s who want to learn about Russia along with learning Russian on the intermediate/advanced level (approximately 60-80 academic hours). The manual contains texts on various topics that cover different aspects of Russian life. Each chapter is independent from the others. This manual is intended for foreign students at an intermediate to advanced level, and for anyone who wants to better understand...

The Space Race to Mars! The Red Planet has always fascinated mankind and has been the target for probes and the goals for manned spaceflight. Examines Soviet and American designs and plans - both realized and theoretical for manned and unmanned exploration.

Weekday feat: Blockade life 'in Leningrad in diaries, drawings, documents. A look at the historic and tragic Leningrad blockade from the 8th of September 1941 - 27 January 1944.

Книга посвящена самому загадочному городу, соединяющему Европу и Азию, — Стамбулу. Наследник древнего Византия, город стал преемником великого Константинополя — столицы самой большой православной империи Средневековья, превратившись в центр империи османов и притяжения мусульман всего мира. Повседневность Стамбула в его блестящую эпоху, жизнь обитателей дворцов и янычар, деятельность...

Lynn Visson is one of the most experienced UN simultaneous translators in our country, with many years of service under her belt. She works in New York, where she was born and raised by her family, who has a history of Russian ancestry. Visson studied at Harvard, where she received her doctorate, and then worked as a professor of Russian language and literature at Columbia University. She went...

Литературное наследие сестер Бронте вошло в сокровищницу национальной английской культуры, завоевав признание далеко за пределами Англии. Особый успех выпал на долю романа Шарлотты Бронте «Джейн Эйр». Написанный с искренностью и страстью, роман не стареет и не теряет своего обаяния. «Джейн Эйр» до сих пор остается одним из наиболее востребованных классических произведений XIX века и постоянно...