Italian Culture

John Hooper's marvellously 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...

Fall in love with Italy all over again. There are endless reasons to love Italy. This beautiful country has us hooked on morning espressos and afternoon spritzes, bowls of pasta and slices – oh, so many slices – of pizza. It has us wearing chic street style, admiring great art, driving...

"Dagli Appennini alle Ande" è il penultimo e il più lungo ed articolato dei racconti mensili del "Cuore" di Edmondo De Amicis. Marco, da Genova, s'imbarca alla volta di Buenos Aires per raggiungere sua madre, emigrata in Argentina per lavoro. La madre, ammalata, rifiuta di farsi curare; nel frattempo Marco compie un viaggio lungo e apparentemente senza speranza, sulle tracce dei vari spostamenti della famiglia presso cui sua madre è a servizio; da Buenos Aires Marco si sposta verso l'interno fino ai piedi delle Ande.

A beautifully illustrated history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most influential patrons. From the late Middle Ages, the independent Italian city-states were taken over by powerful families who installed themselves as dynastic rulers. Inspired by the humanists, the princes of...

Le storie di Luca, Penelope, Giorgio e Margherita si intrecciano sulle isole che si trovano al confine fra le tradizioni istriane e le dalmate; dalle cascate del fiume Cherca alle sorgenti del Fiume Quieto. Un ambiente dove la Bora soffia bianca d'estate e nera d'inverno, sempre degna di rispetto.

A sweeping 400-year history of the Florentines who gave birth to the Renaissance, by the author of The Medici and The Borgias. Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which transformed the entire culture of western civilisation. Painting, sculpture...

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.

From Venetian canals to Vatican conclaves, New York Times correspondent Jason Horowitz takes you on a tour of the real Italy. Italy’s deep history, stunning landscapes and glorious food have uniquely captured our imagination. In The Italian Job, Jason Horowitz, a longtime Rome bureau chief for...

Written by Italian scholar Raffaello Piccoli, As An Italian Sees It is a bracing, outsider’s meditation on the American character at the dawn of the modern age. With luminous prose and a philosopher’s rigor, Piccoli traces the nation’s Puritan roots and Cavalier countercurrent, the rise of...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In Italy, cappuccino is a morning drink that locals rarely order after about eleven, and coffee is drunk standing at the bar in a couple of minutes. Most visitors never learn the unwritten rules. Hugo Reinhardt will make sure you do. Explore Italy Like...

Risolvi il conflitto dell'identità biculturale e smetti di sentirti un estraneo sospeso tra due mondi inconciliabili. Questo percorso psicologico ed empatico si rivolge a chi affronta la frustrazione quotidiana di non sentirsi mai del tutto a casa. Navigare le aspettative familiari e...

A journey through the glorious Italian city's scenery, history, and culture, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Venice Observed and The Group. Mary McCarthy's classic celebrates the Italian city often looked upon as the provincial sister to the better-dressed, more "feminine" Venice...

"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...

Oltre i miti della frontiera, la vera storia americana emerge dalla fiera resilienza delle nazioni native del Texas. Immergiti in una narrazione storica epica che decostruisce le leggende coloniali, offrendo un ascolto istruttivo e avvincente per chi ama esplorare le radici profonde del nostro...

Trasforma le lotte quotidiane in cooperazione spontanea adottando la saggezza genitoriale delle culture tradizionali. Mentre guidi nel traffico o prepari la cena, immergiti in un ascolto rassicurante e profondamente pratico che rivoluzionerà la tua vita domestica, liberandoti dal peso di dover...

Dall’edizione Marzocco del 1923 a cura di Italiano Marchetti, un audiolibro di fiabe dalle più svariate culture del mondo, legate da un sottile filo magico, narrate da Daniele Fior, Andrea Collavino, Paolo Fagiolo e con le voci di Viola, Niccolò e Tanja Fior.    

It's the summer before senior year of high school. It's supposed to be one of the biggest summers of her life, but Pippa is headed to an art program she has no interest in. The one saving grace is that it's in Italy. And when the opportunity strikes, she decides to ditch the program and travel around Italy accomplishing her own list of goals - things like swimming in the Mediterranean Sea, eating a whole pizza in one sitting… and falling in love with an Italian boy!

When famous TV chef Matteo McLeish turns up at the Old Forge Café and offers chef Charlie Hunter a place in his kitchen for the duration of Hampden Green’s local opera festival, she thinks it’s because he rates her cooking skills. In fact it’s because he’s heard she’s good in a crisis...

La cultura tradizionale che non muta mai e quella pop in continua evoluzione.

Listen to everyday words and phrases in Italian, then repeat, practise and refine! A relaxing way to pick up the language. Follow the words using the free booklet, also available at: collinsdictionary.com/resources Covers the words you need for modern life in Italy with topics on home life, work...