Download or read book Learn German With Ghost Stories written by Brian Smith and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn German with Ghost Stories: German A1 Reader Journey through Germany's most haunted landscapes with Anna and Lukas, discovering secrets darker than stormy nights. From the enigmatic ruins of Palau to the legendary Fliegende Holländer, each tale in this reader captivates with suspense and the supernatural, offering a perfect setting for immersive language learning. Beginning with a tempestuous evening that leads our protagonists to the foreboding Schloss Schreckenstein, you'll be drawn into mysteries that intertwine with essential German vocabulary and linguistic structures. Each haunting tale, as engaging as it is educational, not only introduces the foundational elements of the German language but also enriches your cultural knowledge. The end of each chapter is punctuated with a curated vocabulary list, making words like 'dunkler' (dark) and 'Sturm' (storm) spring to life within the vivid narrative. Immerse yourself in this unique blend of ghostly tales and language lessons, ensuring an unforgettable learning experience. Whether embarking on your first linguistic adventure or looking to refresh your skills in an engaging way, "Learn German with Ghost Stories" promises a thrilling read. Dive in and let Germany's spectral tales enchant your learning journey! Learning German with A1 Stories and Glossaries Learning a new language can be daunting, but with the right resources, this process becomes not only more manageable but also enjoyable. One of the most effective methods to learn German is through A1-level stories complemented with glossaries. Here are some advantages of this approach: Contextual Learning: Reading stories allows you to witness words and phrases in a natural context. This not only makes comprehension easier but also aids in retaining the meaning and application of vocabulary. Motivation Boost: An engaging story can make the learning process fun and motivational. Instead of rote memorization of isolated words and phrases, you're following a plot, perhaps even eager to see its conclusion. Structured Learning: A glossary at the end of each story aids in quickly referencing important or challenging words. This allows the reader to maintain the flow of the story while expanding their vocabulary. Grammatical Progress: Reading stories inevitably exposes one to various aspects of German grammar. Instead of relying solely on dry grammar exercises, the story fosters an intuitive understanding of sentence structures and tenses. Self-paced Learning: With a story and glossary at hand, you can learn at your own pace, revisiting sections as needed, and taking the time to understand and internalize each segment of the narrative. By integrating A1 stories and glossaries into your German learning regimen, you can enjoy a holistic, contextual, and enjoyable learning experience.
Download or read book The Shame of Survival written by Ursula Mahlendorf and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While we now have a great number of testimonials to the horrors of the Holocaust from survivors of that dark episode of twentieth-century history, rare are the accounts of what growing up in Nazi Germany was like for people who were reared to think of Adolf Hitler as the savior of his country, and rarer still are accounts written from a female perspective. Ursula Mahlendorf, born to a middle-class family in 1929, at the start of the Great Depression, was the daughter of a man who was a member of the SS at the time of his early death in 1935. For a long while during her childhood she was a true believer in Nazism—and a leader in the Hitler Youth herself. This is her vivid and unflinchingly honest account of her indoctrination into Nazism and of her gradual awakening to all the damage that Nazism had done to her country. It reveals why Nazism initially appealed to people from her station in life and how Nazi ideology was inculcated into young people. The book recounts the increasing hardships of life under Nazism as the war progressed and the chaos and turmoil that followed Germany’s defeat. In the first part of this absorbing narrative, we see the young Ursula as she becomes an enthusiastic member of the Hitler Youth and then goes on to a Nazi teacher-training school at fifteen. In the second part, which traces her growing disillusionment with and anger at the Nazi leadership, we follow her story as she flees from the Russian army’s advance in the spring of 1945, works for a time in a hospital caring for the wounded, returns to Silesia when it is under Polish administration, and finally is evacuated to the West, where she begins a new life and pursues her dream of becoming a teacher. In a moving Epilogue, Mahlendorf discloses how she learned to accept and cope emotionally with the shame that haunted her from her childhood allegiance to Nazism and the self-doubts it generated.
Download or read book The German Ghost Story as Genre written by Muriel W. Stiffler and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of the Dead written by and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-14 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These six tales are culled from "Fantasmagoriana," the classic book of German ghost stories, said to have been what Mary Shelley, Byron, and her other companions were reading when Mary conceived and gave birth to the hideous "Frankenstein" during that haunted summer, so long ago. These six tales of terror and woe gave birth to ghastly horrors that night in Switzerland, for FEAR, just as much as love, is a universal language.
