Download or read book Conversational Italian for Travelers written by Kathryn Occhipinti and published by Stella Lucente, LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The textbook, Conversational Italian for Travelers, is a fun, friendly book, not formal like most language books, and teaches everything one needs to know to travel to Italy. If you want to really understand the Italian of today, you need this book! We learn language and culture as we follow the character Caterina in dialogues that detail her travels through Italy. As she boards planes, trains, and finally takes a ride in her cousin's car, we learn how to do these things in Italian. When she meets up with her Italian family, we learn the phrases of communicating with others, including what to say if you meet someone special, how to go shopping and how to use the telephone. Finally, Caterina goes on a trip to Lago Maggiore with her Italian family, and we learn phrases needed to stay at a hotel, go sight-seeing, and of course, go to the restaurant and order wonderful Italian food! Many Italian dishes commonly ordered in Italian restaurants are listed in the last three chapters of the boo

Download or read book Italy I Love You written by Geralyn Peterkin and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not a guide book, not is it a directory for works of art, hotels, restaurants, places of interest or "things to see" for Italy. It is not an historical tract or a political lecture. So, what am I writing about? In simplest terms, I suppose one could call it a love letter; a statement of my love for this country. In real terms, Italy is more, much more than a country. Browning described this condition perfectly; Italy becomes a part of your heart, a state of mind, an emotional experience.

Download or read book The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories written by Jhumpa Lahiri and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-03-07 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Rich. . . eclectic. . . a feast' Telegraph This landmark collection brings together forty writers that reflect over a hundred years of Italy's vibrant and diverse short story tradition, from the birth of the modern nation to the end of the twentieth century. Poets, journalists, visual artists, musicians, editors, critics, teachers, scientists, politicians, translators: the writers that inhabit these pages represent a dynamic cross section of Italian society, their powerful voices resonating through regional landscapes, private passions and dramatic political events. This wide-ranging selection curated by Jhumpa Lahiri includes well known authors such as Italo Calvino, Elsa Morante and Luigi Pirandello alongside many captivating new discoveries. More than a third of the stories featured in this volume have been translated into English for the first time, several of them by Lahiri herself.

Download or read book Romantic Italian Words Sayings Italian Sayings about Love Life Family written by Isabella de Rosa and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the most romantic, sweet and passionate phrases we use in Italy.If you want to read and listen to + 1000 sayings about love, family and life this is the right book.Ciao, I'm Isabella. I'm an Italian woman born and raised in Italy.I wrote this book to bring interested people closer to Italian culture.We'll take a journey through Italian idioms and sayings to learn about the Italian way of life, or as we say "La bella vita".At the start of the book you'll find: - Italian grammar basics- Italian phonetic & pronunciation- Common phrases & expressions- Real world conversations & Short dialogues- Italian Idioms & typical expressionsThe main part of the book contains: ◆ Italian sayings about LIFE◆ Italian sayings about LOVE◆ Italian sayings about FAMILY and FRIENDSYou will read the sayings, the poems, the idioms and the most romantic, sweet and beautiful phrases that exist in the Italian language.Everything in the book comes with: ✓ Italian to English translation✓ English tips on pronunciation✓ Italian Audio made by me, a native speakerYou'll be fascinated by the beauty of the words in Italian and I sincerely hope you'll come to visit us to hear them live. I'll wait for you in the most beautiful country in the world.

