Edoardo Camponeschi has narrated 17 audiobooks on Listento.it by 9 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.4★ across 15 ratings. The most-rated is The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?.
The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?
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As news reports of the horrific December 2004 tsunami in Asia reached the rest of the world, commentators were quick to seize upon the disaster as proof of either God’s power or God’s nonexistence, asking over and over, How could a good and loving God - if such exists - allow such suffering? In The Doors of the Sea, David Bentley Hart speaks at once to those skeptical of Christian faith and to those who use their Christian faith to rationalize senseless human suffering. He calls both to recognize in the worst catastrophes not the providential will of God but rather the ongoing struggle between the rebellious powers that enslave the world and the God who loves it wholly.
©2005 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (P)2018 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
The Gondola Maker
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From the author of Made in Italy comes a tale of artisanal tradition and family bonds set in one of the world's most magnificent settings: Renaissance Venice. Venetian gondola-maker Luca Vianello considers his whole life arranged. His father charted a course for his eldest son from the day he was born, and Luca is positioned to inherit one of the city's most esteemed boatyards. But when Luca experiences an unexpected tragedy in the boatyard, he believes that his destiny lies elsewhere. Soon, he finds himself drawn to restore an antique gondola with the dream of taking a girl for a ride. The Gondola Maker brings the centuries-old art of gondola making to life in the tale of a young man's complicated relationship with his master-craftsman father. Lovers of historical fiction will appreciate the authentic details of gondola craftsmanship, along with an intimate first-person narrative set against the richly textured backdrop of 16th-century Venice.
©2014 Laura Morelli (P)2016 Laura Morelli
Intermediate Italian Short Stories: 10 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Italian & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way! (Intermediate Italian Stories) (Italian Edition)
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Improve your Italian skills and grow your vocabulary with these 10 entertaining Italian short stories! The best part of learning a new language is experiencing the culture and diving into activities that will enrich your life and vocabulary. The best way to learn a new language is by reading/listening, and in this Italian book, each captivating story will engage your mind and help you improve your Italian. In this book, you will find: 10 captivating stories among topics that you will find easy to relate to. The stories are broken down into manageable chapters, so you always make progress with the story. Carefully written stories with you as an intermediate level reader in mind, using straightforward grammar and commonly used words, so you can enjoy listening while learning new grammatical structures without being overwhelmed. Plenty of natural dialogues in each story that you would actually use in an everyday conversation, which will drastically improve your speaking and comprehension ability at the same time! At the end of each chapter, there will be a comprehensive guide specially designed for beginner level. It will take you through a summary of each story, followed by a vocabulary of some of the words from the story to make sure that you understand the story fully. Chapter by chapter, you will find yourself effortlessly listening to each story. Not struggling like in basic textbooks or boring reads. You will get involved by listening to the dialogue of the characters by learning how to express yourself in different contexts, and more importantly, by learning new Italian words that will get you closer to your goal of becoming fully conversational. Please note: This audiobook is in Italian. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Lingo Mastery (P)2019 Lingo Mastery
The Catholic School
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A semiautobiographical coming-of-age story, framed by the harrowing 1975 Circeo massacre Edoardo Albinati’s The Catholic School, the winner of Italy’s most prestigious award, The Strega Prize, is a powerful investigation of the heart and soul of contemporary Italy. Three well-off young men - former students at Rome’s prestigious all-boys Catholic high school San Leone Magno - brutally tortured, raped, and murdered two young women in 1975. The event, which came to be known as the Circeo massacre, shocked and captivated the country, exposing the violence and dark underbelly of the upper middle class at a moment when the traditional structures of family and religion were seen as under threat. It is this environment, the halls of San Leone Magno in the late 1960s and the 1970s, that Edoardo Albinati takes as his subject. His experience at the school, reflections on his adolescence, and thoughts on the forces that produced contemporary Italy are painstakingly and thoughtfully rendered, producing a remarkable blend of memoir, coming-of-age novel, and true-crime story. Along with indelible portraits of his teachers and fellow classmates - the charming Arbus, the literature teacher Cosmos, and his only Fascist friend, Max - Albinati also gives us his nuanced reflections on the legacy of abuse, the Italian bourgeoisie, and the relationship between sex, violence, and masculinity.
