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.

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, “...

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.

An out-of-work actor accepts the role of a lifetime—sitting soundlessly in a lecture theater, zipped into a large leather bag—to aid a professor’s psychological experiment. What could possibly go wrong? In Luke Kennard’s audacious new novel, a penniless and out-of-work actor picks up a...

Master Italian Through Art: Educational Mystery B1-B2 Set in Florence Discover Florence's secrets while perfecting your Italian B1-B2. This mystery story combines Renaissance art with structured language learning - perfect for intermediate students ready for the next level. Complete Learning System: Original mystery story set in the Uffizi and Florentine streets Italian narrative specifically adapted for B1-B2 level Key vocabulary highlighted directly in the text Bilingual glossary Italian-English per chapter 5 targeted grammar exercises per chapter with complete solutions Creative writing ...

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.

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 ...

The has-been actor had been killed a hundred times. This time it's for real. A dead man on the beach. Golden Aztec effigies A safecracker with ethics. Trinity's heading for Mexico.

Rome. Corruption. A body in the lake. Learn Italian through a gritty crime mystery. Forget boring textbooks and artificial 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 Commissioner 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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

An unexpected windfall has given burned-out Chicago journalist Mark Manning the chance to reconnect with his boyhood roots. With the blessing of his lover, Neil, he leaves the Windy City to return to Dumont, Wisconsin, to take over the town paper. His long-awaited family reunion is cut short when his cousin Suzanne is bludgeoned to death just before Christmas dinner. Before she dies, she whispers something to Manning: The name of her son. Was she expressing a mother’s dying wish for the future welfare of her child? Or revealing the identity of her murderer?

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...

Wild Cards now in development for TV! Dead Man's Hand combines the writing talents of George R. R. Martin & John Jos. Miller Chrysalis, the glass-skinned queen of the Joker underworld, has been found brutally murdered in her popular restaurant, the Crystal Palace. Now two men are out to find...

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...