Korea
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History of Korea: A Captivating Guide to Korean History, Including Events Such as the Mongol Invasions, the Split into North and South,
$29.99 Add to cartIf you want to discover the captivating history of Korea, then keep reading…
The Korean Peninsula today is divided into two, but there was a time when this peninsula was divided into many states. Ove
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 122
- Publish Date: February 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1647485096
- Language: English
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Korean Culture Dictionary: From Kimchi To K-Pop And K-Drama Clichés. Everything About Korea Explained!
$28.99 Add to cartBefore reading this book, you probably had some moments of curiosity in your life where you questioned certain things about Korean culture. Why is there a Pepsi logo on the Korean flag? Why do Korean
- Author: Kang, Woosung
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 262
- Publish Date: October 12 2020
- ISBN10: 9791188195602
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Korea: Isolation, War, Despotism and Revival: The Fascinating Story of a Resilient But Divided People
$15.99 Add to cartExploring Korean history from its ancient roots to the present day, A Brief History of Korea is the story of a people with a rich and united culture that has become two Koreas in modern times–one iso… [more below]
- Series: Brief History of Asia
- Author: Seth, Michael J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 03 2019
- ISBN10: 0804851026
- Language: English
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Korean History in Maps: From Prehistory to the Twenty-First Century
$32.00 Add to cartKorean History in Maps is a beautifully presented, full-color atlas covering all periods of Korean history from prehistoric times to the present day. It is the first atlas of its kind to be specifical… [more below]
- Author: Shin, Michael D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 15 2014
- ISBN10: 1107490235
- Language: English
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Tales of Korea: 53 Enchanting Stories of Ghosts, Goblins, Princes, Fairies and More!
$18.99 Add to cartA must-have collection of folktales for anyone interested in Korean literature and culture!
Tales of Korea is a classic collection of Korea’s best-known folktales–presenting all the imagination and w- Author: Bang, Im
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0804855498
- Language: English
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Violets
$15.95 Read moreBy Man Asian Literary Prize winner Kyung-Sook Shin, “a moving delve into a lonely psyche” that follows a neglected young woman’s search for human connection in contemporary Seoul (YZ Chin).
San is twen… [more below]
- Author: Shin, Kyung-Sook
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1558612904
- Language: English
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The Other Great Game: The Opening of Korea and the Birth of Modern East Asia
$39.95 Read moreA dramatic new telling of the dawn of modern East Asia, placing Korea at the center of a transformed world order wrought by imperial greed and devastating wars.
In the nineteenth century, Russia parti- Author: Jager, Sheila Miyoshi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0674983394
- Language: English
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I Went to See My Father
$27.00 Read moreAn instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, Please Look After Mom; centering on a woman’s efforts to reconnect with her aging father, uncovering long-held family
- Author: Shin, Kyung-Sook
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 1662601379
- Language: English
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Seesaw Girl
$8.99 Add to cartThe powerful tale of a sheltered girl’s daring attempts to enlarge her world, from Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park.
Jade Blossom never ventures beyond the walls of her family’s Inner Court. In seventee
- Author: Park, Linda Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0547248881
- Language: English
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Whale: Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize
$22.00 Add to cart** SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE **
A sweeping, multi-generational tale blending fable, farce, and fantasy–a masterpiece of modern fiction perfect for fans of One Hundred Years of So- Author: Myeong-Kwan, Cheon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1953861148
- Language: English
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The Sister: North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the World
$30.00 Read moreThis first book on Kim Jong Un’s increasingly powerful sister, tapped to be his successor, offers jaw-dropping insights into the latest generation of North Korea’s secretive and murderous dynasty.
Th- Author: Lee, Sung-Yoon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1541704126
- Language: English
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Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop
$28.99 Add to cartAN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER
The Korean smash hit available for the first time in English, a slice-of-life nov
INDIE NEXT PICK * Debutiful Most Anticipated Book of 2024 * Powell’s Pick of the Month- Author: Bo-Reum, Hwang
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 163973242X
- Language: English
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Your Utopia: Stories
$18.99 Add to cart“Chung builds out her stories with imagination, absurdity and a dry sense of humor, all applied with X-Acto knife precision.” ―Alexandra Kleeman, The New York Times Book Review
“Bora Chung’s sto- Author: Chung, Bora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 30, 2024
- ISBN10: 1643756214
- Language: English
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The Liberators
$27.95 Add to cartDaejeon, South Korea. 1980. At twenty-four, Insuk falls in love with her college classmate, Sungho, and with her father’s blessing, they marry. But then, as the military dictatorship, martial law, and… [more below]
- Author: Koh, E. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1959030159
- Language: English
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Cursed Bunny: Stories
$18.99 Add to cartFINALIST FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN TRANSLATED LITERATURE
A wildly original debut from a rising star of Korean literature–surreal, chilling fables that take on the patriarchy, capitalism, an- Author: Chung, Bora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 1643753606
- Language: English
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Koreatown Dreaming: Stories & Portraits of Korean Immigrant Life
$35.00 Add to cartExplore and celebrate Korean culture in America through photographs and interviews by award-winning photographer Emanuel Hahn.
“Photographer Hahn’s animated and vivid debut . . . is exceptional.” —P- Author: Hahn, Emanuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 0762484586
- Language: English
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8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster
$30.00 Read more“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: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 13, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063240424
- Language: English
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This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History, Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
$32.95 Add to cart“A comprehensive and impressively written history of the Korean War.”—Washington Post
Selected for the 2019 Commandant’s Professional Reading List Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield dia- Author: Fehrenbach, T. R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 540
- Publish Date: March 01, 2001
- ISBN10: 1574883348
- Language: English
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Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea’s Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women’ S Rights Worldwide
$18.95 Read moreListed in the best books of 2023 by The Economist
“Invigorating debut . . . [a] full-throated rallying cry.”
—Publishers Weekly One of Ms. Magazine’s “most-anticipated feminist books of 2023” An eye-- Author: Jung, Hawon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 163774241X
- Language: English
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The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
$17.99 Add to cartThe behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world’s strangest and most elusive tyrant, Kim Jong Un, by the journalist with the best connections and insights into the bizarrely dangerous w
- Author: Fifield, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 14, 2020
- ISBN10: 1541742494
- Language: English
