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1. Amici nemici
- Author: Bianca Maria Brivio
- Level: A2
- Chapters: 10
- Exercises: At the end of each chapter
- Answer Keys: On the Publisher’s website
The Story: Eight former classmates meet, nine years after graduation, in a hotel on Lake Como. After an evening spent together remembering the old days, everyone retreats to their room but during the night an episode turns their lives upside down. A thriller in which nothing is missing, not even the return of a love from the past …
2. Il mistero dei dipinti rubati
- Author: Bianca Maria Brivio
- Level: A2
- Chapters: 8
- Exercises: At the end of each chapter
- Answer Keys: On the Publisher’s website
The Story: Someone stole three paintings from the homes of Tommaso and his beautiful neighbor Margherita. The boys don’t understand: who can have an interest in those horrible paintings? A long investigation begins that will lead them to discover, step by step, the truth that lies behind this apparently absurd theft.
3. Delitto all’Opera
- Author: Bianca Maria Brivio
- Level: B2
- Chapters: 8
- Exercises: At the end of each chapter
- Answer Keys: On the Publisher’s website
The Story: An exciting detective story set in Milan starring the prima ballerina of the La Scala theater, the beautiful Sveva. Accused of killing another dancer, she runs away from the police and seeks help from one of her fans: Gabriele. He will not only help her, but will also investigate her on behalf of her and find that …
4. il primo morto
- Author: Valerio Vial, Tiziana Stillo
- Level: A1
- Chapters: 12
- Stories: 3
- Exercises: Within each chapter
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book
The Story: In the Hotel Centrale on Lake Garda, everything seems the same at first: the visitors have a leisurely breakfast on the sunny terrace and enjoy the view of the lake. But suddenly there is a terrible death scream. On the beach in Calabria a great accident happens: Despite desperate cries for help, a man can only be pulled ashore dead. But did he really drown? The attractive American Doreen is murdered at the University of Perugia. At first everything points to a jealousy drama. But why is the American secret service there?
5. L’Ottimismo è il profumo della vita
- Author: Maria Angela Cernigliaro
- Level: Elementary
- Chapters: 16
- Exercises: At the end of the book
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book
The Story: After a bad night at the club, Alice decides to put an end to her love affair with David. Why? will she be happy to forget? how? will she succeed? The story will end with the discovery of a great secret. which? You can ask Alice, Be Optimistic! She will answer you.
6. XR45
- Author: Renata Carloni
- Level: Elementary
- Chapters: 28
- Exercises: At the end of the book.
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book.
The Story: At home! Umbrasia, wizard-scientist, Baldisso, interstellar pilot, EricCarl, Artificial Intelligence, Charon, intelligent spaceship, are returning home. With them they bring life forms that they have taken from planets in other galaxies. One of these forms is very interesting because perhaps it can help humans find the solution to their reproduction problems. It is forbidden to carry out experiments on the spaceship. So, who is experimenting with the life form? Who is using the XR45 chromosome to start reproduction? What about the moon? What does the moon have to do with it?
7. Il ritrovamento della cupola
- Author: Renata Carloni
- Level: Elementary
- Chapters: 16
- Exercises: At the end of the book.
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book.
The story: How will two young friends, two freshmen, become famous journalists in Bologna? How will they manage without a home, without money, with only the ambition of one and the joy of the other? It’s simple, they will have to discover the other side of the city, the night side. What happens at night in Bologna? Where does Aunt Lucia disappear, what are Marco’s strange turns? And the mysterious destroyer of some posters in the city? Are you really hiding a terrible threat behind your colorful messages, as Giampi, Inspector Mollicino’s assistant, claims?
8. La Collana longobarda
- Author: Maria Grazia Di Bernardo.
- Level: A2
- Chapters: 10
- Exercises: After each Chapter.
- Answer Keys: On the publisher’s website.
The Story: How can a peaceful stay in Italy turn into a real adventure? This is what happens to Anna, a German student who has gone to Bergamo to improve her Italian. One day in her room, she discovers the diary of Louise, a previous tenant. As she flicks through, he discovers one page that she finds deeply disturbing… curious Anna begins to investigate and sets about to solve the mystery with the help of a friend.
9. Il viaggio di Laurent
- Author: Norma Romanelli, S. Deon, S. Pistoleri
- Level: B1
- Chapters: 7
- Exercises: After each Chapter.
- Answer Keys: On the publisher’s website.
