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Compiled in this short story collection are 20 easy-listening, compelling, and fun stories to help you expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the wonderful Italian language. 

Improve your Italian skills and grow your vocabulary with these 10 entertaining Italian short stories! The best part of learning a new language is experiencing the culture and diving into activities that will enrich your life and vocabulary. The best way to learn a new language is by reading/listening, and in this Italian book, each captivating story will engage your mind and help you improve your Italian.

Are you one of those people who don't have a huge amount of extra time to spend learning a new language? Would you be interested in learning Italian in a way that doesn't force you to go through boring textbooks? Do you finally want to say goodbye to your tendency to forget most of what you've studied, and discover something which works for you? Whether you want to learn conversational Italian for a new job, or get ready for a trip to an Italian-speaking country, this audiobook has you covered!

Are you looking to learn Italian vocabulary quickly and effectively without being swarmed with complicated rules? If you answered “Yes!” to at least one of the previous questions, then this book is definitely for you! We’ve created Italian Vocabulary Builder - 2222 Italian Phrases to Learn Italian and Grow Your Vocabulary - a powerful list of common Italian terms used in context that will vastly expand your vocabulary and boost your fluency in the “language of music”, as it is romantically called.

What is the hardest challenge you’ve faced as a student of the Italian language? You can work hard on your grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, but being able to communicate naturally isn’t easy. In fact, the toughest part of learning Italian is knowing how to speak like a native. Most textbooks are made to teach you the traditional rules and structures of a language and are great for getting around the grammar and spelling questions you may have.

Have you been trying to learn Italian and simply can’t find the way to expand your vocabulary? Do your teachers recommend you boring textbooks and complicated stories that you don’t really understand? Are you looking for a way to learn the language quicker without taking shortcuts? If you answered “Yes!” to at least one of those previous questions, then this book is for you! We’ve compiled the 2000 Most Common Words in Italian, a list of terms that will expand your vocabulary to levels previously unseen.  

Is conversational German turning a little too tricky for you? Do you have no idea how to order a meal or book a room at a hotel? If your answer to any of the previous questions was yes, then this book is for you! If there’s even been something tougher than learning the grammar rules of a new language, it’s finding the way to speak with other people in that tongue. Any student knows this - we can try our best at practicing, but you always want to avoid making embarrassing mistakes or not getting your message through correctly.

Florence, 1500. Fresco painter Jacopo Torni longs to make his mark in the world. But while his peers enjoy prestigious commissions, his meager painting jobs are all earmarked to pay down gambling debts. When Jacopo hears of a competition to create Florence's greatest sculpture, he pins all his hopes on a collaboration with his boyhood companion, Michelangelo Buonarroti. But will the frustrated artist ever emerge from the shadow of his singularly gifted friend?

As the reach of business becomes global and companies expand into newer markets, it is increasingly more important to dominate a greater number of languages. And what language is more important to learn in the 21st century than Spanish - the second most-spoken language in the world? For these reasons, we have created Business Spanish: Learn Conversational Spanish for Business Professionals to provide you, the business specialist, with the best tools in language-learning for situations you will encounter in your day-to-day life.

Three well-off young men - former students at Rome’s prestigious all-boys Catholic high school San Leone Magno - brutally tortured, raped, and murdered two young women in 1975. The event, which came to be known as the Circeo massacre, shocked and captivated the country, exposing the violence and dark underbelly of the upper middle class at a moment when the traditional structures of family and religion were seen as under threat. It is this environment, the halls of San Leone Magno in the late 1960s and the 1970s, that Edoardo Albinati takes as his subject.

As news reports of the horrific December 2004 tsunami in Asia reached the rest of the world, commentators were quick to seize upon the disaster as proof of either God’s power or God’s nonexistence, asking over and over, How could a good and loving God - if such exists - allow such suffering? In The Doors of the Sea, David Bentley Hart speaks at once to those skeptical of Christian faith and to those who use their Christian faith to rationalize senseless human suffering. 

If you want to learn Italian in a fun and entertaining way, then keep reading.... The truth is...the traditional classroom-style method used to learn a foreign language isn’t really that good. Memorizing dozens (or even hundreds) of grammar rules it’s hard, and remembering them while you’re in an actual conversation is even harder. But think about it. How did you learn your first language? Did someone give you a grammar book while you were still in the baby cradle? Or did you learn to speak by simply listening to others?

Venetian gondola-maker Luca Vianello considers his whole life arranged. His father charted a course for his eldest son from the day he was born, and Luca is positioned to inherit one of the city's most esteemed boatyards. But when Luca experiences an unexpected tragedy in the boatyard, he believes that his destiny lies elsewhere. Soon, he finds himself drawn to restore an antique gondola with the dream of taking a girl for a ride.

Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908) was the greatest writer ever to come from Brazil and one of the masters of nineteenth-century fiction. Susan Sontag calls him "the greatest writer ever produced in Latin America", surpassing even Borges. Harold Bloom says that Machado is "the supreme black literary artist to date". And Allen Ginsburg calls him "another Kafka". And The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas is his masterpiece, a dazzling, tragic, and profound novel that belongs next to the greatest works of his contemporaries Melville and Dostoevsky.

This audiobook will help those who want to gain practical knowledge of the Italian language. It is the ideal companion for traveling to Italy, as it makes it easy to communicate without any knowledge of the language. Clearly arranged according to situations, it offers practical help with the most important words, phrases, and topics.

France's most famous king, and Europe's longest serving, Louis XIV (1638-1715) is often viewed today as a symbol of royal extravagance and splendor. Reigning for over 72 years, the legacy of the "Sun King" is remembered for the magnificent Palace of Versailles, the patronizing of arts and theater, and the apocryphal quote "l'Etat c'est moi" (I am the State).

If you want to learn Italian in less time then pay attention...Are you sick and tired of not being able to learn Italian fast? Have you tried endless other ways of learning Italian but nothing seems to stick? Do you finally want to say goodbye to your tendency to "forget most of what you've studied" and discover something that works for you? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. You see, Italian is easier than it seems. Not only will this audiobook give you the basic grammar rules, but it also has many fun exercises for you to practice.

For the ancient Greeks, there were few divine beings more important, and more generous, to humanity than the goddess Athena. She was also called "Pallas", "Pallas Athena", and (to the Romans) "Minerva". The daughter of Zeus, Athena was famous as a virgin warrior woman who was born from her father's skull bearing a helmet, shield, and spear. Yet she was far more than simply a warrior goddess.

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is known around the world as the "Father of Psychoanalysis", and for good reason. If anything, Freud's first patient was himself. A sufferer of psychosomatic symptoms, Freud diagnosed himself as having a repressed antagonism against his father. From there, Freud began to build on his now famous concepts of the unconscious, infantile sexuality and repression.

On the brink of the Roman Invasion of Greece, the city of Corinth, well established as a mighty seat of power in the Achaean League, is threatened with impending destruction. Widespread colonization of the mainland has severed crucial supply chains and the need to establish a fruitful colony of their own has emerged. Aineias and his steersman, Pyrrhus, are the only sailors willing to take on the voyage.The men soon realize that the only hope they have of saving Corinth is to seek...the Kraken.