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.

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.

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 ...

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!

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. ...

Learn Italian with a Gripping Crime Thriller! Il Commissario Morelli 2 – Murder at Gorky Park is the second volume in the innovative noir series designed for intermediate Italian learners (B1-B2 CEFR level). Dive into authentic, spoken Italian—full of real nuances, idioms, and everyday expressions—while solving a chilling investigation in freezing Moscow: ritual murders, oligarch corruption, a secret sect, and the mysterious Ars Aeterna Foundation. Italian Commissioner Giulio Morelli teams up with Russian Inspector Sergej Volkov and journalist Oksana to unravel a web of blackmail, ...

"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...

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.

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: ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Can you solve a 500-year-old mystery — and learn Italian along the way? Edward Blake is a retired Scotland Yard detective living in Tuscany. When he travels to the medieval Fénis Castle in Valle d'Aosta, what begins as a quiet holiday quickly turns into something far more compelling: an ancient will has vanished, a ghost is said to walk the corridors at night, and the local guide is clearly hiding something. Il Fantasma del Castello is Book 3 in the Misteri Italiani series — detective stories written specifically for learners of Italian at A2–B1 level. Each chapter is crafted so you ...

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...

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 ...