The Story: In search of his origins, Laurent sets off on a journey which starts in Paris and, passing through Florence, Rome and Positano, leads him through some of the most beautiful cities in Italy. This experience and his encounter with Luigi, a distant relative, means that Laurent finds a deep-rooted link with his family, but also with the typically Italian colours, flavours and smells.
10. Veleno a colazione
- Author: Tiziana Merani
- Level: B1
- Chapters: 6
- Exercises: After each Chapter.
- Answer Keys: On the publisher’s website.
The Story: In Genoa, the death by poisoning of a Milanese doctor upsets the peaceful atmosphere of the guest house, ‘Quarto dei Mille’, where Dr. Capri spent the last night of his life. There isn’t enough evidence to think that it was suicide and the story has many mysterious aspects to it: why did someone who lived in Milan make an appointment with a lawyer in another city? And why did a rich man stay in a modest guest house and not in a 5-star hotel? Try to discover, with little Anna, the motives behind this mysterious death?
11. Il segreto del vecchio Olmo
- Author: Daniela Folco
- Level: B1
- Chapters: 10
- Exercises: After each Chapter.
- Answer Keys: On the publisher’s website (Not Available).
The Story: Andrea’s return from Australia and the wedding of his niece Paola are celebrated in a town on Lake Maggiore. However, the allergy of the moment is destined to turn into anguish. an inexplicable murder is about to happen right during the wedding dinner .. A brilliant marshal of the carabinieri is faced with a complicated case, the solution of which is guarded by the old Olmo.
12. Il mistero di Veronica
- Author: Cinzia Medaglia
- Level: B1
- Chapters: 9
- Exercises: After each Chapter.
- Answer Keys: On the publisher’s website.
The Story: Veronica and Massimo love each other, even though they are very different: she is a businesswoman, he an artist. But when Massimo asks her to marry him, Veronica leaves him. Massimo doesn’t give up and investigates the mysterious past of the young girl. A passionate story veiled in mystery, which leads the reader through northern Italy, from the metropolis of Milan to the Ligurian Riviera.
13. Tango
- Author: Mauro Dei Rossi
- Level: B1
- Chapters: 11
- Exercises: After each Chapter.
- Answer Keys: On the publisher’s website.
The Story: Some important works of art disappear from a private collection. The owner suspects his wife and he contacts Ettore Bonetti to resolve the case. The young and fascinating detective has to follow the woman to a seaside resort near Venice so as to discover whether she is really responsible for the theft. During the ‘mission’, the likable detective has interesting meetings and faces fun, strange, and dangerous situations.
14. Libertà
- Author: Achim Seiffarth, Cinzia Medaglia
- Level: B1
- Chapters: 11
- Exercises: After each Chapter.
- Answer Keys: On the publisher’s website.
The Story: Fabrizio is a successful man; he is a director in a big company, with a beautiful wife, adorable children, and a very close friend, Bruno, who is equally lucky and has a good career, and with whom Fabrizio shares fun days and wonderful memories. But one day Bruno’s unexpected disappearance breaks the spell of Fabrizio’s happy existence. Did Bruno really commit suicide, as the police sustain? Some really surprising discoveries, mean that Fabrizio has to admit that he really doesn’t know his best friend at all.
15. Storia d’amore
- Author: Achim Seiffarth, Cinzia Medaglia
- Level: B1
- Chapters: 7
- Exercises: After each Chapter.
- Answer Keys: On the publisher’s website.
The Story: From Valentina’s diary: a timeless love story. A rich girl, who is a bit of a snob, and a young and fascinating boy, who comes from a humble family, meet, get to know each other and fall in love. Everything is perfect apart from those annoying social differences… A small detail, certainly, but one which causes the end of their relationship. However, some things are not so easily forgotten and, after seven years, Valentina finds herself having to choose again between love and money….
16. La casa sulla scogliera
- Author: Cinzia Medaglia
- Level: B1
- Chapters: 8
- Exercises: After each Chapter.
- Answer Keys: On the publisher’s website.
The Story: A mystery is hidden in the great house overlooking the cliffs. In the village there are rumors that the house is haunted: at night you can hear cries and weeping, and from far away you see the lights come on suddenly at night. There are even stories that the owner is a witch. In the house that everyone fears lives Valeria – beautiful and intelligent but condemned to a life of loneliness and solitude. Valeria knows the truth, but will she be able to change the minds of the villagers?