©2016, 2019 Text copyright by RCS Libri S.p.A., Milan; Translation copyright by Antony Shugaar (P)2019 Macmillan Audio
Italian Short Stories for Beginners: 20 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Italian & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way!
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Do you know what the hardest thing for an Italian learner is? Finding the proper learning material that they can handle...which is precisely the reason we’ve created this book! Teachers love giving out tough, expert-level literature to their students, books that present many new problems to the learner and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes. It's not entertaining, useful, or motivating for the student at all, and many soon give up on learning! We have compiled 20 easy-listening, compelling, and fun stories to allow you to expand your vocabulary and give you the tools to improve your grasp of the wonderful Italian language. How Italian Short Stories for Beginners works: Each story will involve an important lesson of the tools in the Italian language (verbs, adjectives, tense, giving directions, and more), involving an interesting and entertaining story with realistic dialogues and day-to-day situations. The summaries follow a synopsis in Italian and in English of what you just heard, both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about. At the end of those summaries, you'll be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson, as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance! Finally, you'll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Italian, providing you with the chance to prove that you learned something in the story. Don't worry if you don't know the answer to any - we will provide them immediately after, but no cheating! So look no further! Pick up your copy of Italian Short Stories for Beginners, and start learning Italian right now! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Lingo Mastery (P)2018 Lingo Mastery
Conversational German Dialogues: Over 100 German Conversations and Short Stories
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Is conversational German turning a little too tricky for you? Do you have no idea how to order a meal or book a room at a hotel? If your answer to any of the previous questions was yes, then this book is for you! If there’s even been something tougher than learning the grammar rules of a new language, it’s finding the way to speak with other people in that tongue. Any student knows this - we can try our best at practicing, but you always want to avoid making embarrassing mistakes or not getting your message through correctly. "How do I get out of this situation?" many students ask themselves, to no avail, but no answer is forthcoming. Until now. We have compiled more than 100 conversational German stories for beginners along with their translations, allowing new German speakers to have the necessary tools to begin studying how to set a meeting, rent a car, or tell a doctor that they don’t feel well. We’re not wasting time here with conversations that don’t go anywhere: If you want to know how to solve problems (while learning a ton of German along the way, obviously), this book is for you! How Conversational German Dialogues works: Each new chapter will have a fresh new story between two people who wish to solve a common, day-to-day issue that you will surely encounter in real life. An German version of the conversation will take place first, followed by an English translation. This ensures that you fully understood just what it was that they were saying. Before and after the main section of the book, we shall provide you with an introduction and conclusion that will offer you important strategies, tips, and tricks to allow you to get the absolute most out of this learning material. That’s about it! It's simple, useful and incredibly helpful; you will not need another conversational German book once you have begun studying this one! We want you to feel comfortable while learning the tongue; after all, no language should be a barrier for you to travel around the world and expand your social circles! So look no further! Pick up your copy of Conversational German Dialogues and start learning German right now! Please note: This audiobook is in German. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Lingo Mastery (P)2019 Lingo Mastery
Easy Italian Phrase Book
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What is the hardest challenge you’ve faced as a student of the Italian language? You can work hard on your grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation, but being able to communicate naturally isn’t easy. In fact, the toughest part of learning Italian is knowing how to speak like a native. Most textbooks are made to teach you the traditional rules and structures of a language and are great for getting around the grammar and spelling questions you may have. However, how many of them provide you the tools necessary to have a common conversation with a best friend or someone you’ve just met? Not many. Language learners often complain about this - a lack of material that can help familiarize oneself with the most common phrases used in everyday conversation and in native surroundings. For this reason, we at Lingo Mastery have developed Easy Italian Phrase Book: Over 1500 Common Phrases for Everyday Use and Travel for you, our favorite language learner, so that you may find the best expressions for common usage in Italy and communicate with your Italian friends, colleagues, and clients without any issue! In this audiobook, you'll find: An introduction with a detailed guide on how to pronounce vowels and consonants, as well as their combinations, in the Italian tongue A list of over 1,500 common phrases in Italian, with an accurate translation in English for your understanding A phonetics pronunciation guide of each and every word in the phrases, included after every translation Finally, a conclusion to make sure you’ve learned and supply you with a final list of tips. Your days of struggling with natural communication with natives is finally over. Our Easy Italian Phrase Book is here. It’s time for you to take your Italian to the next level. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 Lingo Mastery (P)2020 Lingo Mastery
