Italian Short

As the war rages on, Lilian Young finds herself struggling to survive in the changing landscape of Amalfi. With children being forced into military training and her lover, Luigi, away for longer periods of time, Lilian fears for her safety and the safety of those she cares about. But when a ruthless attack leaves her feeling even more alone and guilty for her actions, Lilian must find the strength to carry on. As she navigates the demands of working with British Intelligence, she risks everything - her relationships, her life, and even the life of her unborn child. With danger lurking ...

Christopher and Sonny meet at their Las Vegas apartment complex, and their respect and attraction for one another are undeniable. It is 2005, and one of the characters is willing to love openly, while the other is not. Come find out what love between different ages, body types, cultures, and personalities morphs into...

Vincentio di Vivaldi has fallen in love with Ellena Rosalba. However, his proud and noble family vehemently oppose the match: they cannot allow him to wed someone with no money or social standing. Thus, his mother, the mean-spirited Marchesa, and her minion, the evil monk Father Schedoni, set in motion a malign plot that has Ellena kidnapped and imprisoned in a convent, to prevent a hasty marriage.

If you are looking for simple ways to make your life more chic, sexy, and simple, this is the book for you. Inside this guide to the good life, you will find: Ways to imbue everything in your life with elegance and simplicity without going broke. How to elevate your daily habits and rituals to create an effortlessly chic life. Put into place chic and simple structures and systems that give you more time to live the luxurious life you dream about. You have the power to live an effortlessly chic life. With only a few adjustments and tweaks, you can make your life as effortlessly chic as you ...

Collection of short stories for beginners and intermediate learners, with English translation, inspired by true facts. A bilingual book for all ages to understand environment issues and improve Italian language. The author: Alessandro Ghebreigziabiher, author, storyteller, stage actor and director, was born in Naples in 1968 and currently lives in Rome. His first book, Sunset (Tramonto, Italian edition, Lapis, 2002, Tempesta, 2017), in 2003 was selected by the International Youth Library (IYL), in Munich, Germany, for the White Ravens, a mention for books from around the world that they ...

Il primo caso della fortunatissima serie dell'avvocato Guerrieri.

Riuniti in raccolta dallo stesso Buzzati questi racconti brevi rappresentano una vera "summa" del mondo poetico dello scrittore, uno dei maestri nella narrativa italiana contemporanea.

Gaio Giulio Cesare è il personaggio più famoso della storia di Roma antica, nonché uno dei più noti condottieri di tutti i tempi. In suo onore vennero chiamati "Cesare" gli imperatori di Roma, gli imperatori tedeschi e gli zar russi. Eppure Cesare non fu mai imperatore o re. Nel corso degli ultimi, tempestosi anni della Roma repubblicana, fu cinque volte console, pontefice massimo per quasi vent'anni e dittatore.

Some people dream of a gentle retirement enjoying crochet or cricket, but for two sexagenarians, a more cadaverous future awaits… Newly retired teachers, Etta and Dora, take a walk along an old mule track connecting their mountain-top villages, each hoping to soothe the distress she feels at the paltry pension she will receive. Meeting at the fabled Witches’ Cave, they put aside their woes – the naked body of Sibilla, Castelmezzano’s beautiful witch, lies dead at the foot of the old oak tree. Did she plummet from the sky during a Sabbath flight as the superstitious locals are ...

Sophia had always thought her life was dull and ordinary until her great-aunt Lily's death revealed a secret that could change everything. With Lily's ashes and a mysterious key in her possession, Sophia embarks on a journey to Italy, determined to fulfill her aunt's last wish. But with her marriage falling apart and her husband's constant pressure to abandon her quest, Sophia begins to doubt herself. That is, until she meets Luigi, a man who not only offers his help but also provides a much-needed escape from her unhappy life. As Sophia delves deeper into the mystery of the key, she ...

A SWEET, SPICY, AND FUNNY VALENTINE'S DAY NOVELLA FROM THE USA TODAY & INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR DIANA NIXON. My Valentine's Day couldn't be any worse: no date, no heart-shaped cards, one missed flight and tons of work to do. Great, just great. For a romance writer as I am, my personal life looks like a disaster. My only boyfriends are fictional. I've got only one coffee cup in the kitchen, and millions of readers who have no idea how terrible I am at everything they love about my books. Maybe that's why meeting Angelo Moretti turned out to be a pleasant bonus to my Italian book tour...