Download or read book Fantasmagoriana Tales of the Dead written by A.J. Day and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-09-27 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was on a 'dark and stormy night', during the summer of 1816 that an eccentic group of English literati gathered at the Villa Diodati. The atmosphere at the Villa was charged by the violent streaks of lightening that licked at the mountain tops and split a black sky. As the wind outside whipped up the surface of lake Leman into a cauldron of waves the occupants of the Villa; Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, Dr John Polidori, Percy Shelley and Claire Clairmont, whipped themselves into a gothic frenzy with recitals of haunting poetry and ghost stories. The stories that they read came from a book, originally written in German, that had recently been translated into French. The book that they read from was called Fantasmagoriana. Fantasmagoriana has a unique place in literary history. This is the first full translation of the stories that inspired Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Dr John Polidori's The Vampyre.
Download or read book 50 Short Spooky Stori s in German A Bilingual Journ y in English and German written by Auke de Haan and published by de Fryske Wrald. This book was released on 2023-08-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovеr thе thrill of thе unknown with "50 Short Spooky Storiеs: A Bilingual Journеy in English and German". Divе into a world of spеctral figurеs, ееriе phеnomеna, and chilling mystеriеs that straddlе thе boundary bеtwееn rеality and thе supеrnatural. This collеction is pеrfеct for horror fans, languagе еnthusiasts, and еvеryonе in bеtwееn. Each talе in this uniquе bilingual book is thoughtfully writtеn in English, with a German translation on thе facing pagе. This layout is pеrfеct for rеadеrs aiming to boost thеir languagе skills, as wеll as for thosе who lovе a good, hair-raising story. Thе storiеs rangе from hauntеd mansions and phantom-fillеd farms to cursеd objеcts and ominous prophеciеs. Each narrativе promisеs to chill you to your corе, lеaving you at thе еdgе of your sеat with suspеnsе and intriguе. Thеy'rе bitе-sizеd and concisе, making for a quick and intеnsе rеading еxpеriеncе. This bilingual collеction is a fantastic tool for languagе lеarnеrs sееking to еxpand thеir vocabulary and fluеncy in both English and German. It's also a grеat choicе for ghost story еnthusiasts hunting for thеir nеxt thrilling rеad. It blеnds languagе еducation and spooky еntеrtainmеnt sеamlеssly into onе gripping volumе. Turn thе pagеs if you darе and stеp into a world whеrе thе ordinary bеcomеs еxtraordinary, whеrе whispеrs in thе shadows comе alivе, and whеrе еvеry word carriеs a hint of thе uncanny. "50 Short Spooky Storiеs: A Bilingual Journеy in English and German" is surе to captivatе, frightеn, and еducatе. Don't miss out on this uniquе rеading advеnturе!
Download or read book German Short Stories for Beginners written by Touri Language Learning and published by Touri Language Learning. This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the most challenging thing about learning German? It's finding helpful and engaging reading material that you can actually understand… That is precisely what motivated us to write this book. How is a student supposed to learn when language instructors love providing materials that are tough expert-level literature with tons of grammar and rules? That style of book for new language learners can be overwhelming, and lead you to flip back and forth between a dictionary and your book… constantly! Not an effective use of your time nor the best way to learn. Is this how children learn their language skills? No. Enter German Stories for Beginners Vol. 1: You will find 10 easy-to-read, engaging, and fun stories that will help you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the German language. Improve your comprehension, grow your vocabulary and spark your imagination with these ten unconventional German short stories! All stories are written using vocabulary that you could easily use in your day-to-day conversations. The stories are written with beginner German learners in mind. With that said, it is highly recommended to have a basic understanding of German to achieve maximum enjoyment and effectiveness of the lessons. This program is excellent for those who want to get an introduction to the language or brush up on their German language skills. How to Read German Short Stories for Beginners: -Each story contains an important lesson in the German language involving an interesting and entertaining story with realistic dialogues and day-to-day situations. -A summary in German and in English of what you just read, both to review the lesson and for you to gauge your comprehension of what the tale was about. -At the end of those summaries, you'll be provided with a list of vocabulary found in the lesson, as well as phrases that you may not have understood the first time! -Finally, you'll be given clever comprehension questions in German, so you can prove that you learned something in the stories. Even if you have tried multiple times to learn German these short stories will give you the jumpstart you need to finally grasp the language! Act now and grab your copy of German Short Stories and start learning the fun way!
Download or read book True Irish Ghost Stories written by St John D. Seymour and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-23 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compilation of different ghost and supernatural phenomena retold to the authors of this book and collected by them in different parts of Ireland. Yet the authors of this book remain objective, so it doesn't have any additional literary tricks employed to make the read feel like fiction. Once the British Isles characterize by a huge number of ghost stories and ghost lore is one of local peculiarities, the accounts in the book are perceived and presented like real. For example, there is even a story about a legal case regarding a haunted house, where the court ruled that the damages of the house should be perceived as such that are caused by a ghost. A truly interesting read for anyone who fancies supernatural and blood-chilling stories.
