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  • 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

    R227,46

  • 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

    R348,78

  • Without You, There Is No Us

    My secret life teaching the sons of North Korea’s elite

    by Suki Kim ...
    It is 2011, and all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, except for the all-male Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. This is where Suki Kim has accepted a job teaching English. Over the next six months she will eat three meals a day with her young charges and struggle to teach them to write, all under the watchful eye of the regime.Life at the university ... Read more

    R322,22

  • The Coldest Winter

    by David Halberstam ...
    Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. The Coldest Winter changes that, giving readers a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides. He charts the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu, and that caught Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers by surprise. He provides astonishingly ... Read more

    R196,06

  • Impeaching the Impeachment

    Justice for President Park Geun-Hye

    by Peter Pyungwoo Kim ...
    Park Geun-hye was truly a political phenomenon. She was elected democratically, twice chosen as the leader of her party, and served in the South Korean legislature for over fourteen years. Her countrymen dubbed her the “Queen of Elections” for her successful leadership in winning her own elections and steering her party to great electoral victories. Yet in 2016–2017, she was impeached and ... Read more

    R63,12

  • 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

    R308,53

  • A Thousand Miles to Freedom

    My Escape from North Korea

    by Eunsun Kim, Sébastien Falletti ...
    Translated by David Tian ...
    Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the country-wide famine escalated.By the time she was eleven years old, Eunsun's father and grandparents had died of starvation, and ... Read more

    R168,81

  • Five Broken Blades

    Discover the Sunday Times bestselling adventure fantasy filled with assassins, betrayal and magic

    by Mai Corland ...
    Series Book 1 - The Broken Blades
    FROM THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF VERITY GUILDFive ruthless killers. Five deadly motives. One King - who must die. Six of Crows meets Kill Bill in a feast of treason and seduction set against a dazzling fantasy backdrop inspired by Korean myth and legend'This dazzling fantasy has it all: a richly developed world, a captivating ensemble cast, and a twisty, action-packed quest' KAREN ... Read more

    R104,98

  • History of Korea

    A Captivating Guide to Korean History, Including Events Such as the Mongol Invasions, the Split into North and South, and the Korean War

    by Captivating History ...
    If you want to discover the captivating history of Korea, then keep reading...The Korean Peninsula today is divided into two, but there was a time when this peninsula was divided into many states. Over the course of time, and besieged by expansive transient dynasties outside of this modest piece of land, many clans and tribes overran their lands. Of all those malicious and greedy potential ... Read more

    R59,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Korean War: History in an Hour

    by Andrew Mulholland ...
    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Bringing together the military mights of the Soviet Union, China, North Korea, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United Nations States, the Korean War raged for three years from 1950 to 1953. Not only the result of a carving of Korean territories following the Pacific conflicts of the Second World War, it was also a battle of ideologies ... Read more

    R53,58 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On a marché dans Pyongyang

    by Abel Meiers ...
    Pendant une année, notre famille a été domiciliée au compound diplomatique, Munsundong, Taedonggang district, à Pyongyang.Nous avons pu soulever un coin du rideau, nous glisser dans le décor, et nous vous proposons de nous suivre dans cette exploration surréaliste et souvent drôle.Libres de conduire et de circuler seuls dans la capitale la plus mystérieuse du monde, nous rapportons dans nos textes ... Read more

    R160,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The History of Korea Vol. II

    by Homer B. Hulbert ...
    In "The History of Korea Vol. II" by Homer B. Hulbert, readers embark on a captivating journey through the annals of Korean history, primarily focusing on the illustrious Joseon Dynasty and the intricate tapestry of events that shaped the Korean peninsula. Hulbert meticulously examines Korea's cultural heritage, deeply influenced by Confucianism, and the mechanisms of dynastic succession that ... Read more

    R18,92

  • Populist Collaborators

    The Ilchinhoe and the Japanese Colonization of Korea, 1896–1910

    by Yumi Moon ...
    An empire invites local collaborators in the making and sustenance of its colonies. Between 1896 and 1910, Japan's project to colonize Korea was deeply intertwined with the movements of reform-minded Koreans to solve the crisis of the Choson dynasty (1392–1910). Among those reformers, it was the Ilchinhoe (Advance in Unity Society)—a unique group of reformers from various social origins—that most ... Read more

    R660,55

  • Women and Buddhist Philosophy

    Engaging Zen Master Kim Iryŏp

    by Jin Y. Park ...
    Series series Studies of the International Center for Korean Studies, Korea University
    Why and how do women engage with Buddhism and philosophy? The present volume aims to answer these questions by examining the life and philosophy of a Korean Zen Buddhist nun, Kim Iryŏp (1896–1971). The daughter of a pastor, Iryŏp began questioning Christian doctrine as a teenager. In a few years, she became increasingly involved in women’s movements in Korea, speaking against society’s control of ... Read more

