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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

    R221,02

  • 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

    R313,13

  • 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

    R338,89

  • 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

    R294,85

  • 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

    R52,08 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

    R108,32

  • 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

    R190,54

  • 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

    R161,33

  • Remapping the Cold War in Asian Cinemas

    Edited by Sangjoon Lee, Darlene Espena ...
    Series series Critical Asian Cinemas
    This book is about cinema and the cultural Cold War in Asia, set against the larger history of the cultural, political, and institutional linkages between the US, Europe, and Asia at the height of the Cold War. From the popularity of CIA-sponsored espionage films in Hong Kong and South Korea to the enduring Cold War rhetoric of brotherly relations in contemporary Sino-Indian co-production, cinema ... Read more

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  • Past Forward

    Essays in Korean History

    by Kyung Moon Hwang ...
    A wide-ranging collection of concise essays, ‘Past Forward’ introduces core features of Korean history that illuminate current issues and pressing concerns, including recent political upheavals, social developments and cultural shifts. Adapted from Kyung Moon Hwang’s regular columns in the ‘Korea Times’ of Seoul, the essays forward interpretative points concerning historical debates and ... Read more

    R262,30 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reconciling Divided States

    Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea

    Edited by Dong Jin Kim, David Mitchell ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
    This book offers a distinctive perspective on peace processes by comparatively analysing two cases which have rarely been studied in tandem, Ireland and Korea.The volume examines and compares Ireland and Korea as two peace/conflict areas. Despite their differences, both places are marked by a number of overlaid states of division: a political border in a geographical unit (an island and a ... Read more

    R1 121,66

  • Voices of the Korean Minority in Postwar Japan

    Histories Against the Grain

    by Erik Ropers ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    Shedding new light on how the histories of zainichi Koreans have been written, consumed, and discussed, this book addresses the roots of postwar debates concerning the wartime experiences of Koreans in Japan.Providing an overview of the complicated historiography, it explores the experiences of Koreans located at Ground Zero in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as the history and processes that ... Read more

    R1 171,52

  • Dundurn Korean War Library Bundle

    Fighting Words / Korea / Triumph at Kapyong / Deadlock in Korea / Cross-Border Warriors

    by Fred Gaffen, Dan Bjarnason, Ted Barris, Mark Bourrie, John Melady ...
    This ebook bundle contains five books that chronicle Canada's participation in the conflict that gripped the Korean peninsula from 1950–53 and resulted in two very different nations that remain at odds today. This bloody and traumatic face-off between capitalist and communist ideologies highlighted the tensions of the Cold War that drew in nations from many parts of the world. Canadian soldiers ... Read more

    R409,04 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Soldier. Politician. Patriot. The Biography of Kyung Soon Chang

    by Christopher Schmitz, Kyung Soon Chang ...
    General Chang saved South Korea from Communism. Twice.May 16, 1961. General Chang made a decisive contribution to General Chung-hee Park's bloodless coup. The move saved his country from a collapse engineered by Communist sympathizers after President Syngman Rhee's resignation in 1960.From 1963 through 1972, General Chang was Vice Speaker of the Korean National Assembly, under General Chung-hee ... Read more

    R111,02

  • The Purge Revolution: The Requisition of Virtue

    by Yeong Hwan Choi ...
    People live without checking for themselves.They do not ask how things were handled or what standards were used. Questions are inconvenient. Results arrive quickly. Each time, the interpretation comes pre-packaged. and daily life moves on without resistance. In the process, people learn to speak without subjects.While translating, I moved between languages and habits of thought shaped by different ... Read more

    R63,37 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • South Korea’s 70-Year Endeavor for Foreign Policy, National Defense, and Unification

    by Sung-Wook Nam, Sang-Woo Rhee, Myongsob Kim, Young-Ho Kim, Yong-Sub Han, Young-Soon Chung, Seong-Ok Yoo, Academy of Korean Studies Press AKS ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book brings Korea's finest foreign policy minds together in contemplating the risks and rewards of finally ending the 70 year stalemate between North and South Korea through reunification. While North Korea is in conflict with the United States over denuclearization and regime security, the South Korean government is focusing on economic development preparing for the day when the two Koreas ... Read more

    R1 041,66

  • The Making of Modern Finance

    Liberal Governance and the Gold Standard

    by Samuel Knafo ...
    Series series RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
    The Making of Modern Finance is a path-breaking study of the construction of liberal financial governance and demonstrates how complex forms of control by the state profoundly transformed the nature of modern finance.Challenging dominant theoretical conceptions of liberal financial governance in international political economy, this book argues that liberal economic governance is too often ... Read more

    R1 271,24

  • Korea A History

    by Bong-youn Choy ...
    This detailed, scholarly history of Korea is a comprehensive political and socioeconomic history from 57 B.C. to modern times, including North and South Korea.Specializing in Korean industrial structure, economic planning, and administration, the author presents a concise yet readable historical approach to a greater understanding of Korea's position in East Asia. The author, a political scholar ... Read more

    R292,09

  • Curriculum, Crisis, and Epistemic Governance in South Korea

    Decolonizing the Mind

    by Soo Bin Jang ...
    Series series Politics of Education in Asia
    Offering an illuminating exploration of power dynamics and colonial legacies within South Korean education, this timely book examines how the South Korean state governs through curriculum reform, turning public participation into a moralized and technical project of national development.This book draws on archival documents, policy reports, and extensive interviews with curriculum committee ... Read more

    R1 121,66

  • The Two Koreas : How the North Separated from the South - Geography History Books | Children's Geography & Cultures Books

    by Baby Professor ...
    How can two countries sharing the same second names be so different from each other? Dig a bit further into the two Korea’s history to understand why these geographic brothers are separated by differences. Make learning fun and interesting by using picture books that feature age-appropriate lessons. Go ahead and grab a copy today! ... Read more

    R65,65

  • History of Economic Management in North Korea

    From Planned Economy to Socialist Enterprise System

    by Phillip H. Park ...
    Series series Perspectives in Economic and Social History
    This book seeks to understand how the economic construction of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) evolved, shaped by the formulation and execution of various economic management systems spanning the years 1949 to 2023, in response to numerous challenges faced by the country.Split into four chapters, Park charts the developmental phases of the DPRK economy under Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong ... Read more

    R1 146,59

  • A Concise History of Korea

    From Antiquity to the Present

    by Michael J. Seth ...
    This comprehensive book surveys Korean history from Neolithic times to the present. Michael J. Seth explores the origins and development of Korean society, politics, and still little-known cultural heritage from their inception to the two Korean states of today. Throughout, he adds a rare dimension by placing Korean history into broader global perspective. All readers looking for a balanced, ... Read more

    R706,09