Synopses & Reviews
A great companion for international travelers to Russia, this handy, pocket-size bilingual At a Glance phrasebook is designed for tourists and business travelers who lack time to learn Russian but need common words and phrases to help them get around in an Russia. The phrasebook holds more than 1500 expressions that travelers need for making themselves understood in hotels, airports, train stations, restaurants, and other places they're likely to visit. The book also contains an additional 2,000-word bilingual dictionary, plus travel tips, driving tips, simplified maps of major cities, and more. Barron's publishes At a Glance phrasebooks in nine different languages.
About the Author
Thomas R. Beyer, Ph.D., is Professor of Russian and Chairman of the Russian Dept. at Middlebury College, VT. He has published extensively in literary and scholarly journals on the Russian language and on Russian literature.