Italian
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If you want a powerful method for learning Italian fast, then pay attention.... Three manuscripts in one audiobook: Italian: How to Learn Italian Fast, Including Grammar, Short Stories, and Useful Phrases When in Italy Italian Short Stories: Eight Simple Stories for Beginners Who Want to Learn Italian in Less Time While Also Having Fun Italian Phrase Book: Over 1,000 Essential Italian Phrases You Don't Want to Be Without on Your Trip to Italy Are you one of those people who don't have a huge amount of extra time to spend learning a new language? Would you be interested in learning Italian in a way that doesn't force you to go through boring textbooks? Do you finally want to say goodbye to your tendency to forget most of what you've studied, and discover something which works for you? You see, most people make the same mistakes when learning Italian, and this is causing their progress to stagnate. The problem is that they are only sticking to one way of learning Italian. But now, you can maximize your chances of learning Italian in less time compared to reading uninspiring texts. Introducing: Italian: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners Who Want to Learn the Italian Language, Including Italian Grammar, Italian Short Stories, and Over 1,000 Italian Phrases. Whether you want to learn conversational Italian for a new job, or get ready for a trip to an Italian-speaking country, this audiobook has you covered! So if you want to learn the Italian language in a variety of fun ways that actually work, then scroll up and click the "add to cart" button! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Daily Language Learning (P)2019 Daily Language Learning
Italian
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If you want to learn Italian in less time then pay attention.... Are you sick and tired of not being able to learn Italian fast? Have you tried endless other ways of learning Italian but nothing seems to stick? Do you finally want to say goodbye to your tendency to "forget most of what you've studied" and discover something that works for you? If so, then you’ve come to the right place. You see, Italian is easier than it seems. Not only will this audiobook give you the basic grammar rules, but it also has many fun exercises for you to practice. If you’ve never studied Italian before or if you’ve studied it but you need to go back to the basics to get better, this audiobook will provide you with everything you need, especially if you are planning on traveling to Italy! Here’s just a tiny fraction of what you’ll discover: Grammar Italian short stories Italian phrases and words Sounds and pronunciation And much, much more PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Daily Language Learning (P)2019 Daily Language Learning
Italian Short Stories for Beginners
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If you want to learn Italian in a fun and entertaining way, then keep reading.... The truth is the traditional classroom-style method used to learn a foreign language isn’t really that good. Memorizing dozens (or even hundreds) of grammar rules is hard, and remembering them while you’re in an actual conversation is even harder. But think about it. How did you learn your first language? Did someone give you a grammar book while you were still in the baby cradle? Or did you learn to speak by simply listening to others? Even science agrees, the best way to learn a new language is to immerse yourself in it, listen and talk to native speakers, and actually use the language you want to learn. Unfortunately, not everyone can just move to Italy to learn the language. That’s why listening to native-spoken Italian stories is your best choice. The Italian short stories in this audiobook will help you: Avoid memorizing grammar rules for grammar’s sake - instead, you’ll listen to practical uses in everyday conversations, and after a while, following grammar will become natural to you Learn over 1,600 Italian words and expressions, thanks to the vocabulary included at the end of each story Understand colloquial phrases and expressions that people actually use so that talking to a native will be easier Learn conversational Italian, and improve your speaking skills thanks to the many natural dialogues in each story Improve your listening and pronunciation skills All the stories have a useful vocabulary section, summaries in both Italian and English, and questions to help you verify your comprehension of the plot. Even if you tried learning Italian in the past and failed, you can dramatically increase your comprehension and grow your vocabulary with these short stories. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Language Learning Lessons (P)2019 Language Learning Lessons
The Giant: A Novel of Michelangelo's David
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As a colossal statue takes shape in Renaissance Florence, the lives of a master sculptor and a struggling painter become stunningly intertwined. Florence, 1500. Fresco painter Jacopo Torni longs to make his mark in the world. But while his peers enjoy prestigious commissions, his meager painting jobs are all earmarked to pay down gambling debts. When Jacopo hears of a competition to create Florence's greatest sculpture, he pins all his hopes on a collaboration with his boyhood companion, Michelangelo Buonarroti. But will the frustrated artist ever emerge from the shadow of his singularly gifted friend? From the author of The Painter's Apprentice and The Gondola Maker comes a gorgeously crafted, immersive tale of Renaissance Italy. Based on a true story.
