Mondays suck / 4 Half-Price eBook Easy Readers from 2020

Buondì.

A super-short one this morning, as I took Roomie to her zoo by bus, then walking, which used up time. After that I was busy closing down last week’s ebook offer, and setting up this week’s (details below).

It’s already ten-thirty! And it’s the end of the month, which means paying the rent and payroll for our Italian school, where I’m typing this. With, as mentioned last week, a closeup view of the rather ugly twelveth century Torre degli Azzoguidi from the window behind me. Eight hundred years sure is a long time…

Don’t Mondays suck, though?

Roomie didn’t want to get up this morning, first trying a plaintive “TEE VUUU!” (Saturday’s and Sunday’s she gets to watch kiddie TV in bed on my smartphone), pretending not to have heard us tell her that the weekend was over, E.N.D.E.D.

She then sneaked back into bed, in the hope that her non presence in the bathroom would derail the usual routine of dressing, teeth-cleaning and so on.

On the other hand, on Mondays daycare takes the strain for seven hours or so, and there’s no lunch to cook or dishes to wash, as we’re all eating leftovers from plastic icecream containers. Mine is tagliatelle ragù, in case you were wondering. Sunday lunch, now Monday’s, too.

So anyway, thanks to everyone who commented, following last week’s article in which I protested that no one ever did. If you’d like to read what was written, a simple way to do it is to visit the club website and to look for the little box, where it says JOIN THE CONVERSATION. Clicking on any of the comments will take you to the article or page which was commented on, where you can then follow the thread.

A mention also for Fran, who left an ebook review. Wow, thanks, Fran! You are a rare and precious flower in a meadow of wild weeds. Check out the ebook she reviewed, and what she thought of it, here.

And talking of ebook reviews, I’ve included links to them for the four ‘eBooks of the Week’ below. Take a look and you’ll see that while most of them are very positive, not all are. Proof, if you needed it, that I publish even critical feedback (the ethical thing to do.) That said, if I don’t agree with what a reviewer writes, I’ll say so…

Gotta go, to the bank. A mercoledì!

4 Half-Price eBook Easy Readers from 2020

This week we’re doing the half-price ebook offer on four titles we published in 2020. Any of the four will cost you just £3.99 until Sunday 5th March 2023.

In level order, from moderately easy to really rather hard (read the reviews, look at the free sample chapters…), this week’s half price ‘easy Italian reader’ ebooks are…

Zio Ciro e la pizza (B1)

Against her conservative father’s wishes, a nineteen-year-old Italian-American, buys a plane ticket to Napoli, in Italy. The plan is to discover the city her family originated from, and to get to know zio Ciro, the black sheep of the family!

Join Angela as she helps her Neapolitan uncle prepare pizzas for a special lunch, while learning the fascinating history of Napoli’s most famous dish!

• .pdf e-book (+ audio available free online)
• .mobi (Kindle-compatible) and .epub (other ebook readers) available on request at no extra charge – just add a note to the order form or email us
• 8 chapters to read and listen to
• Comprehension questions to check your understanding
• Italian/English glossary of ‘difficult’ terms for the level
• Suitable for students at any level
• Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Buy Zio Ciro e la pizza just £3.99 | FREE sample chapter (.pdf) | Read reviews! | Catalog

Dante, un’altra marachella (B1/2)

Dante, the black and white feline protagonist of ‘Dante, gatto vagante‘ is once more out and about, roaming the sestiere of Venice where he lives, his earlier misadventures having faded from memory. These days he always finds his way home, safe and sound, to the loving Anna and a delicious bowl of crunchy ‘croccantini’. So why would today be any different?

• .pdf e-book (+ audio available free online)
• .mobi (Kindle-compatible) and .epub (other ebook readers) available on request at no extra charge – just add a note to the order form or email us
• 8 chapters to read and listen to
• Comprehension questions to check your understanding
• Italian/English glossary of ‘difficult’ terms for the level
• Suitable for students at any level
• Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Buy Dante, un’altra marachella just £3.99 | FREE sample chapter (.pdf) | Read reviews! | Catalog

Chi è per me Cecilia (C1/2)

“Grandioso! Licenziato dopo due mesi… E adesso che faccio?!” pensai. Il primo impulso era stato quello di prendere il cellulare. Avevo scorso la rubrica fino alla lettera “C”, poi mi ero fermato a fissare lo schermo. Infine avevo sospirato e lo avevo riposto in tasca. Preso dallo sconforto, mi guardai intorno e chiesi, questa volta ad alta voce: “Che diamine posso fare?”

Milanese twenty-something Matteo loses his first real job after just a few months, and despairs he’ll ever find another. His parents don’t understand how bad his prospects seem, and he hasn’t spoken to his best friend, Cecilia, for several months. Should he call her? But can true friendship between a man and a woman really exist?

• .pdf e-book (+ audio available free online)
• .mobi (Kindle-compatible) and .epub (other ebook readers) available on request at no extra charge – just add a note to the order form or email us
• 8 chapters to read and listen to
• Comprehension questions to check your understanding
• Italian/Italian glossary of ‘difficult’ terms for the level
• Suitable for students at advanced level
• Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Buy Chi è per me Cecilia just £3.99 | FREE sample chapter (.pdf) | Read reviews! | Catalog

La carriera – dietro le quinte del Palio di Siena (C2)

“E mancano solo quattro giorni al Palio, la corsa di cavalli più famosa d’Italia!” sebbene la radio gracchiasse, si distinguevano piuttosto chiaramente le parole dell’esaltato commentatore: “Siena freme e si dipinge dei colori delle contrade, agghindate per la festa. Come ben sapete, cari ascoltatori, tra le dieci contrade che gareggiano vi sono alleanze e rivalità secolari. Per ogni contrada è stato già estratto a sorte un cavallo. I migliori di quest’anno sono il giovane Trifoglio, che è al suo secondo palio e corre per la contrada dell’Istrice, e la veterana Caruccia che vestirà i colori della Lupa. La Lupa e l’Istrice sono due storiche rivali, che fatalità, signori! Se ne vedranno delle belle!”

Follow Il Guercio, the diminutive one-eyed Sardinian jockey, as he’s hired to ride one of the year’s best horses, bareback, in Italy’s most famous urban race, the Siena Palio!

• .pdf e-book (+ audio available free online)
• .mobi (Kindle-compatible) and .epub (other ebook readers) available on request at no extra charge – just add a note to the order form or email us
• 8 chapters to read and listen to
• Comprehension questions to check your understanding
• Italian glossary of ‘difficult’ terms for the level (no English!)
• Suitable for students at upper-intermediate/advanced levels
• Download your Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Buy La carriera – dietro le quinte del Palio di Siena just £3.99 | FREE sample chapter (.pdf) | Read reviews! | Catalog

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P.P.S.

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