    R1 223,24

  • Nordkorea

    Einblicke in ein rätselhaftes Land

    by Anne-Katrein Becker, Simon Bone, Dirk Brauns, Rüdiger Claus, Eckart Dege, Birke Dockhorn, Bernd Girrbach, Volker Hagemeister, Jan Holtermann, Karin Janz, Hartmut Koschyk, Britta-Susann Lübke, Helga Picht, Hubertus Rüffer, Peter Schaller, Anne Schneppen, Rainer Stahl, Hans Stehling, Günter Unterbeck, Elke Werry, Rüdiger Frank, Bärbel Gutzat, Alexander Liebreich, Sofia Malmquist, Dirk Reber, Johannes Schönherr, Notker Wolf, Käthi Zellweger, Werner Adam, Eva-Maria Wilde ...
    Nordkorea gilt als rätselhaftes Land. Es bedroht die Nachbarn mit der Atombombe, kann seine Bevölkerung nicht ausreichend ernähren und betreibt geheime Straflager. Gleichzeitig wird das Bild einer heilen Welt vermittelt, huldigen Staat und Einwohner Kim Il Sung, seinem Sohn und seinem Enkel wie Gottheiten. Schrill die Aufmärsche, bis zu 20 Meter hoch die Statuen, beängstigend präzise die ... Read more

    R96,62

  • Democratization and Democracy in South Korea, 1960–Present

    by Hyug Baeg Im ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book analyses democratization and democracy in South Korea since 1960. The book starts with an analysis of the distinctive characteristics of bureaucratic authoritarianism and how democratic transition had been possible after inconclusive and protracted “tug of war” between authoritarian regime and democratic opposition. It then goes on to explore what the opportunities and constraints to the ... Read more

    R2 315,63

  • The Mask of True Faces

    by Jack Han ...
    In the valley of Chogapsan, where children once entered the world laughing, a strange mist descends from the northern cliffs. It smells of memory burned to ash. One by one, the children forget who they are. A boy bleats like a goat. A girl perches on rooftops, believing she is a sparrow. Twins growl and bite, having abandoned language altogether. The demon Chameon—the Face-Thief—walks through the ... Read more

    R168,92

  • The Purge Revolution: A Hundred Days That Shook South Korea

    by Yeong Hwan Choi ...
    The Purge Revolution — It began with two words on Truth Social.In the Korean media, the U.S.–Korea summit was hailed as a "Summit." Trump, however, labeled it a "meeting." That one word drew the line between protocol, prestige, and trust. On that day—no military honor guard, Blair House vacated, only the wind dancing over the runway—two words flashed on Trump's Truth Social: Purge and Revolution ... Read more

    R66,31 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gender, Power, and Military Occupations

    Asia Pacific and the Middle East since 1945

    Edited by Christine De Matos, Rowena Ward ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Gender and History
    Military occupations and interventions have a gendered impact on both those engaged in occupying, and those whose lands have been occupied. Yet little is known about this gendered impact, in terms of both masculinities and femininities, either historically or in contemporary times. While research in this area has begun to grow since events in Iraq and Afghanistan, this collection helps redress the ... Read more

    R1 333,86

  • The Korean War

    An International History

    by Wada Haruki ...
    Series series Asia/Pacific/Perspectives
    This classic history of the Korean War—from its origins through the armistice—is now available in a paperback edition including a substantive introduction that considers the heightened danger of a new Northeast Asian war as Trump and Kim Jong-un escalate their rhetoric. Wada Haruki, one of the world’s leading scholars of the war, draws on archival and other primary sources in Russia, China, the ... Read more

    R493,34

  • Memory, Reconciliation, and Reunions in South Korea

    Crossing the Divide

    by Nan Kim ...
    Series series AsiaWorld
    Winner of the 2019 Scott Bills Memorial Prize for Outstanding First Book in Peace History.Memory, Reconciliation, and Reunions in South Korea: Crossing the Divide explores the history and tells the story of the emotionally charged meetings that took place among family members who, after having lost all contact for over fifty years on opposite sides of the Korean divide, were temporarily reunited ... Read more

    R632,60

  • Constructing Student Mobility

    How Universities Recruit Students and Shape Pathways between Berkeley and Seoul

    by Stephanie K. Kim ...
    How universities in the US and South Korea compete for global student markets—and how university financials shape students’ lives.The popular image of the international student in the American imagination is one of affluence, access, and privilege, but is that image accurate? In this provocative book, higher education scholar Stephanie Kim challenges this view, arguing that universities—not the ... Read more

    R611,44

  • East Asia at the Center

    Four Thousand Years of Engagement with the World

    by Warren I. Cohen ...
    A common misconception holds that Marco Polo "opened up" a closed and recalcitrant "Orient" to the West. However, this sweeping history covering 4,000 years of international relations from the perspective of China, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia shows that the region's extensive involvement in world affairs began thousands of years ago.In a time when the writing of history is increasingly ... Read more

    R489,20

  • The Promised Republic

    Developmental Society and the Making of Modern Seoul, 1961–1979

    by Russell Burge ...
    Series Book 484 - Harvard East Asian Monographs
    In The Promised Republic, Russell Burge offers a bold new history of South Korea’s rapid development. By focusing on the experience of rural-to-urban migrants who built and lived in Seoul’s shantytowns, Burge historicizes national development as a site of struggle with the urban poor at its center. What would a society of postcolonial abundance look like? Who was this society built for, and how ... Read more

    R811,54