©2020 Laura Morelli (P)2020 Laura Morelli
Italian for Beginners: 15 Short Stories to Help You Learn and Enjoy Italian
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Reading short stories is an effective and fun way to learn Italian! It’s as simple as it sounds. Read a story, learn new vocabulary, discover a country from within … and enjoy! This short novel is created and imagined for beginners and learners taking their first steps into Italian. It is much more than a study book … because it isn’t one! It is a story based on a real experience, the true story of an Italian young woman named Sara. She lives an average life, fights her battles, dreams, works, and shapes her future with her own hands. You’ll embark on an ordinary journey filled with emotions and humanity. Most importantly, it is filled with Italy and descriptions of life in this wonderful country. Forget about grammar tables and lists of vocabulary, and immerse yourself in day-to-day conversations you can use and experience anytime in Italy. After reading all 15 chapters and completing the suggested exercises, you’ll be able to: Learn and remember hundreds of Italian words and phrases and use them in real-life situations Improve your general Italian reading comprehension skills Familiarize yourself with many grammatical structures without having to understand and memorize tons of rules Learn about the Italian culture and population Discover some of the wonders hidden in the country of “la bella vita” Experience language learning from an entirely different point of view So don't hesitate. If you want to learn Italian the fun way, now is the time. Get your copy now!
©2018 Babel Publishing (P)2018 Babel Publishing
Italian Short Stories for Beginners: Volume 2
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Are you trying to learn Italian, but can’t find the right reading material? Do you find traditional textbooks boring and need something new? Italian students regularly have to go through the toughest experiences to find proper material that isn’t too tough or too tedious for them - as language teachers, we know this. This is why we’ve created Italian Short Stories for Beginners: Volume 2 to ensure that young and old students at the entry level of learning can have yet another chance to polish their Italian tongue and survive to tell the tale! Twenty easy-to-listen-to, entertaining, and interesting stories await inside, along with the best tools to help you practice once you’re done listening to each tale. Our book will ensure you not only can listen to something that will expand your knowledge on Italian, but that you will understand and be able to pick it apart piece by piece in your quest for learning. How Italian Short Stories for Beginners: Volume 2 works: Each story will contain an important lesson of the tools in the Italian language (nouns, pronouns, future tense, traveling terms, and more), involving an interesting and entertaining story with realistic dialogues and day-to-day situations. The summaries follow a synopsis in Italian and in English of what you just listened to, both to review the lesson and for you to see if you understood what the tale was about. At the end of those summaries, you’ll be provided with a list of the most relevant vocabulary involved in the lesson, as well as slang and sayings that you may not have understood at first glance! Finally, you’ll be provided with a set of tricky questions in Italian, providing you with the chance to prove that you learned something in the story. Don’t worry if you don’t know the answer to any - we will provide them immediately after, but no cheating! Do you think you can handle it? If the answer is yes, then you’re definitely on your way to becoming a fluent Italian speaker, and we’ll certainly make that dream come true! So, look no further! Buy Italian Short Stories for Beginners: Volume 2 and start learning Italian right now! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2020 Lingo Mastery (P)2020 Lingo Mastery
Business Spanish
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Looking to close a deal with a Latin American client but have no idea what terms to use in your meeting? Having trouble communicating your instructions to coworkers in Spain? Need help with sending some emails to your contacts in South America? As the reach of business becomes global and companies expand into newer markets, it is increasingly more important to dominate a greater number of languages. And what language is more important to learn in the 21st century than Spanish - the second most-spoken language in the world? Plus, the Latin American market is one of the fastest growing in many industries, and it is essential for your business to be present in these fascinating cultures. For these reasons, we have created Business Spanish: Learn Conversational Spanish for Business Professionals to provide you, the business specialist, with the best tools in language-learning for situations you will encounter in your day-to-day life. Through the conversational materials we have developed for you, you will find the resources to: Understand and dominate business meetings in Spanish, while also learning how to close contracts with clients. Recognize what tone an employer is using to talk to you with, while also gaining knowledge on how to communicate with your superiors. Stay up to date with the latest in Spanish business terminology that will gain you respect from your peers. Learn more about how to make purchases, rent office spaces or assign tasks to your employees and coworkers. Now, all that’s left for you is to purchase this book and begin taking advantage of the tools you will only find in Business Spanish: Learn Conversational Spanish for Business Professionals. Good luck, Spanish learner! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Lingo Mastery (P)2020 Lingo Mastery
