The beginner's Russian language course is comprised of two parts (1.1 & 1.2). It is designed for an average of 80-120 hours of classroom instruction. Each part includes a textbook, a workbook (with keys to the exercises), and an audio component. QR-codes with links to the appropriate audio recordings are placed in the text of the books.

The twenty-four stories in Amanat, translated into English from Kazakh and Russian, comprise a groundbreaking survey of women's writing in the Central Asian country over its thirty years of independence, paying homage to the rich but largely unrecorded oral storytelling tradition of the region. Contemplating nostalgia, politics, and intergenerational history in a time altered by modernity,...

In the manual, the most important issues of speech culture related to the normative nature of speech, its melodiousness, and expressiveness are explained in an entertaining way. Numerous live examples will help you learn the lexical, grammatical, stylistic and orthographic norms of the Russian language without difficulty, that is, learn to write in Russian not only correctly, but also...

The book contains a systematized presentation of the rules of Russian spelling and punctuation with detailed explanations and analysis of difficult cases. For each topic, exercises are offered for practicing and consolidating the skills of competent writing, structured according to the method from simple to complex. The orthographic dictionary concludes the manual. The manual is addressed to...

Kumon Basic Skills Workbooks ensure that children master pencil-control skills with ease so that they love learning independently. Everything in our Basic Skills Workbooks—from the sturdy paper to the engaging content—is designed with the best interests of your child in mind

In the difficult post-war years, a new Seryozha family is born - the boy has a father.

With two cases in tow, the Hardy boys look to Turner mill for clues. Determined to learn the secret of the old mill, Frank and Joe employ a clever ruse to gain entrance, only to find themselves trapped. How the young detectives extricate themselves from this dangerous situation and unravel mysteries will keep readers tense with suspense!

Pudding the Panda makes everyone smile at Edinburgh Zoo. But what would make her truly happy is a family to take care of - like her heroine, Mary Poppins. Meanwhile, Callum is having a hard time at home. His parents keep arguing, his sister is annoying and his ninth birthday gift is a certificate for an 'adopted' panda when all he wanted was Lego. Then by a twist of fate, the unbelievable...

When Murph Cooper rocks up to his new school, he can't help but feel a bit out of his depth. And it's not because he's worried about where to sit, and making friends, and fitting in, or not knowing where the loos are. It's because his mum has enrolled him at a school for superheroes by mistake. And unlike his fellow students Murph has no special abilities whatsoever. But just because you don't...

'Stories about the Motherland' is a bold, almost impudent book. Perhaps the first attempt to give a new - honest, accurate - description of our country in a long time. Real and false patriotism, living Russia and TV-screen Russia, power and people... Dmitry Glukhovsky takes up the most important, most sensitive topics of our life today and speaks about them in the tone in which political jokes...

Life in the Far Forest cannot be called calm: not a day without crimes, chases, suspicions and brutal intrigues. Finally, all the books of the 'Beastly Detective' by Anna Starobinets: 'Lair of the Wolf', 'Right of the Predator', 'Claws of Wrath' and 'Pincher' are published under one cover, and 'Pincher' is published for the first time. Each book is a separate detective story in which the...

Spanning sixty tumultuous years of Ukrainian history, this multigenerational saga weaves a dramatic and intricate web of love, sex, friendship, and death. At its center: three women linked by the abandoned secrets of the past, secrets that refuse to remain hidden. While researching a story, journalist Daryna unearths a worn photograph of Olena Dovgan, a member of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army...