Download or read book Art and Love in Renaissance Italy written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2008 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Many famous artworks of the Italian Renaissance were made to celebrate love, marriage, and family. They were the pinnacles of a tradition, dating from early in the era, of commemorating betrothals, marriages, and the birth of children by commissioning extraordinary objects - maiolica, glassware, jewels, textiles, paintings - that were often also exchanged as gifts. This volume is the first comprehensive survey of artworks arising from Renaissance rituals of love and marriage and makes a major contribution to our understanding of Renaissance art in its broader cultural context. The impressive range of works gathered in these pages extends from birth trays painted in the early fifteenth century to large canvases on mythological themes that Titian painted in the mid-1500s. Each work of art would have been recognized by contemporary viewers for its prescribed function within the private, domestic domain."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Love and Death in Renaissance Italy written by Thomas V. Cohen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gratuitous sex. Graphic violence. Lies, revenge, and murder. Before there was digital cable or reality television, there was Renaissance Italy and the courts in which Italian magistrates meted out justice to the vicious and the villainous, the scabrous and the scandalous. Love and Death in Renaissance Italy retells six piquant episodes from the Italian court just after 1550, as the Renaissance gave way to an era of Catholic reformation. Each of the chapters in this history chronicles a domestic drama around which the lives of ordinary Romans are suddenly and violently altered. You might read the gruesome murder that opens the book—when an Italian noble takes revenge on his wife and her bastard lover as he catches them in delicto flagrante—as straight from the pages of Boccaccio. But this tale, like the other stories Cohen recalls here, is true, and its recounting in this scintillating work is based on assiduous research in court proceedings kept in the state archives in Rome. Love and Death in Renaissance Italy contains stories of a forbidden love for an orphan nun, of brothers who cruelly exact a will from their dying teenage sister, and of a malicious papal prosecutor who not only rapes a band of sisters, but turns their shambling father into a pimp! Cohen retells each cruel episode with a blend of sly wit and warm sympathy and then wraps his tales in ruminations on their lessons, both for the history of their own time and for historians writing today. What results is a book at once poignant and painfully human as well as deliciously entertaining.

Download or read book Learn Italian Must Know Italian Slang Words Phrases written by Innovative Language Learning and published by Innovative Language Learning. This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to learn Italian the fast, fun and easy way? And do you want to master daily conversations and speak like a native? Then this is the book for you. Learn Italian: Must-Know Italian Slang Words & Phrases by ItalianPod101 is designed for Beginner-level learners. You learn the top 100 must-know slang words and phrases that are used in everyday speech. All were hand-picked by our team of Italian teachers and experts. Here’s how the lessons work: • Every Lesson is Based on a Theme • You Learn Slang Words or Phrases Related to That Theme • Check the Translation & Explanation on How to Use Each One And by the end, you will have mastered 100+ Italian Slang Words & phrases!

Download or read book To Italy with Love written by Nicky Pellegrino and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assunta has given up on love. She might run her little trattoria in the most romantic mountain town in Italy but love just seems to have passed her by. Sarah-Jane is finished with love. She's hiring an old convertible and driving around Italy this summer - it's the perfect way to forget all about her hot celebrity ex-boyfriend! But when Sarah-Jane's van breaks down in Montenello, she has to stay longer than she intended! And the trouble is, love is everywhere...

Download or read book La Passione written by Dianne Hales and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A jubilant celebration of Italy’s outsize impact on culture, from literature to art, music to movies, that “masterfully examines the multitude of reasons why so many people fall in love with Italy and the Italian lifestyle” (Forbes) Can you imagine painting without Leonardo, opera without Verdi, fashion without Armani, food without the signature tastes of pasta, gelato, and pizza? The first universities, first banks, first public libraries? All Italian. New York Times bestselling author Dianne Hales attributes these landmark achievements to la passione italiana, a primal force that stems from an insatiable hunger to discover and create; to love and live with every fiber of one's being. This fierce drive, millennia in the making, blazes to life in the Sistine Chapel, surges through a Puccini aria, deepens a vintage Brunello, and rumbles in a gleaming Ferrari engine. Our ideal tour guide, Hales sweeps readers along on her adventurous quest for the secrets of la passione. She swims in the playgrounds of mythic gods, shadows artisanal makers of chocolate and cheese, joins in Sicily’s Holy Week traditions, celebrates a neighborhood Carnevale in Venice, and explores pagan temples, vineyards, silk mills, movie sets, crafts studios, and fashion salons. She introduces us, through sumptuous prose, to unforgettable Italians, historical and contemporary, all brimming with the greatest of Italian passions—for life itself. A lyrical portrait of a spirit as well as a nation, La Passione appeals to the Italian in all our souls, inspiring us to be as daring as Italy’s gladiators, as eloquent as its poets, as alluring as its beauties, and as irresistible as its lovers. Praise for La Passione “[An] effervescent love letter to all things Italian.”—Newsday “In this sweeping account of la passione italiana from ancient to modern times, Dianne Hales shows once again why she is one the world’s foremost guides to the riches of Italian culture. Every page resonates with the author’s love for Italy and her joy in sharing its remarkable discoveries and exquisite pleasures with her readers.” —Joseph Luzzi, author of My Two Italies and In a Dark Wood “Hales takes us on an enriching and delightful journey, filled with fascinating characters, scintillating sensual details, and an authentic connection to the ever-inspiring Italian heart and soul that has given the world boundless pleasures.” —Susan Van Allen, author of 100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go