2000 Most Common Italian Words in Context
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Have you been trying to learn Italian and simply can’t find the way to expand your vocabulary? Do your teachers recommend you boring textbooks and complicated stories that you don’t really understand? Are you looking for a way to learn the language quicker without taking shortcuts? If you answered “Yes!” to at least one of those previous questions, then this book is for you! We’ve compiled the 2000 Most Common Words in Italian, a list of terms that will expand your vocabulary to levels previously unseen. Did you know that - according to an important study - learning the top 2000 most frequently used words will enable you to understand up to 84 percent of all non-fiction and 86.1 percent of fiction literature and 92.7 percent of oral speech? Those are amazing stats, and this audiobook will take you even further than those numbers! This audiobook includes: A detailed introduction with tips and tricks on how to improve your learning A list of 2000 of the most common words in Italian and their translations An example sentence for each word - in both Italian and English Finally, a conclusion to make sure you’ve learned and supply you with a final list of tips Don’t look any further, we’ve got what you need right here! In fact, we’re ready to turn you into a Italian speaker…are you ready to get involved in becoming one? PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Lingo Mastery (P)2019 Lingo Mastery
American Legends: The Life of Frederick Douglass
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A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up on the lives of America's most important men and women in the time it takes to finish a commute. And they can do so while learning interesting facts long forgotten or never known. With the possible exception of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., no African American has been more instrumental in the fight for minorities' civil rights in the United States than Frederick Douglass (1818 - 1895), an American social reformer, orator, writer, and statesman. His list of accomplishments would be impressive enough even without taking into account the fact that he was born into slavery. It's believed his father was a white man, even perhaps his master Aaron Anthony. When Douglass was about 12, his slaveowner's wife, Sophia Auld, began teaching him the alphabet in defiance of the South's laws against teaching slaves how to read. When her husband Hugh found out, he was furious, reminding her that if the slave learned to read, he would become dissatisfied with his condition and desire freedom. Those words would prove prophetic. Douglass is noted as saying that "knowledge is the pathway from slavery to freedom". He took that advice to heart, teaching himself how to read and write with his knowledge of the alphabet. On September 3, 1838, Douglass successfully escaped slavery, traveling by boat to Delaware, Philadelphia, and finally New York, all in the span of a day. Douglass found a "...new world had opened upon [him]".
©2012 Charles River Editors (P)2015 Charles River Editors
Italian Vocabulary Builder: 2222 Italian Phrases to Learn Italian and Grow Your Vocabulary
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Have you been trying to learn Italian, but feel that you’re a long way off from talking like a native? Do you want to have an efficient resource to teach you words and phrases very commonly used in endless scenarios? Are you looking to learn Italian vocabulary quickly and effectively without being swarmed with complicated rules? If you answered “Yes!” to at least one of the previous questions, then this book is definitely for you! We’ve created Italian Vocabulary Builder - 2222 Italian Phrases to Learn Italian and Grow Your Vocabulary - a powerful list of common Italian terms used in context that will vastly expand your vocabulary and boost your fluency in the “language of music”, as it is romantically called. In this book you will find: A detailed introduction with a brief, descriptive guide on how to improve your learning A list of 2222 keywords in common phrases in Italian and their translations Finally, a conclusion to close the lesson and ensure you’ve made good use of the material But we haven’t even told you what we’ve got in store for you, have we? In this book, you will find phrases relevant to the most common and essential subjects, such as: adjectives, animals, entertainment, family and friendship, grammar, health, jobs, time, synonyms, and dozens of other must-know topics. So what are you waiting for? Start listening to Italian Vocabulary Builder - 2222 Italian Phrases to Learn Italian and Grow Your Vocabulary and start boosting your language skills today! PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Lingo Mastery (P)2018 Lingo Mastery