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American Caesar : Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964by William ManchesterISBN 0440304245 (0-440-30424-5)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Caesar : Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964'Book summary:Inspiring, outrageous... A thundering paradox of a man. Douglas MacArthur, one of only five men in history to have achieved the rank of General of the United States Army. He served in World Wars I, II, and the Korean War, and is famous for stating that "in war, there is no substitute for victory." AMERICAN CAESAR exaines the exemplary army career, the stunning successes (and lapses) on the battlefield, and the turbulent private life of the soldier-hero whose mystery and appeal created a uniquely American legend. [via]
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American Caesar, Douglas Macarthur, 1880-1964by William Raymond ManchesterISBN 0316544981 (0-316-54498-1)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Caesar, Douglas Macarthur, 1880-1964'Book summary:MacArthur, the public figure, the private man, the soldier-hero whose mystery and appeal created a uniquely American legend, portrayed in a brilliant biography that will challenge the cherished myths of admirers and critics alike. [via]
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Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in a North Korean Gulagby Kang Chol-Hwan, Pierre Rigoulot, Yair ReinerISBN 0465011047 (0-465-01104-7)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag'Book summary:North Korea is today one of the last bastions of hard-line Communism. Its leaders have kept a tight grasp on their one-party regime, quashing any nascent opposition movements and sending all suspected dissidents to its brutal concentration camps for "re-education." Kang Chol-hwan is the first survivor of one of these camps to escape and tell his story to the world, documenting the extreme conditions in these gulags and providing a personal insight into life in North Korea. Part horror story, part historical document, part memoir, part political tract, this record of one man's suffering gives eyewitness proof to an ongoing sorrowful chapter of modern history.[via]More editions of Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in a North Korean Gulag:
The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in a North Korean Gulagby Pierre Rigoulot, Chor-Hwan Kang, Yair ReinerISBN 0465011012 (0-465-01101-2)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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Black Windby Clive Cussler, Dirk CusslerISBN 1594131171 (1-59413-117-1)
Softcover, Thorndike Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Wind'Book summary:[via]Dirk Pitt teams up with his children to find two WWII Japanese subs that went down armed with a devastating payload: a new biological virus.
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The Book of Dead Birdsby Gayle BrandeisISBN 0060528044 (0-06-052804-4)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Dead Birds'Book summary:Winner of Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize, an award in support of a literature of social responsibility, The Book of Dead Birds is an intimate portrait of a young woman at a defining moment in her life, who stands at the intersection of two cultures and races.
Ava Sing Lo has been accidentally killing her mother's birds since she was a little girl. Now, having just finished her graduate work, Ava leaves her native San Diego for the Salton Sea, where she volunteers to help environmental activists save thousands of birds poisoned by agricultural run-off.
Helen, Ava's mother, has been haunted by her past for decades. As a young girl in Korea, Helen was drawn into prostitution on a segregated American army base. Several brutal years passed before a young white American soldier married her and brought her to California. When she gave birth to a black baby, her new husband quickly abandoned her, and she was left to fend for herself and her daughter in a foreign country.
With great beauty and lyricism, The Book of Dead Birds captures a young woman's struggle to come to terms with her mother's terrible past while she searches for her own place in the world. This moving mother-daughter story of migration, survival, and reconciliation resonates across cultures and through generations.
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The Cloud Atlasby David MitchellISBN 0375507256 (0-375-50725-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cloud Atlas'Book summary:It's hard not to become ensnared by words beginning with the letter B, when attempting to describe Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell's third novel. It's a big book, for start, bold in scope and execution--a bravura literary performance, possibly. (Let's steer clear of breathtaking for now.) Then, of course, Mitchell was among Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and his second novel number9dreamwas shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Characters with birthmarks in the shape of comets are a motif; as are boats. Oh and one of the six narratives strands of the book--where coincidentally Robert Frobisher, a young composer, dreams up "a sextet for overlapping soloists" entitled Cloud Atlas--is set in Belgium, not far from Bruges. (See what I mean?)
