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Learn French: Discover French Culture & Traditions

Bonus: Travel to France Cheat Sheet

by Innovative Language Learning, FrenchPod101.com ...

Narrated by FrenchPod101.com ...

Unabridged

3 hours

Want to learn and speak French?Fact: One of the BEST ways to start speaking French is to learn more words!The more you know, the more you speak, right? But if you want to impress natives and sound like a native, you'll need French words that are not taught in textbooks. You'll need to learn about the details of French culture as well. And you get just that with Learn French: Discover French ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Want to learn and speak French?Fact: One of the BEST ways to start speaking French is to learn more words!The more you know, the more you speak, right? But if you want to impress natives and sound like a native, you'll need French words that are not taught in textbooks. You'll need to learn about the details of French culture as well. And you get just that with Learn French: Discover French
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Miracolo a Natale (Christmas Special) - Engaging Short Stories in Italian for Beginner and Intermediate Level

Improve Your Reading and Listening Skills, Grow Your Vocabulary and Learn Italian with Ease (I segreti di Miriam Collection)

by Rebecca Romano ...

Narrated by Elisabetta Trevisano ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Miriam Collection
Unabridged

12 min

Are you stuck with your progress in learning Italian? Do you find reading material in Italian too complicated, unexciting or too long?Learning a new language should feel fun and rewarding. If you are a young or adult learner from beginner to intermediate level, looking to keep your motivation high and learn in an entertaining way, Miracolo a Natale (special Christmas edition and part of I segreti ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Are you stuck with your progress in learning Italian? Do you find reading material in Italian too complicated, unexciting or too long?Learning a new language should feel fun and rewarding. If you are a young or adult learner from beginner to intermediate level, looking to keep your motivation high and learn in an entertaining way, Miracolo a Natale (special Christmas edition and part of I segreti
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The Sixty Year Dream

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 1

by John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

53 min

Zhou Xuefa (Rip Van Winkle) is well loved by everyone in his town, everyone except his nagging wife. With his faithful dog Blackie, Zhou Xuefa spends his time playing with kids, helping neighbors, and discussing politics in the teahouse. One day after a bad scolding from his wife, he goes for a walk into the mountains and meets a mysterious old man who appears to be from an ancient time. The man ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Zhou Xuefa (Rip Van Winkle) is well loved by everyone in his town, everyone except his nagging wife. With his faithful dog Blackie, Zhou Xuefa spends his time playing with kids, helping neighbors, and discussing politics in the teahouse. One day after a bad scolding from his wife, he goes for a walk into the mountains and meets a mysterious old man who appears to be from an ancient time. The man
... Read more
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The Elements of Style - Unabridged

by William Strunk Jr. ...

Narrated by Darren Stephens, Sara Nichols ...

Unabridged

1 hour 59 min

William Strunk, Jr., a professor of English literature at Cornell University, penned "The Elements of Style" in 1918 as a guide for his students in the proper use of grammar and composition. The book served as an invaluable resource for writers for decades and was revised in 1959 by author E.B. White. (The resulting manuscript, with White's revisions, would become an even bigger sensation, selling ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

William Strunk, Jr., a professor of English literature at Cornell University, penned "The Elements of Style" in 1918 as a guide for his students in the proper use of grammar and composition. The book served as an invaluable resource for writers for decades and was revised in 1959 by author E.B. White. (The resulting manuscript, with White's revisions, would become an even bigger sensation, selling
... Read more
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I segreti di Miriam - Short Stories in Italian for Beginner and Intermediate Level

Improve Your Listening and Reading Skills, Grow Your Vocabulary and Learn with ease

by Rebecca Romano ...

Narrated by Valentina Genovese, Walter Stewart ...

Unabridged

2 hours 19 min

Are you stuck with your progress in learning Italian? Do you find reading material in Italian too complicated, unexciting or too long?Learning a new language should feel fun and rewarding. If you are a young or adult learner from beginner to intermediate level, looking to keep your motivation high and learn in an entertaining way, I segreti di Miriam is for you!This collection of captivating short ... Read more

$10.50 USD

Are you stuck with your progress in learning Italian? Do you find reading material in Italian too complicated, unexciting or too long?Learning a new language should feel fun and rewarding. If you are a young or adult learner from beginner to intermediate level, looking to keep your motivation high and learn in an entertaining way, I segreti di Miriam is for you!This collection of captivating short
... Read more
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She Comes First

The Grammer of Oral Sex

by Ian Kerner ...

Narrated by Ian Kerner ...