17. Il mito di Proserpina
- Author: Tiziana Merani
- Level: A2
- Chapters: 11
- Exercises: After each Chapter.
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The Story: Cercere, the goddess of the messengers, is tormented by a recurring dream that her daughter, Proserpina disappears.Very soon the goddess discovers that it is a premonition; Proserpina is in fact kidnapped by the god of hell, who takes her with him to the afterlife. Giving over to the anger and pain, the goddess interrupts his good work on earth: the fields dry up, the seed no longer sprout and a terrible famine starts… The text is accompanied by some dossiers on the characters and places mentioned in the myth as well as a series of comprehension exercises.
18. Volevo i pantaloni
- Author: Lara Cardella
- Level: A2-B1
- Words: 1200
- Chapters: One chapter in 90 pages.
- Exercises: At the end of the book
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The Story: This is the story of a girl who lives in a town in Sicily. Annetta doesn’t dream of Prince Charming like her classmates, but she dreams of putting on her pants. She has in fact understood that whoever wears pants is free to do what she wants. But the pants are worn by men and Annetta decides to become a boy, But she soon realizes that it is not possible.
In the village they say that women who wear pants are whores, so Annetta decides to become a whore, but she must first learn from Angelina, her schoolmate, who has lived in the North for many years and is very free.
19. Vino e pane
- Author: Ignazio Silone
- Level: A2-B1
- Words: 1200
- Chapters: 13
- Exercises: At the end of each chapter
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The story: Pietro Spina, a young intellectual persecuted by the fascist regime, returns to Italy clandestinely and reaches his homeland which is, naturally, the same as Ignazio Silone: the Abruzzi. From the first pages the reader can realize the climate of unease, suspicion and resignation established by the regime. The story of Pietro Spina concerns above all the meetings he will have with the inhabitants of his region and his attempt to make them active in the fight against fascism.
20. Otto giorni con Montalbano
- Author: Andrea Camilleri
- Level: B1-B2
- Words: 1800
- Chapters: 8
- Exercises: At the end of the book
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The Story: “Can you be cops by birth, have the instinct of hunting in your blood and at the same time cultivate good, sometimes overwhelmed refined readings? Except Montalbano was” taken from the book (A month with Montelbano), which take place in the small imaginary town of Vagàta, in the heart of Sicily.
Commissioner Montelbano has to face a world full of violence, crimes of love, interest, the mafia, in search of a possible justice, which he does with great intelligence and logic but also with a great charge of humor and humanity. In addition to his beloved land of Sicily, the inspector has three great passions: good food, good wine and reading.
21. Novelle da Don Camillo e il suo gregge
- Author: Giovanni Guareschi
- Level: A2-B1
- Words: 1200
- Chapters: 7
- Exercises: After each chapter
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The Story: Giovanni Guareschi is the author of a series of lucky novels about Don Camillo in which, with easy and immediate humor, he expresses the situation of political and ideological opposition of the immediate post-war period in Italy. Thanks to his events, sometimes conical, sometimes pathetic, Don Camillo and comrade Peppone have gained fame and sympathy in the world. On them and the crowd of characteristic characters that surround them have been made numerous films of great success.
22. Marcovaldo
- Author: Italo Calvino
- Level: A2-B1
- Words: 1200
- Chapters: 8
- Exercises: After each chapter
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The Story: Marcovaldo is a very modest worker always without money. He has a wife and children and a lot of worries and therefore has to continually think up something in order to keep the large family going. All his stunts, however, end in a tragicomic way. The short stories are set in an anonymous industrial city full of traffic and pollution where Marcovaldo, naive and imaginative, is always looking for contact with nature. even in an industrial city, it is possible to trace some manifestations, if only in the succession of the seasons, underlined by the sequence of short stories, which take their cue from spring, summer, autumn, winter, and then again spring, summer, autumn, winter.
23. I giovedí della signora Giulia
- Author: Piero Chiara
- Level: A2-B1
- Words: 1200
- Chapters: 9
- Exercises: After each chapter
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The Story: In a Lombard city, the wife of a well-known lawyer disappears without leaving a trace of herself. For years she had been going to Milan every Thursday to visit her daughter in boarding school. How, where, and why did Signora Giulia disappear? Did she have a mistress in Milan? The police are groping in the dark. For three years, Mrs. Giulia is sought throughout Italy. Mysterious letters disappear and are found at the right moment, the box with Mrs. Giulia’s jewels disappears and is found: is it a diabolical trap to make an innocent person fall?