Download or read book Frances Mayes Always Italy written by Frances Mayes and published by National Geographic Society. This book was released on 2020 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This lush guide, featuring more than 350 glorious photographs from National Geographic, showcases the best Italy has to offer from the perspective of two women who have spent their lives reveling in its unique joys."--Publisher's description.

Download or read book Fluent in 3 Months written by Benny Lewis and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benny Lewis, who speaks over ten languages—all self-taught—runs the largest language-learning blog in the world, Fluent In 3 Months. Lewis is a full-time "language hacker," someone who devotes all of his time to finding better, faster, and more efficient ways to learn languages. Fluent in 3 Months: How Anyone at Any Age Can Learn to Speak Any Language from Anywhere in the World is a new blueprint for fast language learning. Lewis argues that you don't need a great memory or "the language gene" to learn a language quickly, and debunks a number of long-held beliefs, such as adults not being as good of language learners as children.

Download or read book Wish You Were Italian written by Kristin Rae and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pippa is in Italy for the summer and, despite her parents' wishes, she has no intention of just studying the local art! She has a list of things of her own to do: from swimming in the Mediterranean Sea to getting a makeover – and falling for an Italian boy! As Pippa explores the dramatic ruins of Rome and Pompeii, she is swept into her own drama with two guys: an irresistible local she knows is nothing but trouble and a cute American archaeology student . . . Will she find her true love? The perfect reckless romance to enjoy whether you are home or abroad.

Download or read book From Italy With Love written by Jules Wake and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grab your passport and escape to Europe for the romance of a life time with this stunning romance read! 'Full of glamour, romance and sizzling sexual tension, but at its heart is a truly heart-warming tale of self discovery – you’ll not want to miss a moment of it' Chick Lit Love

Download or read book I Love You Like a Tomato written by Marie Giordano and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-04-19 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donated.

Download or read book Destination Italy Weddings written by Monica Balli and published by Monica Balli. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My name is Monica Balli and I have been creating amazing memories through destination weddings, parties and any sort of celebration in the last 20 years. I decided to write this book to share with you my personal thoughts, likes and do’s and don'ts as in the years i have seen how the market has developed and now many of you love the idea of a destination wedding and naturally Italy is a great destination. It’s a practical guide with those things I would do, pick or look for. It's a personal guide based on my experience and likes, as I have a simple rule in my life and job.

Download or read book Italians Dance and I m a Wallflower written by Linda Falcone and published by TheFlorentinePress. This book was released on 2010 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Welcome to Italy, where spring breezes are a threat and political turnover is a promise. In a country where words are the most common music and gestures the most frequent dance, find out why wishing someone good luck attracts its polar opposite and why foods served on the same plate best be color-coordinated. Drawn from her column in The Florentine newspaper, Linda Falcone's vignettes take readers on an exhilarating ramble through Italy's life and language, both conjuring its beauties and unriddling its beasts"--

Download or read book Enemies Within written by Franca Iacovetta and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enemies Within is the first study of its kind to examine not only the formulation and uneven implementation of internment policy, but the social and gender history of internment. It brings together national and international perspectives.