Structured rather akin to a Chinese puzzle or a set of Matrioshka dolls, there are dazzling shifts in genre and voice and the stories leak into each other with incidents and people being passed on like batons in a relay race. The 19th-century journals of an American notary in the Pacific that open the novel are subsequently unearthed 80 years later on by Frobisher in the library of the ageing, syphilitic maestro he's trying to fleece. Frobisher's waspish letters to his old Cambridge crony, Rufus Sexsmith, in turn surface when Rufus, (by the 1970s a leading nuclear scientist) is murdered. A novelistic account of the journalist Luisa Rey's investigation into Rufus' death finds its way to Timothy Cavendish, a London vanity publisher with an author who has an ingenious method of silencing a snide reviewer. And in a near-dystopian Blade Runner-esque future, a genetically engineered fast food waitress sees a movie based on Cavendish's unfortunate internment in a Hull retirement home. (Cavendish himself wonders how a director called Lars might wish to tackle his plight). All this is less tricky than it sounds, only the lone "Zachary" chapter, told in Pacific Islander dialect (all "dingos'n'ravens", "brekker" and "f'llowin'"s) is an exercise in style too far. Not all the threads quite connect but nonetheless Mitchell binds them into a quite spellbinding rumination on human nature, power, oppression, race, colonialism and consumerism. --Travis Elborough [via]
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Comfort Womanby Nora O. KellerISBN 0670872695 (0-670-87269-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Comfort Woman'Book summary:Narrated by the living voice of Beccah, a young Korean-American girl, and the spiritual voice of her mother, Akiko, this story of past and present explores the universal conflict between mother and daughter and the peace that can be found in that relationship. A first novel. [via]
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Comfort Womanby Nora Okja KellerISBN 0140263357 (0-14-026335-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Comfort Woman'Book summary:Possessing a wisdom and maturity rarely found in a first novelist, Korean-American writer Nora Okja Keller tells a heartwrenching and enthralling tale in this, her literary debut. Comfort Woman is the story of Akiko, a Korean refugee of World War II, and Beccah, her daughter by an American missionary. The two women are living on the edge of societyand sanityin Honolulu, plagued by Akiko's periodic encounters with the spirits of the dead, and by Beccah's struggles to reclaim her mother from her past. Slowly and painfully Akiko reveals her tragic story and the horrifying years she was forced to serve as a "comfort woman" to Japanese soldiers. As Beccah uncovers these truths, she discovers her own strength and the secret of the powers she herself possessedthe precious gifts her mother has given her.[via]
A San Francisco Chronicle bestseller
In 1995, Nora Okja Keller received the Pushcart Prize for "Mother Tongue", a piece that is part of Comfort Woman.More editions of Comfort Woman:
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Digging to America: Library Editionby Anne TylerISBN 034549234X (0-345-49234-X)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Digging to America: Library Edition'Book summary:Anne Tylers richest, most deeply searching novela story about what it is to be an American, and about Iranian-born Maryam Yazdan, who, after 35 years in this country, must finally come to terms with her outsiderness.
Two families, who would otherwise never have come together, meet by chance at the Baltimore airport the Donaldsons, a very American couple, and the Yazdans, Maryams fully assimilated son and his attractive Iranian wife. Each couple is awaiting the arrival of an adopted infant daughter from Korea. After the instant babies from distant Asia are delivered, Bitsy Donaldson impulsively invites the Yazdans to celebrate: an arrival party that from then on is repeated every year as the two families become more and more deeply intertwined. Even Maryam is drawn in up to a point. When she finds herself being courted by Bitsy Donaldsons recently widowed father, all the values she cherishes her traditions, her privacy, her othernessare suddenly threatened.
A luminous novel brimming with subtle, funny, and tender observations that immerse us in the challenges of both sides of the American story. [via]More editions of Digging to America: Library Edition:
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Fox Girlby Nora Okja KellerISBN 0142001961 (0-14-200196-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fox Girl'Book summary:Nora Okja Keller burst onto the literary scene in 1997 with the publication of her first novel, Comfort Woman. Chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the best books of the year, Comfort Woman was hailed by Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times as "a lyrical and haunting novel that combines the familial intimacy of Louise Erdrich's early novels with the fierce historical magic of Toni Morrison's Beloved."