24. Mio marito; L’atra famiglia
- Author: Dacia Maraini
- Level: A2-B1
- Words: 600
- Chapters: 2 Stories
- Exercises: After each chapter
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The Story: These two stories by Dacia Maraini highlight the problems of the female condition. In the first story, (My Husband). the life of a woman living in the shadow of a man is described with a strong caricatural accent. It is the wife who says her admiration for this man by telling of the facts that bring to light the ugly critter, cruelty, and cynicism. She never rebels, accepts, and justifies everything. The second story, (The other family), has as the protagonist an independent and modern woman who lives a double life: in fact, she has two families. Although life unfolds in a completely different way in each of the families, it is always her di lei, the wife, who takes responsibility, works, and takes care of the children.
25. Gli imbianchini non hanno ricordi.
- Author: Dario Fo
- Level: A2-B1
- Words: 600
- Chapters: 0ne Chapter of 44 page.
- Exercises: At the end of the story
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The Story: The act of Dario Fo is a farce for two clowns made up of lively and very comical beats. The two come as painters in the house of a lady who has transformed her husband into a mannequin. The house has become a pleasure house where love is paid for in cash. Guided by reasons of earnings, the two clowns mange to wake up the husband by chance and slowly become masters of the situation.
26. L’edera
- Author: Grazia Deledda
- Level: B1-B2
- Words: 1800
- Chapters: 11
- Exercises: After each chapter
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The Story: Annesa is devoted to her family, the Decherchi, which is at the edge of financial collapse. Their fate depends on a distant uncle – now in ill health and close to death – and on the inheritance of his estate. Annesa, exacerbated by his refusal to help Don Paulu – her troubled nephew and secret love – commits a crime that she lives to regret…
27. La boutique del mistero
- Author: Dino Buzzati
- Level: B1-B2
- Words: 1800
- Chapters: 22
- Exercises: After each story
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The story: These five stories are taken from the collection «The Mystery Boutique». The events and environments described seem more Nordic than Italian and arouse feelings of disturbance and bewilderment, inspiring us to reflect on human existence. An existence that can be threatened by mice that invade the house and become its masters, as in the story “The Mice”, or by an incurable disease, as in the story “The Seven Floors”, or by war as in “The Song of war”. «The cloak» describes a mother’s tender love for her son and her infinite sadness at seeing him disappear forever. The last story, “The dog who saw God”, is the ironic and funny description of life in a small village where everyone knows each other and watches over each other.
28. La ragazza di Bube
- Author: Carlo Cassola
- Level: B1-B2
- Words: 1800
- Chapters: 15
- Exercises: After each chapter
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The story: The story is set in Valdelsa shortly after the Liberation and has two young people as its protagonists, Mara and Bube. Mara Castellucci is a sixteen-year-old girl who lives in Monteguidi together with her father, a militant communist, her mother and a brother, Vinicio. Here she meets Arturo Cappellini, known as Bube. The young man, friend and companion of Sante, Mara’s half-brother who died during the Resistance, had gone to his friend’s town to meet the family and in this way the first meeting with Mara takes place. A liking is immediately born between the two and Mara, flattered by the boy’s interest, begins exchanging letters with him.
29. Andreuccio da Perugia
- Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
- Level: A1-A2
- Words: 600
- Chapters: 3
- Exercises: After each chapter
- Answer Keys: (Not Available)
The story: Andreuccio is a young horse merchant. One fine day he goes to Naples to buy horses with a bag full of money. However, his wealth is tempting to many and Andreuccio’s naivety is put to the test. Andreuccio encounters all kinds of trouble: he meets a sister he has never seen, loses all of her clothes, ends up in the tomb of an archbishop and much more: however, he manages to save himself from his misadventures by taking away the best loot.
30. Nuovi casi per la commissaria
- Author: Saro Marretta
- Level: A2
- Words: 1500
- Chapters: 10
- Exercises: At the end of the book
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book
The Story: A new collection of detective mini-series starring Commissioner Sara Corelli and her assistant Pippo Caraffa.
31. Modelle, pistole e mozzarelle
- Author: Alessandro De Giuli, Ciro Massimo Naddeo.
