This week EasyReaders.org is publishing another in our series of history-themed Italian easy reader ebooks.

The new ‘easy reader’ ebook is Garibaldi sul ‘Piemonte’, and the level is B2/C1, so upper-intermediate/advanced.

Until Sunday 26th June it’s discounted 25% compared to the usual ‘easy reader’ price, so just £5.99 rather than £7.99.

Check out the Free Sample Chapter (.pdf), to verify the length, level and format of the ebook.

An original Italian easy reader by Francesca Colombo

Nel 1860 l’Italia non è ancora un unico paese: è divisa in piccoli stati che vengono costantemente attaccati e invasi dalle grandi potenze europee. In questo periodo il sud Italia, dalla Sicilia a Napoli, è occupato dai Borboni. Ed è proprio da qui che il marinaio genovese rivoluzionario e repubblicano Garibaldi e mille volontari (“garibaldini”) spinti dallo spirito patriottico e dall’amore per la libertà, iniziano l’opera di liberazione e unificazione del paese.

“Voi sapete che questa riunione è segreta, giusto? Non potete dire niente a nessuno, ci siamo capiti?!” chiede ansiosamente Raffaele Rubattino, il grande costruttore e proprietario di navi ai tre uomini presenti. Poi si alza dalla sedia e si stropiccia la faccia con la mano.

“Oh mio Dio, cosa sto facendo!” dice Rubattino ridendo nervosamente. Garibaldi, seduto su una sedia di legno, lo guarda con un sorriso sereno, si gratta la barba bionda, si passa una mano fra i capelli lunghi e pettinati all’indietro e poi nasconde le braccia nel suo poncho. Alle sue spalle stanno in piedi Pasquale e Pietro, due garibaldini che lo hanno accompagnato all’incontro. Entrambi sono venditori del mercato, abituati a fare affari, ma questa volta non si tratta di vendere frutta e formaggi!

Garibaldi, che fino a quel momento è rimasto in silenzio, prende la parola con il suo tono autoritario e calmo: “Vi ripeto il piano, signor Rubattino. I vostri lavoratori lasceranno le due navi, che chiameremo il Piemonte e il Lombardo, giù nel porto. Poi i miei uomini le prenderanno. Sembrerà un furto, e con le navi rubate partiremo da Quar…”

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On Sunday we published a new ‘easy reader’ ebook, Lo chiamavano Trinità. The level B1/B2, so intermediate.

We also activated a coupon code ( 25%OFFMovieEasyReaders ), which will get you a discount on any/all of our ‘ebook of the classic movie’ easy Italian readers.

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‘Lo chiamavano Trinità’ (English language title ‘They Call Me Trinity’) is a 1970 spaghetti western comedy, filmed in Italy’s Lazio region and starring Italian actors Bud Spencer and Terence Hill (real names Carlo Pedersoli and Mario Girotti). The duo were and still are famous in Italy and Europe for the many films they made together, movies which were usually characterised by a gentle irony and by the regular punch-ups that substituted for the bloodier violence of other genres.

Giovanni Galavotti’s re-telling of the story of the film for learners of Italian makes a great introduction before watching the movie itself (ideally in Italian!) Or it can be used simply as supplementary reading/listening material which, for lovers of the wild west, is guaranteed to liven up your study program!

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This week’s half-price, easy reader ‘eBook of the Week’ is the B2 (upper-intermediate) -level Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto.

The 1970 political thriller on which this ‘easy reader’ is based was a massive success for director Elio Petri, winning many prizes, including that year’s Oscar for the Best Foreign Language movie.

The story takes place in Rome in the summer of 1969, at what would be the beginning of Italy’s ‘years of lead’. It reflects on the power of the apparatus of the state, and the roles played by those who worked within it or rebelled against it.

The unnamed protagonist, a senior police officer and head of the homicide squad, murders his lover but then immediately sets out to leave as many clues as possible…

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This week EasyReaders.org is publishing another in our series of history-themed Italian easy reader ebooks.

