Curiosity... and help!!

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How would you say "In Memory of [name]" in russian? D:

also, I took Russian my senior year of high school, but I got sick and missed a lot of it because when I came back, no one would help me. And I couldn't stay after for help because I had to stay after at my Trade school until 3:30 three days a week for Cosmetology and go figure, the other days my Russian teacher wasn't available. So, I was wondering...

What are some good books for learning russian? I'd love to start all over. My hold on the language is wonderful. I picked up on the Cyrillic in less than a month and I memorized it rather quickly. I heard that the "For Dummies" books for Russian are very good, and when I was at my friends college last weekend we looked at the used book section but didn't have much on the language itself. Any recommendations would be great!

Thank you for and to anyone who can help with the books (or sites! I know of Master Russian.. any others? :D) and/or translation! And I'm sorry if I babbled >_>;;