Handbook of Contemporary Italy provides a comprehensive account of Italy and Italian politics in the 21st Century. Featuring contributions from many leading scholars in the field, this Handbook is comprised of 28 chapters which are organized to deliver unparalleled analysis of Italian society, politics and culture. This is an essential reference work for scholars and students of Italian and Western European society, politics, and history.
Italian Reader: Short Stories (English-Italian Parallel Text)
This book contains a selection of 8 finest short stories which have been adapted from originals written by the world’s greatest storytellers such as: O. Henry, W.S. Maugham, R. Goldberg and others. There are also 5 mini-stories presented at the beginning of the book as a “warm-up exercise”. The stories have been thoroughly adapted (to preserve the gist of the original), translated into Italian language and presented as English – Italian parallel text. The book is intended mainly for Elementary to middle-Intermediate level learners.
A Farewell to Arms is a novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant ("Tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. The title is taken from a poem by 16th-century English dramatist George Peele.
A Farewell to Arms is about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of A Farewell to Arms cemented Hemingway's stature as a modern American writer.
Italian Renaissance Audio Lectures taught by prof. Kenneth Bartlett & Student's Book Тем, кто готовится обучаться или стажироваться в американских или британских университетах, а также всем образованным людям, интересующимся не только своей специальностью и английским языком, но также проблемами истории и культуры, мы предоставляем ещё одну возможность попрактиковаться в восприятии на слух лекций научного и научно-популярного характера.
(36 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) Course No. 7140 Taught by William Kloss Independent Art Historian, The Smithsonian Associates, Smithsonian Institution M.A., Oberlin College В добавление к прекрасному материалу Italian Renaissance taught by prof. Kenneth Barlett & Student's Book (poster trzcina) http://englishtips.org/index.php?newsid=1150790623 "…these Arts, in their highest province, are not addressed to the gross senses, but to the desires of the mind, to that spark of divinity which we have within…." —Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1786