Roman-era admiral and ‘natural historian’, Plinio, is having a lazy afternoon with his scrolls, when his sister rushes in, alarmed by smoke rising from nearby Vesuvio!

The new ‘easy reader’ ebook is Plinio e l’eruzione del Vesuvio, and the level is B2/C1, so upper-intermediate/advanced.

Until Sunday 5th June it’s discounted 25% compared to the usual ‘easy reader’ price, so just £5.99 rather than £7.99.

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Caio Plinio Secondo, più conosciuto come “Plinio il Vecchio”, ha scritto la più grande enciclopedia del mondo antico. Quest’opera, intitolata “Osservazione della natura” (Naturalis historia) è un immenso trattato di antropologia, storia dell’arte, zoologia, botanica, medicina, geografia e mineralogia.

Durante i suoi numerosi viaggi come comandante militare e governatore delle province di Roma, Plinio non ha mai smesso di osservare i fenomeni naturali, le piante, gli animali e le persone, né di raccogliere informazioni.

Nell’anno 79 d.C., Plinio è a capo della flotta militare romana, tenuta nel porto di Miseno, perciò vive in una villa vicino a Napoli. Proprio in quell’anno, dal Vesuvio, enorme vulcano attivo della Campania, comincia a uscire del fumo…

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This week’s half-price, easy reader ‘eBook of the Week’ is the A2/B1 (pre-intermediate/intermediate) -level 2 giugno 1946.

Bologna, 2nd of June 1946. Italy is slowly recovering from the devastating effects of World War II. A referendum has been organised to decide whether the reborn state will be a republic or continue as a monarchy. And for the first time in history, Italian women can go to the polls! Newly-wed Marcella is so excited at the prospect she barely slept last night. But her husband, Antonio, is unconvinced…

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This week we published the final ebook in a series of five ‘easy readers’, Colpa della terra, Libro 5, La mia gente, which together tell the story of three generations of an Italian family that emigrates to the USA.

If you missed Libri 1, 2, 3, and 4 you’ll find them here:

Colpa della terra, Libro 1, Colpa della terra, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Colpa della terra, Libro 2, La traversata, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Colpa della terra, Libro 3, Senza dire niente, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Colpa della terra, Libro 4, Infanzia di un immigrato, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Libro 5 is narrated by Anna, the first child to be born in the U.S.A., now an adult and, by 1941, long frustrated with the lack of job opportunities and the overt discrimination shown to Italian immigrants. The outbreak of WWII hasn’t helped…

Facevo la donna di servizio a casa dei Parkinson. I Parkinson erano una coppia di vecchi ricconi conservatori, lui un pomposo avvocato e lei un’ereditiera fannullona, che avevano una elegante villa nella zona est di New York.

Ma una bella mattina, leggendo il giornale e scuotendo la testa, Mr. Parkinson se ne era uscito con questa frase: “Il governo americano dovrebbe fare qualcosa. Siamo pieni di italiani, maledetti italiani! Stupidi guidos, sono anche pericolosi! Portano qui, nella terra della libertà e della democrazia, le terribili idee di quel dittatore presuntuoso e ridicolo, quel Mussolini…”

La sua vecchia moglie isterica aveva subito squittito, con voce acuta e lamentosa: “E ci portano anche un sacco di malattie!” Poi si era girata verso di me e Paolo, che stavamo pulendo le finestre e la sala in silenzio, e aveva sibilato: “Quella gente… Ci entrano fino dentro casa, come dei ratti affamati, non è tollerabile.”

Tutto il personale di casa Parkinson era italo-americano perché, come dice sempre mio fratello Riccardo: “Siamo scuri ma non siamo negri. In più, costiamo la metà degli irlandesi e lavoriamo il doppio.” Mr. Parkinson, che ora si presentava come il paladino della giustizia, aveva avuto una lunga relazione extra-coniugale con Mariella, un’amica anche lei italo-americana, di mia madre.

