Italian Culture

Did Garibaldi do Italy a disservice when he helped its disparate parts achieve unity? Was the goal of political unification a mistake? These questions are asked and answered in a number of ways in this engaging, original consideration of the many histories that contribute to the brilliance - and weakness - of Italy today. David Gilmour's exploration of Italian life over the centuries is filled with provocative anecdotes as well as personal observations.

This book is a collection of the funniest and most interesting folklorist idioms that will allow you to discover hidden aspects of the Italian culture. Each idiom is presented with its translation, historic and geographical background, and an explanation of its meaning. The goal of this collection is to give the reader a deeper understanding of the Italian language and interpretation of life.

From the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestseller All the Light We Cannot See and Cloud Cuckoo Land, a "dazzling" (Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran) memoir about art and adventures in Rome. Anthony Doerr has received many awards—from the New...

25 Years in Italy is an informative, insightful and entertaining account of life in contemporary Italy. It sheds light on daily life, culture, food and language of this fascinating country as observed from the inside by the author over a quarter of a century of uninterrupted stay. Through 20 information-packed chapters we get answers to questions like, why did George Clooney come to live by Lake Como? Why is Grana Padano the most popular cheese when there are 820 types to choose from? Why do Italians lace their language with English/American terms? What do they watch on TV? Why did Leonardo...

"Benessere h24 - Ambienti e situazioni" è il nuovo percorso ideato da Daniel Lumera con la partecipazione di Emiliano Toso applicato ad ogni situazione personale e professionale che, attraverso respirazione consapevole, visualizzazione, meditazione e musica, ti permetterà di integrare nella quotidianità abitudini ad alto impatto su benessere, salute e qualità della vita e di trasformare ogni giorno in un'esperienza consapevole.

“An insightful and often funny depiction of Italian life” Hannah McIntyre. The Italian Insider Magazine In this, the sequel to his successful ‘An Italian Home – Settling by Lake Como’ artist and author Paul Wright relays more enthralling real-life stories about what it’s really like to live in an Italian village on the shores of Lake Como. With the saturation of expat memoirs on bookshop shelves, Wright's original approach makes for a worthwhile read. In this ‘An Italian Village - A perspective on life beside Lake Como’ the author offers an insight into a world few outsiders...

"Paul Wright's tribute to the robust pleasures of village life brings out the generosity and humanity of the inhabitants of Lake Como” Desmond O’Grady, Italian Insider Review:- What is it like for a foreigner to live and work in a village in Northern Italy, and become part of the community? How tough is it to leave your home country and settle in a new one? What do you have to do to be accepted by the people who live in a village by Lake Como, which has existed for over five hundred years? Award-winning artist and stage designer Paul Wright and his partner found out the hard way, ...

Are you learning Italian? Knowing more words is one of the best ways to speak and understand more Italian. And, if you want to sound like a native speaker, you'll need vocab that's relevant to Italian culture and daily life and that is actually used by Italian people. With Learn Italian: Discover Italian Culture & Traditions by ItalianPod101.com, you learn the must-know vocab and Italian cultural insights that you won't find in a textbook.

'Cats can, and will take over people’s lives.' 'Cats Do Eat Spaghetti' is a must for all cat lovers and Italophiles alike. ‘Cats Do Eat Spaghetti - Living with our Rescue Cats’ is a delightfully entertaining book about adopting feral cats that through patience and hard work become domesticated. The fifteen chapters will make your heart feel better for having read them: The early chapters are set in England. They then move abroad, to a couple of historic villages on the shores of the outstandingly beautiful Lake Como in northern Italy, to where the author and his wife emigrated in 1991...

A simple foreign phrase book? Che pizza! Speak the World: Italian teaches you the language and so much more. Margherita Berti, the talented linguist behind the wildly popular Italian Matters (5M+ followers!), shares her love for the language, culture, and history of Italy. In bocca al lupo!...

