Collection: Language Learning Fiction

",,Gott kann es", sagt er. ,,Und ich, Viktor Frankenstein.. ich kann es auch. Was tot ist, erwecke ich zum Leben!" Nach jahrelangen Experimenten hat er es geschafft. Seine Kreatur steht vor ihm. ,,Du bist mein Vater", sagt das Monster. Und Viktor bekommt Angst.."--Back cover.

Frankfurt, Germany’s financial capital, is celebrating Carnival when a masked clown suddenly robs a bank. As the city reacts to the bizarre crime, the question lingers: was the chaos of Carnival what pushed this person to become a thief?

Collection of eight short stories representative of 20th century French writing.

Ten unusual stories by French literary masters from Voltaire to Camus: "Micromégas" by Voltaire; "The Atheist's Mass" by Balzac; "The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaler" by Flaubert; "Spleen of Paris" by Baudelaire; "Minuet" by de Maupassant; "The Guest" by Camus; and more. Accurate English tran...

Beautifully designed and illustrated easy reader complete with grammar and comprehension exercises. The text includes an introduction in accessible Spanish containing interesting facts that place the story into context as well as a glossary at the bottom of the page which explains difficult terms...

Luis Sepúlveda has captured readers’ hearts all around the world. His existence has been marked by a love of life, justice and art, becoming one of the most significant voices of Latin American literature. In this story we retrace some of the writer’s stages in life, from his youth to his exile, ...

Tina and her brother Leone live in Venice. Leone works at the Gallerie dell’Accademia and is thrilled because a famous Leonardo da Vinci painting, "Lady with an Ermine" has just arrived at the museum. Tina, however, is anxious: the seasonal acqua alta is rising, and she’s afraid of water. When th...

Dorothy Seymour, a successful scriptwriter in Hollywood, plans to marry Paul Brett, a representative for various film companies, as her third husband. One night as they are driving along at high speed, a young man rushes out in front of the car, and is injured. Paul is indignant when Dorothy brin...

Toni, 15, is really looking forward to the summer holidays. He would like to surf with his friends on the beach in Sankt Peter-Ording. And then this! Christina, his cousin from Munich, comes to Northern Germany. One evening a dangerous situation arises in the North Sea.

Cristina and her family decide to travel to Andalusia during their summer holidays in the year 2010. It is the year Spain won the FIFA World Cup for the first time, and they want to celebrate with the Spanish people. Their friend Teresa is also traveling to Spain in 2010. When Cristina and Leo ar...