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The God and the Gumiho

By: Sophie Kim

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In this sly and dazzling contemporary fantasy, the most notorious nine-tailed fox in Korea pairs up with a trickster god–turned–detective to track down a wrathful demon . . . before it can destroy the mortal world. “Enchanting fantasy . . . With an intoxicating mix of action, mystery, and deliciously angsty romance, this reads like the most bingeable K-drama.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) Kim Hani has retired from a life of devouring souls. She is, simply put, too full. Once known as the infamous Scarlet Fox, she now spends her days working in a coffee shop and annoying a particularly irritating, if unfairly handsome, trickster god as often as she can. That god is Seokga the Fallen. Exiled from the heavenly kingdom of Okhwang, he now begrudgingly resides in the mortal realm, working toward his redemption and suffering through his interactions with the particularly infuriating, if sneakily charming, gumiho barista at his favorite café. But when a powerful demon escapes from the underworld and threatens to end all of humanity, Okhwang’s emperor offers Seokga an enticing bargain: Kill this rogue creature, as well as the legendary and elusive Scarlet Fox, and he will be reinstated as a god. Hani, however, has no intention of being caught. Seokga might be a trickster god, but she has a trick of her own that he’ll never see coming: teaming up. As Seokga’s assistant, Hani will undermine and sabotage his investigation right under his overly pointy nose. Sure, she’ll help him kill the demon, but she certainly won’t allow him to uncover her secret identity while they’re at it. As the bickering partners track their case down a path of mayhem and violence, the god and the gumiho find themselves inescapably drawn to each other. But will the unlikely couple stand together to prevent the apocalypse, or will they let their secrets tear them—and the world—apart?

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Del Rey

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0593599675

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9780593599679

South Korean Education and Learning Excellence as a Hallyu

Ethnographic Understandings of a Nation’s Academic Success

By: Young Chun Kim,Jae-seong Jo,Jung-Hoon Jung

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South Korean Education and Learning Excellence as a Hallyu

Ethnographic Understandings of a Nation’s Academic Success

By: Young Chun Kim,Jae-seong Jo,Jung-Hoon Jung

This book constitutes a sociological, anthropological, and curricular inquiry into the factors surrounding high academic achievement rates of students in South Korea. Taking root in similar studies conducted around the exemplary nature of the Finnish education model, it explores the phenomenon of success in South Korea, uniquely connecting it to the scholarship and models for examining the recent shift in attention and popularity of Korean culture. The authors argue that Korean education or "K-edu" can also be studied and understood as a Hallyu and an exemplary form of education. Drawing on longitudinal qualitative studies spanning over 15 years, the authors advance understandings of Korean academic success beyond more generalized understandings of how Asian students learn and towards a holistic explanation for the case of Korea. As such, the book challenges the perception of Korean students as passive learners with a controlled learning culture and instead advocates the ways in which Korean students are leading a changing culture by utilizing all available resources and opportunities in the space of South Korea’s evolving ecological system of education. In addition, this book provides one explanation as to how students from East Asian countries achieve such excellent academic performance. A crucial exploration of the culture and growth of education systems in Asian countries, this book will appeal to scholars and researchers with interests in Korean education and Korean students’ academic achievement as an emerging inquiry for both Korean studies and East Asian Cultural Studies. In addition, this book will also be informative for scholars of comparative education, sociology of education, educational policy, and postcolonial educational research in the world.

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205

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Taylor & Francis

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1000928470

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9781000928471

Korean Shamanism

The Cultural Paradox

By: Chongho Kim

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Korean Shamanism

The Cultural Paradox

By: Chongho Kim

Title first published in 2003. Shamanism has a contradictory position within the Korean cultural system, leading to the periodical suppression of shamanism yet also, paradoxically, ensuring its survival throughout Korean history. This book examines the place of shamans within contemporary society as a cultural practice in which people make use of shamanic ritual and disputing the prevalent view that shamanism is 'popular culture', a 'women's religion' or 'performing arts'. Directly confronting the prejudice against shamans and their paradoxical situation in a modern society such as Korea, this book reveals the cultural discrepancy between two worlds in Korean culture, the ordinary world and the shamanic world, showing that these two worlds cannot be reconciled. This unique study of shamanism offers a significant contribution to growing studies in indigenous anthropology and indigenous religions, and provides a captivating read for a wide range of readers through retelling the stories-never-to-be-told involving shamanic ritual.

