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  • Nothing to Envy: Real Lives In North Korea

    Real Lives In North Korea

    by Barbara Demick ...
    North Korea is Orwell"s 1984 made reality: it is the only country in the world not connected to the internet; Gone with the Wind is a dangerous, banned book; during political rallies, spies study your expression to check your sincerity. After the death of the country"s great leader Kim Il Sung in 1994, famine descended, and Nothing to Envy - winner of the 2010 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non ... Read more

    RM 57.99

  • The Korean War: History in an Hour

    by Andrew Mulholland ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Bringing together the military mights of the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United Nations States, the Korean War raged for three years from 1950 to 1953. Not only the result of a carving of Korean territories following the Pacific conflicts of the Second World War, it was also a battle of ideologies ... Read more

    RM 12.22 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Violets

    From the bestselling author of Please Look After Mother

    by Kyung-Sook Shin ...
    Translated by Jung Bum Hur ...
    'Dreamy, immersive and evocative' TLS'Darkly beautiful' Frances Cha'Strange and gripping' GuardianSan is twenty-two and alone when she happens upon a job at a flower shop in Seoul's bustling city centre.Haunted by childhood rejection, she stumbles through life - painfully vulnerable, stifled, and unsure. She barely registers to others, especially by the ruthless standards of 1990s South Kor... ... Read more

    RM 60.79

  • 5.18光州！光州！——決定韓國命運，光州民主化運動全記錄

    Gwangju uprising: the rebellion for democracy in South Korea

    by 黃晳暎, 李在儀, 田龍浩, 光州民主化運動紀念事業會 ...
    Translated by 林瑞 ...
    Series series matchstick
    ★★光州民主化運動45周年紀念★★★★台灣第一本光州運動專書★★●何謂「國家」？走過戒嚴大哉問！——八○年代亞洲國家民主化運動浪潮先鋒！光州事件是認識現代韓國的關鍵，後續處理更為轉型正義的研究樹立重要典範●以倖存者視角描述事件始末！——韓國政府進行真相調查時第一手引用來源！從禁書到地下暢銷書，首部代表人民心聲、全面記錄光州民主化運動過程專書★榮獲——2017年韓國「萬海文學獎」特別獎★韓文版作者——黃皙暎，韓國最具代表性國民作家，戒嚴年代親身犯險★台灣版專業審訂——朱立熙教授，韓國史、光州事件研究權威＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝＝時至今日，本書不再只是一本血與淚的記錄，而是一個朝向正義與和平社會的里程碑。──黃晳暎（韓國最具代表性國民作家）1979年10月26日，長期實行獨裁的韓國總統朴正熙無預警地遭心腹槍殺，國家陷入權力真... ... Read more

    RM 58.88

  • The History of Modern Korean Fiction (1890-1945)

    The Topography of Literary Systems and Form

    by Young Min Kim, Jooyeon Rhee ...
    Translated by Rachel Min Park ...
    Series series Critical Studies in Korean Literature and Culture in Translation
    This book explores the history of modern Korean literature from a sociocultural perspective. Rather than focusing solely on specific authors and their works, Young Min Kim argues that the development of modern media, shifting conceptualizations of the author, and a growing mass readership fundamentally shaped the types of narratives that appeared at the turn of the twentieth century. In particular ... Read more

    RM 150.89

  • Sovereignty Experiments

    Korean Migrants and the Building of Borders in Northeast Asia, 1860–1945

    by Alyssa M. Park ...
    Series series Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
    Sovereignty Experiments tells the story of how authorities in Korea, Russia, China, and Japan—through diplomatic negotiations, border regulations, legal categorization of subjects and aliens, and cultural policies—competed to control Korean migrants as they suddenly moved abroad by the thousands in the late nineteenth century. Alyssa M. Park argues that Korean migrants were essential to the ... Read more

    RM 150.99

  • Korea

    Canada's Forgotten War

    by John Melady ...
    The Korean War (1950-53) forms a little-known but exciting part of Canada's military history. The heroism and sacrifice of Canadians who fought in this conflict as part of the United Nations force has often been ignored. In this lively, anecdotal book, John Melady combines archival material and interviews with many Korean veterans. The result is a vivid, intensely human account of the war from its ... Read more