- Level: A2
- Words: 1500
- Chapters: 12 chapters divided into 2 parts
- Exercises: At the end of the book
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book
The Story: Milan: the city of fashion and big business. One October morning blonde woman storms into the office of private detective Antonio Esposito… “I’m looking for my daughter. She’s American, and she’s a model.” A crime story full of surprises, beautiful women, weird politicians, and of course… good food!
You can download the mp3 audio file or listen to it online here by entering the first 2 words of chapter 2.
32. Dolce vita
- Author: Alessandro De Giuli, Ciro Massimo Naddeo.
- Level: B1-B2
- Words: 2500
- Chapters: 17
- Exercises: At the end of the book
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book
The story: In the 60’s Rome was the capital of world cinema. This book tells the sweet and intriguing story of a girl and her young friend involved in a mysterious adventure in the world of movie stars.
You can download the mp3 audio file or listen to it online here by entering the first 3 words of chapter 3.
33. Amore e cappuccino
- Author: Valeria Blasi
- Level: A1
- Words: 500
- Chapters: 14
- Exercises: At the end of the book
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book
The story is about Karen, who is finally in Rome, the city where “you cannot be sad.” In the eternal city, Karen meets Claudio and his yellow FIAT 500. But the Italian boy is hiding something. Who is Claudio? An adventure among the beauties and mysteries of Rome … and a cappuccino with heart!
You can download the mp3 audio file or listen to it online here by entering the first 3 words of chapter 2.
34. Roma 2050d.c.
- Author: Carlo Gustalla / Ciro Massimo Naddeo
- Level: A2
- Chapters: 6
- Exercises: At the end of the comic book
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book
The Story: It is a story set in the future, in a futuristic and science-fiction Italy, devastated by natural disasters and wars, in which modern Roman centurions and Venetian crusaders are fought. In this apocalyptic scenario, the love story unfolds between the two protagonists, Bruno and Anna, who live a thousand adventures in a crescendo of passion and surprises.
35. Il Signor Rigoni
- Author: Giovanni Ducci
- Level: A1
- Words: 500
- Chapters: 11
- Exercises: At the end of the book
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book
The Story: Mr. Rigoni sees the world in stripes. His life is full of problems, and his love story ends too. But one day, Rigoni’s life changes completely …
36. Pasta Per Due.
- Author: Giovanni Ducci
- Level: A1
- Words: 500
- Chapters: 16
- Exercises: At the end of the book
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book
The Story: What happens when you are in a foreign country and do not understand the language too well? Lots of misunderstandings, of course! Just like what happens to Minni, a young Asian woman, when she gets to Italy for the first time. An original and fun story that can be read like a short novel: helps you think about the most characteristic and peculiar idioms and expressions of Italian.
37. Il mondo di Giulietta
- Author: Cinzia Medaglia.
- Level: A2-B1
- Chapters: 20
- Exercises: At the end of the book
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book
The Story: One Sunday morning at the Porta Portese market in Rome: everything seems normally quiet. but the small painting bought almost by chance hides a secret. Silvia, a curious journalist, with the help of a friend who is a restorer, the try to discover the secret but, things get complicated ..
38. Primavera a roma
- Author: Nicoletta Santoni
- Level: A2-B1
- Chapters: 9
- Exercises: At the end of the book
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book
The Story: The “Miba Investigazioni” needs an advertising campaign. Matteo, a friend of Barbara Martini advises her to contact an acquaintance of him, Carlo de Agostini, the charming owner of “Pubbliart”, an agency in Rome.
But .. it’s Spring! And sometimes he makes some strange jokes ..
39. Il mistero del quadro di porta portese
- Author: Raffaella Nencini.
- Level: B1-B2
- Chapters: 10
- Exercises: At the end of the book
- Answer Keys: At the end of the book
The Story: One Sunday morning at the Porta Portese market in Rome: everything seems normally quiet. but the small painting bought almost by chance hides a secret. Silvia, a curious journalist, with the help of a friend who is a restorer, the try to discover the secret but, things get complicated ..
40. Il segreto di Julia
- Author: Cinzia Medaglia.
- Level: B1-B2
- Chapters: –
The Story: Julia’s Secret is a passionate sentimental thriller, which takes place entirely in Bellagio on the idyllic Lake Como. Here the beautiful and tormented Julia, who fled Germany after a dramatic event, will find herself involved in a murder and torn between two men: the wise and balanced Daniele (who is the second narrator of the book) and the mysterious and fascinating René.