Korean culture is exploding worldwide—from K-pop and K-dramas to Squid Game and KPop Demon Hunters. And now with The Book of Korean Mythology, the folklore of the gods, monsters, and heroes that shape culture are brought together in this beautifully illustrated collection.From the beautiful Shim Cheong to the vengeful Mongdal Gwishin—get to know the spirits, mythical creatures, and legendary characters of Korean mythology with this illust...

Some of us found ourselves in rooms with sticky floors.Dollar drinks. Music loud enough to feel in your sternum. Strangers who became your people before you even knew their names. A world that existed before the apps, before the algorithms, before you had to optimize yourself for someone else's checklist.We are human first. Gay second. And this is a book about the human underneath.Boys Bars Becoming is a collection of essays about gay men of a certain age —...

In The Leaving Gene**, Huck Smith turns toward one of the central questions of his life: what does it mean to be someone who leaves?**A memoir-in-essays about staying, going, and the cost of both, The Leaving Gene examines leaving as wound, inheritance, coping mechanism, and survival skill. Through essays about family history, grief, chosen family, queer identity, singlehood, friendship, r...

For most of us the sudden end of the world is a fantasy, but for others it is frighteningly real. What would it take to end the human world? Who would be responsible and what would push them to doom us all?Tommy is moved by a dead man's words, searching for a radical, biological protocol that shapes all life. Stayshia's hard-won objectivity is fractured by a machine that defies logic and threatens the foundations of her psyche. Mark doesn't know which of them will give him what he w...

"The variety of dishes that Huck and Young present as possibilities for preparing and cooking outdoors is rather astounding and pleasantly surprising" ( Epicurious).Camping fare typically includes burgers and hot dogs, and while these are certainly easy, get ready to rethink the cuisine that can be savored over the open flame. With recipes like Spiced Currant Cream Scones, Maple-Glazed Wild Salmon, and Tomato Tarte Tatin, Huck and Young c...

When Susan Salt meets vivacious Vale Pepper at Benjamin Hale Hospital in 1964, little does she envisage the many changes to her life. How can shy nursing cadet Susan survive the rigours of the hospital’s strict and seemingly unfair regime, and the ensuing wrath from Matron and Sister Mandrake, in equal measure?Excruciatingly embarrassing predicaments arise daily. Clandestine meetings and ‘strip tease’ soon become a game of ‘Cat and Mouse’ in the labyrinths of the hospital. Will Salt go or ...

Nas on language, Cat Power on looking inward, Spike Jonze on loving what you do, and Kim Gordon on feeling the flow. These are just a few of the indie stars and surprising insights collected in this gorgeous book by Huck magazine. Since launching in 2006, Huck has been at the vanguard of London's thriving independent publishing scene and has grown into an internationally distributed bi-monthly, with editions available on newsstands in 20 countries worldwide. Bringing toge...

Sound the alarm for a day of fun at the fire station, from beloved children’s book author Richard Scarry! Learn all about the daily mayhem of working at a fire station in this action-packed book!Firemen, firetrucks, firehoses—oh my! Join Richard Scarry and his hilarious characters in this exciting exploration into a day at the fire station. Drippy and Sticky have come to the Busytown fire station to paint the firehouse. But when alarms start sounding, chaos follows...

In The Ideological Structure of Linguistic Theory Geoffrey J. Huck and John A. Goldsmith provide a revisionist account of the development of ideas about semantics in modern theories of language, focusing particularly on Chomsky's very public rift with the Generative Semanticists about the concept of Deep Structure.

Before Robert "Huck" Huckaby became an award-winning executive chef, a celebrated culinary educator, and a technology sales leader at one of Silicon Valley's most innovative companies, he was a United States Marine. The Long Watch is the story of a life lived without a safety net -- a journey from the streets of Southern California to the Marine Corps, from the kitchen fires of professional cooking to the boardrooms of enterprise software. It is the story of a man who remade himself not on...

The Oxford Handbook of Social Policies in the Global South offers a comprehensive set of contributions assessing the current state of research on social policies and institutions in place outside the advanced capitalist countries. They are written by researchers with a deep knowledge of developments in the Global South. Collectively, the contributions consider three main research questions: What are the main social policies and institutions in place in the Global South? What expla...

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