Era stata Mariella che lo aveva convinto ad assumermi, quindici anni fa. E perciò, da quando avevo quattordici anni, avevo sempre e solo lavorato dai Parkinson. Mai sposata, mai avuto figli, ci sono già abbastanza grane a dover pensare a se stessi!

Mrs. Parkinson aveva sempre sospettato che il marito avesse un’altra, un’italiana, ma non aveva mai detto nulla. Però questa era la sua occasione di vendicarsi e l’aveva presa al volo: “Voglio questi vermi italiani fuori da casa mia, spie maledette, sporchi parassiti! E non voglio ripeterlo! Prendete le vostre cose e andate via! George, mandali via!” aveva gridato isterica al marito.

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And the others in the series are:

• Colpa della terra, Libro 1, Colpa della terra, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
• Colpa della terra, Libro 2, La traversata, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
• Colpa della terra, Libro 3, Senza dire niente, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
• Colpa della terra, Libro 4, Infanzia di un immigrato, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

This series is aimed at students who can read confidently at intermediate level or above, but there are plenty of easier, and harder, stories listed, by type and in level order, on our Catalog page. They all have free sample chapters, which means you can evaluate the level and format of the material, and check that you know how to open it on the device you plan to use it on, BEFORE buying!

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This week’s half-price, easy reader ‘eBook of the Week’ is the B2 (intermediate/upper-intermediate) -level Caravaggio nei vicoli di Roma.

Caravaggio’s in jail again, drunk as a lord and facing charges for throwing a plate of artichokes at a waiter…

ROMA, 1604 – Carceri dello Stato Pontificio

“Ancora lui? Ma come…?!”, il comandante delle guardie non crede alle sue orecchie.

La giovane guardia cerca di giustificarsi: “Comandante, noi abbiamo cercato di…”

“Non abbastanza! Com’è possibile che sia sempre qui?”

Il comandante si passa una mano sugli occhi, sospira: “Questo mese sarà già la quinta volta…”

Normally £7.99, ‘Caravaggio nei vicoli di Roma‘ is half price this week, so just £3.99!

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This week we published the fourth in a series of five ‘easy reader’ ebooks, Colpa della terra, Libro 4, Infanzia di un immigrato, which together tell the story of three generations of an Italian family that emigrates to the USA.

If you missed Libri 1, 2, and 3, you’ll find them here:

Colpa della terra, Libro 1, Colpa della terra, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Colpa della terra, Libro 2, La traversata, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Colpa della terra, Libro 3, Senza dire niente, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Libro 4 is narrated by Riccardo, aged nine, merchant seaman Antonio’s second child, younger brother to Anna, who’s already left home. Riccardo and Anna are the first two members of the family to be born in the U.S.A., but things are still not going as well as the migrant family had hoped when they sailed from Napoli thirty years earlier…

“Non ci sono sabati né domeniche, per chi lavora in mare!” Lo zio Giuliano indica con un cenno mio padre, la cui ombra si intravede dietro la finestra, poi mi guarda. Stringe in una mano un fagotto, con l’altra tiene il bastone per camminare: “Che pensi?” mi chiede.

Sputa a terra. Il suo tono, sempre un po’ aggressivo e inquisitorio, mi mette agitazione. Dice sempre che non gli piacciono i bambini e che “fino ai tredici anni sono inutili.” Perciò io, che ho solo nove anni, ho ancora molta strada da fare per diventare utile. Quando è di malumore mi dice: “Riccardo, per diventare un uomo sul serio ti mancano ancora cinque o sei anni. Adesso sei solo un marmocchio.”

“Penso…” mi mordo il labbro per non piangere (lo zio detesta i frignoni.) “Papà è pazzo?” gli chiedo con un filo di voce e un nodo in gola.

