Collection: Language Learning Fiction

This book is a perfect springboard for discussion prior to hosting or participating in an exchange. A resource book with teaching suggestions and worksheets is available -- Publisher website.

It is a story set in the future, in an Italy futuristic and sci-fi, devastated by natural disasters and wars, in which you fight modern Roman centurions and Venetian Crusaders. By combining appealing design and engaging and the story, the reader can read the stories with pleasure and effortlessly.

This is the story of a relationship that defies the codes of love. Or how, after a conflict with her publisher, a woman who lives on literature falls in love with a paparazzi eager for adventures and images.

Zwei Bauern leben als gute Nachbarn in einem Dorf, bis sie in Streit geraten und innerhalb weniger Jahre alles Geld und die Bauernhöfe verlieren. Trotz der großen Feindschaft zwischen den Familien verlieben sich ihre Kinder Sali und Vrenchen ineinander. Die beiden jungen Leute wissen, dass ihre L...

The story begins when a female bard named Bravura is being hired by the women of the village, who think that Cacofonix is giving their children a poor education. Upon hearing this, Cacofonix secludes himself in the forest nearby. When Bravura arrives, the women are stunned by her singing and the ...

'Rose rosse per il commissario' you will be involved in a case exciting, stimulating your desire to read and learn more about the Italian language. Numerous activities will allow you to assess your understanding of spoken and written, to go over the basics of grammar, enrich your vocabulary and t...

Un mito italiano, la Ferrari, storica automobile famosa in tutto il mondo. E una misteriosa e bellissima straniera dai capelli rossi. Chi è questa donna? Che cosa cerca? Perché vuole sapere tutto sulla mitica "rossa"? Una storia avvincente, a 300 km all'ora!.

In this strange, elegant novel, winner of France's premier literary prize, Patrick Modiano portrays a man in pursuit of the identity he lost in the murky days of the Paris Occupation, the black hole of French memory. For ten years Guy Roland has lived without a past. His current life and name wer...

A reader for students of Russian containing twelve short stories by celebrated Russian authors including Alexander Pushkin, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Anton Chekhov; a Russian-English vocabulary; and study questions.

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...