Italian Living

This is the bella figura, the Italian concept of making every aspect of life as beautiful as it can be, that Kamin Mohammadi discovered when she escaped the London corporate media world for a year in Italy. Following the lead of her new neighbors, she soon found a happier, healthier, and more beautiful way of living.

Dreaming of sun-drenched piazzas, mouth-watering cuisine, and a lifestyle that prioritizes enjoyment over the rat race? This comprehensive guide Retiring to Italy: The Complete Guide to Living Your Italian Dream unveils the secrets to turning your Italian retirement fantasy into reality. From navigating visa requirements to finding your perfect home among rolling Tuscan hills or charming coastal villages, we provide expert advice every step of the way. Discover how to embrace local culture, and build a vibrant new life in your adopted home. We demystify healthcare, finances, and daily ...

By Best-Selling Author of Under a Maltese Sky, The Azure Window, All the Seas Between and Under an Irish Sky. If you enjoy a novel set against the backdrop of Southern Italy, full of suspense, descriptions of mouth-watering food and beautiful architecture, friendship, grief and of course amore, then this book is for you. In the sun-drenched chaos of Southern Italy, Irish woman, Carrie Casey seeks solace after the real-life devastating earthquake in L’Aquila in 2009. Drawn to the incredible story of Constantina Bertolucci, a renowned writer who survived a similar tragedy a century ago, ...

La Bella Figura is a lifestyle guide for the woman who aspires to live a European-style life filled with simple pleasures and wants to look good while she does it. It is about making your life richer with less, not more, just like European women do. Who Should Read This Book: * Do you feel overwhelmed and yearn for a life where you spend the majority of your time, money and energy toward what you think really matters? * Have you ever looked in your closet and felt overwhelmed by the sheer number of clothing items you own and yet still feel as if you have nothing to wear? * Do you want to ...

Bestselling Author – Embrace the Italian vibe! Watch 'You Want to Fa' l'italiano' and feel the magic of Italy in every beat! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpNv1PHlQxI&ab_channel=DavidandIvankaDiFelice On arriving in Italy, we made the same mistake other foreigners make: we compared how things were done in Canada with how things were done here. Although we admired the inimitable beauty of Italy, its infamous bureaucracy and other inconveniences annoyed us. The list of culture shocks was long. And, naturally, the way we did things back home was superior. I am not quite sure when it ...

If you are looking for simple ways to make your life more chic, sexy, and simple, this is the book for you. Inside this guide to the good life, you will find: Ways to imbue everything in your life with elegance and simplicity without going broke. How to elevate your daily habits and rituals to create an effortlessly chic life. Put into place chic and simple structures and systems that give you more time to live the luxurious life you dream about. You have the power to live an effortlessly chic life. With only a few adjustments and tweaks, you can make your life as effortlessly chic as you ...

The first in the series, include recipes from celebrity chef-Maria Liberati along with stories of her life in the mountains of Italy. More than just a cookbook, a recipe novel, a trip to Italy in a book! Contains over 50 recipes and menus for special occasions. Alll recipes are authentic Italian and follow the Slow Food method! The Basic Art of Italian Cooking has been featured in national media such as Tastes of Italia, Healthy Cooking, Celebrity Society Magazine as well as lifestyletv.com, chickspeak.com, and more! Read what everyone is talking about and discover another European secret

Anthony Doerr has received many awards. Then came the Rome Prize, one of the most prestigious awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and with it a stipend and a writing studio in Rome for a year. Doerr learned of the award the day he and his wife returned from the hospital with newborn twins. Exquisitely observed, Four Seasons in Rome describes Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world.

"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, ...

Imagine living in Italy for one full year. This was always the dream and promise Ilene and Gary made to each other. This story is an invitation to witness the magic of Italy through the eyes of two new Italian citizens. Listen to their own authentic voices, in alternating chapter format, sharing their story, raw emotions, laughter, triumphs, challenges, and experiences in this intimate format.

Oh, a friend just told you they’re moving to Italy? Go ahead, hate them. I know you’re not a bad person. Italy? That’s the jealousy beast you just can’t slay. I get it. Almost two decades ago, I was that friend dropping the "we're moving to Italy" bomb. Thankfully, most forgave us, especially when they realized that having pals with a Tuscan postal code is, as Martha Stewart would say, "a good thing." There are plenty of reasons to envy Italy: the weather, the food, the breathtaking scenery, the impeccably dressed locals. But not everyone can move. So, can you still live la dolce ...

Ti senti insoddisfatto o frustrato nella tua vita cristiana? Se stai cercando nuovi livelli nella tua vita spirituale, una lettura attenta e una meditazione profonda sui sermoni di Lake ti condurranno lì. Non si tratta di una lettura veloce alla ricerca di grandi atti di fede o di miracoli, ma di una lettura contemplativa e calma, con la Bibbia a portata di mano per verificare le sue affermazioni. In questo libro sottolineo che molti, se non la maggior parte dei cristiani, non comprendono né sperimentano il Vangelo nella sua piena verità. John G. Lake invece lo fece, e dedicò tutta la ...

My work as a computer geek has me traveling around the world, solving mysteries and fighting bad guys. Sometimes with my friends, but always with trouble by my side. So you'd think I would've expected to be plagued by danger when I headed to Egypt with my best friend, Elvis Zimmerman, and boyfriend, Slash, to help track down Elvis' missing and estranged father. Nope. Genius runs in the family, and we quickly discovered Elvis' father is hot on the trail of an ancient and elusive artifact, one that people are willing to kill to find.

When Ivanka and David discover the downside of their “too good to be true” Chianti region house, they resume searching for their dream home in Tuscany. Join them on a harrowing journey as professional house hunters, while you peek into Tuscan villas, apartments, and haylofts. At long last, they find an idyllic spot, surrounded by rolling hills graced with vineyards and olive groves, distant stone villas, and clusters of cypress trees. But the home has been vacant for years. Follow their adventures as they embark on renovations, endeavouring to bring the abandoned house and garden back ...

Bestselling Author Ivanka Di Felice serves up a fresh batch of adventures in her cherished Tuscany. With a sprinkle of wit and a lot of affection, she introduces us to a vibrant array of characters, including her spirited elderly father who adds his own unique flavor to the mix. From amusing encounters with locals to humorous mishaps in everyday life, Di Felice's tales whisk us away to the very essence of Italian charm. Come along on the escapades as we venture inside Tuscan villas, lend a hand in olive-picking, and luxuriate in the revitalizing waters of thermal baths. Journey through the ...

“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...

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Join bestselling author Ivanka on a journey through the heart of Italy. From the cobblestone streets of Rome to the sun-kissed vineyards of Tuscany, Ivanka and her Principe Azzurro (Prince Charming) navigate the joys and challenges of Italian life. With humor, warmth, and an unwavering passion for la dolce vita, she invites readers to immerse themselves in the vibrant tapestry of Italian life, discovering that being Italian is more than you think—it’s family! Ivanka opens the door to the vibrant, sometimes chaotic, and always heartfelt world of Italian family life. With vivid ...

'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...

You don't have to be born Italian or French to capture the effortless chic, nonchalance, and mystique that these women exude as they glide through life living la bella vita. You bring Bella Vita (the beautiful life) to your own life wherever you may be and without spending a dollar more than you do now. Formerly published as Euro Chic