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In South Korea, a 105-year-old woman receives a letter. Ten days later, she has been thrust into the afterlife, fighting to head off a curse that will otherwise devastate generations to come. Hak Jeonga has always shouldered the burden of upholding the family name. When she sent her daughter-in-law to America to cover up an illegitimate birth, she was simply doing what was needed to preserve the reputations of her loved ones. How could she have known that decades later, this decision would return to haunt her?

"The master of assassin novels, Vince Flynn, now has serious competition." - Librarian review "If you like Clive Cussler, Matthew Reilly or Daniel Silva you will like this book, it had me gripped from page one and the ending is truly exciting." “Well-written, and there is much in it of history, adventure, and suspense.” - The Writer’s Edge Frank Murdoch lives on a remote private island in Alaska, drawn there by its peace and isolation. There he finds a secret, unearthed from a cave sealed for seven decades. His historical research attracts Abby Sinclair, a lovely archaeologist. But it...

Estes describes the mobilization, organization, and operations of First Brigade during the first three months of American participation in the Korean War. Focusing on the battalions, companies, and platoons that faced the hardened soldiers of the North Korean army, he brings the listener directly to the battlefield. The story he reveals there, woven with the voices of soldiers and officers, is one of cooperation rather than interservice rivalry. At the same time, he clarifies differences in the organizational cultures of the US Army and the Marine Corps.

Yeonmi Park was not dreaming of freedom when she escaped from North Korea. She didn't even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that she was running for her life, that if she and her family stayed behind they would die - from starvation, or disease, or even execution.

A super fan with big dreams, The job close to the idol she adores, And a dangerous encounter which changes her life. Rachel tries so hard to convince herself this is all about getting a fantastic job. Sure, she would be working near a man who’s so perfect he could’ve been constructed from her fantasies, but that’s just the icing on the cake. The technician has hit the jackpot, landing a meeting to discuss working on the world tour of idol super group Sasin. The demonically themed band is the hottest thing around, so she has to conceal her luck or she'll never be offered the role. ...

No dictator lasts forever. North Korea is about to learn that the hard way Six months into the war, Germany’s assault on North Korea has stalled. Major allies, buckling under U.S. pressure, are withdrawing. Meanwhile, Pyongyang unleashes a wave of terrorist attacks inside Germany, leaving the public furious and the government on the verge of crisis. To end the deadlock, Berlin turns to Major Sophie Decker, ruthless head of Department 89, an elite military intelligence unit known for doing what others won’t. Her orders: take the war to North Korea’s doorstep—and make it hurt. But in ...

Having spent centuries in the shadows of its neighbors China and Japan, Korea is now the object of considerable interest for radically different reasons - the South as an economic success story and for its vibrant popular culture; the North as the home to one of the world's most repressive regimes, at once both bizarre and menacing. Korea: A Very Short Introduction explores the history, culture, and society of a deeply divided region.

A feisty journalist looking for a big break, The charismatic leader of an idol super-group, And a mysterious portal which throws them together. Sassy music journalist Amy thinks her fortunes have changed when she sees an opportunity to score an exclusive interview with idol super-group Sasin. What a pity it’s just a ruse. She’s gotten wasted after watching the group perform and been led astray by a couple of shady fans. As a positive twist, she unexpectedly meets Adam, the group’s leader, which is initially amazing but quickly descends into chaos. In the morning, she writes the ...

Jonas Stuyvesant's silver-spoon upbringing has not prepared him for the horrors of war. When Communist North Korea launches a surprise invasion of the South, Jonas finds himself leading his platoon against a well-trained, battle-hardened army. Soviet-made tanks break through the American lines. These are not the pitchfork-wielding peasants he expected. What should have been an easy victory turns into a devastating rout. Jonas and his men begin their retreat down the Peninsula, fighting a rear-guard action.

From acclaimed poet Franny Choi comes a poetry collection for the ends of worlds—past, present, and future. Choi’s third book features poems about historical and impending apocalypses, alongside musings on our responsibilities to each other and visions for our collective survival.

