A couple of weeks ago we did a half-price offer on four ebook titles we published in 2018, five years ago. It worked well, so today we’re repeating the exercise, but this time with five titles from innocent, pre-pandemic, 2019. Doesn’t that seem a long time ago??
Any of the following five ebooks will cost you just £3.99 until Sunday 19th February 2023. Be aware, the level of these is high, other than the first, which is intermediate. Check the free sample chapters before you buy!
Dante, gatto vagante (B1) 
Dante is a black and white cat who likes to roam his sestiere of Venice but proudly refuses to wear a collar. So when, one day, he fails to show up for his dinner, frantic owner Anna has no way to trace him. Where can he have got to?
- .pdf e-book (+ audio available free online)
- .mobi (Kindle-compatible) and .epub (other ebook readers) available on request at no extra charge – just add a note to the order form or email us
- 8 chapters to read and listen to
- Comprehension questions to check your understanding
- Italian/English glossary of ‘difficult’ terms for the level
- Suitable for students at any level
- Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
N.b. If you like this story, you may also enjoy Dante’s further adventure: ‘Dante, un’altra marachella‘.
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Il vulcano (C1/2) 
Il fenomeno delle migrazioni è un tema importate e complesso, che facilmente scalda gli animi.
Nel 2014 in Italia sono arrivati circa tredicimila minori stranieri non accompagnati: ragazzi e ragazze, o bambini e bambine, minorenni, senza la cittadinanza europea, senza la protezione e la tutela dei loro genitori.
Questi minori vengono affidati a famiglie che vogliano e possano prendersene cura o a istituti protetti dove, grazie al sempre più importante aiuto dei volontari, i ragazzi possono trovare qualcuno che li segua nel loro percorso di crescita e che li aiuti a ricucire le loro ferite.
Quella che state per leggere qui di seguito è una storia vera.
The moving story of how the author, a language teacher, is asked to help a child who has crossed the dangerous Mediterranean Sea on a rubber boat with other migrants, having lost his mother somewhere along the route from his home country.
Now a new challenge awaits the boy – he speaks not a word of the Italian yet must soon start school. And, gradually, build a life in this new land.
- .pdf e-book (+ audio available free online)
- .mobi (Kindle-compatible) and .epub (other ebook readers) available on request at no extra charge – just add a note to the order form or email us
- 8 chapters to read and listen to
- Comprehension questions to check your understanding
- Italian/English glossary of ‘difficult’ terms for the level
- Suitable for students at advanced level
- Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
Buy Il vulcano just £3.99 | FREE sample chapter (.pdf) | Read reviews! | Catalog
Il bar (B2/C1) 
Il signor Mario gira la chiave nella serratura e solleva la serranda del Bar Ateneo. Il locale si trova davanti all’Università Statale nel centro di Milano. Il proprietario del vecchio bar, puntuale come ogni mattina, apre la porta di legno scricchiolante, indossa il grembiule e si aggiusta gli occhiali da miope sul nasone aquilino. Poi si dirige svelto a infornare i cornetti e a preparare la macchina del caffè.
Quando ha finalmente le mani libere, Mario si avvicina al calendario per eliminare la pagina del mese appena trascorso: febbraio. Ha una breve esitazione e prende tempo massaggiandosi i corti ricci grigiastri che, nonostante i suoi cinquantotto anni, resistono sul capoccione a forma d’uovo. Un respiro profondo per farsi coraggio dicendo a se stesso:
“Anche quest’anno è arrivato il primo marzo. Stiamo a vedere che diavolo succede”.
- .pdf e-book (+ audio available free online)
- .mobi (Kindle-compatible) and .epub (other ebook readers) available on request at no extra charge – just add a note to the order form or email us
- 8 chapters to read and listen to
- Comprehension questions to check your understanding
- Italian/English glossary of ‘difficult’ terms for the level
- Suitable for students at upper-intermediate level or above
- Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
Buy Il bar just £3.99 | FREE sample chapter (.pdf) | Read reviews! | Catalog
Prometeo e la guerra dei titani (B2/C1) 
Un altro giovedì di gennaio al liceo classico Parini di Milano. E’ passato da poco mezzogiorno e alla quarta ora la 5C ha greco: la lezione sembra essere infinita…
But wait! What’s that the teacher’s saying?
“Sapete che secondo il mito greco nella notte dei tempi si combatte una terribile guerra tra immortali? L’obiettivo della guerra è il dominio dell’intero universo.”
- .pdf e-book (+ audio available free online)
- .mobi (Kindle-compatible) and .epub (other ebook readers) available on request at no extra charge – just add a note to the order form or email us
- 8 chapters to read and listen to
- Comprehension questions to check your understanding
- Italian/English glossary of ‘difficult’ terms for the level
- Suitable for students at upper-intermediate level or above
- Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
Buy Prometeo e la guerra dei titani just £3.99 | FREE sample chapter (.pdf) | Read reviews! | Catalog
Il mistero della quercia (B2/C1) 
Why does a village traffic accident, which resulted in no injuries besides some damage to a roadside oak tree, have everyone so worried?
Luisa, who’s spending a month with her grandparents, will keep asking questions until someone tells her what’s going on!
What is ‘Il mistero della quercia’?
- .pdf e-book (+ audio available free online)
- .mobi (Kindle-compatible) and .epub (other ebook readers) available on request at no extra charge – just add a note to the order form or email us
- 8 chapters to read and listen to
- Comprehension questions to check your understanding
- Italian/English glossary of ‘difficult’ terms for the level
- Suitable for students at upper-intermediate level or above
- Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
Buy Il mistero della quercia just £3.99 | FREE sample chapter (.pdf) | Read reviews! | Catalog
How do I access my ebooks?
When your order is ‘completed’ (normally immediately after your payment), download links will be automatically emailed to you. They’re valid for 7 days and 3 download attempts so please save a copy of the .pdf ebooks in a safe place. Other versions of the ebooks, where available, cannot be downloaded but will be emailed to people who request them. There’s a space to do that on the order form – where it says Additional information, Order notes (optional). If you forget, or if you have problems downloading the .pdfs, don’t worry! Email us at the address on the website and we’ll help. Also, why not check out our FAQ?
P.S.
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