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Her father was an American serviceman, her mother a young Korean woman confused by the ravages of war. Abandoned at age four, nameless, homeless, and utterly alone, this child of destiny roamed the bleak, war-ravaged countryside of South Korea for three years and was finally left for dead. But God had other plans.
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Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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"A successful young social media director at a publishing house chronicles her ten years of psychiatric treatment for depression and she fought back against the harmful behaviors that kept her locked in a cycle of self-abuse"--
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Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"After taking their first step into the world on June 13, 2013, BTS will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut in June 2023. They have risen to the peak as an iconic global artist and during this meaningful time, they look back on their footsteps in the first official book. In doing so, BTS nurtures the power to build brighter days and they choose to take another step on a road that no one has gone before. BTS shares personal, behind-the-scenes...
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Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"A nonfiction thriller packed with tension, passion, and politics, [this book] offers a rare glimpse into a secretive world, illuminating a fascinating chapter of North Korea's history that helps explain how it became the hermetically sealed, intensely stage-managed country it remains today"--
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Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The autobiography of a South Korean woman's student days under an authoritarian regime, and how she defied state censorship. When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her exams and sort-of convincing her traditional mother that it was a good idea for a woman to go to college, she looked forward to soaking up the ideas of Western Literature far from the drudgery she was promised at her family's...
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Publisher
Carlton Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
BTS is the K-pop band that has taken the world by storm! And with a brand-new album out, Map of the Soul: Persona, this is the ultimate guide for young fans - the ARMY. Meet each band member, see their meteoric rise to fame, their style, and lots more to keep their huge army of fans entertained. Read about how they made it to the top of the world, from their first auditions to 2019's globe-spanning tour. Along the way there are in-depth profiles of...
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English
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"'I am most grateful for two things: that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.' 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. This book is the story of Park's struggle to survive in the darkest,...
11) The drop box
Publisher
Virgil Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Examines the work of Pastor Jong-rak Lee, who accepts into his family infants placed anonymously in the "baby box" at the front of his church in Seoul, South Korea.