Download or read book The Best Ghost Stories 1800 1849 written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by Bottletree Books LLC. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost stories became very popular in the first half of the 19th century and this collection by Andrew Barger contains the very scariest of them all. Some stories thought too horrific were published anonymously like "A Night in a Haunted House" and "The Deaf and Dumb Girl." The later story is collected for the first time in any anthology since its original publication in 1839. The other ghost stories in this fine collection are by famous authors. "The Mask of the Red Death," by Edgar Allan Poe; "A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family," by Joseph Sheridan le Fanu; "The Spectral Ship," by Wilhelm Hauff; "The Old Maid in the Winding Sheet," by Nathaniel Hawthorne; "The Adventure of the German Student," and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving; as well as "The Tapestried Chamber," by Sir Walter Scott. As he has done with a number of other books, Andrew Barger has added his scholarly touch to this collection by including story backgrounds, annotations, author photos and a foreword titled "All Ghosts Are Gray." Buy the book today and be ready to be scared reading the best ghost stories of the first half of the 19th century.
Download or read book True Irish Ghost Stories written by St. John D. Seymour and Harry L Neligan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 1969 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The German Ideology written by Karl Marx and published by Newcomb Livraria Press. This book was released on 1925-01-01 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new translation into American English of Marx's early manuscripts from 1845-46 published first under the title "Die Deutsche Ideologie". This edition includes a new introduction by the translator and reference materials including a Glossary of Philosophic and Economic Marxist Terminology, an Index of Personalities Associated with Marx and a Timeline of Marx’s Life and Works. This is Volume II in The Complete Works of Karl Marx by NL Press. Written across the years 1845 & 46, this collection of writings by Marx and Engels were published in the early 20th century from his estate. The bulk of these were written by Marx but some parts by Engels, Moses Hess, Joseph Weydemeyer and Roland Daniels. Die deutsche Ideologie is considered a key work in the development of historical materialism. Engels noted that this work contained his first sketch of Historical Dialectical Materialism, although you see elements of this in his 1841 "Differenz der demokritischen und epikureischen Naturphilosophie", his doctoral thesis, and his early criticisms of Hege's Philosophy of Right, his 1844 "Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie".
Download or read book The Canterville Ghost Funny Story to Learn German and Expand Your Vocabulary the Easy Way with the L R Method written by Beate Ziebell and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-02 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improve your German reading and listening and expand your vocabulary! This book can be used in many ways. On the one hand, you can sit back and relax, read German and, from time to time, let your eyes wander to the translation and brush up your German this way. In this case, you can skip the chapters about tips for quickly building up your vocabulary, the L-R method and those with many more tips. Alternately, you can first get an initial overview of the proposed learning methods for effective language learning and the variety of bonus material offered with this book. Try the techniques! You'll be surprised how quickly your reading and listening skills will improve! Bonus material offered in this book, Download link for Free MP3 If you send us an EMail, you will get the following free material: Download link for the German audiobook Download links for an Anki - Deck to learn the most important German vocabulary Lord Simon Canterville has haunted the castle for hundreds of years and soon sets about trying to pull his best scare tactics on the new residents, an American minister, his wife, and their children. To his dismay, however, these modern Americans have no use for the traditions of a proper, British haunting. It's a funny, not too creepy story which can also be read together with children. Your advantages: The original text and the literary translation are placed in parallel vertical columns side by side. Therefore you can check almost instantly whether you understand or not. This is ideal to increase your vocabulary significantly very fast. So you can truly enjoy the story since you need only a split second to check the translation. Rich, alluring language Quick vocabulary expansion For advanced learners (advanced vocabulary) With language learning strategy Extensive reading and learning German with parallel texts: Why? Extensive reading means reading a lot in a foreign language. It is not essential to understand every word. You continue to read to find out what happens next. The pleasure of reading is what increases language abilities. Kato Lomb was a Hungarian interpreter who spoke several languages fluently. She described in her book "How I Learn Languages" how she used extensive reading to increase her vocabulary fast. The American linguist Stephen Krashen has said that free voluntary reading is "the most powerful tool we have in language education".
Download or read book Tales of the Dead Selections from Fantasmagoriana the Classic German Book of Ghost Stories written by Sarah Elizabeth Utterson, trans. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10-27 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These six classic tales of ghosts and hauntings, culled from Fantasmagoriana (1818), a German book that reputedly helped inspire Mary Shelley to pen her immortal novel Frankenstein while staying with Percy Shelley and the mad, vampiric Lord Byron on that haunted summer at Villa Diodati, in Switzerland, two hundred years ago. That night saw the birth of monsters such as the vampire Lord Ruthven, made famous by John Polidori's story The Vampire, as well a vampire tale by Byron himself, one left never finished. But the hideous visage of Frankenstein's monster was born from the nightmares of Mary, to stalk the earth and the dark, troubling dreams of man, forever. These six German classics of supernatural terror gave birth to the inspiration for such ghastly horrors. For, Fear, just as much as Love, is a universal language.
