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    <title>Short stories in Russian</title>
    <subTitle>: read for pleasure at your level and learn Russian the fun way</subTitle>
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    <title>Teach yourself</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Richards, Olly</namePart>
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    <namePart>Rawlings, Alex</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1991-</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Moeller, Rebecca Klevberg</namePart>
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  <genre authority="">Short stories</genre>
  <genre authority="">Readers (Publications)</genre>
  <genre authority="">Textbooks-for English speakers</genre>
  <genre authority="">Instructional and educational works</genre>
  <genre authority="">Self-instructional works</genre>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Hodder and Stoughton</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2018</dateIssued>
    <copyrightDate encoding="marc">2018</copyrightDate>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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  <language>
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    <extent>xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>This book offers eight engaging stories across various genres—like science fiction, crime, history, and thrillers—to make language learning enjoyable and effective. It uses controlled vocabulary (including the 1,000 most frequent words) and authentic dialogues to build your confidence and improve your speaking skills. With accessible grammar, glossaries, bilingual word lists, plot summaries, and comprehension questions, it provides a fun, frustration-free way to learn and retain a new language naturally.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference  — A glossary for bolded words in each text — A bilingual word list — Full plot summary —  Comprehension questions after each chapter.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">/ Olly Richards and Alex Rawlings ; series editor, Rebecca Moeller.</note>
  <note>"CEFR A2-B1"--Cover</note>
  <note>"Foreign language graded reader series"--Back cover</note>
  <note>In Russian and English.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Russian language</topic>
    <topic>Readers</topic>
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    <topic>Russian language</topic>
    <topic>Textbooks for foreign speakers</topic>
    <topic>English</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Russian language</topic>
    <topic>Study and teaching</topic>
    <topic>Foreign speakers</topic>
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    <topic>Reading comprehension</topic>
    <topic>Problems, exercises, etc</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Short stories, Russian</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">H359.4</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9781473683495</identifier>
  <identifier type="lccn">2024404751</identifier>
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