It’s finally summer break, and twelve-year-old Yumi is headed to Korea with her older sister, Minji, for the very first time. She can’t wait to explore the city of Seoul together—but Minji has other plans. The moment they land, Minji ditches Yumi to hang out with their cousins, who are more fashionable, better at soccer, and all-around cooler than Yumi. Lost and alone, Yumi is stuck at home painting with her grandfather. Everything changes when she finds an intriguing ink brush in a neighborhood art shop.

Start speaking Korean in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Upper Beginner Korean, Volume 1, a completely new way to learn Korean with ease! Upper Beginner Korean, Volume 1 will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your Korean friends.

Snow Hunters traces the extraordinary journey of Yohan, who defects from his country at the end of the Korean War, leaving his friends and family behind to seek a new life on the coast of Brazil. Throughout his years there, four people slip in and out of his life: Kiyoshi, the Japanese tailor for whom he works; Peixe, the groundskeeper at the town church; and two vagrant children named Santi and Bia. Yohan longs to connect with these people, but to do so he must let go of his traumatic past.

Throughout history, the concept of command—as both a way to achieve objectives and as an assertion of authority—has been essential to military action and leadership. But, as Sir Lawrence Freedman shows, it is also deeply political. Military command has been reconstructed and revolutionized since the Second World War by nuclear warfare, small-scale guerrilla land operations and cyber interference. Freedman takes a global perspective, systematically investigating its practice and politics since 1945 through a wide range of conflicts.

After Casey Marie McCleary, Specialist 4th class finally heard the rumble of the bus coming down the road towards her. She stood and put the strap of her handbag on her shoulder, then squatted and in a very lady like manner easily lifted the 60-pound duffel and slung it over her shoulder by one strap. She was headed for Korea.Casey’s life had changed dramatically several years earlier when her mother had died, then again when her oldest sister Ryan had gotten pregnant and moved to Zapata TX. But the change when she’d landed in Newark had been more abrupt. It had been her first time on a...

For the first time, Euna Lee - the young wife, mother, and film editor detained in North Korea - tells a harrowing, but ultimately inspiring, story of survival and faith in one of the most isolated parts of the world. On March 17, 2009, Lee and her Current TV colleague Laura Ling were working on a documentary about the desperate lives of North Koreans fleeing their homeland for a chance at freedom when they were violently apprehended by North Korean soldiers.

In crisp, unembellished prose, Eunyoung Choi paints intimate portraits of the lives of young women in South Korea, balancing the personal with the political. In the title story, a fraught friendship between an exchange student and her host sister follows them from adolescence to adulthood. In "A Song from Afar", a young woman grapples with the death of her lover, traveling to Russia to search for information about the deceased. In "Secret", the parents of a teacher killed in the Sewol ferry sinking hide the news of her death from her grandmother.

Learn Korean Grammar: 25 Sentence Patterns for Beginners by KoreanClass101 is designed for beginner-level learners. You'll learn the top 25 beginner-level sentence patterns that are used in everyday speech. All were hand-picked by our team of Korean teachers.

A fan chasing her dream The idol she worships from afar And the magical adventure which brings them together Rachel has the best night of her life when she attends Sasin’s mind-blowing concert. The show is a wild ride from beginning to end, including a magical moment where she is thrust into the spotlight with the idol of her dreams. Afterwards, things get really insane when she meets him again, only it doesn’t end so well… …but, that’s another matter. She’s been invited to attend an interview for a brilliant technical job on the next leg of the band’s world tour. Rachel goes ...

A shy, luckless wallflower, A wild, gorgeous K-pop idol, And a very naughty bird. Melanie’s a train wreck after seeing idol super-group Sasin in concert, so it’s fantastic she’s got nothing on the next day. Then she gets a phone call, of course. It’s her dad asking for help, so she can’t refuse, even though she’s totally exhausted.The falconer needs her aid with a temperamental eagle he’s taking to the set of a music video. Predictably, things don’t go well and she nearly dies of shame when she allows the bird to escape and fly into the staging area. After she retrieves it, ...