Taste of Italy and learn Italian audiobooks.

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Pimsleur Quick and Simple Italian for English Speakers (Learn Italian language audiobooks)

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Understand and speak Italian starting with these eight quick and simple audio lessons.

You're not just learning "phrases" with the Pimsleur Method, you're acquiring essential, conversational Italian!

You'll be thrilled to discover you can hold a real conversation in Italian when you have finished these eight 30-minute lessons!

Dr. Paul Pimsleur's original and unique method enables you to acquire Italian as effortlessly as children absorb their native language. You will succeed because the Pimsleur program makes sure that you learn vocabulary and grammar correctly and easily in conversational settings, without mindless repetition. Pimsleur is the only language program that includes exclusive, copyrighted memory training that ensures you always will remember what you have learned.

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The Complete Idiots Guide to Italian, Level 1 (Learn Italian language audiobooks)

Summary from the publisher of The Complete Idiots Guide to Italian, Level 1...

You're no idiot, of course. Neither is the team of memory and linguistics experts who have designed the world's most effective foreign language self-study course. International travelers, students, and business people can now learn to converse in a new language in less than half the time they expect.

The Complete Idiot's Guide language audio programs are guaranteed to work for beginners, as a refresher course, and even with those who have been frustrated in other attempts to learn a foreign language. You can start learning today.

MindZeit Note: This learn Italian course is accompanied by a pdf, but at 140 odd pages it can be a little hungry on system resources!

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Learn in Your Car : Italian, Level 1 (Learn Italian language audiobooks)

Summary from the publisher of Learn in Your Car: Italian, Level 1...

The Learn in Your Car language series is the first system ever designed to teach a language in your car...or anywhere...without a textbook. Simple and effective, you can learn to converse in another language while driving, walking, or doing tasks around the house. And now with Learn in Your Car from audible.com, you can turn your PC, your Rio, or any mobile device into your own personal language tutor.

Each course is organized the way you learn best - by learning words and phrases - and building these into sentences and clear conversations. Arrange hotel accommodations, order in restaurants, change money, and feel more at home next time you travel!

The Learn in Your Car language series is:

Easy to use without a textbook
Prepared by dialect-free professionals
Available in levels for students of all abilities
Designed to teach grammar basics through recorded examples
Level 1 offers an introduction to key words, numbers, phrases, sentence structure, and basic grammar.

MindZeit Note: this is not a course to teach you the rules of Italian grammer directly, what it will give you is plenty of vocabulary and lots of useful phrases, which use the various parts of grammer. A pdf transcript of the vocabulary & phrases, is available for download, and would be very useful for beginners who need to see as well as hear the Italian words and phrases. If you prefer your transcripts in booklet form, you can purchase copies from the publisher, or if you buy the CD version on 9 audio CDs, which includes all three levels, you will find them included!

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In-Flight Italian : Learn Before You Land (Learn Italian language audiobooks)

Summary from the publisher of In-Flight Italian: Learn Before You Land

Wondering how to make use of all that spare time on the plane while you're flying to Rome, Florence, Milan, or Venice? Between your in-flight meal and your in-flight movie, try some In-Flight Italian! This 60-minute program is the simplest way to learn just enough Italian to get through anything you'll run into, whether you're traveling for business or for pleasure. Short lessons make In-Flight Italian easy to use.

Covers everything from greetings and polite expressions to asking directions, getting around, checking into a hotel, and going to a restaurant.
Includes sections for meeting people and spending a night on the town.
Over 400 essential words, phrases, and expressions.
Simple and effective format - just listen and repeat.

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All-Audio Italian (Learn Italian language audiobooks)

Summary from the publisher of All-Audio Italian ...

Learn Italian Anywhere :
If you have trouble finding time to fit in language lessons, All-Audio Italian is the perfect solution. Developed by the experts at Living Language, this program is designed for people on the move. You can learn Italian as you drive, work around the house, or exercise at the gym.

No Reading Required :
An English-speaking narrator guides you through 35 short lessons. Just listen and repeat after native Italian speakers.

Vocabulary, Grammar, Dialogue, and Culture :
Begin with vocabulary and grammar basics before hearing a lively dialogue that includes the most current Italian idioms and usage. Interactive exercises reinforce what you've learned. You'll also learn some intriguing facts about Italian customs and culture.

