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Ein humorvoller und einfühlsamer Roman über Menschen auf der Suche nach dem kleinen und großen Glück - der Millionen-Bestseller aus Südkorea zum Wohlfühlen! In einer schmalen Gasse eines alten Stadtteils von Seoul befindet sich Frau Yeoms kleiner Gemischtwarenladen. Täglich kreuzen sich hier die Wege ganz unterschiedlicher Menschen. Der obdachlose Dok-go versucht sein Leben neu zu ordnen, und fängt als Nachtschichtarbeiter in dem Laden an. ...

Thirteen year-old Riley was not born to be a leader, but the magical community thinks she and her adopted brother, Dahl, are meant to lead the world into the Age of the Final Eclipse, so now the one thing Riley must do is believe in herself.

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A landmark modern classic about the Korean American immigrant experience and the dawn of Los Angeles’s KoreatownA Penguin ClassicKim Ronyoung (Gloria Hahn, 1926–1987) tells the story of Haesu and Chun, immigrants who fled Japanese-occupied Korea for Los Angeles in the decade prior to World War II, and their American-born children. First published in 1986, Clay Walls offers a portrait of what being Korean in California meant in the first half o...

Most fairytales end with a wedding and a happily-ever-after, but this is no fairytale. The first volume of Suji Kim's hit webnovel, now available in English print for the first time.Lady Maximillian is the daughter of the powerful Duke Croyso, but she is rarely allowed outside her family’s sprawling castle for fear her stutter will tarnish their noble name. When she is forced to marry Sir Riftan, a peasant knight caught in one of her father’s ...

Told with poetic prose and an imaginative voice, this “beautifully composed [and] original” (Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times bestselling author) debut novel explores family, trauma, and belonging through one woman’s journey to reconnect with her roots.Abby Rodier was a “drop-box baby, ” a Korean orphan whose mother could not take care of her and left her as an infant. Abby’s tumultuous experience in the American foster care system has led he...

The book that is crawling under ever readers skin...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, wh...

A spectacular overview of Korean art since the 1960s. This book showcases a collection of the most visually captivating, intriguing, and often overlooked examples of Korean art. Mina Kim highlights the artistic output of the 1960s and '70s through today, providing crucial aesthetic and political context for understanding the work. Key ideas that structure the book include performance, gender, identity, internationalism, and the evolution of mu...

When I tie up my hair, it feels like I'm wearing a new pair of shoes." A young woman is out in the world for the first time, living on her own. When she decides to tie up her hair one day, she embarks on a journey of small, almost imperceptible but important changes. Relationships develop, problems emerge and decisions are made. As the year progresses and she navigates the ins and outs of daily life, she also discovers new ways of styling her ...

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Drawings, videos and murals center the experience of the Deaf community in an auditory worldIn this monograph, the groundbreaking work of the American-born, Berlin-based artist Christine Sun Kim (born 1980) is explored through essays, short texts and reflections, an interview and abundant large-scale images of Kim's work. An artist who foregrounds the visual, physical and political dimension of sound, Kim challenges the notion that sound is so...

Socio-Anthropological Approaches to Religion demonstrates various interpretations and phenomena of the "environmental hope" from a multi-disciplinary perspective to enhance the prosocial characteristics of religion in the humanities and the social sciences.

Yuna Oh ist der letzte gefallene Stern des Götterreichs. Das klingt erstmal ziemlich cool, ist es aber nicht.  Sie hat keine magischen Fähigkeiten und die Hälfte ihrer Freunde und Familie (einschließlich ihrer Eltern) kann sich nicht mehr an sie erinnern. Zu allem Überfluss ist der gesamte Gom-Clan sauer auf sie, weil sie die Höhlenbärgöttin getötet, und ihnen damit die magischen Fähigkeiten genommen hat. Eins ist klar: Yuna muss das alles irg...

An empathetic and engaging introduction to coping with unsettling events.   Change is impossible to avoid because it happens ALL the time! In this book, the author speaks about how to cope with and embrace life’s expected and unexpected turns by telling personal stories and asking kids thought-provoking questions. Empathetic and encouraging, this book emphasizes talking through life’s many changes with the people you care about and trust. Meet...

Draw It Cute! presents easy step-by-step lessons for how to draw an astonishing 100+ adorable animals and enchanted creatures.

An empathetic and engaging introduction to coping with unsettling events.Change is impossible to avoid because it happens ALL the time! In this book, the author speaks about how to cope with and embrace life's expected and unexpected turns by telling personal stories and asking kids thought-provoking questions. Empathetic and encouraging, this book emphasizes talking through life's many changes with the people you care about and trust.Meet A K...

Most fairy tales end with a wedding and a happily-ever-after—but this is no fairy tale. The first volume of the official webcomic based on the hit webnovel by Suji Kim.When stuttering Lady Maximilian is forced to marry Sir Riftan, a low-born knight caught in one of her father’s schemes, her stumbling communication and his gruff manner sour their romance before it can begin. Riftan leaves for war the morning after their wedding night, and it’s ...

This transdisciplinary edited volume explores the concept of queenship in antiquity and the present. Featuring the work of scholars, educators and artists, this book gathers temporally and geographically distant ideas about queenship into a single discursive space. Invigorating the conversation around powerful historical women and their legacies, the contributors discuss 'queenship' as a concept with contemporary urgency, conducive to critical...

From the author of Stand Up, Yumi Chung! comes a funny and utterly charming novel about friends—how to make them, how to let go of them, and how to be your own BFF.This is the story of Sunny Park, a seventh-grade student at Ranchito Mesa Middle who loves the K-pop band Supreme Beat, hanging out with her cool grandma, dancing when no one is watching, snacking on shrimp chips, and being there for Bailey, her best friend since third grade. When B...

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