Alfonso Borello has written drama, thrillers, travel diaries, biographies, and essays on history, religion, philosophy, psychology, evolution, cosmos, revolutionaries, inventors, and numerous books on language learning in Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, and Thai.
Welcome to Italy! Learn Italian with 50 captioned photos.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a captioned one can tell you even more. This book features more than 1,500 Italian words with word-by-word translation, plus a review with grammatical notes for each lesson. There's also a bonus chapter with tips for accelerated learning.
A Short Biography of Pope John XXIII explores the remarkable legacy of one of the most influential figures in the history of the Catholic Church and global diplomacy.
Learn Italian and pick up vocabulary with words you won't forget with the easy reader E' Guerra by Alfonso Borello.
Improvvisamente é arrivata la prima prova di difesa per la libertà ed il prezzo da pagare sarà carissimo. Roosevelt presenta il suo caso al consiglio e l'America va' in guerra. Era l'anno 1941.
Vocabulary Builder: English/Tagalog - Unanswered - Enhanced Edition.
You are English-speaking, you're not fluent or simply just starting out and you wish to understand Tagalog.
You speak Tagalog, you do not speak English but you want to increase your English vocabulary.
The story is in English, and level One of this edition includes more than 300 Tagalog words.
When real life puts fiction to shame. Unedited, quirky, desperate, at times humorous. It all began with a page like. All names have been changed to respect privacy.
Please Note: This book is written in a colloquial non-conventional English in order to preserve the authenticity of the conversation.
My Little Book of Italian: A Guide to the Spoken Language
This edition includes a link to YouTube (mid section) where you can listen to the audio section while reading this book. Listen first without reading, listen again and then repeat each phrase out loud. Never try to memorize word by word; phrases are easier to remember.
Vocabulary Builder: English/Italian - Darwin - Enhanced Edition.
Who can benefit from this program?
You are English-speaking, you're not fluent or simply just starting out and you wish to understand Italian.
You speak Italian, you do not speak English but you want to increase your English vocabulary.
The story is in English; this edition includes more than 300 Italian words.
Vocabulary Builder: English/Tagalog - Signorina - Enhanced Edition.
Who can benefit from this program?
You are English-speaking, you're not fluent or simply just starting out and you wish to understand Tagalog.
You speak Tagalog, you do not speak English but you want to increase your English vocabulary. The story is in English.
Please note: This special edition comes with bonus audio read by the author. The link is at the end of the book; you must be online to be directed to the file on YouTube; the audiobook is unlisted.
Easy Reader for learners of Italian - Medium Level
Translated from the original story The First Party by Alfonso Borello.
Easy Reader for learners of Italian - Medium Level.
This is a collection of short stories also published as singles under the titles: GUEVARA, AFFARI DI FAMIGLIA, SULLA PELLE DEI POVERI.
A collection of short essays on Cosmology, Science and Evolution also published as singles under the titles: M-Could You Be on Another Dimension, War of the Currents, The Ducati Girl, Darwin, and the Pig of Nebraska.
Vocabulary Builder: English/Tagalog - Kamatayan Sa Lookout Mountain - Enhanced Edition.
Who can benefit from this program?
You are English-speaking, you're not fluent or simply just starting out and you wish to understand Tagalog.
You speak Tagalog, you do not speak English but you want to increase your English vocabulary. The story is in English.
Side by Side Edition - English/Italian
This is a side-by-side translation; it loses punch on the literary side for obvious reasons, but it will surely please the reader or student who wants to improve his/her Italian. There are times when the writer must lower his ego.
Accelerated Learning: English/Italian - Guevara - Enhanced Edition
Versione Ampliata per studenti d'Inglese in cerca di arricchire il proprio vocabolario.
Who can benefit from this program?
You are English-speaking, you're not fluent or simply just starting out and you wish to understand Italian.
The story is in English, and level One of this edition includes over 200 Italian words.
Few individuals have the affinity to make history without even trying. Some feel a sense of responsibility, some have a deep desire to make things better for the less fortunate, others have obscure motives. Leaders must study historical events, to make better decisions for the people they serve, and to avoid unwanted consequences; there's no reason to make the same mistakes twice.
Learn Italian and pick up new vocabulary with words you won't forger by reading: Easy Reader for learners of Italian - Medium Level.
This is a collection of short stories also published as singles under the titles: IL BANCHETTO, LA DIETA CHE UCCIDE, PERCHE' NOI.
