Michele Berdy's new book on Russian words and idioms (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Riley, Maureen Ms CIV USA DLI-W]

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Actually, the book hasn't been released yet.  But you can pre-order it
at Amazon.

mr

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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list
[mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Kingdom
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 2:06 PM
To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Michele Berdy's new book on Russian words and
idioms

....unfortunately it's out of stock at Amazon. Do you think it'd be on
the shelves of BN?


On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Robert Chandler
<kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>wrote:

> I second everything Lynn says.  Michele writes about complex matters 
> with extraordinary grace, subtlety and lightness.  Her columns are 
> both entertaining and hugely informative.  I am really happy that this

> is at last available and I'm sure I'll be consulting it almost daily.
>
> Vsego samogo dobrogo - and thanks to Natasha Perova and GLAS for 
> bringing this out!
>
> Robert
>
>
>
>
> > Colleagues teaching and studying Russian should thoroughly enjoy 
> > Michele Berdy's new book, "The Russian Word's Worth," just out in 
> > Russia,
>  published
> > by GLAS and distributed by Northwestern University Press in the US.
> Nearly
> > 500 pages long, it contains some  five years of Mickey's  "The 
> > Word's
> Worth"
> > columns, more than 200 of them, from the *Moscow Times *dealing with
> dozens
> > of difficulties in Russian for English speakers, and dozens of
idioms.
>  The
> > book is organized by themes with mini-intros and a  detailed index. 
> > Many
> of
> > us have been reading these columns for years, and it will be great 
> > for teachers and students to finally have them all in one place.  
> > It's
> available
> > on Amazon. (PS -  I have no vested or commercial interest whatever 
> > in
> this
> > book - just think that it will be invaluable for everyone!)
> >
> > Lynn Visson
> >
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