With her latest beautifully imagined and unflinchingly honest novel, Keller continues to explore the complex relationship between America and Korea. Set in the aftermath of the Korean War, Fox Girl is the story of its forgotten victims, the abandoned children of American GIs who live in a world where life is about survival. The "fox girl" is Hyung Jin, who is disowned by her parents and whose life revolves around her best friend, Sookie, a teenage prostitute kept by an American soldier, and Lobetto, a lost boy who makes a living running errands and pimping for neighborhood girls. Nora Keller brings this world of young people-at the edge of society who dream of coming to America-to life in a way that is both horrifying and deeply moving.
Fox Girl is at once a rare portrait of the long-term consequences of a neglected aspect of war and a moving story of the fierce love between a mother and her daughter that will ultimately redeem Hyung Jin's life in America. [via] -
A Gesture Lifeby Chang-Rae LeeISBN 1573228281 (1-57322-828-1)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Gesture Life'Book summary:Never judge a book by its cover--or, for that matter, by its name. Otherwise you might overlook A Gesture Life, Chang-rae Lee's fine if awkwardly entitled follow-up to Native Speaker. As he did in his debut, the author explores the dilemma of being an outsider--and the corrupt, heartbreaking bargains an outsider will make to adapt to his surroundings. The protagonist, Franklin Hata, has actually spent his whole life donning one variety or another of existential camouflage. First, as a native-born Korean, he bends over backwards to fit into Japanese culture, circa 1944. Then he attempts a similar bit of environmental adaptation in postwar America--more specifically, in the slumbering New York suburb of Bedley Run. But in neither case does he quite succeed, which gives the novel its peculiar, faltering sense of tragedy.
"There is something exemplary to the sensation of near perfect lightness," confesses this resident alien, "of being in a place and not being there, which seems of course a chronic condition of my life but then, too, its everyday unction, the trouble finding a remedy but not quite a cure, so that the problem naturally proliferates until it has become you through and through. Such is the cast of my belonging, molding to whatever is at hand."
A Gesture Life presents this chronic condition in two different time frames. In one, delivered via flashback, Hata is a medical officer in Japan's Imperial Army. Posted to a tiny installation in rural Burma, he's ordered to oversee a fresh detachment of Korean "comfort women"--i.e., victims of institutionalized gang rape. At first he maintains his professional distance, not to mention his erotic appetite: "It was the notion of what lay beneath the crumpled cotton of their poor clothes that shook me like an air-raid siren." But soon enough he's drawn into a relationship with one of the women, whose bloody and horrific denouement leaves a permanent mark on the "unblissed detachment" of his existence.
The present-tense, American half of the story revolves around Hata's life in Bedley Run, where he adopts, alienates, and finally forms a shaky rapport with his daughter, Sunny. We might expect this sort of material to pale in comparison with his wartime trauma. But oddly enough, Hata's suburban melancholia is much more compelling--and the gradual disclosure of his past, which is supposed to ratchet up the tension, seems too crude a mechanism for a writer of Lee's superlative talents. (His truest tutelary spirit, in fact, might be John Cheever, who gets an explicit nod at one point.) None of this is to dismiss A Gesture Life, whose dual narratives are written with a rare, unhurried elegance. And if Lee's splice job lacks the absolute adhesion we expect from a great work of art, he nonetheless pulls off a remarkable, moving feat: he puts us inside the skin of a man who, "if he could choose, might always go silent and unseen." --James Marcus [via]
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Korea: A Walk Through The Land Of Miraclesby Simon WinchesterISBN 0060750448 (0-06-075044-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Korea: A Walk Through The Land Of Miracles'Book summary:In the late 1980s, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea -- from its southern tip to the North Korean border -- in order to set the record straight about this enigmatic and elusive land.
Fascinating for its vivid presentation of historical and geographic detail, Korea is that rare book that actually defines a nation and its people. Winchester's gift for capturing engaging characters in true, compelling stories provides us with a treasury of enchanting and informed insight on the culture, language, history, and politics of this little-known corner of Asia.