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The Five Crayons: Berltiz Kids Italian, Adventures with Nicholas (Learn Italian language audiobooks for kids)

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Berlitz Kids' The Five Crayons is the introduction to the Adventures with Nicholas series. Featuring easy Italian vocabulary and simple sentences, this story teaches colors, numbers from one to ten, rooms and furniture, animals, weather expressions, means of transportation, location words, and more. The 60-minute program offers a catchy, thematically related song for each chapter. Listen to the audio story and sing along with each of the songs: it's a fun learning experience for students, parents, or teachers.

MindZeit note: this learn Italian for Kids course is accompanied by a downloadable booklet in Microsoft Word Format.

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The Missing Cat: Berlitz Kids Italian, Adventures with Nicholas (Learn Italian language audiobooks for kids)

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Where is Princess? Berlitz Kids presents a fun and effective introduction to Italian. In The Missing Cat, the second story in the Adventures with Nicholas series, we meet Nicholas and his family, hot on the trail of their beloved cat Princess, who has disappeared from her basket. Find out what happens when the whole family sets off in search of Princess in this lively tale with a very happy ending! Their search introduces youngsters to basic words and phrases, greetings and salutations, numbers, days of the week, members of the family, places in a city, colors, food, and more.

MindZeit note: this learn Italian for Kids course is accompanied by a downloadable booklet in Microsoft Word Format.

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Under the Tuscan Sun (Audiobooks about Italy)

Author: Frances Mayes

Summary from the publisher of Under the Tuscan Sun

Frances Mayes - widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer - opens the door to a wondrous new world when she buys and restores an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. In sensuous and evocative language, she brings the reader along as she discovers the beauty and simplicity of life in Italy. An accomplished cook and food writer, Mayes also creates dozens of delicious seasonal recipes from her traditional kitchen and simple garden, all of which are included in this audio. Doing for Tuscany what M.F.K. Fisher and Peter Mayle did for Provence, Mayes writes about the tastes and pleasures of a foreign country with gusto and passion. A celebration of the extraordinary quality of life in Tuscany, Under the Tuscan Sun is a feast for all the senses.

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Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy - Unabridged (Audiobooks about Italy)

Author: Frances Mayes

Summary from the publisher of Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy (Unabridged audio book)

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. A sabbatical from teaching in San Francisco allowed her to return to Cortona - and her beloved house, Bramasole - just as the first green appeared on the rocky hillsides. Bella Tuscany, a companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, is Mayes' passionate and lyrical account of her continuing love affair with Italy. Now truly at home there, Mayes writes of her deepening connection to the land, her flourishing friendships with local people, the joys of art, food, and wine, and the rewards and occasional heartbreaks of her villa's ongoing restoration. It is also a memoir of a season of change, and of renewed possibility. As spring becomes summer she revives Bramasole's lush gardens, meets the challenges of learning a new language, tours regions from Sicily to the Veneto, and faces transitions in her family life. Filled with recipes from her Tuscan kitchen and written in the sensuous and evocative prose that has become her hallmark, Bella Tuscany is a celebration of the sweet life in Italy.

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In Tuscany - Unabridged (Audiobooks about Italy)

Authors: Frances Mayes with Edward Mayes

Summary from the publisher of In Tuscany (Unabridged audio book)

From the best selling author whose memoirs Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany have captured the voluptuousness of Italian life in sensuous and evocative prose, comes a lavishly illustrated celebration of Tuscany's people, food, landscapes, and art, as well as the abundant pleasures of Italian life as it is lived at home, at festivals, feasts, restaurants, and markets, in the kitchen and on the piazza, and in the vineyards, fields, and olive groves.

Combining all-new essays by Frances Mayes with contributions by her husband, poet Edward Mayes, In Tuscany is divided into four interrelated parts - La Piazza, La Festa, Il Campo, and La Bellezza - each highlighting a signature aspect of Tuscan life.

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Bringing Tuscany Home : Sensuous Style from the Heart of Italy (Audiobooks about Italy)

Authors: Frances Mayes with Edward Mayes

Summary from the publisher of Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style from the Heart of Italy

When Frances Mayes fell in love with Tuscany and Bramasole, millions of readers basked in the experience through her three best-selling memoirs. Now Frances and her husband, In Tuscany coauthor Edward, share the essence of Tuscan life as they have lived it, with specific ideas and inspiration for listeners stateside to bring the beauty and spirit of Tuscany into their own home decor, meals, gardens, entertaining and, most important, outlook on life.