Series series Kerner
Abridged

4 hours 35 min

"She Comes First is quite simply the best guide to oral sex out there." —AskMen.comThe essential guidebook to oral sex, She Comes First offers a radical new philosophy for pleasuring womenAs women everywhere will attest, men are "ill-cliterate." But in the pages of She Comes First, the mystery of female satisfaction is solved, and the tongue is proven mightier than the sword. According to Ian ... Read more

$19.99 USD

"She Comes First is quite simply the best guide to oral sex out there." —AskMen.comThe essential guidebook to oral sex, She Comes First offers a radical new philosophy for pleasuring womenAs women everywhere will attest, men are "ill-cliterate." But in the pages of She Comes First, the mystery of female satisfaction is solved, and the tongue is proven mightier than the sword. According to Ian
... Read more
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In Search of Hua Ma

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Breakthrough Level

by John Pasden, Jared Turner ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series series Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

35 min

As a young boy is walking through the mountains in search of a gift for his mother’s birthday, he comes across an ancient house. An old lady beckons him inside and asks him to find “Hua Ma”. As he leaves, he finds himself inexplicably transported to the distant island of Hainan while the old lady and the house have disappeared. Unsure of who or what Hua Ma is, he sets out on a quest to find him, ... Read more

$2.99 USD

As a young boy is walking through the mountains in search of a gift for his mother’s birthday, he comes across an ancient house. An old lady beckons him inside and asks him to find “Hua Ma”. As he leaves, he finds himself inexplicably transported to the distant island of Hainan while the old lady and the house have disappeared. Unsure of who or what Hua Ma is, he sets out on a quest to find him,
... Read more
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Just Friends?

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Breakthrough Level

by Jared Turner, John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series series Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

32 min

Dapeng and Wendong are best friends attending the same college. When the beautiful Zixin arrives on campus, they soon discover they both share an interest in her. To preserve their friendship, they make a promise not to pursue her. However, when Wendong sees Zixin going for a ride in Dapeng’s car, the truce dissolves into a battle between the two friends trying to gain the affection of Zixin. Whom ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Dapeng and Wendong are best friends attending the same college. When the beautiful Zixin arrives on campus, they soon discover they both share an interest in her. To preserve their friendship, they make a promise not to pursue her. However, when Wendong sees Zixin going for a ride in Dapeng’s car, the truce dissolves into a battle between the two friends trying to gain the affection of Zixin. Whom
... Read more
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Journey to the Center of the Earth

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 2

by John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

59 min

Join Professor Luo and his niece Xiaojing in their daring quest down the mouth of a volcano to reach the center of the earth. Guided by a mysterious passage on an ancient parchment and accompanied by their faithful guide Lao Xu, the three explorers encounter subterranean phenomena, prehistoric animals, and vast underground seas. A Journey to the Center of the Earth is one of Jules Verne’s best ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Join Professor Luo and his niece Xiaojing in their daring quest down the mouth of a volcano to reach the center of the earth. Guided by a mysterious passage on an ancient parchment and accompanied by their faithful guide Lao Xu, the three explorers encounter subterranean phenomena, prehistoric animals, and vast underground seas. A Journey to the Center of the Earth is one of Jules Verne’s best
... Read more
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Make It Stick

The Science of Successful Learning

by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel ...

Narrated by Qarie Marshall ...

Unabridged

8 hours 34 min

To most of us, learning something 'the hard way' implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and ... Read more

$24.99 USD

To most of us, learning something 'the hard way' implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and
... Read more
Audiobook

Great Expectations: Part 1

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 2

by John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

1 hour 30 min

Great Expectations is hailed as Charles Dickens' masterpiece. A gripping tale of love and loss, aspiration and moral redemption, the story follows the young orphan Xiaomao (Pip) from poverty to a life of unexpected opportunity and wealth.In Part 1, Xiaomao (Pip) is raised by his short-tempered older sister and her husband who run a small repair shop in the outskirts of Shanghai. Xiaomao dreams of ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Great Expectations is hailed as Charles Dickens' masterpiece. A gripping tale of love and loss, aspiration and moral redemption, the story follows the young orphan Xiaomao (Pip) from poverty to a life of unexpected opportunity and wealth.In Part 1, Xiaomao (Pip) is raised by his short-tempered older sister and her husband who run a small repair shop in the outskirts of Shanghai. Xiaomao dreams of
... Read more
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The Freedom Writers Diary

How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them

by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers ...

Narrated by Dominic Hoffman, Bahni Turpin, Cassandra Campbell ...

