black and fat" cat from the port of Hamburg, keeps the promise he made to the seagull, Kengah before dying, to take care of her egg until the chick is born and then raise it and teach it to fly.

Three stories set in neighborhood “cuadras” of Cali, Medellín, and Cartagena show how these small urban blocks shape daily life in Colombia. Each tale highlights the social ties, routines, and shared spaces that make the cuadra a central part of community life.

In the great tradition of publishing famous children's books in Latin, professional classicist and lifelong Tolkien fan Mark Walker provides a deft translation of the entire book. His attention to detail, including the transformation of Tolkien's songs and verses into classical Latin metres, will...