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Italian Short Stories: Learn Italian with Short Stories for Beginners
- Narrated by: Annalisa Giolo Dunker
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
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Do you want to learn Italian?
Learning a new language is actually easier than you may think!
This audiobook is not a traditional language method; it is a collection of short pieces, different from one another in length, topic, and difficulty, which will allow you to explore the Italian language from a direct, practical, and fun perspective.
Through this audiobook, you will be able to learn new vocabulary, expressions, and constructions by listening to very inspiring, original, and typically Italian stories!
Italian Short Stories is a selection of famous Italian texts that will help you to learn and improve your Italian language skills.
Every story is divided into smaller sections that are translated into English and commented. The stories present very different styles, from the simplest and dialogue-like to the most elaborate and literary, so you will be able to explore a wide range of written Italian while having fun!
You'll be able to integrate vocabulary and constructions in your speech, without having to memorize boring grammar rules, but just connecting the stories’ context with everyday situations and try it out!
So, sit back, relax, and enjoy your Italian Short Stories!
Now go and click the “BUY” button.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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The music of Frank Sinatra, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and many other artists provides the score to the reflections of a musician on the road in this memoir of Neil Peart's travels from Los Angeles to Big Bend National Park. The emotional associations and stories behind each album Peart plays guide his recollections of his childhood on Lake Ontario, the first bands that he performed with, and his travels with the band Rush. The evocative and resonant writing vividly captures the meanderings of a musical mind.
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If your a music lover you'll dig this one
- By Jason Lessenger on 09-12-15
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The Seventh Function of Language
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- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
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Paris, 1980. The literary critic Roland Barthes dies - struck by a laundry van - after lunch with the presidential candidate François Mitterand. The world of letters mourns a tragic accident. But what if it wasn't an accident at all? What if Barthes was murdered?
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Outstanding reader! Excellent choice of victim(s).
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In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and the tricks of the masters and discover why their work has endured. Written with passion, humor, and wisdom, Reading Like a Writer will inspire listeners to return to literature with a fresh eye and an eager heart.
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Practical, literate, generous
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The Ballad of Bob Dylan is a vivid, full-bodied portrait of one of the most influential artists of the 20th-century - a man widely regarded as the most important lyricist America has ever produced. Acclaimed poet and biographer Daniel Mark Epstein frames Dylan against the backdrop of four seminal concerts - all of which he attended. Beautifully written, The Ballad of Bob Dylan is a unique, eye-opening portrait of an artist who has transformed generations and continues to inspire and surprise today.
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Excellent book, excellent narration
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The Elements of Eloquence
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In his inimitably entertaining and wonderfully witty style, he takes apart famous phrases and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare or quip like Oscar Wilde. Whether you’re aiming to achieve literary immortality or just hoping to deliver the perfect one-liner, The Elements of Eloquence proves that you don’t need to have anything important to say - you simply need to say it well.
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Who knew rhetoric could be so much fun?
- By Philo on 10-30-14
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You Say Potato: A Book About Accents
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Some people say 'sconn' while others say 'schown'. He says 'bath' while she says 'bahth'. You say 'potayto'. I say 'potahto'. And - wait a second, no one says 'potahto'. No one's ever said 'potahto'. Have they? From reconstructing Shakespeare's accent to the rise and fall of received pronunciation, actor Ben Crystal and his linguist father, David, travel the world in search of the stories of spoken English.
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Wish there were more native recordings.
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The Glamour of Grammar
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Early in the history of English, glamour and grammar were the same word, linked to enchantment and magical spells. Now grammar brings to mind language bullies and bored-out-of-their-skulls students. Roy Peter Clark, one of America’s most influential writing teachers, wants to change that by putting the glamour back into grammar.
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Wasteful
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The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones
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Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones’ inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool, in 1969. He lived with them throughout their 1969 American tour, staying up all night together listening to blues, talking about music, ingesting drugs, and consorting with groupies. His thrilling account culminates with their final concert at Altamont Speedway - a nightmare of beating, stabbing, and killing that would signal the end of a generation’s dreams of peace and freedom.
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Superlative rendering of a singular story.
- By Laura Davis on 11-28-15
By: Stanley Booth
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- Dominique
- 05-08-19
High quality audiobook
The stories are very interesting and engaging, it’s a fun way to improve your Italian. Also, the narrator has excellent pronunciation in both, English and Italian. Recommended.
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- Rodrigo Montes
- 05-08-19
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Very helpful to learn Italian. The quality of the audio was outstanding. I recommend this book to everyone!
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- Jeffery Farrell
- 10-31-19
I'm enjoying this book and finding it very helpful
It's so challenging to find listening material to consider when learning a new language. I was delighted with this book, because even though there are many words I haven't learned yet, it is easy to figure out the meaning of each story, and finally select the unfamiliar words.
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- Cynthia Powell
- 10-30-19
Loving stories to learn Italian.
All the stories are surprising and fun to keep you going, and the scheme is mild so that you can focus on the language.
Sentences and vocabulary are enough for starters. I found the audio records and the book, useful tools for learning.
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- Howard Larsen
- 10-31-19
Help Increase Understanding of the Stories
The stories in this book are accommodating to take vocabulary words I’m listening to and give them contextual meaning in sentences and stories.
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- Herbert Mccall
- 10-31-19
For Upper Beginner and Intermediate
The stories in this book are beneficial to take dictionary words I’m listening to and give them contextual meaning in sentences and stories.
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- Lester Rivera
- 10-30-19
More fun than phrase lists!
The aim is to master the language, so it's subtle as it is.
Mere stories intended to interject phrases that are beneficial for everyone.
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- Sebastian Arizti
- 05-15-19
Excellent quality and great stories!
I really loved this audiobook, it had a great quality and very entertaining. I really recommend it!
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- Mae Cisneros
- 10-30-19
Stories are catching and fun
This is the book I needed to improve learning Italian. I also use some apps, but seldom I feel I'm only learning those particular idioms, this book out it from a real-world panorama.
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- Monica Green
- 10-31-19
Excellent Source of Italian Input
I recommend this book and its stories for anyone who wishes to develop their understanding and knowledge of the beautiful Italian language.
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