With a new introduction by the author, Korea is a beautiful journey through a mysterious country and a memorable addition to the many adventures of Simon Winchester.
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Korea Old and New: A Historyby Carter J. Eckert, Ki-Baik LeeISBN 0962771309 (0-9627713-0-9)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern Historyby Bruce CumingsISBN 0393327027 (0-393-32702-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History: ISBN 0393040119 (0-393-04011-9)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History: ISBN 0393327027 (0-393-32702-7)
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The Korean Cinderellaby Shirley Climo, Ruth HellerISBN 0064433978 (0-06-443397-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Korean Cinderella'Book summary:Climo and Heller conflate several Korean variants of Cinderella to offer up the story of Pear Blossom, a lovely girl who is sorely mistreated by her nasty stepmother and stepsister.& At once comfortingly familiar and intriguingly exotic, the text is especially noteworthy for its instructive but unobtrusive incorporation of Korean words.Publishers Weekly. Hellers paintings are exotically lush and colorful as well as engaging.& An agreeable retelling of the Cinderella story. BL.
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Korean Phrasebookby Jonathan Hilts-Park, Minkyoung KimISBN 1740591666 (1-74059-166-6)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Korean Phrasebook'Book summary:This phrasebook includes extended sports coverage on traditional Korean activities, a section on food terms to ensure confident menu-ordering, and a common-sense grammar section to make understanding the Korean language just that little bit easier. New Korean spelling reforms are included. [via]
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The Korean Warby Max HastingsISBN 067166834X (0-671-66834-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Korean War'Book summary:It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Now Max Hastings, preeminent military historian takes us back to the bloody bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist invasion of June 1950. Using personal accounts from interviews with more than 200 vets -- including the Chinese -- Hastings follows real officers and soldiers through the battles. He brilliantly captures the Cold War crisis at home -- the strategies and politics of Truman, Acheson, Marshall, MacArthur, Ridgway, and Bradley -- and shows what we should have learned in the war that was the prelude to Vietnam. [via]
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The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Liesby Michael BreenISBN 0312326092 (0-312-32609-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies'Book summary:The rise of South Korea is one of the most unexpected and inspirational developments of the latter part of our century. A few decades ago, the Koreans were an impoverished, agricultural people. In one generation they came out of the fields and into Silicon Valley. In 1997, this powerhouse of a nation reeled and almost collapsed as a result of a weak financial system and heavily indebted conglomerates. The world is now watching to see whether the Koreans will be able to reform and continue their stunning growth.[via]
Although Korea has only recently found itself a part of the global stage, it is a country with a rich and complex past. Early history shows that Koreans had a huge influence on ancient Japan, and their historic achievements include being the first culture to use metal movable type for printing books. However, much of their history is less positive; it is marred with political violence, poverty, and war-aspects that would sooner be forgotten by the Koreans, who are trying to focus on their promising future.
The fact that Korean history has eluded much of the world is unfortunate, but as Korea becomes more of a global player, understanding and appreciation for this unique nation has become indispensable.
In The Koreans, Michael Breen provides an in-depth portrait of the country and its people. an early overview of the nature and values of the Korean people provides the background for a more detailed examination of the complex history of the country, in particular its division into the Communist north and pro-Western south.
In this absorbing and enlightening account of the Koreans, Michael Breen provides compelling insight into the history and character of this fascinating nation.More editions of The Koreans: Who They Are, What They Want, Where Their Future Lies:
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Last Parallelby Martin RussISBN 0837167701 (0-8371-6770-1)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Last Parallel'Book summary:Long regarded as one of the best books about combat written, this book tells of the experiences of combat soldiers during the Korean War. [via]
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The Last Parallel : A Marine's War Journalby Martin RussISBN 0880642378 (0-88064-237-8)
Softcover, Fromm International Publishing Corporation
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The Living Reedby Pearl S. BuckISBN 1559210222 (1-55921-022-2)
Softcover, Moyer Bell Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Living Reed'Book summary:The Living Reed follows four generations of one family, the Kims, beginning with Il-han and his father, both advisors to the royal family in Korea. When Japan invades and the queen is killed, Il-han takes his family into hiding. In the ensuing years, he and his family take part in the secret war against the Japanese occupation.
