Take a lyrical journey through the first half of the year with V.M. Sang's FROM JANUARY TO JUNE.This anthology captures the essence of everyday life, nature, and the world around us through the versatile medium of poetry. From haiku to narrative poems, and the humor found in limericks, From January To June is a diverse collection of poetry.A calendar in creativity, a diary in verse; this collection is the perfect companion for daily reflection and inspiration, providing a p...

Hybrid Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Smart Waterflooding explains the latest technologies used in the integration of low-salinity and smart waterflooding in other EOR processes to reduce risks attributed to numerous difficulties in existing technologies, also introducing the synergetic effects. Covering both lab and field work and the challenges ahead, the book delivers a cutting-edge product for today's reservoir engineers. - Explains how smart waterflooding is beneficial to each EOR proces...

Forced to watch his father's crucifixion and separated from his mother, orphaned six-year-old Adelbhert's life forever changes when he is sold into slavery in Britannia.Years of servitude fill his heart with malice and he resolves to escape, determined to rescue those he loves and deliver retribution to the Romans who wronged him.But as new allies shed light on old perspectives, Adelbhert begins to question his path. Will he find true freedom, or allow his vengeance to cons...

This book applies the analytical framework used by economists to investigate how one can make the most out of one’s life, thus achieving happiness and fulfilment.Building upon the author’s earlier work, this book blends the classic theories and empirical evidence of positive psychology with economic concepts of choice, capital, information costs, and household production. It includes topics including happiness at work, corporate culture, and sustainable development, which are at th...

Love in the Big City is an energetic, joyful, and moving novel that depicts both the glittering nighttime world of Seoul and the bleary-eyed morning-after. Young is a cynical yet fun-loving Korean student who pinballs from home to class to the beds of recent Tinder matches. He and Jaehee, his female best friend, frequent nearby bars where they push away their anxieties about their love lives, families, and money with rounds of soju and Marlboro Reds. Over time, even Jaehee leaves Young to ...

THE FLOWER PRINCESS (Dae Neui Fa or Dinühua in Mandarin) has become the most renowned Cantonese Opera since its 1957 premier in Hong Kong. The opera is a serious political drama played out between the Han and non-Han following the fall of the Ming dynasty, and the plot pits romantic love against the lofty Confucian ideals of social hierarchy and moral rectitude. This is the first complete English translation of the opera, featuring text, song titles, speech types, and choreographic and sta...

Can Christian theology overcome its long-standing supersessionism without diluting its Trinitarian faith? Can Christian faith remain genuinely Christian when it fails to recognize the covenantal significance of the Jews? In his later career, leading Trinitarian theologian Robert Jenson's theology moves in a post-supersessionistic direction. That said, the conceptual nexus between his Trinitarian theology and his post-supersessionism is not always patent on the surface of his texts. In this...

Both two books in 'Elemental Worlds', a series of fantasy novels by V.M. Sang, now available in one volume!The Stones of Earth and Air: When the Crown Prince of Ponderia is replaced by a doppelganger and kidnapped, his loyal friend Pettic refuses to accept the deception. Determined to rescue Prince Torren and expose the imposter, Pettic embarks on a perilous quest. Guided by the court magician Blundo, he learns that four elemental keys hold the key to accessing the...

Drawing on decades of teaching and reflection, Princeton theologian Sang Lee probes what it means for Asian Americans to live as the followers of Christ in the "liminal space" between Asia and America and at the periphery of American society.As one moves away from the societal center, either intentionally or by virtue of marginalization, one often finds oppression and dehumanization. Yet, Lee argues, one can also sometimes find liminality--a creative and edgy space...

A story for young hearts that need love and acceptance, just as they are. With a critical mom and an apathetic dad, Jiho, to whom home is not a place for comfort, one day meets a bird who can speak. The bird guides Jiho to a beautiful village where they encounter a landlord with a tiny garden and a family along the seashore. What does the bird want to tell Jiho?

Never in her wildest dreams did Zuo Yidan imagine that her idol would one day be lying on the same bed as her, with the same pillow and the same blanket. Furthermore, there was even a blown-in wedding photo hanging on the head of her bed …Oh god, this must not be real!Who is he? The legendary business textbook, the heir to the top ten companies in the world, and she was now his legitimate wife!

Most Korea travel guides show you the same Seoul. This one opens two doors no other guide does — the Korea locals actually live in, and the Korea even most Koreans have never dared to try.Written by a Korean journalist born in Seoul, The Korea You Don't See is a 50,000-word field guide that takes you from the must-do experiences every first-timer should taste to the Hardcore Tier — the food, drinks, rituals, and subcultures locals only whisper about over a third bottle of soju....