Winner of the Hong Yung Lee Book Award of the Center for Korean Studies, University of California, BerkeleyIn Among Women across Worlds**, Suzy Kim explores the transnational connections between North Korean women and the global women's movement.** Asian women, especially communists, are often depicted as victims of a patriarchal state. Kim challenges this view through extensive archival research, revealing that North Kore...

Universal Human Rights brings new clarity to the important and highly contested concept universal human rights. The Charter of the United Nations commits nearly all nations of the world to promote, to realize and take action to achieve human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, yet this formal consensus masks an underlying confusion about the philosophical basis and practical implications of rights in a world made up of radically different national communities. This collection...

Nommé dans la liste des « meilleurs livres de l'année » par The Washington Post et The New York Post.- Un jour, narrai-je, alors que le monde était nouveau, une déesse descendit des cieux. Un homme la trouva et tomba amoureux. Les genoux tachés de boue à force de s'agenouiller devant elle, il lui demanda comment elle s'appelait.« Lee Haemi », répondit-elle. L' homme attrapa son nom dans l'air et l'avala. Il l'enveloppa dans une bande de soie, la prit dan...

**This program features multicast narration.From award-winning Korean author Sung-il Kim & translated by the world-renowned Anton Hur, Blood of the Old Kings begins an epic journey unlike any other.**There is no escaping the Empire.Even in death, you will serve.In an Empire run on necromancy, dead sorcerers are the lifeblood. Their corpses are wrapped in chains and drained of magic to feed the unquenchable hunger for imperial conquest.

'Thrilling, inventive, and fierce - a tale of malevolent empire and those who stand against it. Not to be missed' Max GladstoneThere is no escaping the Empire. Even in death, you will serve.In an Empire fuelled by necromancy, dead sorcerers are the lifeblood. Their corpses are wrapped in chains and drained of magic to feed the unquenchable hunger for imperial conquest.Born with magic, Arienne has become resigned to her dark fate. B...

Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions dismantled. Here, young scholars present fresh thinking to audiences outside the academy, accomplished authors weigh in on timely issues, and a wide range of readers encounter th...

Susi ist es gewohnt, allen zu sagen, wo es langgeht. Doch als die neunzehnjährige Studentin die Semesterferien auf dem Reiterhof ihres Onkels verbringt, drehen die Knechte den Spieß um. Sie beschließen, die Nichte des Gutsherrn zu zähmen. Für Susi beginnt eine lustvolle Reise, die ihre bisherigen Grenzen als Jungfrau sprengt.Achtung: Nur für Leser ab 18 Jahren geeignet. Enthält explizite Szenen mit Unterwerfung, AV, und Gruppenerotik.

Folge 04: Der Lollimann Die Eröffnung von Omas Schokoladencafé wird plötzlich gestört – denn draußen auf der Straße feiert die schreckliche Band Schmalztopf ihren Nummer-Eins-Hit "Einfach ist einfach einfach!". DEINE FREUNDE und Nachbarin Romy sind fassungslos! Warum hören so viele Leute diese Schrottmusik? Während Flo, Lukas und Pauli durch die magische Tür in ein neues Abenteuer nach "Hamsterdam" aufbrechen, hängt Romy sich als verdeckte Ermittlerin an Schmalztopf ran. Was verbirgt sich ...

A gritty and thrilling anthology of 28 new short stories in tribute to pulp noir master, Cornell Woolrich, author of 'Rear Window', the inspiration behind Alfred Hitchock's classic film.Featuring Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, James Sallis, A.K. Benedict, USA Today-bestseller Samantha Lee Howe, Joe R. Lansdale and many more.An anthology of exclusive new short stories in tribute to the master of pulp era crime writing, Cornell Woolrich. Woolrich, also published as William Irish and ...

See the world through Hokusai's eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces.Have you ever wondered exactly what your favourite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or paint the way they did? In this charming illustrated series of ebooks to keep and collect, created in full collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can see what they saw, and be inspired to create your own artworks, too. In What the Artist Saw: Hokusai, m...

The Women, Gender and Development Reader is the definitive volume of literature dedicated to women in the development process. Now in a fully revised second edition, the editors expertly present the impacts of social, political and economic change by reviewing such topical issues as migration, persistent structural discrimination, the global recession, and climate change. Approached from a multidisciplinary perspective, the theoretical debates are vividly illustrated by an array o...

Having a best friend is awesome. Susie Q and Kim talk about being friends growing up and discuss the memories they made together when they were little girls. Sing along with them to songs like “Playmate,” and “Make New Friends." Then end the day with “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” and “Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake," and other songs that are perfect to share with your best friend!