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  • Patriots, Traitors and Empires

    The Story of Korea's Struggle for Freedom

    by Stephen Gowans ...
    Patriots, Traitors and Empires is an account of modern Korean history, written from the point of view of those who fought to free their country from the domination of foreign empires. It traces the history of Korea's struggle for freedom from opposition to Japanese colonialism starting in 1905 to North Korea's current efforts to deter the threat of invasion by the United States or anybody else by ... Read more

    ₹1,708.74 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Border - A Journey Around Russia

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020

    by Erika Fatland ...
    Translated by Kari Dickson ...
    A journey along the seemingly endless Russian border - from North Korea in the Far East through Russia's bordering states in Asia and the Caucasus, crossing the Caspian Ocean and the Black Sea along the way."Erika Fatland [is] shaping up to be one of the Nordics' most exciting new travel writers" National Geographic**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORDS DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020**"A hauntingly ... Read more

    ₹391.16

  • Nothing to Envy: Real Lives In North Korea

    Real Lives In North Korea

    by Barbara Demick ...
    North Korea is Orwell"s 1984 made reality: it is the only country in the world not connected to the internet; Gone with the Wind is a dangerous, banned book; during political rallies, spies study your expression to check your sincerity. After the death of the country"s great leader Kim Il Sung in 1994, famine descended, and Nothing to Envy - winner of the 2010 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non ... Read more

    ₹1,069.07

  • The Korean War

    by Max Hastings ...
    The Korean War is journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings’ compelling account of the forgotten war.'The best narrative history of the Korean conflict' – GuardianOn 25 June 1950 the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of the bloodiest conflicts of the last century. The seemingly limitless power of the Chinese-backed North was thrown against the ferocious firepower ... Read more

    ₹764.27

  • A Korean War Captive in Japan, 1597–1600

    The Writings of Kang Hang

    Edited by JaHyun Kim Haboush, Kenneth Robinson ...
    Kang Hang was a Korean scholar-official taken prisoner in 1597 by an invading Japanese army during the Imjin War of 1592–1598. While in captivity in Japan, Kang recorded his thoughts on human civilization, war, and the enemy's culture and society, acting in effect as a spy for his king. Arranged and printed in the seventeenth century as Kanyangnok, or The Record of a Shepherd, Kang's writings were ... Read more

    ₹2,739.71

  • The Rebel and the Kingdom

    The True Story of the Secret Mission to Overthrow the North Korean Regime

    by Bradley Hope ...
    **'Propulsive . . . Deeply reported and novelistic. I flew through it' Ed Caesar'Jaw dropping even for North Korea . . . A terrific piece of up-close reportage that reads like a spy thriller but is all too real' Anna FifieldHOW DID A COLLEGE KID BECOME A GLOBAL FUGITIVE?**In the early 2000s, Adrian Hong was a soft-spoken Yale undergraduate looking for his place in the world. After reading a ... Read more

    ₹541.61

  • The Great East Asian War and the Birth of the Korean Nation

    by JaHyun Kim Haboush ...
    The Imjin War (1592–1598) was a grueling conflict that wreaked havoc on the towns and villages of the Korean Peninsula. The involvement of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean forces, not to mention the regional scope of the war, was the largest the world had seen, and the memory dominated East Asian memory until World War II. Despite massive regional realignments, Korea's Chosôn Dynasty endured, but ... Read more

    ₹2,739.71

  • North Korea

    State of Paranoia

    by Paul French ...
    Series series Asian Arguments
    North Korea continues to make headlines, arousing curiosity and fear in equal measure. The world's most secretive nuclear power, it still has Gulag-style prison camps, allows no access to the Internet and bans its people from talking to foreigners without official approval. In this remarkable and eye-opening book, internationally best-selling author Paul French examines in forensic detail the ... Read more

    ₹809.11

  • Four Ruined Realms

    The action-packed sequel to adventure fantasy Five Broken Blades featuring more lies, more betrayal and even more danger

    by Mai Corland ...
    Series Book 2 - The Broken Blades
    FROM THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF VERITY GUILDThe lies are bigger and the plots more treacherous when your favourite backstabbers return in the mind-blowing sequel to Mai Corland's bestselling Korean-inspired adventure fantasy, Five Broken Blades'If you've yet to discover this thrilling multi-POV fantasy series, you're missing out' CULTUREFLYThe King of Yusan may b... ... Read more

    ₹583.38

  • Fire for Effect!

    Artillery Forward Observers in Korea

    by Anthony J. Sobieski ...
    *FIRE FOR EFFECT!*is more than just a book about the Korean War. It is the untold history of the Korean War Artillery Forward Observer, told by the men themselves. From the earliest days of the war in 1950 through the harrowing battles of 1951 and on into the so-called stalemate period of the hill battles of 1952 and 1953, into the final climactic battles before the cease fire, the Forward ... Read more

    ₹290.98

  • The Culture of Fengshui in Korea

    An Exploration of East Asian Geomancy

    by Hong-Key Yoon ...
    Series series AsiaWorld
    The term Fengshui, which literally means 'wind and water,' is the ancient Chinese art of selecting an auspicious site to provide the most harmonious relationship between human and earth. The term is generally translated as "geomancy," and has had a deep and extensive impact on Korean, Chinese, and other East Asian cultures. Hong-key Yoon's book explores the nature of geomantic principles and the ... Read more

    ₹4,546.41

  • South Korean Engagement Policies and North Korea

    Identities, Norms and the Sunshine Policy

    by Key-young Son ...
    Series series Politics in Asia
    A fresh historical and theoretical exploration of the much-debated, but still elusive, question of the Korean divide. In contrast to much of the literature on the divide, which deals with state-building on the two sides of the Demilitarized Zone, this book sheds light on the slow, but steady process of homogenization between the two estranged peoples, as accelerated after the end of the Cold War ... Read more

