Collection: Language Learning Fiction

An incredible journey through Italian cities and places, which will forever change the lives of the two protagonists, Nadia and Roberto. Between love, adventure and.. science fiction.

La bella gitana Preciosa provoca la admiración de cuantos la ven bailar y decir la buenaventura por el Madrid de principios del siglo XVII. Un gallardo gentilhombre decide hacerse gitano y convivir con los gitanos para merecer su amor. Este libro de texto y su disco compacto son diseñados para el...

There is an unwritten law that says that "the duty of every prisoner is to escape." An obligation that forty-nine political prisoners of the Pinochet dictatorship fulfilled to the letter in 1990, drilling a tunnel of almost one hundred meters in the floor of the high-security prison in which they...

In the heat of a Greek island, a man hides to escape his pursuers. He talks about his extraordinary life and tries to unravel the skein of his destiny. Son of a modest furrier, he became the richest man in France. His name is Jacques Coeur.

Henri Dunant, Marie Curie, Georges Méliès, Alexandra David-Néel, Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Gabrielle Chanel, Lilian Thuram, Marjane Satrapi. Eight portraits of remarkable men and women from the Francophone world. The individuals that feature in this collection may have had very different starts in l...

These short stories cover a diverse range of styles and themes and offer fascinating insights into life and literature in France and French-speaking countries.

Over 130 poems by 23 poets, including Goethe, Schiller, Holderlin, Tieck, Heine, Mṟike, Storm, Nietzsche and many others. Excellent new literal English translations on facing pages, along with an informative introduction and concise evaluations of each poet. Unique opportunity to enjoy a rich sam...

"Ideal for students, this affordable anthology features expert new translations of a dozen works previously unavailable in English. The translations appear alongside the original German text of such stories as "Beauty and the Beast" by Irmtraud Morgner, Gabriele Wohmann's "Good Luck and Bad Luck,...

At the turn of the twentieth century, the city of Prague hosted a cosmopolitan culture whose literary scene abounded in experimental writers. Two of the city’s natives are featured in this dual-language volume: Franz Kafka, whose fiction is synonymous with the anguish of modern life; and the poet...

A fast-paced detective story for beginning German students. Private investigator Helmut Müller is at Lake Constance surrounded by beautiful scenery, great food, old friends, and stolen diamonds! Suitable for self-study, building vocabulary, and developing reading skills.