**DISCOVER THE KOREAN BESTSELLER AND STEP INTO A MAGICAL WORLD WHERE ANYTHING IS POSSIBLEAn uplifting and healing gift of a book that asks would you trade your life for another one?**'A warm and wondrous story [...] Gentle, affirming, and utterly transportive' Julie Long, author of The Teller of Small Fortunes----On the first day of the monsoon an old ramshackle building appears.This is The Rainfall Market.Inside you...

This practical guide offers a comprehensive exploration of the principles and applications of geotechnical engineering in mining. It combines academic rigor with real‑world insight to bridge the gap between theory and practice to enable the design of safe, efficient, and sustainable mines.Structured to provide a clear and systematic understanding of mining geotechnical engineering, this book covers a broad range of topics, including rock mechanics principles; rock mass classificati...

In Singapore, a loudly ‘pro-family’ society, why is work-life balance so elusive? And why are parents so uneasy? What accounts for this gap between the lived reality and ideal narrative of Singapore families?Sociologist and bestselling author Teo You Yenn turns her eyes to the contours and rhythms of life inside families, exploring how ‘kiasu’ parents are made and investigating the ways in which inequality marks life in contemporary Singapore. Drawing from in-depth interviews with ...

This book critically examines the discourses and policy responses surrounding China’s success in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), offering alternative approaches to engaging with Chinese education through a nuanced understanding of its experiences and intellectual traditions.China’s exceptional PISA performance has ignited a global conversation on “learning from Chinese education.” Yet this discourse often reflects the geopolitics of knowledge and remains ...

Hannelore awakens from her goddess-induced coma to find the entire country in a frenzy! Duchy after duchy vies for her hand, each hoping to best Dunkelfelger at bride-stealing ditter and claim the second divine avatar for themselves. Meanwhile, the schemes of a certain former prince—and even the involvement of the Zent—threaten to stir things up even further.With an ever-growing list of suitors, including the archduke candidate Ortwin, Hannelore’s fifth year promises to be anything...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThis New Edition of This Is What Inequality Looks Like by Teo You Yenn features a new Afterword by the author, and a Foreword by Kwok Kian Woon, Professor of Sociology at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.What is poverty? What is inequality? How are they connected? How are they reproduced? How might they be overcome? Why should we try?The way we frame our questions shapes the way we see solutions. This book does what appears to be a ...

A graded reader for learners of English (EFL).Level 3 - A2/B1 Intermediate (1)Word count: 7,623Billy and Joey are art thieves. They steal paintings from museums and castles.Mr. Sweeney, a rich art collector, asks Billy and Joey to steal the famous painting "The Girl in the Blue Dress".If they steal it for him, he will give them a million pounds.Billy is excited. He wants to steal the painting because he wants the money.Joey is not so su...

He had been reborn in a foreign land. Although there were no lights, there were candles. Although there were no neon lights, they were much more beautiful than neon lights. As a peasant girl, although her life was poor, she felt that it was not bad since she had distanced herself from the conflict.However, eating porridge every day was indeed a bit tiresome, so she started to get angry. She brought her whole family along to get rich, to get rich, and finally to cre...

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A graded reader for learners of English (EFL)Level 4 - B1/B2 Intermediate (2)Word count: 16,085Neil has a good life. He has a successful company. He's rich. But everything is about to change.Twelve years ago, Neil left the valley where he grew up. He said he would never return. But now his brother is dead, and he must go back. He must face the past, and learn to live with the truth.But what is the truth? What really happened twelve years ago? Why did his...

In her previous life, she had given up her fiancé to her sister because she was an elder sister, and all the silver that her husband had given her for safekeeping had been subsidized by her to her family.