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  • 黎明前的半島記憶──韓國人權與民主紀行

    Series series History
    光鮮亮麗的韓流背後,藏著多少前人的血和淚?!姚嘉文(考試院前院長)蕭新煌(總統府資政)柳照遠(二二八基金會副執行長)郭秋雯(政大韓文系教授)阿潑(轉角國際專欄作者)簡義明(成大臺文系教授)正義推薦韓國與臺灣在人權與民主運動以及轉型正義的進程中極為相似:1979年臺灣發生美麗島事件、1980年韓國發生光州事件,1987年韓國發生六月民主運動、臺灣則在同年解嚴。本書希望藉由韓國人權與民主運動的重要地點行腳,回顧韓國民主化過程的重大里程碑,並讓臺灣讀者深思自由與人權的真義。也許有許多人曾看過《我只是個計程車司機》、《1987:黎明到來的那一天》、《正義辯護人》這三部電影,但有多少人進一步去了解這些電影所描述的真實事件始末?又怎麼能了解民主的果實是如何得之不易?若我們沒有深刻的體會,恐怕失去這顆果實也只在一瞬之間。作者簡介<... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Song of Ariran

    The Life Story of a Korean Rebel

    by Kim San, Nym Wales ...
    Here for the first time is a personal account direct from a leader of the Korean rebels fighting against the Japanese who have ruled them for a generation. It is a story that fits the American tradition and the American wish to understand and support all peoples who have fought against their tyrants and oppressors. Perhaps not many know that Christianity was the mother of Korean Independence, that ... Read more

    $7.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • East Asia at the Center

    Four Thousand Years of Engagement with the World

    A common misconception holds that Marco Polo "opened up" a closed and recalcitrant "Orient" to the West. However, this sweeping history covering 4,000 years of international relations from the perspective of China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia shows that the region's extensive involvement in world affairs began thousands of years ago.In a time when the writing of history is increasingly ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Escaping North Korea

    Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country

    by Mike Kim ...
    The first of its kind, this book provides a unique inside look into the hidden world of ordinary North Koreans. Mike Kim, who worked with refugees on the Chinese border for four years, recounts their experiences of enduring famine, sex-trafficking, and torture, as well as the inspirational stories of those who overcame tremendous adversity to escape the repressive regime of their homeland and make ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • She Is Mine

    A War Orphans' Incredible Journey of Survival

    Her father was an American serviceman, her mother a young Korean woman confused by the ravages of war. Abandoned at age four, nameless, homeless, and utterly alone, this child roamed the bleak, war-ravaged countryside of South Korea for three years and was finally left for dead. But The Creator had other plans and revealed them through the words, "She Is Mine." ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Films of Bong Joon Ho

    by Nam Lee ...
    Series series Global Film Directors
    Bong Joon Ho won the Oscar® for Best Director for Parasite (2019), which also won Best Picture, the first foreign film to do so, and two other Academy Awards. Parasite was the first Korean film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes. These achievements mark a new career peak for the director, who first achieved wide international acclaim with 2006’s monster movie The Host and whose forays into English ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Flowers of Fire

    The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women' s Rights Worldwide

    by Hawon Jung ...
    **Listed in the best books of 2023 by The Economist"Invigorating debut . . . [a] full-throated rallying cry."—Publishers WeeklyOne of Ms. Magazine's "most-anticipated feminist books of 2023"An eye-opening firsthand account of the ongoing and trailblazing feminist movement in South Korea—one that the world should be watching.**Since the beginning of the #MeToo movement, tens of thousands of people ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Conquest to Nowhere

    Conquest to Nowhere, first published in 1955, is author Anthony Herbert’s account of his harrowing time in Korea in 1950-51. Herbert, wounded numerous times, became America’s most decorated soldier of the Korean conflict. He tells a gritty, heart-wrenching story of dangerous patrols, battles against overwhelming Chinese assaults, the anguish of losing comrades-in arms, and his personal struggles ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Impeaching the Impeachment

    Justice for President Park Geun-Hye

    Park Geun-hye was truly a political phenomenon. She was elected democratically, twice chosen as the leader of her party, and served in the South Korean legislature for over fourteen years. Her countrymen dubbed her the “Queen of Elections” for her successful leadership in winning her own elections and steering her party to great electoral victories. Yet in 2016–2017, she was impeached and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot

    A True Story About the Birth of Tyranny in North Korea

    by Blaine Harden ...
    From the New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, Blaine Harden tells the riveting story of Kim Il Sung's rise to power, and the brave North Korean fighter pilot who escaped the prison state and delivered the first MiG-15 into American handsIn The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot, New York Times bestselling author Blaine Harden tells the riveting story of how Kim Il Sung grabbed ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Stars Between the Sun and Moon: One Woman's Life in North Korea and Escape to Freedom

    An extraordinary memoir by a North Korean woman who defied the government to keep her family alive.Born in the 1970s, Lucia Jang grew up in a common, rural North Korean household—her parents worked hard, she bowed to a photo of Kim Il-Sung every night, and the family scraped by on rationed rice and a small garden. However, there is nothing common about Jang. She is a woman of great emotional depth ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Under The Same Sky

    From Starvation in North Korea to Salvation in America

    In this “courageous and inspiring memoir,” a young man recounts his escape from an impoverished childhood and adolescence in North Korea (Kirkus Reviews).Inside the hidden and mysterious world of North Korea, Joseph Kim lived a young boy’s normal life until he was five. Then disaster struck: the first wave of the Great Famine, a long, terrible ordeal that killed millions, including his father, and ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Souvenir de Séoul, Corée : 1900

    L’un des intérêts de ce livre réside dans la qualité des photographies qui l’illustrent en deuxième partie et qui font voyager notre imagination vers ce pays et ces décors qui nous sont peu familiers. ERExtrait :Perdu sur les frontières ultimes du Champ-de-Mars, adossé à l’avenue de Suffren, le pavillon coréen reste ignoré de la foule : il semble que, par timidité ou modestie, la Corée ait voulu ... Read more

    $3.32 USD

  • 從「尊明」到「奉清」

    朝鮮王朝對清意識之嬗變,1627-1910

    by 孫衛國 ...
    Series Book 5 - 臺大哈佛燕京學術叢書
    一部近三百年的清韓宗藩關係史,正是朝鮮王朝由「尊明貶清」到「尊明奉清」的演變史。西元1637年,歷經南漢山城盟約之後,朝鮮成為清朝的藩國,雙方關係被視為「典型的朝貢關係」。但秉承「尊華攘夷」儒家觀念的朝鮮,在明、清朝代更迭中表現得非常強烈,只認同明朝為中華,把清朝視作夷狄,且自稱「小中華」。這種思想的交鋒如何影響朝鮮對清朝的態度?以及,朝鮮又如何在「北學派」興起後,逐步改變對清朝的看法?本書是作者十餘年來清代中朝關係史研究的薈萃之作。全書分上、下兩編。上編八章,將政治史、思想史與外交史結合起來,選取一些關鍵性專題,如「小中華」思想、箕子崇拜、關王廟、「復讎雪恥」理念、丁未漂流人事件等,共時性地揭示了朝鮮對清觀由「尊明貶清」到「尊明奉清」的演變。下編六章,以朝鮮燕行使洪大容、「北學派」人士 、洪良浩、李尚迪、朴珪壽、金允植等與清人交往的情況,歷時性地考察朝鮮對清觀的嬗變。在思想觀念上 ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • SUMMARY OF FLAWLESS

    Lesson in look and culture from the K- beauty capital by Elise Hu

    by Joseph.O ...
    DISCLAIMER: THIS BOOK IS A SUMMARY OF FLAWLESS LESSON IN LOOK AND CULTURE FROM THE K-BEAUTY CAPITAL BY ELISE HU AND IN NO WAY I TRIES TO REPLACE THE ORIGINAL COPY. BECAUSE IT IS NOT INTENDED TO DO SO IS NOT AFFLICTED WITH THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN TO GIVE THE AUDIENCE AN INSIGHT INTO THE ORIGINAL COPY IN A SUMMARIZED FORMAT. ONCE MORE, THIS BOOK IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS A THOROUGH ... Read more

    $5.20 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • THE TRUE FORCE OF NORTH KOREA: Military, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Ballistic Missiles, Including Reaction of the U.S. Government to the Korean Military Threat

