Language Crimes

Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to ""speed-read"" people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls, and look for deceptive behaviors. You'll also learn how your body language can influence what your...

Improve your French while solving intriguing short mysteries. These detective stories have been specially designed for language learners using the parallel text method. First you will hear the narrative in fluid, authentic French, then the complete English translation, and after that you will hear the French a second time with greater comprehension. This structure allows for continuous study without needing to constantly pause and consult a dictionary.

Rome. Corruption. A body in the lake. Learn Italian through a gritty crime mystery. Forget textbook dialogues about ordering coffee. Step into the dark side of the Eternal City and take your Italian to the next level. THE STORY A young girl is found dead on the shores of Lake Bracciano. At first glance it looks like a tragic overdose. But Commissario Giulio Morelli knows something doesn't add up. As the investigation unfolds, Morelli is dragged from the polished offices of a powerful modeling agency into the shadowy rooms of political influence, where secrets are currency and silence is ...

People think being a mortuary technician is a seriously weird job. They can't understand why I choose to cut up dead bodies for a living. But they don't know what I know: The dead want to tell us what happened to them. I've eviscerated thousands of bodies, but never someone I know before-someone who meant a lot to me; someone I loved.

When you can’t hear…death comes silently. Scotland Yard detective Valerie Crowther is assigned to investigate the murder of a student at a university for the Deaf in London, England. The murder investigation coincides with a deadly flu virus outbreak, resulting in the university being quarantined from the outside world. When more Deaf students are murdered, it becomes clear there is a serial killer operating within the sealed-off university. A chilling cat-and-mouse game evolves as the unknown killer targets Valerie and the virus claims more lives. A stunning, claustrophobic, “...

Learn Italian the way your brain loves: with a story you can't put down. Antoine says he is a French consultant on holiday in Salerno. His black notebook tells a different story. On the beach he meets Margherita, a girl trapped in a golden cage: a powerful father, an imposed engagement, a mother who died in circumstances never explained. As they grow closer, a black Mercedes watches from a distance... This is a real romantic thriller written especially for Italian learners at level B1-B2 (intermediate). No simplified "textbook stories": a true novel with short sentences, controlled grammar ...

Master intermediate Italian naturally with Learn Italian with 5 Romantic Thrillers: The Complete Italian Secrets Bundle. Are you tired of dry grammar textbooks or Italian novels that are too difficult to follow? This comprehensive collection bridges the gap by combining real, gripping fiction with structured pedagogical tools. Designed specifically for B1-B2 language learners, this bundle features five standalone mystery-romance novels set in iconic Italian cities, allowing you to build vocabulary and fluency without feeling overwhelmed. Why this Italian Graded Reader Bundle is recommended ...

An utterly original and compulsively readable detective story about a woman who uses her uncanny ability to analyze words and speech patterns to help solve crimes. Tattooed, pierced, and a bit of a mess, Maggie Moore is a surprising genius when it comes to words, a savant able to solve any...

He has lost his rank, his family and his name. All he has left is his daughter — and someone has just taken her. Rome, January. After the case that brought down a Prime Minister, Commissario Giulio Morelli is suspended, alone, and quietly finished. Then a general of the secret services walks into his flat without knocking and offers him one last road: a demotion to the port of Livorno. There, a sealed container hides the gold reserve of a secret lodge, and three factions are ready to kill for it. When the phone rings and a distorted voice speaks his daughter's name, Morelli stops being a ...

Every criminal organization has its own language. Learn it, and hidden patterns become visible. From the code of omertà to the rituals of the Yakuza, from Albanian clan traditions to the terminology of Russian thieves, criminal organizations communicate through words that carry meanings invisible to outsiders. Mafia Inc. is not a traditional dictionary. It is a practical field manual designed for investigators, criminologists, journalists, intelligence analysts, students, and anyone interested in understanding the operational language of organized crime. Inside you'll discover: • 57 ...

Learning Spanish shouldn't feel like homework. Learn Spanish with Fictional Crime Stories is a bilingual audiobook that teaches through immersion — each short story is narrated first in Spanish by a native speaker, then in English, then in Spanish again. By the time you hear the final version, the language has had a chance to settle. You weren't studying; you were listening to a story. The twelve stories in this collection are genuinely engaging — a detective who knows the murderer but can't prove it, a theft that turns out to be something stranger, a witness whose account keeps changing.

Improve your Italian vocabulary and absorb real grammar naturally while solving a thrilling murder mystery set in Rome! When a cold case resurfaces in the historic streets of Trastevere, American journalist Arthur Finch starts asking the questions nobody wants to hear. To find the truth, he will need his instinct, his notebook — and the help of Rome's most feared prosecutor. Specially written for A2-B1 (Pre-Intermediate) language students, this graded reader combines the suspense of a classic detective story with a complete, structured learning framework. Designed for maximum ...

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language learners. Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time and in any language. Now Collins has adapted her famous detective novels for English language learners. These carefully abridged versions are shorter...

This evocative and gripping investigative look into romantic relationships between incarcerated people and their spouses on the outside “is impossible to put down” (The Globe and Mail, Toronto). What is it like to fall in love with someone in prison? Over the course of five years, Elizabeth...

At dawn, the Colosseum is the most beautiful place in the world. But this morning, in an area closed “for restoration,” a man lies on the ground: Davide Ricci, tour guide, thirty-two years old. A workplace accident, they say immediately. But Davide was not supposed to be there. And above all: why does a tour guide enter a construction site at night? Arthur Finch knew Davide: he was the best guide in Rome, and a month earlier he had told him a strange sentence: “Arthur, the walls of the Colosseum talk. The problem is what they say about money.” Meanwhile, someone has decided to stop ...

This limited-edition, leatherbound volume is signed by the author--a must-have for true golf fanatics everywhere. Originally published in 1972, Michael Murphy's Golf in the Kingdom has become one of the bestselling golf books of all time and has been hailed as "a golf classic if any exists in...

This volume contains ten original and interesting short stories that have been written with the Advanced Level English Language Learner in mind. The meanings of more difficult vocabulary are supplied and there is a brief comprehension exercise at the end of each story. All suggested answers are given at the end of the book. Read, enjoy and improve!

Arthur Finch has stayed in Rome. After the Trastevere case, the American journalist is almost famous: his article "The Port of Fogs" made noise around half the world. But the calm does not last. Bruno Castelli, an elderly art restorer, is found dead in his workshop behind the Vatican walls. An accident, says the first report. But only one painting is missing from the workshop: a small "school" Madonna, a "minor" painting. Why does a thief enter a workshop full of treasures and take exactly that one? Prosecutor Luisa Corna has the file on her desk. Arthur has his uncomfortable questions. The...

One murder. Infinite guilt. A psychological breakdown so intense you’ll need a nap. What's a Sweary Classic? The complete original story—same plot, same characters, same emotional devastation—just translated into modern, hilarious, sweary language that doesn't require a literature degree to understand. Think: all the Russian existential dread, zero translation fatigue. Rodion Raskolnikov is a broke, hangry law student living in a closet-sized apartment in St. Petersburg, and he has a Theory. His theory is that "extraordinary" men are allowed to do whatever they want—including murder...

In this incisive blend of personal narrative and philosophical inquiry, journalist and activist Barrett Holmes Pitner seeks a new way to talk about racism in America. Can new language reshape our understanding of the past and expand the possibilities of the future? The Crime Without a Name...