Italian Studies

Italian folk magic is a beautiful, powerful, and effective magical tradition that is accessible to anyone who wants to learn it, including Italians who want to regain their magical heritage. Containing magical and religious rituals and prayers, this book explores divination techniques, crafting, blessing rituals, witchcraft, and, of course, the evil eye.

Unravel the Evolution of Gender Roles in Italian Families As a sociologist, you understand the profound impact that family dynamics have on society. Yet, the intricate evolution of gender roles within Italian families, from the Middle Ages to today, remains a complex puzzle. Are you seeking a comprehensive analysis that delves into these transformations and their societal implications? Discover how traditional gender roles have shaped and been reshaped by historical events, cultural shifts, and social movements in Italy. Gain insights into the historical foundations of Italian family ...

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.

"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...

In the nonfiction tradition of John Berendt and Erik Larson, the author of the #1 NYT bestseller The Lost City of the Monkey God presents a gripping account of crime and punishment in the lush hills surrounding Florence as he seeks to uncover one of the most infamous figures in Italian history...

Reprint of the classic textbook: 10th Anniversary 2021 Edition. Chicago history/culture with an Italian flair! There is something for everybody in this eclectic volume. Every reader will find a topic or a writer that s/he wants to know more about. Publication of Reconstructing Italians in Chicago is a major step toward making Chicago's Italians the best documented (and best understood) in the nation. It is a gateway to both the academic and the personal exploration of Italians in Chicago, loaded with references that lead the reader to just about every source of information on the subject. ...

Brunello di Montalcino stands as a symbol of Italian winemaking at its finest. Produced exclusively in the Montalcino region of Tuscany, this wine has captivated wine enthusiasts around the world with its depth, complexity, and remarkable aging potential. From its humble beginnings in the 19th century to becoming one of Italy’s first DOCG wines, Brunello di Montalcino’s journey is a testament to the dedication and passion of its producers. The name “Brunello” is synonymous with excellence, a reputation built on the meticulous cultivation of the Sangiovese grape and the region’s ...

"On a Lark": Idiom, meaning to do something on a whim or just for fun.African American savant Lark Chambers is young, beautiful and brilliant, an interpreter formerly trained by the United Nations. Fluent in seven languages, she's at the top of her game at Linguistics, Interpreting, Sign and Translation (LIST), the company that assigns her to Dario DiRossi, a multi-billion dollar textile heir, and currently her devastatingly handsome boss. DiRossi is no threat to her self control, however. As a product of the foster care system, Lark doesn't know the first thing about getting close enough ...

I segreti più profondi della Cia e dell'Nsa sono stati hackerati e resi pubblici, più di una volta. Ma stai certo che da nessuna parte, nemmeno nel dark web, troverai una copia dell'algoritmo di ricerca di Google o dell'algoritmo del feed di Facebook. Oggi questi algoritmi determinano l'andamento della vita umana sul nostro pianeta. Jaron Lanier, informatico della Silicon Valley, pioniere della realtà virtuale, non ha nessun account social. In "Dieci ragioni per cancellare subito i tuoi account social" spiega perché non dovresti averne nemmeno tu.

Examines newer spiritual “systems” of the modern era, from spiritism and theosophy, to parapsychic research and anthroposophism, to psychoanalysis and the Church of Satan Compares these newer spiritual “systems” to the traditional spiritual path of the ancients and exposes the...

The perfect Italian course for travel in Italy. It is designed to help you ask for the things you’re most likely to need when visiting Italy and to give you the skills to cope with situations you might find yourself in. The accompanying free booklet is also available to download at...

Perché il Consiglio degli Dei ha deciso urgentemente di incatenare un lupo di ghiaccio? Perché Odino sceglie di perdere il suo occhio destro? E che cos'è quella creatura tanto grande e feroce da terrorizzare Thor, il più forte degli Dei? La mitologia norrena trae origine dalle leggende che si diffusero in epoca pre-cristiana e che vennero tramandate per secoli dai popoli che abitavano la Scandinavia, fino a poi arrivare ad essere influenzata dalle gesta dei sanguinari, quanto conquistatori Vichinghi.

It’s 1985. The Bellport Evening Star, a weekly community paper headed by its sassy editor Vivian Allegra, covers both the humorous and serious issues that regularly erupt in this small village. When she agrees to host a teen exchange student from Catania for a year, Francesca, who descriptively discusses her ancient home city and is hilarious in her observations of American life and who teams up with Black student Keisha with her beautiful Broadway dancer aunt for the upcoming Step competition, life starts taking off. Actually it does for all of them. These are three strong women who in ...

Bloomsbury presents Why Dante Matters by John Took, read by Victor Vertunni. John Took provides an entirely original view of one of the most important poets and thinkers in all of Western literature, Dante Alighieri. The year 2021 marks the 700th anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, a...

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.

Marcella Hazan is known as America's godmother of Italian cooking. The owner of her own cooking schools, and author of bestselling and award-winning cookbooks, she has collected invitations to cook at top restaurants around the world. Her story begins in Alexandria, Egypt, where an early...

"Una comunità fra i vivi e i morti (che diversamente non potrebbe essere creata in modo altrettanto intenso nel nostro attuale ciclo epocale) viene realizzata per il fatto che noi ci riempiamo di pensieri tratti dalla scienza dello spirito e che, tenendo in considerazione il morto, in un certo senso li offriamo a lui". Rudolf Steiner è senza dubbio uno degli esoterismi ottocenteschi più celebri. Vissuto a cavallo tra Ottocento e Novecento, ha fondato l'antroposofia, dottrina di derivazione teosofica .

Dopo aver contribuito notevolmente a rivoluzionare il mondo fisico che ci circonda, Federico Faggin ha deciso di andare oltre la materia, oltre il visibile e l'invisibile, e di indagare la fisica dell'ineffabile. Oltre l'invisibile è un libro dirompente, coraggioso, profondissimo eppure straordinariamente chiaro, che propone un nuovo sguardo sulle cose, una nuova affascinante teoria della realtà.

La Bibbia, il "Libro dei Libri", è una sorta di memoria scritta che costituisce uno dei principali fondamenti di tutta la nostra civiltà. L'audiolibro propone un'antologia dei brani più significativi dall'Antico e dal Nuovo Testamento nella classica traduzione di Giovanni Diodati rivista, corretta ed interpretata ad alta voce da Claudio Carini. Please note: This audiobook is in Italian.

This vivid memoir speaks the intense truth of a Bronx tomboy whose 1960s girlhood was marked by her father's lullabies laced with his dissociative memories of combat in World War II. At four years old, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto bounced her Spaldeen on the stoop and watched the boys play stickball in the street; inside, she hid silver teaspoons behind the heat pipes to tap calls for help while her father beat her mother.