Download or read book True Irish Ghost Stories written by John Seymour and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is something so natural, and at the same time so unnatural, in seeing a door open when we know that there is no one on the other side of it, or in hearing the sound of footsteps, and feeling that it cannot be attributed to the feet of a mortal. These simple yet compelling narratives provide amazing descriptions of poltergeists and banshees, spirit-filled houses, deathbed scenes, and uncanny fore warnings of death.
Download or read book Learn German with A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This version of the novel has been accommodated for learners of German. We have aligned the original English version of the story side-by-side with the official German translation, "Der Weihnachtsabend" by Julius Seybt. The German part is printed on the left page, and the English part on the right page. The parallel text version will save you from reaching for the dictionary to locate the meaning of a word. As a result, you'll have a smoother reading experience. A Christmas Carol was first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843. It has become a Christmas classic and has been continuously in print since its first release, as well as being made into numerous plays and movies. It tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. It explores themes about the treatment of the poor and the ability of people to reform themselves. It is worth reading every Christmas.
Download or read book True Irish Ghost Stories written by Anonymous and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all species of ghostly phenomena, that commonly known as "haunted houses" appeals most to the ordinary person. There is something very eerie in being shut up within the four walls of a house with a ghost. The poor human being is placed at such a disadvantage. If we know that a gateway, or road, or field has the reputation of being haunted, we can in nearly every case make a detour, and so avoid the unpleasant locality. But the presence of a ghost in a house creates a very different state of affairs. It appears and disappears at its own sweet will, with a total disregard for our feelings: it seems to be as much part and parcel of the domicile as the staircase or the hall door, and, consequently, nothing short of leaving the house or of pulling it down (both of these solutions are not always practicable) will free us absolutely from the unwelcome presence. There is also something so natural, and at the same time so unnatural, in seeing a door open when we know that no human hand rests on the knob, or in hearing the sound of footsteps, light or heavy, and feeling that it cannot be attributed to the feet of mortal man or woman. Or perhaps a form appears in a room, standing, sitting, or walkingÑin fact, situated in its three dimensions apparently as an ordinary being of flesh and blood, until it proves its unearthly nature by vanishing before our astonished eyes. Or perhaps we are asleep in bed. The room is shrouded in darkness, and our recumbent attitude, together with the weight of bed-clothes, hampers our movements and probably makes us more cowardly. A man will meet pain or danger boldly if he be standing uprightÑoccupying that erect position which is his as Lord of Creation; but his courage does not well so high if he be supine. We are awakened suddenly by the feel that some superhuman Presence is in the room. We are transfixed with terror, we cannot find either the bell-rope or the matches, while we dare not leap out of bed and make a rush for the door lest we should encounter we know not what. In an agony of fear, we feel it moving towards us; it approaches closer, and yet closer, to the bed, andÑfor what may or may not then happen we must refer our readers to the pages of this book.
Download or read book The Woman in the Dark written by Vanessa Savage and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vein of The Couple Next Door, a debut psychological thriller about a woman who moves with her family to the gothic seaside house where her husband grew up -- and where 15 years ago another family was brutally slaughtered. For Sarah and Patrick, family life has always been easy, until her mother's death sends Sarah spiraling into depression. When she overdoses on sleeping pills, Sarah insists it was an accident, but neither Patrick nor their teenage children believe her. Determined to give their family a fresh start, Patrick convinces her to move back to the idyllic beachside home where he grew up. But there's a catch: The once-beautiful old house is now known as the Murder House. It has been standing empty for fifteen years, ever since another family was brutally slaughtered within its walls. Nostalgic for his childhood, Patrick is adamant that this can be their "dream home" again. Sarah tries to bring it back to its original warmth, but as locals hint that the house is haunted, the children begin having nightmares, strange writing appears on the walls, and creepy "gifts" suddenly arrive on the doorstep at odd hours. With the news that the murderer has been paroled, Sarah can't shake the feeling that something just isn't right. Not with the house, not with the town, not even with her own loving husband--whose stories about his perfect childhood suddenly aren't adding up. Can Sarah uncover the secrets of the Murder House before another family is destroyed? With an irresistible, fog-drenched atmosphere that hides its knife-sharp twists, Vanessa Savage's THE WOMAN IN THE DARK is the perfect new read for fans of I Let You Go and The Couple Next Door, a chilling psychological thriller about a dark family dysfunction and the secrets that haunt us.
