Italian Studies

Stop memorizing Italian. Start thinking in it - with native voices and an immersive sound experience designed for retention. Most Italian courses teach you pieces - isolated words, disconnected grammar, phrases you forget the moment you close the app. This audiobook is built differently. Instead of memorization, you'll build the language from the inside out - using active recall, spaced repetition, and immersive context so every word, sentence, and story compounds naturally. By the end, you won't just recognize Italian. You'll feel how it works.

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.

Learn Italian the way your brain loves: with a story you can't put down. Antoine says he is a French consultant on holiday in Salerno. His black notebook tells a different story. On the beach he meets Margherita, a girl trapped in a golden cage: a powerful father, an imposed engagement, a mother who died in circumstances never explained. As they grow closer, a black Mercedes watches from a distance... This is a real romantic thriller written especially for Italian learners at level B1-B2 (intermediate). No simplified "textbook stories": a true novel with short sentences, controlled grammar ...

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...

Read Italian at C1 — Without Guessing Marco, Le Stagioni della Vita is an advanced interlinear Italian–English reader for learners ready to move beyond basic comprehension and into sophisticated Italian expression. Follow Marco through Elena’s pregnancy, the death of Nonno Giuseppe, and his growth as an artist, father, and citizen of two worlds. No Guessing. No Dictionary. Just Reading. This book uses the Read Italian Without Guessing method: Italian text with English support placed directly above or alongside the words. Read first with support, then again in clean Italian only: ...

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. ...

"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...

Five mysteries. Five Italian regions. One retired Scotland Yard detective — and a complete journey through Italy while you learn the language. This is the complete Misteri Italiani collection: all five Edward Blake detective stories in one volume, from the theft at the Uffizi in Florence to the murder at the Arena of Verona. Travel from Tuscany to Lombardy, Valle d'Aosta, Piedmont and the Veneto — solving a mystery in each region while your Italian grows from book to book. Written for learners of Italian at A2–B1 level (Pre-Intermediate), the collection is designed with progressive ...

Discover Italy Through Its Festivals — 8 Stories at A2 Level Every culture reveals itself through what it celebrates. In Book 4 of Learn Italian with Short and Captivating Stories, you will follow eight characters across Italy's most beloved traditions — from a Neapolitan Christmas Eve to a New Year's Eve party in Rome, from the masks of Venice and Viareggio to the women's marches of March 8th, from Holy Week in Taranto to an Easter Monday picnic in Puglia, from a morning on the Amalfi Coast making limoncello to the Republic Day celebrations in Rome, all the way to a November 2nd visit ...

A retired Scotland Yard detective. A stolen painting. And a language you have always wanted to speak. Edward Blake came to Tuscany for a quiet life — art, good food, and train journeys through the Italian countryside. Then a priceless painting disappears from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. And Edward is the prime suspect. Guided by cryptic notes from a mysterious woman named Cassandra, he is pulled into a web of intrigue that stretches from the historic streets of Florence to the port of Livorno — all orchestrated by a legendary thief known only as «The Prince of Thieves». Furto al ...

Simone Alliva racconta l'escalation di violenze omotransfobiche in Italia, tra aggressioni, discriminazioni, transicidi e legami pericolosi tra politica, fondamentalismo e odio sociale, offrendo una denuncia cruda e documentata dell'arretramento dei diritti civili nel Paese.

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...

A retired Scotland Yard detective. A world-famous tenor dead on stage. A glass of wine that should never have been poured. Edward Blake arrives in Verona in July for opera under the stars at the ancient Arena and a good glass of Valpolicella. But on the first evening, during a performance of Aida, the celebrated tenor Riccardo Bellini collapses on stage in front of thousands. The police call it a heart attack. Edward saw something else: a suspicious bottle, and a conductor who never moved a muscle. It was murder. As Edward clashes with the young inspector Sofia Martini, the case pulls them ...

A retired detective. A missing brother. And the most beautiful lake in Italy hiding a very dark secret. Edward Blake arrives at Lake Como for a long-awaited reunion with his estranged brother Robert. But paradise turns dangerous when Robert disappears, leaving only a cryptic note: «Find the key where the sun meets the water.» What follows pulls Edward into a web of stolen jewels, old betrayals and shadowy figures — from the ruthless gang leader Carlo Ferretti to a corrupt inspector named Marco Ricci. To save his brother, Edward must face old wounds and new dangers in one of Italy's most...

A famous relic. A list of seven names. A professor who never cancels an appointment. Turin, January. Sofia, a young researcher, finds a register that should not exist in the archives of Palazzo Madama. Luca has been following Professor Trevisan for six years, since his sister died with strange symbols around her. And Inspector Marco Ferrante keeps a secret file he is not allowed to open. Three threads, one cathedral, one truth buried for thirty years. A real mystery novel written for Italian learners at level B1-B2 (60% B1 / 40% B2 — step two of the series progression). Inside the book: ...

"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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...