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447

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Routledge

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1351772147

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9781351772143

Law and Custom in Korea

Comparative Legal History

By: Marie Seong-Hak Kim

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Law and Custom in Korea

Comparative Legal History

By: Marie Seong-Hak Kim

This book sets forth the evolution of Korea's law and legal system from the Chosǒn dynasty through the colonial and postcolonial modern periods. This is the first book in English that comprehensively studies Korean legal history in comparison with European legal history, with particular emphasis on customary law. Korea's passage to Romano-German civil law under Japanese rule marked a drastic departure from its indigenous legal tradition. The transplantation of modern civil law in Korea was facilitated by Japanese colonial jurists who created a Korean customary law; this constructed customary law served as an intermediary regime between tradition and the demands of modern law. The transformation of Korean law by the forces of Westernisation points to new interpretations of colonial history and presents an intriguing case for investigating the spread of law on a global level. In-depth discussions of French customary law and Japanese legal history also provide a solid conceptual framework suitable for comparing European and East Asian legal traditions.

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365

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Cambridge University Press

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1139536346

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9781139536349

Korean for K-Pop and K-Drama Fans

Essential Korean Phrases for Everyday Use

By: Soohee Kim,Emily Curtis

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Korean for K-Pop and K-Drama Fans

Essential Korean Phrases for Everyday Use

By: Soohee Kim,Emily Curtis

A super-cute, full-color pheasebook covering all situations you are likely to encounter in Korea! Essential phrases for every situation — whether watching your favorite K-drama series, catching up on the latest K-Pop news, hanging out with your friends, dealing with your boss, posting on social media, meeting the love of your life or recovering from a broken heart. Each chapter presents a range of short conversations of the type you might have with a friend, with vocabulary lists and key grammar tips. Each conversation is presented in Korean Hangul script as well as romanized Korean and English. Online audio recordings by native speakers make it easy to practice the conversations and improve your Korean pronunciation! Korean for K-Pop and K-Drama Fans is packed with language that you actually use in real life. Fun and useful phrases include: Pandora's new song is an All-Kill! She's so awesomely charismatic I got a ton of followers on my YouTube channel Online shopping is my downfall I drank 5 bomb shots I acted like a total idiot U so cute! You and your girlfriend are just so cringe! Is there something going on between Jiyoung and Junha? Your new jeans are fantabulous! You dumb-ass OMG, no way! My hubby's on a biz trip Whether you're looking to expand your knowledge of Korean, or just a K-pop and K-drama fan, this book contains a treasure trove of useful language.

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244

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Tuttle Publishing

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1462925022

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9781462925025

The Eyes Are the Best Part

By: Monika Kim

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The Eyes Are the Best Part

By: Monika Kim

Crying in H-Mart meets My Sister, the Serial Killer in this feminist psychological horror about the making of a female serial killer from a Korean-American perspective. Ji-won’s life tumbles into disarray in the wake of her Appa’s extramarital affair and subsequent departure. Her mother, distraught. Her younger sister, hurt and confused. Her college freshman grades, failing. Her dreams, horrifying… yet enticing. In them, Ji-won walks through bloody rooms full of eyes. Succulent blue eyes. Salivatingly blue eyes. Eyes the same shape and shade as George’s, who is Umma’s obnoxious new boyfriend. George has already overstayed his welcome in her family’s claustrophobic apartment. He brags about his puffed-up consulting job, ogles Asian waitresses while dining out, and acts condescending toward Ji-won and her sister as if he deserves all of Umma’s fawning adoration. No, George doesn’t deserve anything from her family. Ji-won will make sure of that. For no matter how many victims accumulate around her campus or how many people she must deceive and manipulate, Ji-won’s hunger and her rage deserve to be sated. A brilliantly inventive, subversive novel about a young woman unraveling, Monika Kim’s The Eyes Are the Best Part is a story of a family falling apart and trying to find their way back to each other, marking a bold new voice in horror that will leave readers mesmerized and craving more.

