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Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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A "debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-pop mania"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Series
Gumiho volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Somin and Junu are helping Miyoung and Jihoon heal from their recent trauma when a new supernatural threat arises.
3) Wicked fox
Author
Series
Gumiho volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
After eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung, a nine-tailed fox surviving in modern-day Seoul by eating the souls of evil men, kills a murderous goblin to save Jihoon, she is forced to choose between her immortal life and his.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In 1997 the author, aged 17, escaped North Korea for China. Her mother's first words over the telephone to her lost daughter were "don't come back". The reprisals for all of them would have been lethal. Twelve years later she returned to the North Korean border in a daring mission to spirit her mother and brother to South Korea in a very costly and dangerous journey. This eloquent book offers the first credible account of ordinary life in North Korea...
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Go undercover with National Geographic correspondent Lisa Ling as she journeys into mysterious and reclusive North Korea. Posing as part of an international medical team, Lisa and her camera crew reveal the extraordinary, hidden face of this insular, little-known place. -- Container.
10) Parasite
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Korean
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Description
Kim Ki-teak's family are all unemployed and living in a squalid basement. When his son gets a tutoring job at the lavish home of the Park family, the Kim family's luck changes. One by one they gradually infiltrate the wealthy Park's home, attempting to take over their affluent lifestyle.
Author
Series
Mindy Kim volume 10
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Mindy, Dad, and Julie travel to Korea to mourn Grandpa's passing with family and for the annual Chuseok celebration, and while the occasion is a somber one, Mindy is determined to make her first official Mid-autumn Festival one to remember.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
“I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea. ” - Yeonmi Park "One of the most harrowing stories I have ever heard - and one of the most inspiring. " - The Bookseller “Park's remarkable and inspiring story shines a light on a country whose inhabitants live in misery beyond comprehension. Park's important memoir showcases the strength of the human spirit and one young woman's incredible...
13) Shine
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Rachel Kim confronts the dark underbelly of the K-pop world as she strives to become a K-pop star.
14) Zero hour
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Jack Ryan, Jr. is the one man who can prevent a second Korean War in the latest thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series"--
16) Ŏmma majung
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Korean
Description
A small child waits patiently for Mama at a streetcar station one cold and snowy day. Includes facts about the development of the Korean alphabet.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
North Korea is like no other tyranny on earth. Its citizens are told their home is the greatest nation in the world, and big brother is always watching. It is Orwell's 1984 made reality. Award-winning BBC journalist John Sweeney is one of the few foreign journalists to have witnessed the devastating reality of life in the controversial and isolated nation of North Korea. Having entered the country undercover, Sweeny posed as a university professor...
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