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Humorous retelling of the classic Russian tale, The Enormous Turnip.

Presents simple pictures with Italian text to describe different colors. Includes a dictionary and pronunciation guide.

"Ortis is composed by letters written by Jacopo to his friend Lorenzo Alderani; the last chapter is the description of the young man's last hours and suicide written by Lorenzo. The plot is located in the countryside near Padua and takes place between October 1797 and March 1799. Jacopo Ortis is a patriot who must retreat in a village in Colli Euganei to escape political persecutions. Here he meets a girl, named Teresa, and her family. The two youths...

"La capanna dello zio Tom" è un romanzo anti-schiavista scritto dall’americana Harriet Beecher Stowe. Pubblicato nel 1852, in seguito ad un atto legislativo promulgato nel 1850 che decretava un dovere la denuncia degli schiavi fuggiti e la restituzione ai proprietari, il romanzo ebbe un profondo effetto sugli atteggiamenti nei confronti degli afro-americani e la schiavitù negli Stati Uniti e rese più acuto il conflitto che condusse alla guerra...

Kaos: Freely adapted from Luigi Pirandello's Novelle per un anno, the film consists of four separate tales portraying Sicilian peasant life at the turn of the 20th century.

"This new edition of the Modern Italian Grammar is an innovative reference guide to Italian, combining traditional and function-based grammar in a single volume. With a strong emphasis on contemporary usage, all grammar points and functions are richly illustrated with examples. Implementing feedback from users of the first edition, this text includes clearer explanations, as well as a greater emphasis on areas of particular difficulty for learners...

"This new edition of 'Colloquial Italian' has been revised and updated to make learning Italian easier and more enjoyable than ever before. Specially developed by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, this course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Italian. No prior knowledge of the language is required."--

"An old donkey, an old dog, an old cat and a cockerel ran away from their owners. They wanted to become buskers and on their way together to Bremen. However, they never make their way to Bremen and settled in a house instead." --