Ernesto Guevara aka El Che: A Very Short Introduction
The Bolivian authorities wanted to cut his head off and send it to Cuba to verify his identity, or just to send a message; after an exhaustive debate, they amputated his hands at the wrist instead and shipped them in a very special container to La Paz, Bolivia.
Easy Reader for learners of Spanish - Beginner Level.
Si, esta historia no es leyenda, ha sucedido realmente.
El albinismo es una anomalía hereditaria que afecta aproximadamente a 25.000 albinos en Tanzania. Los albinos son víctimas de practicas ocultas y son asesinados de una manera particularmente brutal.
Cuento fácil en Español para principiantes.
Learn Tagalog aka Filipino and practice new words you won't forget with the Tagalog Vocabulary Builder: English/Tagalog/Filipino - Carmen Garcia - Enhanced Edition
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Easy Reader for learners of Italian - Beginner Level.
La storia che state per leggere é scritta con un vocabolario ridotto per facilitare la lettura agli studenti d'Italiano con una conoscenza media della lingua. E' comunque interessante e non del tutto noiosa per lettori a qualsiasi livello.
Easy Reader for learners of Italian - Beginner Level.
I fatti descritti in questa storia sono raccapriccianti. Purtroppo sono realmente accaduti. Non ci sono parole per esprimere sdegno e vergogna, solo disgusto.
La storia che state per leggere é scritta con un vocabolario ridotto per facilitarne la lettura agli studenti d'Italiano con una conoscenza media della lingua.
Easy Reader for learners of Italian - Medium Level
Translated from the original story The First Party by Alfonso Borello.
380 Avanti Cristo, alle porte di Atene. Il famoso banchetto era in onore di Agatone, per celebrare il successo della sua prima tragedia a Dionisia. Durante il cosidetto simposio, Socrate, Agatone e Aristofane insieme ad altri filosofi discutono le orgini dell'amore Platonico.
Easy Reader for learners of Italian - Medium Level
Translated from the original story The Ducati Girl - Family Affair
La ragazza con la Ducati fa una visita ad un vecchio amico e finisce per sedurre tutta la famiglia.
La storia che state per leggere é stata scritta con un vocabolario ridotto per facilitarne la lettura agli studenti d'Italiano con una conoscenza media della lingua.
The three short stories included in THE DUCATI GIRL COLLECTION are THE DUCATI GIRL – FAMILY AFFAIR, THE DUCATI GIRL, DARWIN AND THE PIG OF NEBRASKA, and THE DUCATI GIRL – TOXIC CONNECTION. Please read the long description for the synopsis.
Easy Reader for learners of Italian - Medium Level
Translated from the original story The Ducati Girl - Toxic Connection
For a more comprehensive study, consider reading the English Version: The Ducati Girl - Toxic Connection.
On September 20th, 1994 an Italian journalist and her camera operator were ambushed and assassinated during daylight in the streets of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. Just hours before she was shot with a bullet in the head, the young journalist made a phone call to her boss in Rome asking permission to stay an extra day on her assignment because she was about to uncover something sensational.
On November 8th, 1926 Antonio Gramsci, a newspaper editor, and elected member of the parliament for the Italian Communist Party was arrested by the Italian Fascist police despite his parliamentary immunity, and sent to the Special Tribunal for the Defense of the State where he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Eleven years later he died in a private clinic in Rome during probation
M Theory Simplified.
COULD YOUR DOUBLE live somewhere on another universe? Could you live a slightly different life at this very moment? Could another world truly exist?
Experts believe there are so many things out there; more than our eyes can see. Have you ever heard the term parallel universe? At least four types could dwell, and one is just around us.
And then came Homo Erectus―the upright monkey―and the Ducati Girl. The original theory on the evolution of man is still uncertain; evolutionists couldn't agree on the real face of all these homos, and after all this fuss, life seems to have started all of the sudden, out of nowhere; fossils are the testimonies, right? The Ducati Girl is skeptical and she wants answers. Can the truth be revealed?
HE TURNED NIGHT into day with the invention of alternating current which is still the standard today; he was the father of over one hundred patents, his genius was overshadowed by malefic individuals who called him a quintessential mad scientist; he was ripped off by Thomas Edison for fifty thousand dollars, and the FBI had a large dossier of him which later disappeared. In 1943 he was found dead.
