Learning to read a language with a foreign alphabet can be an intimidating challenge. Even before you can start to study the vocabulary and grammar, you must first decipher this strange new script.But learning a new alphabet does not have to be so difficult.Other language courses start by showing a table of the alphabet and then immediately proceed to dialogues and grammatical descriptions. This is not the ideal way to teach a foreign alphabet, and...

Membrane Transporters in the Pathogenesis of Cardiovascular and Lung Disorders, Volume 83, the latest release in the Current Topics in Membranes series, highlights new advances in the field, with this volume presenting chapters from recognized experts on topics such as cardiotonic steroids, Na+, K+ pumps and vascular fibrosis, purinergic signaling in the lung, structural models of a2-subunit N-termini and binding interfaces, ubiquitous and cell type-specific transcriptomic changes triggere...

Russian made easyThis book focuses on the Russian names for common articles of western clothing and accessories.A deck of Flashcards in eBook form featuring bright and colorful cartoon illustrations, suitable for young children and beginners of all ages.A perfect introduction to the Russian language for your little ones.The flashcards feature a rough pronunciation guide beneath each Russian word, using phonetic English to give the reader a basic understandin...

An easy way of helping yourself learn a new language is by watching a film with subtitles both in English and in the language you’re trying to learn.Learning through films is a very powerful method as it involves images, sounds, and emotions. The visual content is engaging and helps comprehension and memorization.The audio content will help you develop a general sense of the language sounds and improve your pronunciation. Films are great in this respect, as they introduce y...

If I had let myself be ruled by reason alone, I would surely be lying dead somewhere or another in the Siberian frost.The Siberian taiga: a massive forest region of roughly 4.5 million square miles, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Bering Sea, breathtakingly beautiful and the coldest inhabited region in the world. Winter temperatures plummet to a bitter 97 degrees below zero, and beneath the permafrost lie the fossilized remains of mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, a...

Russian (Kazakhstan) Language Audio Training CourseWelcome to the Russian (Kazakhstan) Language Audio Training Course. This course is designed to teach you the basics both before and during your visit to Kazakhstan. Learn essential words, phrases and vocabulary. This course is perfect for beginners and anyone interested in learning the Russian language.Listen to the native speakers and practice your conversation skills, pronunciation and transliteration. This course is designe...

English-Russian phrasebook and 250-word mini dictionaryThe collection of "Everything Will Be Okay" travel phrasebooks published by T&P Books is designed for people traveling abroad for tourism and business. The phrasebooks contain what matters most - the essentials for basic communication. This is an indispensable set of phrases to "survive" while abroad.Some of the topics included in the phrasebook are: asking for directions, signs, transportation, buying ...

Hi there!My friend Robert texted me one day in London: “Angelos, I’m flying to Moscow tomorrow. Can we catch up tonight at the pub to teach me a little bit of Russian?”Initially, I thought…”WTF? Is he serious? What has he been doing all these days?“I know that it takes at least a couple of weeks to get a Russian visa sorted in the Russian Visa Centre in London. So, he definitely didn’t decide to fly to Moscow today!But then I thought...that’s a challenge! Th...

English-Russian phrasebook and 1500-word concise dictionaryThe collection of "Everything Will Be Okay" travel phrasebooks published by T&P Books is designed for people traveling abroad for tourism and business. The phrasebooks contain what matters most - the essentials for basic communication. This is an indispensable set of phrases to "survive" while abroad.Some of the topics included in the phrasebook are: asking for directions, signs, transportation, buy...

Some words in Russian language have exactly the same pronunciation and meaning as English words. For instance, tennis – теннис, resume – резюме, passport – паспорт, visa – виза. Other words may sound the same in Russian as English words but have completely different meaning. For example, English word "look" in Russian language sounds exactly like "onion". Additionally, words may look very familiar and have the same meaning in both languages but they may not sound the same when you hear the...

English-Russian phrasebook and 3000-word topical vocabularyThe collection of "Everything Will Be Okay" travel phrasebooks published by T&P Books is designed for people traveling abroad for tourism and business. The phrasebooks contain what matters most - the essentials for basic communication. This is an indispensable set of phrases to "survive" while abroad.Some of the topics included in the phrasebook are: asking for directions, signs, transportation, buy...

The Bolsheviks took power in Russia 1917 armed with an ideology centered on the power of the worker. From the beginning, however, Soviet leaders also realized the need for rest and leisure within the new proletarian society and over subsequent decades struggled to reconcile the concept of leisure with the doctrine of communism, addressing such fundamental concerns as what the purpose of leisure should be in a workers' state and how socialist vacations should differ from th...