Pearl S. Buck's epic tells the history of Korea through the lives of one family. She paints an amazing portrait of the country, and makes us empathize with their struggle for sovereignty through her beautifully drawn characters. [via]More editions of The Living Reed:
Lonely Planet Koreaby Robert Storey, Geoff CrowtherISBN 0864422644 (0-86442-264-4)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lonely Planet Korea'Book summary:Here is essential information for travelers on holiday or on business, with full details on transportation, Seoul restaurants, accommodations and sights, and 60 detailed maps accompanied by English and Korean script. color. 60 maps. [via]
Lonely Planet Koreaby Rob Whyte, Andrew Bender, John BanaganISBN 1740594495 (1-74059-449-5)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebookby Young Ok KimISBN 0864423020 (0-86442-302-0)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Seoulby Martin RobinsonISBN 1740598466 (1-74059-846-6)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Lonely Planet Seoulby Robert StoreyISBN 0864427794 (0-86442-779-4)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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The Lucky Gourd Shopby Joanna Catherine ScottISBN 1878448013 (1-878448-01-3)
Hardcover, Macmurray & Beck Communication
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M*A*S*Hby Richard HookerISBN 0671479989 (0-671-47998-9)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'M*A*S*H'Book summary:Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth.
The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees."
For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide--all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart. [via]
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Macarthurs War: Korea and the Undoing of an American Heroby Stanley WeintraubISBN 0743205030 (0-7432-0503-0)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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Mashby Richard HookerISBN 0688149553 (0-688-14955-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mash'Book summary:Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlihan, Frank Burns, Radar O'Reilly, and the rest of the gang that made the 4077th MASH like no other place in Korea or on earth.
The doctors who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained but, like most soldiers sent to fight a war, too young for the job. In the words of the author, "a few flipped their lids, but most of them just raised hell, in a variety of ways and degrees."
For fans of the movie and the series alike, here is the original version of that perfectly corrupt football game, those martini-laced mornings and sexual escapades, and that unforgettable foray into assisted if incompleted suicide--all as funny and poignant now as they were before they became a part of America's culture and heart. [via]
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A New History of Koreaby Ki-Baik LeeISBN 067461576X (0-674-61576-X)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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North Korea: Another Countryby Bruce CumingsISBN 156584940X (1-56584-940-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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North Korea South Korea: U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisisby John FefferISBN 1583226036 (1-58322-603-6)
Softcover, Seven Stories Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'North Korea South Korea: U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis'Book summary:The Korean peninsula, divided for more than fifty years, is stuck in a time warp. Millions of troops face one another along the Demilitarized Zone separating communist North Korea and capitalist South Korea. In the early 1990s and again in 2002-2003, the United States and its allies have gone to the brink of war with North Korea. Misinterpretations and misunderstandings are fueling the crisis. "There is no country of comparable significance concerning which so many people are ignorant," American anthropologist Cornelius Osgood said of Korea some time ago. This ignorance may soon have fatal consequences.
North Korea, South Korea is a short, accessible book about the history and political complexites of the Korean peninsula, one that explores practical alternatives to the current US policy: alternatives that build on the remarkable and historic path of reconciliation that North and South embarked on in the 1990s and that point the way to eventual reunification. [via]More editions of North Korea South Korea: U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis:
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Notes from the Divided Country: Poemsby Suji Kwock KimISBN 0807128724 (0-8071-2872-4)
Hardcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Notes from the Divided Country: Poems'Book summary:Winner of the 2002 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets. In her first collection, Suji Kwock Kim confronts a number of very difficult subjects-colonialism, the Korean War, emigration, racism, and love. She considers what a homeland would be for a divided nation and a divided self: what it means to enter language, the body, the family, the community; to be a daughter, sister, lover, citizen, or exile. In settings form New York to San Francisco, from Scotland to Seoul, her poems question "what threads hold / our lives together" in cities and gardens, and battlefields and small towns. Across the no-man's-land between every "you" and "I," her speakers encounter, quarrel with, or honor others, traveling between the living and dead, between horror over the disastrous events of the past and hope for the future. Drawing upon a wide range of voices, styles, and perspectives, Notes from the Divided Country bears witness to the vanishing world. Here is a rare new talent in American poetry, showcased in this dazzling debut. Whatever you meant to love, in meaning to You changed yourself: you are not who you are, Your soul cut moment to moment by a blade Of fresh desire, the ground sown with abandoned skins. And at your inmost circle, what? A core that is Not one. Poor fool, you are divided at the heart, Lost in its maze of chambers, blood, and love, A heart that will one day beat you to death.