    North Korea is a country of paradoxes and contradictions. Although it remains an economic basket case that cannot feed and clothe its own people, it nevertheless possesses one of the world's largest armed forces. Whether measured in terms of the total number of personnel in uniform, numbers of special operations soldiers, the size of its submarine fleet, quantity of ballistic missiles in its ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (Updated)

    by Bruce Cumings ...
    "Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times Book ReviewKorea 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 imperial era, crammed against great powers during the Cold War, and divided and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 極簡韓國史

    一冊でわかる韓国史

    by 六反田豐 ...
    Translated by 黃筱涵 ...
    Series series 圖解雜學
    古朝鮮・三韓・統一新羅・兩班・三國史記・朝鮮王朝訓民正音・倭亂・大韓帝國・日本統治・分裂與戰爭・漢江奇蹟【本書特色】◎一冊認識韓國,追溯朝鮮半島初次建立的統一王朝,見證高麗與朝鮮的興亡,以及二戰後從日本統治下邁向獨立的歷程。◎全書依時間脈絡分8個章節,各章均附小專欄,介紹韓國歷史上著名的政治家、武將與婦女。◎隨主題搭配簡易的地圖、好懂的關係簡表與生動插圖,不必死背,讀歷史也能像看話劇一樣有趣!  以電視影集與流行音樂為核心,帶動明星偶像、時尚服飾席捲全球的韓流熱潮;  料理必定少不了的泡菜與辣椒、以湯為主食的飲食文化、近年榮登暢銷榜單的燒酒;  亞洲最早的職業足球聯賽K聯賽、世界第五大核電生產國,卻同時也是綠能發展強國;  曾經隸屬於中國藩屬國,經歷日本殖民統治後,韓國是如何在戰後崛起,創造出「漢江奇蹟」,成為二十國集團成員國的世界主要經濟體?  韓國位處朝鮮半島的南端 ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Korean Sketches

    A Presbyterian missionary gives a rare eye-witness account of 19th century KoreaThis eBook edition of Korean Sketches by James Scarth Gale, originally published in 1898, is annotated with historical background and contains detailed Table Of Contents and NavigationWhat's In The BookFirst ImpressionsThe CoolieThe Yalu And BeyondFrom Poverty To RichesThe Korean PonyAcross KoreaThe Korean<... ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Comfort Women

    Sexual Violence and Postcolonial Memory in Korea and Japan

    by C. Sarah Soh ...
    Series series Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture
    In an era marked by atrocities perpetrated on a grand scale, the tragedy of the so-called comfort women—mostly Korean women forced into prostitution by the Japanese army—endures as one of the darkest events of World War II. These women have usually been labeled victims of a war crime, a simplistic view that makes it easy to pin blame on the policies of imperial Japan and therefore easier to ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • BTS JUNGKOOK

    His biography, personal life & music career

    by James Ben ...
    BTS The full name of the lead singer, dancer, and rapper for the South Korean rock band Bangtan Sonyeondan, often known as BTS, is Jeon Jeong-Guk. He is the youngest member of this hip-hop group, which also consists of Kim Taehyung, Rap Monster, Jimin, Jin, Suga, and J-Hope.The youngest member of the South Korean boy band BTS, a young Korean man, is the subject of this little book, which describes ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Impossible State

    North Korea, Past and Future

    by Victor Cha ...
    From a seasoned advisor, “a meaty, fast-paced portrait of North Korean society, economy, politics and foreign policy” (Foreign Affairs).In The Impossible State, international-policy expert and former Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on this controversial and isolated country, providing the best look yet at North Korea’s history, the rise ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Palaces of Korea

    by Kim Dong uk ...
    Series series Korean Culture Series
    Korean Culture Series 3Palaces of KoreaThis book introduces the historical background and unique architectural styles of Korea’s palaces, which can be differentiated from the influences of East Asian palace architecture. The book offers descriptions of East Asian capitals and palaces, a brief history of palaces in Korea, the everyday life and ceremonies of palaces, Korean palace architecture, and ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Pop City

    Korean Popular Culture and the Selling of Place

    by Youjeong Oh ...
    Pop Cityexamines the use of Korean television dramas and K-pop music to promote urban and rural places in South Korea. Building on the phenomenon of Korean pop culture, Youjeong Oh argues that pop culture–featured place selling mediates two separate domains: political decentralization and the globalization of Korean popular culture.By analyzing the process of culture-featured place marketing, Pop ... Read more

    $14.99 USD