Collana Primiracconti

Easy readers for foreigners (A1-C2)

The series is addressed to young adult and adult students, who wish either to develop their reading skills or to discover the pleasure of reading in Italian.

Each fully-coloured volume is available with or without an Audio-CD, and consists of:

• Before Reading Activities
• An original and immersive story to read (alone or in a group)
• Brief notes explaining lesser known words and expressions
• Designs to facilitate comprehension and make reading more enjoyable
• Activities related to reading comprehension and consolidation of vocabulary
• Audio-CD including professional multi-voice reading
• Keys to all activities

The series Primiracconti includes:

• Dieci racconti*– Beginners/Elementary (A1/A2)
• Traffico in centro – Beginners/Elementary (A1/A2)
• Mistero in via dei tulipani – Beginners/Elementary (A1/A2)
• Un giorno diverso – Elementary/Pre-Intermediate (A2/B1)
• Il manoscritto di Giotto – Elementary/Pre-Intermediate (A2/B1)
• Lo straniero – Elementary/Pre-Intermediate (A2/B1)
• Undici racconti* Pre-Intermediate/Intermediate (B1/B2)
• L’eredità – Pre-Intermediate/Intermediate (B1/B2)
• Ritorno alle origini – Pre-Intermediate/Intermediate (B1/B2)
• Il sosia – Advanced (C1/C2)

* without an Audio-CD

Dieci Racconti

M. Dominici

Short stories inspired by dialogues in the Nuovo Progetto italiano 1. Each story presents vocabulary, grammar and communication elements in a lucid, original and addictive manner. Students are often invited to provide their own ending to the story or to re-invent the plot.

Version with Audio-CD not available.

To learn more, browse the index, the introduction and several pages of the book.

Traffico in centro (+ Audio-CD)

M. Dominici

In a warm September morning, George (a university Law student) and Mario (a known lawyer) have a chance encounter during a car crash at an intersection in the center of Milan. George sees in Mario the man who he aspires to be when he ‘grows up’. Mario sees in George himself when he was a cheerful and carefree boy, now a distant memory. Can a car accident become the occasion of a new friendship?

To learn more, click here to browse the index, the introduction, some pages of the volume and a track of the Audio CD.

Mistero in Via dei Tulipani (+ Audio-CD)

C. Medaglia

Mr. Cassi, the tenant on the second floor in the apartment block on Via dei Tulipani, has been murdered. Two sixteen-years-olds, Giacomo and Simona, decide to set out in search of the assassin. Their investigations will lead them not only to the murderer, but also to love.

To learn more, click here to browse the index, the introduction, some pages of the volume and a track of the Audio CD.

Un giorno diverso (+ Audio-CD)

M. Dominici

Peter is an ordinary employee, who one day decides he wants to change his life completely. So, he decides to resign and to enjoy the day eating breakfast at a bar, walking around Rome, and going shopping. It is in a clothes store that he meets Cynthia…

To learn more, click here to browse the index, the introduction, some pages of the volume and a track of the Audio CD.

Il manoscritto di Giotto (+ Audio-CD)

F. Oddo

Who stole the manuscript? The young protagonists’lives are shaken by the theft of a priceless work, a treatise on painting which also reveals a secret about the great artist Giotto. Could the thief be among them? This is what the police seems to think. The case will be solved thanks to both the friendship between the young protagonists and the detailed investigation of Inspector Paola Giorgi.

To learn more, click here to browse the index, the introduction, some pages of the volume and a track of the Audio CD.

Lo straniero (+ Audio-CD)

M. Dominici

An alien lands on planet Earth, in Italy. The friendly extraterrestrial creature can assume any human form while he can also learn Italian in a matter of seconds; but he’ll find it more difficult to learn the customs of his new environment. In fact, before getting a clear idea about Italians, he’ll have to go through a series of amusing cultural and social misunderstandings. For knowing the language is not enough to communicate and understand each other…

To learn more, browse the index, the introduction, some pages of the volume the activities and an audio track.

Undici Racconti

M. Dominici

Short stories inspired by dialogues in the Nuovo Progetto italiano 2. Each story presents vocabulary, grammar and communication elements in a lucid, original and addictive manner. Many of these stories are, so to speak, ‘interactive’, meaning that they involve students directly inviting them to participate in the unfolding of the story.

Version with Audio-CD not available.

L’eredità (+ Audio-CD)

L. Brisi

Laurence, who works as head receptionist at a luxury hotel in Switzerland, inherits a house in Piedmont. She decides to move there and turn the farmstead into a bed & breakfast. Her father’s friends and relatives do everything they can to help her with the project, but a terrible discovery makes her decide to give everything up and go back to Switzerland, when…

To learn more, browse the index, the introduction, some pages of the volume, the activitiesand an audio track.

Ritorno alle origini (+ Audio-CD)

V. Mapelli

A successful young man decides to leave Manhattan and go to Italy in order to satisfy his curiosity: who is the man he saw in that photo in the newspaper who looks so much like him? His attempt to solve the mystery will turn out to be a journey in the past, one that will help him to learn more about himself and to build a peaceful future.

To learn more, browse the index, the introduction, some pages of the volume, the activitiesand an audio track.

Il sosia (+ Audio-CD)

M. Dominici

An immersive story full of twists and turns, telling the story of Onofrio Maneggioni, a well-known businessperson who was kidnapped in front of his villa. At least that is what the Media says and what everyone thinks. In reality, however, behind his kidnapping hides his own past that came back to settle some unfinished business.

To learn more, browse the index, the introduction, some pages of the volume, the activitiesand an audio track.