    RM 35.59 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Korean Art of Living Well

    The Eight Keys of Living Meditation for Balance and Transformation

    by Jenelle Kim ...
    Discover the concepts behind the ancient Korean art of living meditation to find balance and happiness, resolve conflict calmly, walk through stress and let go of what is holding you back – all while living your dynamic life.Most forms of meditation ask us to be still and quiet, to take time away from our lives. Dr Jenelle Kim introduces us to the practice of living meditation – myung sung – ... Read more

    RM 53.29

  • The Korean War (1950-1953): A war between North Korea (with Chinese and Soviet support) and South Korea (with UN and US support)

    by Daniel Patel ...
    Explore the gripping accounts of soldiers and civilians amidst the raging geopolitical storm between North and South Korea, backed by superpowers China, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Nations. Discover the legacy and relevance of this war that continues to shape today's world. From stunning military strategies to heart-wrenching humanitarian crises, this book unveils the ... Read more

    RM 4.64 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • North Korea, Iran and the Challenge to International Order

    A Comparative Perspective

    by Patrick McEachern, Jaclyn O’Brien McEachern ...
    Series series Routledge Global Security Studies
    This book examines and compares the political situations in North Korea and Iran, and the contemporary security challenges posed by their illicit nuclear aspirations.While government officials, including a series of American presidents, strategic policy documents and outside analysts have repeatedly noted that North Korea and Iran occupy a similar challenge, the commonality has largely been left ... Read more

    RM 238.02

  • Frontier Contact Between Choson Korea and Tokugawa Japan

    by James B. Lewis ...
    East Asia from 1400 to 1850 was a vibrant web of connections, and the southern coast of the Korean peninsula participated in a maritime world that stretched to Southeast Asia and beyond. Within this world were Japanese pirates, traders, and fishermen. They brought things to the Korean peninsula and they took things away. The economic and demographic structures of Kyongsang Province had deep and ... Read more

    RM 323.87

  • The "Banner" of the Great Ming and Little China Consciousness

    Chosŏn Dynasty’s Revering Zhou and Nostalgizing for the Ming, 1637–1800 CE

    by Sun Weiguo ...
    Translated by Yujuan Luo, Junsong Wang ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This monograph examines Chosŏn Dynasty's Zun Zhou Si Ming (Revering the Zhou and Longing for the Ming) during the period of 1637–1800, after Chosŏn entered tributary relations with the Qing. It shows how the royal family, Confucian scholars, and Ming-loyalist descendants continued to affirm Ming legitimacy through practices such as ritual commemoration of Ming emperors, covert use of Ming reign ... Read more

    RM 744.79

  • The Life of Isabella Bird

    by Anna M. Stoddart ...
    "Stoddart has portrayed for us, as few could have done, the untirable and brilliant mind... of Isabella Bird Bishop." - Blackwood's Magazine (1906)"Bird for a time abandons her mother country...finds pleasure in savage culture...Stoddart praises Bird's strength." - The Right Sort of Woman: Victorian Travel Writers (2012)"A biography of absorbing interest, the story of a life that will not soon be ... Read more

    RM 3.86 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Korean War

    An Interpretative History

    by Stanley Sandler ...
    Series series Warfare and History
    An interpretative history of the Korean War. The text examines the war within the broader context of Korea's history, offering an analysis of the course of the war, and assessing the role of both North and South Korea and the allied forces in the conflict. The study goes beyond the battlefield, to evaluate the contribution of the UN naval forces and the impact of the war on the homefront. Issues ... Read more

    RM 238.02

  • Spirit Bird Journey

    by Sarah Milledge Nelson ...
    Sarah Nelson’s teaching novel follows Clara, a Korean-American archaeologist, to an excavation in her ancestral homeland. The story recounts her experiences as a field archaeologist and as a young woman caught between two cultures. Nelson also tells the story of Flyingbird and the Neolithic people who lived in the mound Clara is excavating. Addressing issues of gender, shamanism, ethnic identity, ... Read more

    RM 253.63

  • Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg (Kommentiert)