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Origins of the Korean War: Liberation and the Emergence of Separate Regimesby B. CumingsISBN 0691101132 (0-691-10113-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Origins of the Korean War: Origins of the Korean Warby Bruce CumingsISBN 8976966120 (89-7696-612-0)
Hardcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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The Origins of the Korean War: The Roaring of the Cataract, 1947-1950by Bruce CumingsISBN 069102538X (0-691-02538-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Pyongyangby Guy DelisleISBN 8495825945 (84-95825-94-5)
Softcover, Astiberri Ediciones
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The Red Queen: A Transcultural Tragicomedyby Margaret DrabbleISBN 0156032708 (0-15-603270-8)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Red Queen: A Transcultural Tragicomedy'Book summary:Barbara Halliwell, on a grant at Oxford, receives an unexpected package-a centuries-old memoir by a Korean crown princess. An appropriate gift indeed for her impending trip to Seoul, but Barbara doesn't know who sent it. On the plane, she avidly reads the memoir, a story of great intrigue as well as tragedy. The Crown Princess Hyegyong recounts in extraordinary detail the ways of the Korean court and confesses the family dramas that left her childless and her husband dead by his own hand. When a Korean man Barbara meets at her hotel offers to guide her to some of the haunts of the crown princess, Barbara tours the royal courts and develops a strong affinity for everything related to the princess and her mysterious life. Barbara's time in Korea goes quickly, but captivated by her experience and wanting to know more about the princess, she wonders if her life can ever be the way it was before.[via]More editions of The Red Queen: A Transcultural Tragicomedy:
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The River and the Gauntletby S. L. A. MarshallISBN 0446357685 (0-446-35768-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The River and the Gauntlet: Defeat of the Eighth Army by the Chinese Communist Forces, November, 1950 in the Battle of Chongchon River, Koreaby Samuel Lyman Atwood MarshallISBN 0898390974 (0-89839-097-4)
Hardcover, Battery Pr
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Samurai Invasion : Japan's Korean War 1592-1598by Stephen TurnbullISBN 0304359483 (0-304-35948-3)
Hardcover, Cassell P L C
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Shamans, Housewives, and Other Restless Spirits: Women in Korean Ritual Lifeby Kaurel KendallISBN 0824811429 (0-8248-1142-9)
Softcover, Univ of Hawaii Pr
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A Single Shardby Linda Sue ParkISBN 0440418518 (0-440-41851-8)
Softcover, Yearling Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Single Shard'Book summary:Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Chulpo, a potters village famed for delicate celadon ware. He has become fascinated with the potters craft; he wants nothing more than to watch master potter Min at work, and he dreams of making a pot of his own someday. When Min takes Tree-ear on as his helper, Tree-ear is elated until he finds obstacles in his path: the backbreaking labor of digging and hauling clay, Mins irascible temper, and his own ignorance. But Tree-ear is determined to prove himself even if it means taking a long, solitary journey on foot to present Mins work in the hope of a royal commission . . . even if it means arriving at the royal court with nothing to show but a single celadon shard.[via] -
A Single Square Picture: A Korean Adoptee's Search for Her Rootsby Katy RobinsonISBN 042518496X (0-425-18496-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Single Square Picture: A Korean Adoptee's Search for Her Roots'Book summary:One day she was Kim Ji-yun, growing up in Seoul, Korea. The next day she was Catherine Jeanne Robinson, living with her new American family in Salt Lake City, Utah. Twenty years later, Katy Robinson returned to Seoul in search of her birth mother-and found herself an American outsider in her native land. What transpired in this world-at once familiar and strange, comforting and sad-left Katy conflicted, shattered, exhilarated, and moved in ways she never imagined.
