Learning Russian

My summer project is to learn a bit of Russian. Could you guys direct me to some good guides and books to help me begin? Also, any tips to help me stray from making mistakes would be appreciated. I'm looking to read and write rather than be extremely proficient at conversation if that means anything.

I especially need a good introductory book, as I'll be leaving for a trip in a few days and I hope to study during it.

OP here. Does anyone know of a good conversational / vocab guide, .pdf, or website? One Russian .pdf I have (the main one I've been learning from) is great, but its essentially an intensive grammar guide with random vocab words, and ends up being extremely boring and tedious. I also have a .pdf of Russian for Dummies, but it's basically a joke as it doesn't even use Cyrillic (which is essential as I wish to read).