Korea
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Bojagi: The Art of Korean Textiles
$28.00 Add to cartA creative guide to a unique and beautiful form of Korean art, steeped in ancient tradition.
Bojagi are textiles that wrap, cover, carry, or store objects. Some are made from whole pieces of fabric an- Author: Lee, Youngmin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1789941830
- Language: English
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The Rebel and the Kingdom: The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime
$29.00 Read moreHow did an Ivy League activist become a global fugitive? The New York Times bestselling co-author of Billion Dollar Whale and Blood and Oil chronicles the heart-pounding tale of a self-taught operativ… [more below]
- Author: Hope, Bradley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0593240650
- Language: English
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Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern History
$24.95 Read moreKorea has endured a “fractured, shattered twentieth century,” and this updated edition brings Bruce Cumings’s leading history of the modern era into the present. The small country, overshadowed in the… [more below]
- Author: Cumings, Bruce
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 17 2005
- ISBN10: 0393327027
- Language: English
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One Left
$22.95 Read moreDuring the Pacific War, more than 200,000 Korean girls were forced into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers. They lived in horrific conditions in “comfort stations” across Japanese-occupied territo
- Author: Soom, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0295747668
- Language: English
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Contemporary Korean Art: Tansaekhwa and the Urgency of Method
$39.95 Add to cartStarting in the mid-1960s, a group of Korean artists began to push paint, soak canvas, drag pencils, rip paper, and otherwise manipulate the materials of painting in ways that prompted critics to desc
- Author: Kee, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 18 2013
- ISBN10: 0816679886
- Language: English
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8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster
$18.99 Add to cart“Fantastically original doesn’t begin to describe this exhilarating globe-spanning, decade-hopping masterpiece. Lee has achieved the impossible—from a fractured century of agonies and betrayals, she
- Author: Lee, Mirinae
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 11 2024
- ISBN10: 0063240432
- Language: English
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Counterweight
$17.00 Add to cartA WIRED “BOOK YOU NEED TO READ” – For fans of the worlds of Philip K. Dick, Squid Game, and Severance: An absorbing tale of corporate intrigue, political unrest, unsolved mysteries, and the havoc wrea… [more below]
- Author: Djuna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: July 09 2024
- ISBN10: 0593469070
- Language: English
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One Hundred Shadows
$19.95 Add to cartINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER!
“There is an unforgettable, curious beauty to be found here.” –Han Kang, Winner of the Man Booker International Prize for The Vegetarian Han Kang’s Human Acts meets Yōk- Author: Jungeun, Hwang
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 164566144X
- Language: English
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Passcode to the Third Floor: An Insider’s Account of Life Among North Korea’s Political Elite
$32.95 Add to cartThae Yong-ho was a leading North Korean diplomat to the United Kingdom and Northern Europe–until his dramatic defection to South Korea in 2016. In this gripping tell-all, he reveals the inner working
- Author: Yong-Ho, Thae
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 23 2024
- ISBN10: 0231198868
- Language: English
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The Korean Myths: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes and Legends
$25.95 Add to cartThe myths of Korea may seem a complex and intriguing mix of ghosts, spirits, and superstition, but they form the bedrock of one of the most vibrant global cultures today. In the past few decades, Sout
- Series: Myths #8
- Author: Fenkl, Heinz Insu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0500027668
- Language: English
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Wafers
$17.95 Add to cartThis 2006 collection of short stories is in line with the unsettling, engrossing style of Ha’s other two collections that have been translated into English, the critical and commercial successes Flowe… [more below]
- Author: Ha, Seong-Nan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: June 04 2024
- ISBN10: 1948830981
- Language: English
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Everything Good Dies Here: Tales from the Linker Universe and Beyond
$19.95 Add to cartIntroducing English readers to the speculative fiction of pseudonymous author Djuna, whose writings and interventions into internet culture have attracted a cult following in South Korea
The stories b
- Author: Thieret, Adrian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1885030762
- Language: English
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Marigold Mind Laundry
$22.00 Add to cartWelcome to the Marigold Mind Laundry, where we wash away the stains from your heart.
In this enchanting tale–a blockbuster bestseller in Korea–the enigmatic owner of a magical laundromat that erases- Author: Yun, Jungeun
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0593733932
- Language: English
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The Korean Mind: Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture
$15.99 Add to cartUnderstanding a people and their culture through code words and language.
Today, South Korea is an economic, technological and entertainment superpower. How, as a country, did they rebound from war, p- Author: De Mente, Boye Lafayette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0804848157
- Language: English
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North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
$21.95 Read more**Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist**
Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors. North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The countr- Author: Tudor, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 14 2015
- ISBN10: 0804844585
- Language: English
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The Korean War
$21.99 Add to cartIn December 1950 General Matthew B. Ridgway replaced General Walton Walker as commander of the Eighth Army, and in April 1951 he succeeded Douglas MacArthur as supreme commander of the United Nations … [more below]
- Author: Ridgway, Matthew B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 362
- Publish Date: January 29 2008
- ISBN10: 0306802678
- Language: English
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Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles
$18.99 Add to cartIn the late 1980s, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea – from its southern tip to the North Korean border – in order to set the record
- Author: Winchester, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 31 2005
- ISBN10: 0060750448
- Language: English
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Kim Jong-Il Production
$28.99 Add to cartAn Amazon Best of The Year Nonfiction Selection
Library Journal Top Ten Book of the Year The Extraordinary True Story of Kim Jong-Il’s kidnapping of the golden couple of South Korean Cinema, The Movi- Author: Fischer, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 24 2015
- ISBN10: 1250054273
- Language: English
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Budoji: A Tale of the Divine City of Ancient Korea with an Overview of Korean Shamanism
$25.00 Add to cartA powerful ancient story of indigenous Korea about the creation of the universe, the dawn of humanity, and more.
Now available in English for the first time, with an overview of Korean Shamanism
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- Author: Cho, Sungje
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 180
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798986937304
- Language: English
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Korean War: A Captivating Guide to Korean War History
$29.99 Add to cartExplore how the Korean War Started, the Aftermath and the Events in Between
The narrative of the Korean War in the West, and particularly in the United States, tells the tale of a conflict between two
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1647485517
- Language: English