A Single Square Picture is a personal odyssey that ascends to the universal, a story that will resonate with anyone who has ever questioned their place in the world-and had the courage to find the answers. [via]More editions of A Single Square Picture: A Korean Adoptee's Search for Her Roots:
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Step from Heavenby an NaISBN 1886910588 (1-886910-58-8)
Hardcover, Front Street Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Step from Heaven'Book summary:When she is five, Young Ju Park and her family move from Korea to California. During the flight, they climb so far into the sky she concludes they are on their way to Heaven, that Heaven must be in America. Heaven is also where her grandfather is. When she learns the distinction, she is so disappointed she wants to go home to her grandmother. Trying to console his niece, Uncle Tim suggests that maybe America can be "a step from Heaven." Life in America, however, presents problems for Young Ju's family. Her father becomes depressed, angry, and violent. Jobs are scarce and money is even scarcer. When her brother is born, Young Ju experiences firsthand her father's sexism as he confers favored status upon the boy who will continue to carry the Park name. In a wrenching climactic scene, her father beats her mother so severely that Young Ju calls the police. Soon afterward, her father goes away and the family begins to heal. [via]
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Ten Thousand Livesby KO UN, Robert Haas, Gary Gach, Young-Moo Kim, of Taize AnthonyISBN 1933382066 (1-933382-06-6)
Softcover, Green Integer Books
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Ten Thousand Sorrowsby Elizabeth KimISBN 0385502117 (0-385-50211-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Ten Thousand Sorrows : The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphanby Elizabeth KimISBN 0385496338 (0-385-49633-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparednessby T.R. FehrenbachISBN 0553288717 (0-553-28871-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness'Book summary:The fiftieth anniversary of the Korean War makes this an appropriate time to revisit This Kind of War, the monumental study of the conflict that began in June 1950. Successive generations of U.S. military officers have considered this book an indispensable part of their education.T. R. Fehrenbach's narrative brings to life the harrowing and bloody battles that were fought up and down the Korean Peninsula. Partly drawn from official records, operations journals, and histories, it is based largely on the compelling personal narratives of the small-unit commanders and their troops. Unlike any other work on the Korean War, it provides a clear panoramic view, sharp insight into the successes and failures of U.S. forces, and a riveting account of fierce clashes between U.N. troops and the North Korean and Chinese communist invaders.The lessons that Colonel Fehrenbach identifies still resonate. Severe peacetime budget cuts after World War II left the U.S. military a shadow of its former self. The terrible lesson of Korea was that to send into action troops trained for nothing but "serving a hitch" in some quiet billet was an almost criminal act. Throwing these ill-trained and poorly equipped troops into the heat of battle resulted in the war's early routs. The United States was simply unprepared for war. As we enter a new century with Americans and North Koreans continuing to face each other across the 38th parallel, we would do well to remember the price we paid during the Korean War.[via]More editions of This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness:
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This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War Historyby T.R. FehrenbachISBN 1574883348 (1-57488-334-8)
Softcover, Potomac Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History'Book summary:Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield diagrams, this special fiftieth anniversary edition of the classic history of the Korean War is a dramatic and hard-hitting account of the conflict written from the perspective of those who fought it. Partly drawn from official records, operations journals, and histories, it is based largely on the compelling personal narratives of the small-unit commanders and their troops. Unlike any other work on the Korean War, it provides both a clear panoramic overview and a sharply drawn "you were there" account of American troops in fierce combat against the North Korean and Chinese communist invaders. As Americans and North Koreans continue to face each other across the 38th Parallel, This Kind of War commemorates the past and offers vital lessons for the future. [via]
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The Two Koreas: A Contemporary Historyby Don OberdorferISBN 0465051626 (0-465-05162-6)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History'Book summary:Don Oberdorfer has written a gripping narrative history of Korea's travails and triumphs over the past three decades. The Two Koreas places the tensions between North and South within a historical context, with a special emphasis on the involvement of outside powers.[via]More editions of The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History:
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Under Fireby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0515134376 (0-515-13437-6)
Softcover, Jove Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Under Fire'Book summary:Having wrapped up World War II with 1999's In Danger's Path, bestselling military author W.E.B. Griffin now deploys his Marines in Korea with Under Fire, the ninth volume in his Corps series. Back are familiar characters from Griffin's previous Corps books--daredevil pilot Pick Pickering, his Scotch-sipping father, Brigadier General Fleming Pickering, Capt. Ken "Killer" McCoy, and Master Gunner Ernie Zimmerman--with historical figures including President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur making appearances as well. It's now 1950, and with Communist forces making their presence felt below the 38th Parallel, Griffin's plot centers on Gen. Pickering, now high up in the newly created CIA, and Ken McCoy as they work behind MacArthur's back to covertly pave the way for an invasion of North Korea.
