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Living Slow in Italy - Resources
Information for people moving to Italy for a few months or a few years.
Changing Your Life
www.newroadmap.org:
The New Road Map Foundation, started by the late Joe Dominquez and now run
by his partner Vicki Robins, a resource for examining and changing your life.
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Your Money or Your Life, Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin, Penguin
Books; New edition (September 1999)
First published in 1980, this book and the seminars by Joe Dominguez
and Vicki Robin inspired many people to examine and change their lives.
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A Reasonable Life: Toward a Simpler, Secure, More Humane Existence,
Ferenc Mate, W. W. Norton & Company, 2000
An idealistic but well thought-out rant about modern society with practical
recommendations for simplifying and enjoying life more fully, from an
author who made the transition and lives in rural Tuscany.
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Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic, John De Graaf, David
Wann, Thomas H. Naylor, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2005
Intelligent analysis from PBS confronts the "socially-transmitted condition
of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit
of more," presented in a witty and insightful manner and urges you to
examine priorities. Based on two PBS documentaries Affluenza (1996) and
Escape from Affluenza (1998) produced by De Graaf.
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The Dream Giver, Bruce Wilkinson, Heather Kopp, Multnomah, 2003
Begins with a parable about Ordinary who leaves the Land of Familiar
to follow his Big Dream. This small, spiritually-oriented book helps overcome
the obstacles and fears involved in making life-changing decisions and
pursuing purpose in your life.
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Moving to Italy
Slow Travel - Moving to
Italy: Resources for moving to Italy and/or buying a house in Italy.
Ex-pats in Italy: www.expatsinitaly.com
Cristina, an American living in Italy, runs this website with lots of great
information and a message board. You can find information and ask your questions
there.
The Informer: www.informer.it
The online guide with information about moving to and living in Italy. Excellent
information for ex-pats living in Italy. Paid subscription.
English Yellow Pages: www.intoitaly.it
For English-speakers visiting, living in, doing business with or simply wishing
to click Into Italy.
Transitions Abroad: www.transitionsabroad.com
A useful magazine and website with information for Americans wanting to work
in overseas. Also information about travel and living overseas. Buy it at
your magazine stand or go to their web site.
The American Online: www.theamericanmag.com
Online and print magazine for expats in Italy and Europe.
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Live & Work in Italy, 4th edition, Victoria Pybus and Gordon
Neale, Vacation Work Publications, 2005
Chapters on buying a home, retiring to Italy, working, starting a business,
from a British perspective, but with relevant information for North Americans
too.
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Living, Studying, and Working in Italy: Everything you need
to know to Live La Dolce Vita, Monica Larner and Travis Neighbor Ward,
Owl Books, 2nd edition, 2003
Details on working or going to school in Italy. A short chapter on
buying or renting a home.
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Living in Italy: How to feel at home, make friends and enjoy everyday
life: a brief introduction to the culture for visitors, students and
business travelers, Alvino E. Fantini, Pro Lingua Associates, Revised
edition, 2002
Small book about the way of doing things in Italy. This wins the award
for the longest title of the smallest book.
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