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Erewhon Books

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1645661253

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9781645661252

Design Optimization of Fluid Machinery

Applying Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Optimization

By: Kwang-Yong Kim,Abdus Samad,Ernesto Benini

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Design Optimization of Fluid Machinery

Applying Computational Fluid Dynamics and Numerical Optimization

By: Kwang-Yong Kim,Abdus Samad,Ernesto Benini

Dieses aktuelle Referenzwerk behandelt numerische Optimierungsmethoden für Strömungsmaschinen und die wichtigsten industriellen Anwendungen. Grundlagen sind umfangreiche Forschung und Erfahrung der Autoren. Die logischen Zusammenhänge, um den Bereich der numerischen Strömungssimulation (CFD) zu verstehen, werden anhand der Grundlagen der Strömungsmechanik, von Strömungsmaschinen und ihrer Komponenten erläutert. Im Anschluss folgt eine Einführung in Methoden der Ein- und Mehrzieloptimierung, die automatische Optimierung, in Ersatzmodelle und Entwicklungsalgorithmen. Das Fachbuch schließt mit der ausführlichen Erklärung von Designansätzen und Anwendungen für Pumpen, Turbinen, Kompressoren und weiteren Systemen von Strömungsmaschinen. Der Nachdruck liegt hier bei Systemen für erneuerbare Energien. - Die Autoren sind führende Experten des Fachgebiets. - Ein handliches Fachbuch zu Optimierungsmethoden mittels numerischer Strömungssimulation bei Strömungsmaschinen. - Beschreibt wichtige Anwendungsbereiche in der Industrie und enthält Kapitel zu Systemen für erneuerbaren Energien. Design Optimization of Fluid Machinery ist ein wichtiger Leitfaden für Graduierte, Forscher und Ingenieure aus den Bereichen Strömungsmaschinen und zugehörige Optimierungsmethoden. Als Fachbuch mit allem Wissenswerten zu dem Thema richtet es sich an Studenten höherer Semester der Fachrichtungen Maschinenbau und verwandter Bereiche der Strömungssimulation und Luft-/Raumfahrttechnik.

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450

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John Wiley & Sons

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111918830X

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9781119188308

The Language of Asian Gestures

Embodied Words Through the Lens of Film

By: Jieun Kiaer,Loli Kim

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The Language of Asian Gestures

Embodied Words Through the Lens of Film

By: Jieun Kiaer,Loli Kim

The Language of Asian Gestures explores Asian gestures as a non-verbal language within the context of films and dramas. This book provides a cross-cultural Asian perspective on a range of important common gestures and their meanings, covering a range of Asian regions including Korea, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, India, and Pakistan. While most studies focus on text-based communication, gestures find themselves overshadowed by text and speech. Asian gestures, too, often reside in the shadow of Eurocentric viewpoints. This book will shift this dynamic and amplify the voices that have typically been marginalised within 20th-century Eurocentric discussions. The book will be informative for students and researchers interested in Asian languages, cultures, film studies, and pragmatics. It bridges the gap between words and gestures, unveiling a world of concealed meanings and enriching our understanding of diverse forms of expression.

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Taylor & Francis

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1003859704

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9781003859703

A Korean Nationalist Entrepreneur

A Life History of Kim Sŏngsu, 1891–1955

By: Choong Soon Kim

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A Korean Nationalist Entrepreneur

A Life History of Kim Sŏngsu, 1891–1955

By: Choong Soon Kim

This book delineates the drive for Korean modernization by cultural nationalists during the colonial era in the early twentieth century. The cultural nationalism movement, led by moderate nationalists, eschewed overt resistance to Japanese imperialism and advocated self-strengthening programs to lay the foundation for future Korean independence. To describe this movement, this book focuses on Kim Sŏngsu and his various projects for Korean modernization. The author provides a narrative that includes encapsulated stories and sheds light on the Japanese colonial policies concerning Korea. A Korean Nationalist Entrepreneur examines Kim's projects in chronological order, reflecting historian Carter J. Erkert's statement that Kim's life history has been so closely intertwined with some of the deepest currents of modern Korean history itself. The book describes how Kim took over and developed a post-elementary school, founded Korea's first modern textile firm, established one of Korea's major newspapers, and established Posong Junior College (which later became Koryo University). In 1946, after Korea's liberation from Japan, Kim became a pivotal figure in the conservative Korean Democratic Party, which became the main opposition party in Korea in the 1950s. He eventually became vice president in 1951 under Syngman Rhee.

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State University of New York Press

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1438408978

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9781438408972

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The God and the Gumiho

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South Korean Education and Learning Excellence as a Hallyu

South Korean Education and Learning Excellence as a Hallyu

Korean Shamanism

Korean Shamanism

Law and Custom in Korea

Law and Custom in Korea

Korean for K-Pop and K-Drama Fans

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The Eyes Are the Best Part

The Eyes Are the Best Part

Design Optimization of Fluid Machinery

Design Optimization of Fluid Machinery

The Language of Asian Gestures

The Language of Asian Gestures

A Korean Nationalist Entrepreneur

A Korean Nationalist Entrepreneur

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