Readers who crave nonstop battle action and excitement may find it hard to stick with Under Fire, as Griffin takes the time to detail the background leading up to one of America's least-remembered modern wars. Griffin writes for the true armed forces aficionado, filling his prose with realistic descriptions of procedure, gear, and materials, an alphabet's worth of acronyms, and an ex- soldier's ear for military dialogue. Look for more sharp, authentic writing in this series' next installment. --Benjamin Reese [via]
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Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea And the Kim Dynastyby Bradley K. MartinISBN 0312323220 (0-312-32322-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea And the Kim Dynasty'Book summary:Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader offers in-depth portraits of North Korea's two ruthless and bizarrely Orwellian leaders, Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il. Lifting North Korea's curtain of self-imposed isolation, this book will take readers inside a society, that to a Westerner, will appear to be from another planet. Subsisting on a diet short on food grains and long on lies, North Koreans have been indoctrinated from birth to follow unquestioningly a father-son team of megalomaniacs.[via]
To North Koreans, the Kims are more than just leaders. Kim Il-Sung is the country's leading novelist, philosopher, historian, educator, designer, literary critic, architect, general, farmer, and ping-pong trainer. Radios are made so they can only be tuned to the official state frequency. "Newspapers" are filled with endless columns of Kim speeches and propaganda. And instead of Christmas, North Koreans celebrate Kim's birthday--and he presents each child a present, just like Santa.
The regime that the Kim Dynasty has built remains technically at war with the United States nearly a half century after the armistice that halted actual fighting in the Korean War. This fascinating and complete history takes full advantage of a great deal of source material that has only recently become available (some from archives in Moscow and Beijing), and brings the reader up to the tensions of the current day. For as this book will explain, North Korea appears more and more to be the greatest threat among the Axis of Evil countries--with some defector testimony warning that Kim Jong-Il has enough chemical weapons to wipe out the entire population of South Korea.More editions of Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea And the Kim Dynasty:
When My Name Was Keokoby Linda Sue ParkISBN 0440419441 (0-440-41944-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Year of Impossible Goodbyesby Sook Nyul ChoiISBN 0440407591 (0-440-40759-1)
Softcover, Yearling Books
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The Zen Monastic Experience: Buddhist Practice in Contemporary Koreaby Robert E. BuswellISBN 069103477X (0-691-03477-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Zen Monastic Experience: Buddhist Practice in Contemporary Korea'Book summary:Robert Buswell, a Buddhist scholar who spent five years as a Zen monk in Korea, draws on personal experience in this insightful account of day-to-day Zen monastic practice. In discussing the activities of the postulants, the meditation monks, the teachers and administrators, and the support monks of the monastery of Songgwang-sa, Buswell reveals a religious tradition that differs radically from the stereotype prevalent in the West. The author's treatment lucidly relates contemporary Zen practice to the historical development of the tradition and to Korean history more generally, and his portrayal of the life of modern Zen monks in Korea provides an innovative and provocative look at Zen from the inside.
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