How do you become a man of love, beyond religion, beyond culture, beyond nation?
A very short biography of Angelo Roncalli better known as the blessed Pope John XXIII who headed the Catholic Church from 1958 until his death in 1963.
This short story is in English and includes 240 Italian words right before the English equivalent and they are typed in 60 percent gray; there's no need to hover on the words, so that you can grasp the meaning right away. Please read more in the Author's notes inside the sample. Versione Ampliata per studenti d'Inglese in cerca di arricchire il proprio vocabolario.
Spanish Vocabulary Builder.
This short story is in English and includes 200 Spanish words right before the English equivalent and they are typed in 60 percent gray; there's no need to hover on the words, so that you can grasp the meaning right away. Please read more in the Author's notes inside the sample. Edición ampliada para estudiantes de Ingles.
An enigmatic bon vivant makes a surprise visit to an old teacher who is now rich and powerful, but feels terribly lonely inside his own family. The mood is chaotic and everyone has an identity problem. "You came, you seduced every single one of us, and you destroyed everything." Who is this woman and what is she up to?
This short story is in English and includes 200 Italian words right before the English equivalent and they are typed in 60 percent gray; there's no need to hover on the words, so that you can grasp the meaning right away. Please read more in the Author's notes inside the sample. Versione Ampliata per studenti d'Inglese in cerca di arricchire il proprio vocabolario.
A quorum of influential thinkers set stage for a memorable drinking party circa 380 B.C.
Between arguments and a garden variety of layers of wisdom the genesis of platonic love is revealed.
This short story is in English and includes 300 Chinese words right before the English equivalent and they are typed in 60 percent gray; there's no need to hover on the words, so that you can grasp the meaning right away. Please read more in the Author's notes inside the sample.
This short story is in English and includes 300 Italian words right before the English equivalent and they are typed in 60 percent gray; there's no need to hover on the words, so that you can grasp the meaning right away. Please read more in the Author's notes inside the sample.
Versione Ampliata per studenti d'Inglese in cerca di arricchire il proprio vocabolario.
It's not that men are bad, they're just plain stupid, according to the moto girl. Yes, the Ducati Girl is back, but if you're a sensitive man, you shouldn't be reading this. She's ruthless...
Easy reading book 5,000 words.
A weekend trip to Lookout Mountain seems the perfect place for proposing her with a $22,000 diamond ring. Unfortunately, something goes terribly wrong. And there's a witness.
Experience the dimensions of the most enigmatic characters in this mindscape of extreme storytelling. A computer geek makes people vanish. An English banker finances an elaborate operation of people decimation without weapons. A diarist tapes the weirdest people and make them real. A man obsessed with technology hires a tech genius to create the ultimate gadget―a phone wit
Fast English Learner Vol. 2 - Read English with confidence, pick up vocabulary and learn new words you won't forget by reading vol. 2 of the Fast English Learner Terror in Atlanta.
MOMS WERE NO longer carrying babies in their expensive strollers, they were hauling monsters. Fundamentalism was dead. Nebbia was the new science of people decimation without weapons.
Jenny rides a yellow Ducati. She meets a motorcycle pal with whom she sails to San Miguel in the Channel Islands. Before the arrival the man disappears.
Bonbon is the other side of Erotica, a spicy short story, an erotic essay of modern self-analysis without the dullness of ancient Greek philosophy where the author undresses everyone without an inch of regret―it gets straight to the point.
Easy Reader 3,000 Words
He had only one thing in his mind, take delivery of his brand new plane and fly to Taormina, in the isle of Sicily. At takeoff, he’s the pilot and the only passenger who wants the sky all for himself; he even befriends a few clouds. Leg after leg the plane fills up quickly.
Easy reading book.
A panhandler, an alcoholic mother, a lawyer behind the wheel of a bucket truck, a state trooper who despises women, a presidential candidate fond on social media, a coroner with a new set of scalpels, and a star maker with the latest technology. All in a mosaic, or better an orgy of life stories taped and narrated by the author himself.
Easy Reader Intermediate Level: 10,000 Words
…the only thing certain is the existence of a secret violence that makes everything uncertain.
LUCRETIUS
We dream a great deal; the tranquility of the night is probably the best time to enjoy life. What comes later is often concocted in the mind, which is at full steam 24/7. Can we dream pretty much anything with uncanny details?