Unabridged

9 hours 34 min

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic story of an incredible group of students and the teacher who inspired them, featuring updates on the students’ lives, new journal entries, and an introduction by Erin GruwellNow a public television documentary, Freedom Writers: Stories from the HeartIn 1994, an idealistic first-year teacher in Long Beach, California, ... Read more

$24.99 USD

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic story of an incredible group of students and the teacher who inspired them, featuring updates on the students’ lives, new journal entries, and an introduction by Erin GruwellNow a public television documentary, Freedom Writers: Stories from the HeartIn 1994, an idealistic first-year teacher in Long Beach, California,
... Read more
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The Misadventures of Zhou Haisheng

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Breakthrough Level

by John Pasden, Jared Turner ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series series Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

33 min

Zhou Haisheng is a fun-loving and determined young boy whose life revolves around school and his family’s Chinese restaurant. Always well-intentioned, he finds ways to help out his hard-working parents with the family business. Whether it's inventing his own noodle recipe, delivering the wrong order to a customer, or resorting to extremes when a competing noodle shop opens across the street, Zhou ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Zhou Haisheng is a fun-loving and determined young boy whose life revolves around school and his family’s Chinese restaurant. Always well-intentioned, he finds ways to help out his hard-working parents with the family business. Whether it's inventing his own noodle recipe, delivering the wrong order to a customer, or resorting to extremes when a competing noodle shop opens across the street, Zhou
... Read more
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My Teacher is a Martian

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Breakthrough Level

by Jared Turner, John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series series Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

39 min

Two students are fascinated by outer space, but when their new teacher seems to know more about Mars than anyone could possibly know, they start to suspect that something is unusual. As they encounter inexplicable events, they become convinced their teacher is actually from Mars. How can they prove it and who will believe them? They may be the only ones who can discover the truth!Mandarin ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Two students are fascinated by outer space, but when their new teacher seems to know more about Mars than anyone could possibly know, they start to suspect that something is unusual. As they encounter inexplicable events, they become convinced their teacher is actually from Mars. How can they prove it and who will believe them? They may be the only ones who can discover the truth!Mandarin
... Read more
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Xiao Ming, Boy Sherlock

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Breakthrough Level

by John Pasden, Jared Turner ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series series Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

35 min

Even at a young age, Xiao Ming (boy Sherlock Holmes) has a reputation among his peers for his keen powers of observation. His budding skills are put to the test when he is tasked with finding a thief at school. However mysteries always seem to find him when strange fires start out of seemingly nowhere and a classmate begins anonymously receiving flowers from a secret admirer. With the help of his ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Even at a young age, Xiao Ming (boy Sherlock Holmes) has a reputation among his peers for his keen powers of observation. His budding skills are put to the test when he is tasked with finding a thief at school. However mysteries always seem to find him when strange fires start out of seemingly nowhere and a classmate begins anonymously receiving flowers from a secret admirer. With the help of his
... Read more
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The Secret Garden

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 1

by John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

1 hour 23 min

Li Ye (Marry Lennox) grew up without the love and affection of her parents. After an epidemic leaves her an orphan, Li Ye is sent off to live with her reclusive uncle in his sprawling estate in Nanjing. She learns of a secret garden where no one has set food in ten years. Li Ye finds the garden and slowly discovers the secrets of the manor. With the help of new friends, she brings the garden back ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Li Ye (Marry Lennox) grew up without the love and affection of her parents. After an epidemic leaves her an orphan, Li Ye is sent off to live with her reclusive uncle in his sprawling estate in Nanjing. She learns of a secret garden where no one has set food in ten years. Li Ye finds the garden and slowly discovers the secrets of the manor. With the help of new friends, she brings the garden back
... Read more
Audiobook

Great Expectations: Part 2

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 2

by John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

1 hour 38 min

Great Expectations is hailed as Charles Dickens' masterpiece. A gripping tale of love and loss, aspiration and moral redemption, the story follows the young orphan Xiaomao (Pip) from poverty to a life of unexpected opportunity and wealth.In Part 2, Xiaomao (Pip) leaves his life of poverty behind to seek his fortunes in Shanghai and win the heart of the beautiful yet cold-hearted Bingbing (Estella) ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Great Expectations is hailed as Charles Dickens' masterpiece. A gripping tale of love and loss, aspiration and moral redemption, the story follows the young orphan Xiaomao (Pip) from poverty to a life of unexpected opportunity and wealth.In Part 2, Xiaomao (Pip) leaves his life of poverty behind to seek his fortunes in Shanghai and win the heart of the beautiful yet cold-hearted Bingbing (Estella)
... Read more
Audiobook

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Curly-Haired Company

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 1

by John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

59 min

Mr. Xie was recently hired by the Curly Haired Company. For a significant weekly allowance, he was required to sit in an office and copy articles from a book, while in the meantime his assistant looked after his shop. He had answered an advertisement in the paper and although hundreds of people applied, he was the only one selected because of his very curly hair. When the company unexpectedly ... Read more

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Mr. Xie was recently hired by the Curly Haired Company. For a significant weekly allowance, he was required to sit in an office and copy articles from a book, while in the meantime his assistant looked after his shop. He had answered an advertisement in the paper and although hundreds of people applied, he was the only one selected because of his very curly hair. When the company unexpectedly
... Read more
Audiobook

