The author of this book, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Kirill Alekseevich Evstigneev, made 296 combat sorties during the Great Patriotic War, achieving 53 victories personally and another 3 in a group (this is the fifth best result in Soviet aviation; only Kozhedub, Pokryshkin, Gulaev, and Rechkalov shot down more enemy aircraft).

A collection of over 100 texts with exercises for students who learn Russian. New lexicon is translated into English. For basic-intermediate level.

Verb in texts by Chekhov and Averchenko. Short stories (with parallel texts in Russian and English) followed by verb analysis, questions and exercises. Basic-intermediate level.

Manual and reader for basic level includes short stories by famous Russian writers. Texts are accompanied by questions, and exercises. 24 lessons total.