    ₹7,064.36

  • Conscience in Action

    The Autobiography of Kim Dae-jung

    Translated by Jeon Seung-hee ...
    by Kim Dae-jung ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book is an English translation of the authoritative autobiography by the late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung. The 2000 Nobel Peace Prize winner, often called the Asian Nelson Mandela, is best known for his tolerant and innovative “Sunshine Policy” towards North Korea.Written in the five years between the end of his presidency and his death in 2009, this book offers a poignant first-hand ... Read more

    ₹5,040.95

  • Global Perspectives on Korean Literature

    by Wook-Dong Kim ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This book explores Korean literature from a broadly global perspective from the mid-9th century to the present, with special emphasis on how it has been influenced by, as well as it has influenced, literatures of other nations. Beginning with the Korean version of the King Midas and his ass’s ears tale in the Silla dynasty, it moves on to discuss Ewa, what might be called the first missionary ... Read more

    ₹5,711.19

  • Yi Hwang's Letter

    I am deeply disappointed

    by Hyundai Research Institute, Choi, Seunghui ...
    Series series Letters From the Fathers 01
    Who could possible know a person better than his or her parents? We will read the letters of the great men from Chosun, who were "fathers" before they were scholars, officers and writers. What kind of letter did Lee Hwang (Toegye, 1501-1570), scholar and civil servant from the mid-Chosun era, send to his son who had lost confidence and have given up the state exam? Let's listen to the voice of the ... Read more

    ₹105.98

  • What You Don't Know About North Korea Could Fill A Book

    by Nhial Esso ...
    For a country that is in the news on a daily basis, North Korea remains a mystery to much of the Western world. Ask any random Joe on the street what he knows about the country and the only answer you'll likely get is that "it's bad."Presented here are several largely unknown facts that cut against the exaggerated claims and outright falsehoods leveled against North Korea in the drive to demonize ... Read more

    ₹147.00

  • Knowledge Management

    Dependency, Creation and Loss in Industrial History

    Edited by John F. Wilson, Ian Jones, Steven Toms ...
    Series series Routledge Focus on Industrial History
    This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on the subject of knowledge management in industrial history.With contributions on knowledge management, knowledge transfer, knowledge loss, knowledge creation, competition and co-operation in producing skilled employees, and ownership structures and their ... Read more

    ₹3,424.59

  • Korea

    A Historical and Cultural Dictionary

    by Keith Pratt, Richard Rutt ...
    Series series Durham East Asia Series
    Compiled by specialists from the University of Durham Department of East Asian Studies, this new reference work contains approximately 1500 entries covering Korean civilisation from early times to the present day. Subjects include history, politics, art, archaeology, literature, etc. The Dictionary is intended for students, teachers and researchers, and will also be of interest to the general ... Read more

    ₹7,599.62

  • INTP Left a Civil Service Job to Meet ESFJ

    by Yeong Hwan Choi ...
    INTP Love Unveiled: Navigating Self-Identity and RelationshipsIn a world where love can feel like a fleeting dream, my heart was captured by an ESFJ woman I met at first sight. Yet, despite my best efforts, I failed to win her love—twice. Through these experiences, I recognized a deeper truth: my struggles stemmed from her lack of career exploration and the self-esteem issues that followed. This ... Read more

    ₹336.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Korea

    A History

    by Eugene Y. Park ...
    While popular trends, cuisine, and long-standing political tension have made Korea familiar in some ways to a vast English-speaking world, its recorded history of some two millennia remains unfamiliar to most. Korea: A History addresses general readers, providing an up-to-date, accessible overview of Korean history from antiquity to the present. Eugene Y. Park draws on original-language sources ... Read more

    ₹2,697.70

  • The Comfort Women Hoax

    A Fake Memoir, North Korean Spies, and Hit Squads in the Academic Swamp

    by J. Mark Ramseyer, Jason M. Morgan ...
    During World War II, the Japanese military extended Japan’s civilian licensing regime for domestic brothels to those next to its overseas bases. It did so for a simple reason: to impose the strenuous health standards necessary to control the venereal disease that had debilitated its troops in earlier wars. In turn, these brothels (dubbed "comfort stations") recruited prostitutes through variations ... Read more

    ₹2,622.07

  • Divided Dynamism

    The Diplomacy of Separated Nations: Germany, Korea, China

    by John J. Metzler ...
    Divided Dynamism presents a cogent and comprehensive review of the political and unification policies of separated nations. This book relates a brief historical capsule about each divided nation, illustrates the socio/economic dynamic of the divide, and offers a searing and poignant political synthesis for future unification options. Exploring the unique roads to national unity, John J. Metzler ... Read more

    ₹3,446.41

  • The East Asian War, 1592-1598

    International Relations, Violence and Memory

    Edited by James B. Lewis ...
    Series series Asian States and Empires
    As East Asia regains its historical position as a world centre, information on the history of regional relations becomes ever more critical. Astonishingly, Northeast Asia enjoyed five centuries of international peace from 1400 to 1894, broken only by one major international war – the invasion of Korea in the 1590s by Japan’s ruler Hideyoshi. This war involved Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, Southeast ... Read more

    ₹7,813.73

  • Global Pulls on the Korean Communities in Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires

    by Won K. Yoon ...
    The Korean communities in Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires were the first overseas Korean communities that the new Republic of Korea initiated and supported. The initiative was taken to relieve the economic suffering of the poverty-stricken country in the 1960s. Among South American countries that were open to Korean immigrants, Brazil and Argentina attracted the most, which included even undocumented ... Read more

    ₹7,626.45