books about: english-russian     books:     English-russian      English-Russian, Russian-English Dictionary Kenneth Katzner Wiley, 1994 THE standard in foreign language dictionaries Ideal for translating everything from "The Tale of Igor's Campaign" to contemporary colloquial Russian. Unlike other dictionaries, Katzner's identifies literary obsolete, colloquial, and even vulgar words thus sparing the student of potentially embarrassing ...             Illegal Action Stella Rimington Knopf, 2008 Excellent modern day espionage thriller MI5 officer Liz Carlyle is unhappy with the management directed reassignment from the counterterrorism department to the backwater counterespionage dept., but vows to excel in her new office. Her first major project involves surveillance of an affluent Russian ...             The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Gogol Vintage, 1999 Sheer Genius (and a good translation) This is the kind of writing that makes me questions why movies even exist. The style, the sentences, the humor, the feel is all something unique, unpredictable, and unmistakable. These plots are bizarre, intriguing and it is nearly impossible to guess the endings. All ...             Notes From Underground Fyodor Dostoyevsky Signet Classics, 2004 Notes From Underground Notes From Underground is a difficult but immensely gratifying and important read. Critics tend to refer to the Underground Man as a 'Mad Genius'; I beg to differ. He is the epitome of the average thinking human albeit with a shocking amount of self awareness. The ...             The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories Leo Tolstoy Signet Classics, 2003 Wonderful Tolstoy's brief novella 'Death of Ivan Ilyich' is one of the most compact and brilliant meditations on the meaning of death in literature. Tolstoy's breathtaking naturalism is truly miraculous. Ivan Ilyich is respectful administrator who is dying a painful death from a ...             Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian, Book 1 (4th Edition) Richard M. Robin, Karen Evans-Romaine, ... Prentice Hall, 2006 Not a self study book This book is not meant for self study, it is intended for college level instruction. This is the book I used when I took Russian in college. The publisher has a website with downloadable videos to aid the text. The lessons inside the book are great, but not intended ...             The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings, 1947-2005 Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2006 Major Step Forward for English Readers This set is a major step forward to the presentation and understanding of Solzhenitsyn to English speaking readers. It is a process that will still take years, but I suspect this volume will be pivotal. In the early days, the writer's books were rushed into print ...             The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners (Penguin Handbooks) Nicholas J. Brown Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996 Best foreign language learner's book, bar none I have studied on my own at various levels of seriousness 6 languages in my life, (some to the extent of becoming fully fluent, some becoming basically conversational, and some starting and giving up out of disinterest or dislike for the language in general) and amid ...             Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book Dover Publications, 1990 Great literature and challenging Russian practice This book works on two levels: One, these short stories are by the Russian masters of the genre. In English translation, they are powerful, evocative, and moving, on their own. There is a reason why Pushkin, Chekhov, and Dostoevsky are still popular: Those guys ...             Stories of Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov Bantam, 2000 perceptive and heartbreaking Chekhov simply astonishes. "The Lady with the Little Dog," one of his most famous stories, is rendered splendidly by Pevar and Volokhonsky. I don't know of any other writer who captures the confusion, fear and excitement of romantic love as well as Chekhov does here. ...             From Russia with Love (James Bond Novels) Ian Fleming Penguin (Non-Classics), 2002 Unexpected and Fun They couldn't write a book like this today. For example, the main character--Bond--doesn't even show up until page 123! The entire first third of the book is a detailed following of the villains plotting Bond's death. It's not until we get to the execution that we ...             V Puti: Russian Grammar in Context, 2nd Edition Olga Kagan, Frank Miller, ... Prentice Hall, 2005 Best Russky textbook If you really intend to become fluent, this is a necessary text. Schaums Outline is great, but this gives so much profound nuance, is great concise form. Pity that I already bought the awful 'Troika.' Academia seems to dumb down teaching languages, so student must ...             Nachalo, Vol. 1 Mcgraw-Hill College, 2000 I haven't failed Russian yet... I think this book is pretty good at teaching a student Russian, as long as the student has a fluent speaker teaching the material.             The Complete Short Novels Anton Chekhov Vintage, 2005 Great Intro to Chekhov !!! I had hoped to find a single book to introduce me to one of the greatest short story writers in history. This book absolutely fills that bill. The writing is captivating. The Steppe was actually my favorite. I understand how some might see it as slow or plodding; ...             Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy (Perennial Classics) Leo Tolstoy Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2004 Best single volume of the short fiction I prefer the Everyman's volumes because the typesetting is so much nicer. The present volume is a trade-sized paperback with the text simply photo-enlarged from the original mass-market edition. Both volumes use the Maudes' translations, but the Everyman's includes ...          products you might be interested in search for books dictionary, dual-language, english-russian, russian-english, solzhenitsyn, underground      toavi.com    web we recommend Notes From Underground randomly chosen apparel: Mens Cowhide Leather TriFold Credit Card Holder Wallet