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Italian Books by Level: A Reading Ladder from A1 to C1
An Italian teacher’s recommendation of Italian books for foreign learners at various levels. Plus, which classics are traps.
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Antonio Cangiano
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Where to Move to Italy: Is the South Safer Than the North?
Looking at selected crime stats for Italy, you might conclude that the south is safer than the north. Let’s discuss the crime you will actually meet on…
Jul 20
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Antonio Cangiano
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Olivetti: The Italian Company That Beat Silicon Valley
An Italian engineer in Ivrea sold a desktop computer to NASA in 1965, four years before Xerox PARC. Then Italy took the company apart.
Jul 17
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Antonio Cangiano
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Where to Live in Piedmont
Where to live in Piemonte: twenty towns pass my relocation filter out of all 1,180. From the Langhe to Lago Maggiore.
Jul 15
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Antonio Cangiano
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How to Buy Italian Books Outside of Italy
How to actually get Italian books and ebooks shipped abroad, and which e-reader to read them on
Jul 13
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Antonio Cangiano
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There Is Nothing There
My sister says the south of Marche has nothing. She's never lived in rural Canada.
Jul 10
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Antonio Cangiano
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Where to Live in Abruzzo Without Living on a Fault
Apply our filters to Abruzzo and by the time you screen out the earthquakes and ghost town, you're left with eight coastal towns.
Jul 8
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Antonio Cangiano
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San Patrignano: The Rehab Italy Still Can't Agree On
RFK Jr. calls San Patrignano a beautiful model for America's drug crisis. Italians have spent almost fifty years arguing about what really happened…
Jul 6
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Antonio Cangiano
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The Italian Man Purse Never Died: America Just Renamed It
The borsello, Italy’s man purse, scandalized North America for decades. Now many men own one. They just call it a tactical sling bag instead.
Jul 3
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Antonio Cangiano
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Where to Live in Campania, Beyond Naples and Amalfi
Campania is gorgeous and complicated. Volcanoes, sprawl, depopulation, and worse. Apply the relocation filter and eight towns make it out.
Jul 1
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Antonio Cangiano
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June 2026
The Cogne Murder: Italy’s First Trial by Television
The Cogne murder took a three-year-old’s life and convicted his mother. It's also the cultural watershed that taught Italian TV to turn a trial into…
Jun 29
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Antonio Cangiano
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DOP, DOCG, IG: Italian Food, Wine, and Spirit Labels Explained
What do DOP, IGP, DOC, DOCG, IG, and STG actually tell you about Italian food, wine, and spirits? Let's demystify these labels.
Jun 26
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Antonio Cangiano
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