This anthology is made up of articles taken from the main Italian newspapers. Each subject has an introduction followed by 3 or 4 articles which have been chosen to provide a variety of texts (news items, interviews, reports, commentaries etc) which use different styles of writing and language. The text is enriched with exercises and activities to encourage written production and oral discussion in class.

Some of the topics covered include:

la famiglia; l'Europa; immigrare, emigrare; Che cos'e la mafia; il mondo del lavoro; il calcio; la televisione...