“Tuo padre è un brav’uomo, ci dà da campare. Pazzo è questo qui” risponde mia madre, che è comparsa all’improvviso alle mie spalle, indicando lo zio.

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• Colpa della terra, Libro 1, Colpa della terra, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
• Colpa della terra, Libro 2, La traversata, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
• Colpa della terra, Libro 3, Senza dire niente, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

N.b. There are plenty of easier, and harder, stories listed, by type and in level order, on our Catalog page, and they all have free sample chapters, which means you can evaluate the level and format of the material, and check that you know how to open it on the device you plan to use it on, BEFORE buying!

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This week’s half-price, easy reader ‘eBook of the Week’ is the A2/B1 (pre-intermediate/intermediate) -level Il campo di papaveri.

A young artist, who can’t pay his rent, offers to paint his landlord’s flat instead. But guess who the landlord’s daughter turns out to be?

This ebook is suitable for students at more or less any level, as it’s relatively short and simple.

But check out the Free Sample Chapter (.pdf) to see for yourself, that way you’ll know what to expect, and how to open the file on the device you intend to use it on.

Normally £7.99, ‘Il campo di papaveri‘ is half price this week, so just £3.99!

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This week we published the third in a series of five ‘easy reader’ ebooks which tell the story of three generations of an Italian family that emigrates to the USA.

If you missed Libri 1 and 2, you’ll find them here:

Colpa della terra, Libro 1, Colpa della terra, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Colpa della terra, Libro 2, La traversata, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

Libro 3 begins approximately ten years after the first one, in the first decade of the twentieth century and is narrated by Antonio, one of the twins. He came to New York from Italy when he was just as a child, but is now a young man, a merchant sailor, and hoping to start of a family of his own.

“Forza, maledetti italiani! Che avete? Non volete lavorare? Volete stare seduti sugli alberi a prendere il sole senza fare niente, come siete abituati al paese vostro?! Forse volete diventare ancora più negri dei negri!” Un giovane americano spavaldo e arrogante ci insulta con disprezzo, sventolando alcuni fogli che ha in mano.

Siamo tutti ragazzi giovani, poveri e abbastanza affamati, quindi lavoriamo per poco. La paga che ci ha offerto, però, è davvero troppo bassa. Sento due siciliani che parlano tra loro e uno dice: “No, compare, per questi quattro spiccioli non lavoro. Mi rifiuto! Non siamo bestie.”

Io sto in silenzio guardando il mare e poi mi giro verso la mia ragazza, che è venuta ad accompagnarmi al porto. Vengo umiliato dal reclutatore di marinai proprio davanti a lei, ma non ho il coraggio di ribellarmi. Rosalba, la mia fidanzata, mi dice all’orecchio: “Andiamo via, Antonio, domani ci sarà un’occasione migliore.”

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Buy Colpa della terra, Libro 3, Senza dire niente, just £5.99 this week only! | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

And the others in the series are:

• Colpa della terra, Libro 1, Colpa della terra, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)
• Colpa della terra, Libro 2, La traversata, £7.99 | Free Sample Chapter (.pdf)

What if B2/C1 (upper-intermediate/advanced) is too hard, or too easy for you?

There are plenty of easier, and harder, stories listed, by type and in level order, on our Catalog page.

And they all have free sample chapters, which means you can evaluate the level and format of the material, and check that you know how to open it on the device you plan to use it on, BEFORE buying…

How do I access my ebook?

When your order is ‘completed’ (normally immediately after payment), a download link will be automatically emailed to you. It’s valid for 7 days and 3 download attempts so please save a copy of the .pdf ebook in a safe place. Other versions of the ebook (.mobi/Kindle-compatible, .epub) cannot be downloaded but will be emailed to people who request them.

P.S.

Tuesday’s bulletin of ‘easy’ Italian news (text + audio) was published this morning.

You can read/listen to it FOR FREE here.