Italian Writing

John Hooper's marvelously entertaining and perceptive new book is ideal for anyone seeking to understand contemporary Italy and the unique character of the Italians. Looking at the facts that lie behind and often belie the stereotypes, his revealing book sheds new light on many aspects of Italian life: football and Freemasonry, sex, symbolism, and the reason Italian has twelve words for a coat hanger yet none for a hangover.

Pip and Shannon dreamed of living the good life. They wanted to slow down, grow their own food and spend more time with the people they love. But jobs and responsibilities got in the way - their chooks died, their fruit rotted and Pip ended up depressed and in therapy. So they did the only reasonable thing - they quit their jobs, pulled the children out of school and went searching for la dolce vita in Italy.

Goethe was probably the greatest universal genius who ever lived. Although known primarily as a poet, playright, and novelist, he was also known for his work in anatomy, botany, color, art criticism, and jurisprudence. Many people are deterred from attempting to read anything by Goethe because of his extremely penetrating intelligence and dense prose. But his travel diary, Italian Journey, is by far easier to digest than anything else by him.

The best-selling author of Italian Neighbors returns with a wry and revealing portrait of Italian life - by riding its trains. In his first Italian travelogue in a decade, he deli0vers a charming and funny portrait of Italian ways by riding its trains from Verona to Milan, Rome to Palermo, and right down to the heel of Italy.

Is there an Italian way to deal with life? Can we all learn something from the Italians? Italy often arouses in Americans a unique mix of attraction and bafflement, moderate disapproval and incredible allure. From the Italians' love of poetry to an innate desire to socialize to the regional differences between the north and the south, Beppe Severgnini, who has dedicated his career to the meticulous observation of his compatriots, embarks on an enthralling quest to identify a core Italian identity and explore how that identity has evolved since the global pandemic.

After two weeks at sea, the Oosterdam docked in Civitavecchia, Italy. Among the shipboard romantics is a not-so-young couple on their long-overdue honeymoon. Approaching their 46th wedding anniversary, they have their hearts set on an Italian adventure they would have loved to have taken earlier in their marriage - but matters of making a living and a life and raising children kept them from getting away together. The surprises begin even before departed the harbor.

When Laura Fraser's husband leaves her for his high school sweetheart, she takes off, on impulse, for Italy, hoping to leave some of her sadness behind. There, on the island of Ischia, she meets M., an aesthetics professor from Paris with an oversized love of life. What they both assume will be a casual vacation tryst turns into a passionate, transatlantic love affair, as they rendezvous in London, Marrakech, Milan, the Aeolian Islands, and San Francisco.

Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to experience the pleasures of primavera, an Italian spring. Bella Tuscany, a companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, is her passionate and lyrical account of her continuing love affair with Italy.

An adventure of the heart in the mold of literature's classic spiritual journeys. It began with a girl. Then it was Italian food. After that it was books and discovering that even Mark Twain had fallen for Italy. E. M. Forster was smitten too: "Love and understand the Italians, for the people are more marvelous than the land." What is it about Italy and Italians?

Get ready for a one-of-a-kind audio experience: discover Rome through intimate, guided audio walking tours of the city's most historic and enchanting quarters. There are four guided tours for you to listen to as you walk through Rome, plus essential Italian words and phrases that every traveler wants to know.

Learn with rhythm, learn with tunes, Italian, English words you'll use! Bilingual vocabulary builder for Italian or English. Five hundred words and expressions, plus conversation. Original music score energizes the listener. Engages both left and right brain for optimal learning.

Standing above the dramatic arches underpinning the Basilica of Assisi and carried away by the beauty of the moment, Joan and Roger were determined to move to Italy. It took time, effort, grit, money, heavy doses of humor, and even stronger servings of Italian pazienza; but in the end, move they did. Launching a new career hosting vacationers, they persevered, renovating Le Vigne; an old farmhouse. This is their story of good fortune, at times matched in equal measure with frustration.

È una verità universalmente riconosciuta che uno scrittore in possesso di un po' di tempo e di un'idea non ha bisogno di nulla di più urgente della motivazione. Ora, se mi perdona se adatto questa citazione di Jane Austen alle circostanze, le spiego il mio pensiero: Si può avere un'idea rivoluzionaria e tutto il tempo del mondo, solo che è poco utile se manca la motivazione. Se è presente anche questa, tuttavia, possono sorgere domande che possono essere un po' opprimenti, soprattutto per i nuovi scrittori.

Il primo e unico “bignami” del copy persuasivo™ in lingua italiana. Questo libretto, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 2017, è pensato per professionisti, imprenditori e tutti coloro che hanno bisogno di comunicare per convincere e ottenere una risposta, in un mondo in cui è sempre più difficile attirare l’attenzione (e stimolare interesse). Nella nuova edizione, arricchita e potenziata, il testo è diviso in 10 capitoli, più nuove appendici e una serie di procedure e dritte per scrivere messaggi chiari e convincenti e superare la sindrome del foglio bianco.

"In Business with Clive" è l'inglese commerciale spiegato in modo semplice ed efficace da Clive Griffiths, uno dei più famosi insegnanti d'inglese d'Italia. È una collana di audioBook suddivisa per argomenti, che insegna ad entrare e a destreggiarsi - con le parole giuste - nella realtà lavorativa che parla la lingua inglese. Indispensabile per chi lavora e per chi desidera farlo, per chi ha contatti commerciali, amministrativi, bancari, di pubbliche relazioni, o per chi sta cercando un'opportunità d'impiego internazionale.

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"In Business with Clive" è l'inglese professionale spiegato in modo semplice ed efficace da Clive Griffihs, uno dei più famosi insegnanti d'inglese in Italia. È una collana di audiobook suddivisa per argomenti che insegna ad entrare e a destreggiarsi - con le giuste parole - nella realtà lavorativa mediante l'uso della lingua inglese.