Enjoy the abundant flavors and easy simplicity of the Tuscan kithcen with details on everything from olive oil and vin santo to pici and gnocchi.

MindZeit Note: This audiobook is accompanied by a pdf with five of Frances's recipes.

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Venice Walks (Audiobooks about Italy)

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Venice, with its mesmerizing system of narrow streets, bridges and canals, offers one of the most perfect walking environments in the world. Nearly 100,000 foreigners flock to the city each day, yet most never get beyond the bustling Piazza San Marco. Now, with Venicewalks Audio Guide, you can put on your earphones, keep your eyes on some of the most extraordinary art and architecture in existence, and listen while the history is explained and the scandal is revealed.

These four intimate walking tours can take as little as two hours or as long as a morning or afternoon, depending on whether you stop at shops, museums, or cafes which are pointed out along the way. You can also listen to the tapes before you leave to help you plan your day in Venice and they will be an enjoyable reminder for you when you return.

MindZeit note: this book does refer to the map that comes with the non-audio book version, so bear this in mind if you intend to listen to it while strolling around Venice!

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Rome Walks (Audiobooks about Italy)

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Rome's two and a half millennia of history are reflected not only in her fascinating architecture but also in her intricate, winding streets. Now you can put on your earphones and let Romewalks Audio Guide unveil the immense cultural treasures that lie within the walls of this Mediterranean city. Romewalks will charm you with anecdotes from Roman history and gossip about the people, art, religion, archeology, architecture, and cuisine of Rome.

These four intimate walking tours can take as little as two hours or as long as a morning or afternoon, depending on whether you stop at shops, museums, or cafes which are pointed out along the way. You can also listen to the tapes before you leave to help you plan your day in Rome and they will be an enjoyable reminder for you when you return.

MindZeit note: this book does refer to the map that comes with the non-audio book version, so bear this in mind if you intend to listen to it while strolling around Rome!

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Florence Walks (Audiobooks about Italy)

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Florencewalks Audio Guide proves to listeners that much of Florence's art is found not only in her world famous museums but on her streets as well. Florencewalks takes visitors on four intimate walking tours, revealing the treasures that can only be fully appreciated by those on foot. The neighborhoods include Dante's Florence; The Streets of the Renaissance Princes; Markets, Bazaars, and Antiques; and the Artisans' Quarter. Stroll down hushed alleys permeated with the aroma of fresh spices and produce. Enter sun-washed piazzas flanked by churches, artisans' workshops, and grand palazzo. Each tour leads visitors through centuries of Italian history and architecture, showing them the undisputed charms of this lovely city and revealing the scandals and anecdotes buried in its vivid and volatile past.

These four intimate walking tours can take as little as two hours or as long as a morning or afternoon, depending on whether you stop at shops, museums, or cafes which are pointed out along the way. You can also listen to the tapes before you leave to help you plan your day in Florence and they will be an enjoyable reminder for you when you return.

MindZeit note: this book does refer to the map that comes with the non-audio book version, so bear this in mind if you intend to listen to it while strolling around Florence!

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The Italian Renaissance - Unabridged (Audiobooks about Italy)

Author: J.H.Plumb

Summary from the publisher of The Italian Renaissance (Unabridged audiobook)...

In all of human history there has never been an era as richly endowed with human creativity as the Italian Renaissance. When the economic boom of the Late Middle Ages had allowed a flourishing and wealthy merchant class to emerge, a plethora of artists, sculptors, architects, and thinkers followed in their wake. In an astonishingly short period of time, Italy was transformed mentally, physically, and spiritually. Powerful commercial centers like Florence, Venice, and Milan became independent. Artists like Michaelangelo and Cellini threw off the customs of the past and forged new symbols of Man, while others, like the gentle aristocrat Baldassare Castiglione, were attempting to civilize the behavior of society with gentlemanly manners. From north to south, Italian cities were literally reborn with an energy and enthusiasm that has never repeated itself anywhere.

This great historical essay tells you why this extraordinary event occurred and why it finally died out, though its effects lasted hundreds of years. Ironically, all the great pomp and splendor of the Italian Renaissance was accompanied by some of the worst violence and mayhem that Italy has ever experienced. In the midst of splendor unheard of, men murdered, stole, raped, lied, and cuckolded friend and foe. Horrible torture, brutal war, and poisonous political intrigue went hand in hand with the most sumptuous artistic and literary output in European history. Follow this incredible story to understand the Italian Renaissance in ways you never conceived.

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