Want to brush up on your Italian, but you’re traumatized by the memory of your grammar-obsessed high school teacher? Planning a trip to Italy but don’t have the time, patience, or money for a 16-week course? Well, you're in luck. Italian Without the Fuss will teach you the everyday Italian spoken on the streets of Roma and Milano–and you won't have to cram down long lists of verb conjugations.

20 simple lessons do all the right things to help you learn fast:

• Nontraditional teaching methods help you understand, speak, and soon think in Italian without obsessing over details.

• Funny, convincing dialogues let you speak naturally and stay motivated.

• Practical, up-to-date vocabulary and slang keep you from sounding like a textbook.

• Lifestyle, popular-culture, and history notes make you feel like an insider from the start.

• Smart activities give you plenty of opportunity to practice.

• A simple, straightforward approach to grammar teaches what’s really useful without nit-picking and technical jargon.

Italian Without the Fuss will fill your free moments with fun and do wonders for your Italian in a matter of weeks!

You’ll also find references for Italian Internet sites, movies, and music; an extensive glossary; a grammar summary; and a map of Italy. Allora, buona fortuna e buon viaggio!

Practice for a flawless accent with the one-hour audio CD–contains dialogues, spoken by native speakers!

Nontraditional teaching methods make it simple and straightforward to either brush up or learn a new language! There are fun phrases, slang, and useful everyday expressions. The books also feature fascinating facts on lifestyle and culture.

A wonderfully new and light-hearted approach to learning Italian! This brand new series really hits the mark for anyone who might have ever hesitated to pick up a language learning course before. Without the Fuss takes a bold plunge into the largest pool of customers Living Language knows: the hesitant, the intimidated, and certainly anyone who has really bad memories of high school language classes.

It's all in one easy book (with an audio CD affixed to the inside back jacket) that presents the language as it's really spoken. Cartoons, very engaging page layouts, fun dialogues, maps, great cultural information and even a good dose of slang all make this new program delightfully different.

FEATURES:
• A lighthearted and simple, but carefully designed and well-written Italian course for intimidated learners
• Full of dialogues that reflect the colloquial and idiomatic standard Italian as it is really spoken
• Entertaining and laid-back "language coach" guides readers through the lessons, so they don’t feel lost or wonder what to do next
• Up to ten activities in each lesson that put everything right to use
• An "insider" look at everyday Italian life and culture
• Features the most commonly used slang terms
• Cartoons in each chapter
• 400-page book and a 60-minute audio CD