From the Luganega to the Calabrese Italian sausages come in all shapes & sizes
- short & fat long & thin horseshoe-shaped & even
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Once a successful surgeon Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. His past is about to catch up with him. The figure approaching in the freezing cold is Harriet the only woman he has ever loved the woman he abandoned in order to go & study in America forty years earlier. She has sought him out in the hope that he will honour a promise made many years ago. Now in the late stages of a terminal illness she wants to visit a small lake in northern Sweden a place Welins father took him once as a boy. He upholds his pledge & drives her to this beautiful pool hidden deep in the forest. On the journey through the desolate snow-covered landscape Welin reflects on his impoverished childhood & the woman he later left behind. However once there Welin discovers that Harriet has left the biggest surprise until last. ...

The eight stories in this collection by Moravian Pavese Pratolina & other modern writers have been selected as being representative of contemporary Italian writing. The English translations provided are literal rather than literary & there are notes & biographies to help the student of Italian. However the volume can also be helpful to Italians who can improve their English by studying a strict rendering of stories with which thet may already be familiar. ...

This second volume of Italian Short Stories" with its parallel translations aims
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An innovative visual approach to learning & using basic Italian phrases Do you need to brush up on your Italian or learn the language full stop? Then pick up a copy of Italian Visual Phrase Pack & start learning today. Whether you're visiting Italy for business or pleasure you want to make sure you're understood & this guide will ensure you are. Find key phrases fast in this effective survival language guide for real-life situations. Galleries of words & pictures make it easy to find key basic Italian vocabulary at a glance & help you remember what you've seen. No prior knowledge required so you can learn phrases to help you find your way around eat out shop & go sightseeing. Plus a 60-minute audio CD will help you practise beforeh&. An easy-to-use pronunciation guide for every word & phrase will help you communicate with the native speakers when you've arrived. So pop Italian Visual Phrase Pack in your pocket when you're out & about in Italy so you can converse with the locals without any trouble. Now with a new look. (Previous ISBN: 9781405331661). ...

In Italian Ways bestselling writer Tim Parks brings us a fresh portrait of Italy today through a wry account of his train journeys around the country. Whether describing his daily commute from Milan to Verona his regular trips to Florence & Rome or his occasional sojourns to Naples & Sicily Parks uses his thirty years of amusing & maddening experiences on Italian trains to reveal what he calls the 'charmingly irritating dystopian paradise' of Italy. Through memorable encounters with ordinary Italians
- conductors & ticket collectors priests & prostitutes scholars & lovers gypsies & immigrants
- Parks captures what makes Italian life distinctive. Italian Ways also explores how trains helped build Italy & how the railways reflect Italians' sense of themselves from Garibaldi to Mussolini to Berlusconi & beyond. Most of all Italian Ways is an entertaining attempt to capture the essence of modern Italy.

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Pieta Martinellis sister is getting married. Since she is a bridal designer it falls to her to make the wedding gown. But Pieta is distracted by a series of unanswered questions. Why is her father feuding with another Italian in the neighbourhood? Why is her mother so faded & sad? & could the man shes always held a torch for really be getting married to someone else? As Pieta stitches & beads her sisters wedding gown she uncovers the secrets that have made her family what it is & that stand between her & happiness. THE ITALIAN WEDDING is a feast of food & love. Its about discovering who your parents really are. & who you really want to be. ...

Look & learn
- the quick & intuitive way to learn & recall everyday vocabulary in Italian. Whether for business or leisure this
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Developed for beginners the Italianissimo CDs are designed to accompany the Italianissimo course book (9780563519065) but can also be used on their own to develop your listening & speaking skills. With its emphasis on enjoying Italy & all it has to offer culturally Italianissimo will teach you all the language you need to make the most of your time abroad. Together with language explanations the CDs include authentic dialogues & interviews recorded in Italy for the BBC TV series so you will benefit from hearing native Italian speakers using practical everyday language. Italianissimo can help you reach the equivalent level of a first qualification such as GCSE. These four 75-minute audio CDs are also available to buy as part of a pack that

Includes:: the course book (9780563519089).

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Developed for beginners the Italianissimo course book is designed to accompany the Italianissimo CDs (9780563519270) but can also be used on its own to develop your reading & writing skills. With its emphasis on enjoying Italy & all it has to offer culturally Italianissimo will teach you all the language you need to make the most of your time abroad. Its unique twin-track approach means that you can decide how you want to learn. Choose either the quicker route concentrating on communication or the more detailed route if you wish to understand the language & grammar in more depth. Ten structured units present the main language of the course with additional grammar & exercise sections provided at regular intervals to reinforce learning. Italianissimo can help you reach the equivalent level of a first qualification such as GCSE. This 279-page course book is also available to buy as part of a pack that

Includes:: four 75-minute audio CDs (9780563519089).

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