Michele Berdy's new book on Russian words and idioms
Lynn Visson
lynnvisson at GMAIL.COM
Thu Sep 23 21:17:37 UTC 2010
I think you can pre-order on Amazon. If not, best is probably to write to
Mickey Berdy, at maberdy at gmail.com
Or try the contacting Northwestern University Press, which is the US
distributo -
LV
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 1:27 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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