Teresa Giudice, star of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, has seen it all but nothing could compare to the media firestorm that ensued after she was convicted on federal fraud charges—and sentenced to fifteen months in prison. What was a skinny Italian to do? Keep a diary, of course... In her...

'Not a superficial skim, but something altogether more satisfying.' - Susan Kurosawa, The Australian. Part memoir, part meditation on Italian history and culture, this account of the odyssey of two retired Aussies in the land of la dolce vita is sure to delight anyone with even the remotest interest in Italy and the Italians. Structured as a series of essays, chapters cover such diverse subjects as the Italian obsession with food, Napoleon's encounter with the islanders of Elba, opera and Shakespeare, the art of the Renaissance, why Italian piazzas work so well, and lots more. In 2017, the ...

"It's a genuine pleasure to hear spoken Latin--lots of it, and by many of the great classical authors, including Cicero, Ovid, and Virgil--and to follow the story of Gardini's lifelong infatuation with a language that is nowhere and everywhere in our modern lives... This is an audiobook to...

"La differenza è che le altre culture sono morte della loro particolarità – una bella morte in fondo – mentre noi moriamo della perdita di ogni particolarità, dello sterminio di tutti i nostri valori – che è invece una malamorte." Jean BaudrillardIn questo volume Davide Miccione accompagna il lettore alla scoperta dell’ecosistema dell’ignoranza, vera anima della nostra contemporaneità, cercando di cogliere i processi che lo generano, gli interessi che lo difendono e che da esso sono difesi. Con un ampio registro stilistico in cui si alternano ironia, riflessione, invettiva e ...

Dive into the World of Italian with 69 Short Italian Stories for Beginners! Begin or continue your journey to mastering Italian with this engaging collection, designed specifically for A1/A2 learners. This audiobook offers a unique way to deepen your understanding of the language and rich Italian culture.

Espresso Evolution: The Machines, Masters, and Methods That Defined an Icon is a captivating journey through the history, science, and artistry of one of the world’s most influential beverages. From the first steam-powered brewers of the nineteenth century to today’s digitally precise espresso machines, this richly detailed book reveals how innovation, craftsmanship, and culture came together to create an enduring global icon. Discover the inventors who revolutionized coffee—Luigi Bezzera, Desiderio Pavoni, and Achille Gaggia—and the companies like La Marzocco and Gaggia that ...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The beloved memoir of self-discovery set against the spectacular Tuscan countryside that inspired the major motion picture starring Diane Lane—now in a twentieth-anniversary edition featuring a new afterword “This beautifully written memoir about taking...

Whenever people come to see the Jewish Ghetto in Rome, they are a bit underwhelmed at first. Besides the synagogue and the many kosher restaurants, at first glance there does not seem to be a lot to see. However, the ghetto is a very interesting area with a painful history. Once you know this history and the places associated with it, the area becomes much more alive. The Roman Jewish community was one of the oldest in Europe and one of the last to gain its freedom. The story of the Roman Jews is different from those of other Jewish communities and not well known by the general public. For ...

Veneto is not just a simple journey through pristine natural areas but a trek through an enduring world of glorious history, culture, power, and nobility that thrived here for centuries. Marked by different historical periods, the Medieval villages of stone houses, cobbled streets, and defensive walls preserve the old customs, while impressive architecture, scattered throughout the region, reminds of the once maritime powerhouse. Surviving through the ages in an idyllic synergy, Veneto, with its redolent beauty, is a corner where sky, land, and water intertwine in a dazzling combination.

Born to immigrant parents and facing the turbulence of an emotionally unstable father, Marisella’s life is anything but ordinary. In Marisella: A Cinderella Tale, readers are invited on a tender and evocative journey of a young girl’s resilience, love for her heritage, and quest for belonging in a world filled with uncertainty. From her earliest memories, Marisella navigates the harsh realities of her parents’ relentless work ethic and the storms of her father’s struggles. At just three years old, her life changes when her Italian grandparents arrive, transforming their modest urban...