    Erweiterte Ausgabe. Alle 5 Bände

    by Theodor Fontane, Hanno Cordsen ...
    Theodor Fontanes "Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg" ist weit mehr als ein topographischer Reisebericht: Das Werk verbindet Landschaftsbeschreibung, historische Quellenarbeit, Anekdote, Sagenstoff und kulturgeschichtliche Miniatur zu einer literarischen Erkundung preußischer Identität. In einem ruhigen, präzisen und zugleich erzählerisch beweglichen Stil erschließt Fontane Schlösser, Dörfer, ... Read more

    RM 7.77 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Deconstructing A Dictator: The Kim Dynasty

    by Reid Callahan ...
    Three generations. One bloodline. A nation of twenty-five million held hostage by a family business where the only product is absolute power. This is the tale of North Korea's ruling Kim family.The official story says the family's patriarch, Kin Il-Sung, was born on a sacred mountain beneath a double rainbow, a guerrilla god who single-handedly drove the Japanese from Korean soil. The truth is ... Read more

    RM 38.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea

    Yu Hyŏngwŏn's Pan’gye surok (Volume III)

    Edited by Woosung Bae ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
    Pan’gye surok (or "Pan’gye’s Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673), who proposed to reform the Joseon dynasty and realise an ideal Confucian society. It was recognised as a leading work of political science by Yu’s contemporaries and continues to be a key text in understanding the intellectual culture of the late Joseon period.Yu describes the ... Read more

    RM 253.63

  • Korea 1905-1945

    From Japanese Colonialism to Liberation and Independence

    by Ku Daeyeol ...
    Series series Imperialism in East Asia
    This important new study by one of Korea’s leading historians focuses on the international relations of colonial Korea – from the Japanese rule of the peninsula and its foreign relations (1905–1945) to the ultimate liberation of the country at the end of the Second World War. In addition, it fills a significant gap – the ‘blank space’ – in Korean diplomatic history. Furthermore, it highlights ... Read more

    RM 253.63

  • The Economy

    Edited by Neil L. Shumsky ...
    Volume 4 "THE ECONOMY’ of the American Cities; series. This collection brings together more than 200 scholarly articles pertaining to the history and development of urban life in the United States during the past two centuries. The selections in Volume 4 of the series concern the development of the urban economy since the early nineteenth century. Three groups of articles, each arranged ... Read more

    RM 913.15

  • Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea

    Yu Hyŏngwŏn's Pan’gye surok (Volume II)

    Edited by Woosung Bae ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Korean Studies
    Pan’gyesurok (or "Pan’gye’s Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673), who proposed to reform the Joseon dynasty and realise an ideal Confucian society. It was recognised as a leading work of political science by Yu’s contemporaries and continues to be a key text in understanding the intellectual culture of the late Joseon period.Yu describes the ... Read more

    RM 253.63

  • The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas

    Nationalism, Ideologies and Education

    by Dong Bae Lee ...
    Series series Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) East Asian Series
    This book investigates the politics embedded in the Korean-language textbooks utilised between 1895 and 2019, within the context of one Korea (pre-colonial and colonial eras), the divided Koreas, and an ethnic Korean group residing in Japan (Chongryon).By analysing the inclusions and omissions from Korean-language the author successfully highlights the impact of Korean politics, making clear how ... Read more

    RM 253.63

  • The Politics of Japanese Language in Postcolonial Korea

    by Jinsuk Yang ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Asia Series
    This book examines the politics of Japanese language learning in postcolonial Korea from 1945 through the 1970s, revealing the ways in which language functioned as a site of negotiations over identity, social mobility, and historical memory.By tracing how Japanese continued to circulate in specific social fields, shaping and being shaped by gendered and classed subject positions, this book ... Read more

    RM 132.65

  • The State's Sexuality

    Prostitution and Postcolonial Nation Building in South Korea

    by Park Jeong-Mi ...
    Series Book 20 - Asia Pacific Modern
    The State's Sexuality uncovers how the lives and work of women engaged in prostitution, long considered the most abased members of society, have been strategically intertwined with the lofty purpose of building South Korea's postcolonial nation-state. Through a complicated, contradictory patchwork of laws and regulations, which Park Jeong-Mi conceptualizes as a "toleration-regulation regime," the ... Read more

    Was RM 140.59 Now RM 122.79