Il termine Theta-Healing significa letteralmente "guarigione con le onde Theta" o "guarigione allo Stato Theta". Si tratta di una tecnica energetica che permette di ottenere benessere a livello fisico, mentale e spirituale. Attraverso la frequenza delle onde cerebrali Theta, si ha uno stato di profondo rilassamento che conduce a metà strada tra la nostra mente conscia e quella non conscia.

From the first moment Vincentio di Vivaldi, a young nobleman, sets eyes on the veiled figure of Ellena, he is captivated by her enigmatic beauty and grace. But his haughty and manipulative mother is against the match and enlists the help of her confessor to come between them. Schedoni, previously a leading figure of the Inquisition, is a demonic, scheming monk with no qualms about the task, whether it entails abduction, torture - or even murder.

Forty-year-old Tanya Baker dreams of starting a new life and making friends when she moves to a block of flats by the River Thames with her thirteen-year-old daughter, Hattie. But as Tanya and Hattie knock on neighbours’ doors in search of a tin opener, it’s clear that the residents of Number One Quayside like to keep to themselves. Everyone, that is, except their next-door neighbours, Italian chef Giacomo Dalamo, and his thirteen-year-old daughter, Frankie. Between a delicious dish of lasagne (Giacomo’s) and a burnt salad (Tanya’s), they hatch a plan to set a library of things in ...

Learning a language is a task that is not for the faint of heart. The oodles of lessons on grammar, verb conjugations, and verb periphrases peculiar to that language can make the whole affair seem boring and tedious. However, there is a solution for this. The approach adopted in this audiobook, a learn Italian language book, makes the learning of Italian seamless, effortless, and painless. The audiobook is also filled with lovable characters you can identify with and this makes the audiobook more interesting to listen.

La storia di Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, la brunetta dagli occhi penetranti, determinata e audace, è la storia del riscatto di una donna che superò ogni ostacolo fino a diventare Mademoiselle Coco, fondatrice e regina dell'impero Chanel. La donna implacabile che, armata di forbici e un senso dello stile impareggiabile, sconvolse non solo la moda, ma il modo stesso di concepire la femminilità.

With the death of his wife still raw, Jack Connolly's mood is dark and dangerous. He's not looking for a woman - until he meets buttoned-up but beautiful Grace Spencer, who stirs his senses back to life. Yet Jack cannot act on his feelings, as Grace belongs to another!

In questo viaggio per conoscere la "mindfulness" partiremo dalla sua origine, antica e lontana, ossia gli insegnamenti del Buddismo, in particolare la meditazione Vipassana, e le pratiche di meditazione Yoga. Una volta chiarite le origini e gli assunti teorici, filosofici e culturali che sono dietro questa pratica, continueremo a conoscere la "mindfulness" andando al cuore dei suoi meccanismi. Capiremo l'importanza primaria della respirazione, analizzeremo il tipo di atteggiamento mentale necessario per vivere ogni attimo della vita in modalità mindfulness, cioè con consapevolezza, senza giudizio, nell’attimo presente. Infine analizzeremo la mindfulness alla luce di importanti e numerosi esperimenti in ambito psicoterapeutico e neurobiologico.

Sevastiano Cantarelli can barely believe Amy Taylor is real. After the lifetime of betrayal he’s experienced, her surprising sweetness is the ultimate threat to his cynical worldview! Unwrapping her innocence was a gift he couldn’t forget...but one he knows it wouldn’t be fair to repeat. Their encounter left Amy exhilarated - and wanted for the first time. She knows that walking away from the commanding Italian is the safest way to keep her heart intact. Yet it’s the one thing she can’t do...because she’s pregnant with Sevastiano’s twins!

"La pioggia di maggio" di Moravia è la storia di un giovane che, innamoratosi della figlia di un oste, viene istigato dalla ragazza a uccidere il padre. Il delitto viene minutamente organizzato, salvo poi andare in fumo per una circostanza del tutto fortuita ...