Emma

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 1

by John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

1 hour 15 min

Clever, rich, and single, the beautiful Ān Mò (Emma Woodhouse) is focused on her career as fashion designer in the glamor of 21st-century Shanghai. She sees no need for romance in her life, but when she tries to find a boyfriend for her new friend Fangfang (Harriet), her carefully laid plans being to unravel. As she ignores the warnings of her good friend Shi Wenzheng (Mr. Knightley), her ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Clever, rich, and single, the beautiful Ān Mò (Emma Woodhouse) is focused on her career as fashion designer in the glamor of 21st-century Shanghai. She sees no need for romance in her life, but when she tries to find a boyfriend for her new friend Fangfang (Harriet), her carefully laid plans being to unravel. As she ignores the warnings of her good friend Shi Wenzheng (Mr. Knightley), her
... Read more
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The Country of the Blind

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 1

by H.G. Wells, John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

1 hour 16 min

“In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king” repeats in Chen Fangyuan’s mind after he finds himself trapped in a valley holding a community of people for whom a disease eliminated their vision many generations before and no longer have a concept of sight. Chen Fangyuan quickly finds that these people have developed their other senses to compensate for their lack of sight. His insistence ... Read more

$2.99 USD

“In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king” repeats in Chen Fangyuan’s mind after he finds himself trapped in a valley holding a community of people for whom a disease eliminated their vision many generations before and no longer have a concept of sight. Chen Fangyuan quickly finds that these people have developed their other senses to compensate for their lack of sight. His insistence
... Read more
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The Monkey's Paw

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 1

by John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

58 min

Mr. and Mrs. Zhang live with their grown son Guisheng who works at a factory. One day an old friend of Mr. Zhang comes to visit the family after having spent years traveling in the mysterious hills of China’s Yunnan Province. He tells the Zhang family of a monkey’s paw that has magical powers to grant three wishes to the holder. Against his better judgment, he reluctantly gives the monkey paw to ... Read more

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Mr. and Mrs. Zhang live with their grown son Guisheng who works at a factory. One day an old friend of Mr. Zhang comes to visit the family after having spent years traveling in the mysterious hills of China’s Yunnan Province. He tells the Zhang family of a monkey’s paw that has magical powers to grant three wishes to the holder. Against his better judgment, he reluctantly gives the monkey paw to
... Read more
Audiobook

The Ransom of Red Chief

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 1

by John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

1 hour 6 min

Trying to make some fast cash, two small-time crooks devise a plan to kidnap the son of a wealthy family in a village and hold him for ransom. When the kidnapped boy pulls out his Hong Hou (“Red Monkey”) costume, the two burglars realize they may be in for more than they planned. As their ransom notes remain unanswered and their scheme starts to drag on, the two crooks find out for themselves how ... Read more

$2.99 USD

Trying to make some fast cash, two small-time crooks devise a plan to kidnap the son of a wealthy family in a village and hold him for ransom. When the kidnapped boy pulls out his Hong Hou (“Red Monkey”) costume, the two burglars realize they may be in for more than they planned. As their ransom notes remain unanswered and their scheme starts to drag on, the two crooks find out for themselves how
... Read more
Audiobook

The Prince and the Pauper

Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 1

by John Pasden ...

Narrated by Xiuye Zhang ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Mandarin Companion
Unabridged

1 hour 42 min

During a chance encounter, two nearly identical boys, one a poor beggar and the other a prince, decide to exchange places. The pauper, now living in the royal palace, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is while the Prince, dressed in rags, lives on the street enduring hardships he never thought possible. Both children soon discover that neither life ... Read more

$2.99 USD

During a chance encounter, two nearly identical boys, one a poor beggar and the other a prince, decide to exchange places. The pauper, now living in the royal palace, is constantly filled with the dread of being discovered for who and what he really is while the Prince, dressed in rags, lives on the street enduring hardships he never thought possible. Both children soon discover that neither life
... Read more
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Mathematics for Human Flourishing

by Francis Su, Christopher Jackson ...

Narrated by David Sadzin ...

Unabridged

6 hours 52 min

An inclusive vision of mathematics—its beauty, its humanity, and its power to build virtues that help us all flourishFor mathematician Francis Su, a society without mathematical affection is like a city without concerts, parks, or museums. To miss out on mathematics is to live without experiencing some of humanity's most beautiful ideas.In this profound book, written for a wide audience but ... Read more

$19.99 USD

An inclusive vision of mathematics—its beauty, its humanity, and its power to build virtues that help us all flourishFor mathematician Francis Su, a society without mathematical affection is like a city without concerts, parks, or museums. To miss out on mathematics is to live without experiencing some of humanity's most beautiful ideas.In this profound book, written for a wide audience but
... Read more

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