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Korea: The Impossible Country
South Korea's Amazing Rise from the Ashes: The Inside Story of an Economic, Political and Cultural Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2012
"Daniel Tudor covers all the important issues, yet does not simply tell the more familiar stories, but looks deeper and wider to give the full story of Korea today." —Martin Uden, Former British Ambassador to South Korea
In just fifty years, South Korea has transformed itself from...
North Korea Confidential
Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
****Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist**
Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors.**
North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family,...
Korean Women Managers and Corporate Culture
Challenging Tradition, Choosing Empowerment, Creating Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
The typical view of Korean women is not as managers. The stereotype is of Korean women serving and pleasing men, or more recently as aggressive shopkeepers and bar-owners. Very little has been written to challenge this misconception. This fascinating book reveals there have always been managers amongst...
The Korean Mind
Understanding Contemporary Korean Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
The Koreans: understanding a people and their culture through key words and language.
Koreans have a unique character and personality that sets them apart from all other Asians. And although Korean attitudes and behavior may be influenced by the modern world, the Korean mindset is still very...
by Erdener Kaynak, Paul Herbig
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Going global can be risky business if you don't divest yourself of your ethnocentric thinking. You have to take into consideration your new market's language, work schedules, tastes, lifestyle choices, and cultural associations, and this is the book to help you do that! Handbook of Cross-Cultural...
by W P Snow
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
A journey to the home of the Esquimaux in Greenland during the mid Nineteenth Century exploring the Native customs and habits.
Alone with the Hairy Ainu
3,800 Miles on a Pack Saddle in Yezo and the Cruise to the Kurile Islands
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1865 – 26 December 1924) was an English painter, explorer, writer and anthropologist, born in Florence. Landor then went to Vancouver where, aged 27 in 1889, he embarked for Yokohama, Japan.
In the course of this visit to Japan made a journey to the largely...
African American Community Practice Models
Historical and Contemporary Responses
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
African American Community Practice Models shows you what you can “see” and “learn” when people of African American descent are put in the center of community analysis and change. This text celebrates African American experiences and challenges you to understand the black experience from the...
by Meredith Ellis
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2018
“The Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground . . .” (Gen 2:7). Made of dust, we humans are thoroughly physical beings. We are dusty earthlings. As such, we are also ecological beings, or rather eco-physical beings, firmly embedded in and dependent upon God’s earthly ecosystems that...
Call the Roll
Laity in the African Methodist Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
Call the Roll: Laity in the African Methodist Episcopal Church is designed to inform and inspire the reader. From the early days of the Methodist Church in America to the present-day African Methodist Episcopal Church, lay persons have been vital to church health and societal betterment. Following...
by Tomasz Zarycki
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
This book explores how the countries of Eastern Europe, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc have, since the end of communist rule, developed a new ideology of their place in the world. Drawing on post-colonial theory and on identity discourses in the writings of local intelligentsia figures,...
Embroidering within Boundaries
Afghan Women Creating a Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Fifteen years ago, Rangina Hamidi decided to dedicate her life to helping rebuild her native Kandahar, Afghanistan. The Taliban had been driven out by American forces following 9/11, but Kandahar was a shambles. Tens of thousands of women, widowed by years of conflict, struggled to support themselves...
What Have We Become
A Blog Book
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Just like the words are the most important part of a song, the words are the lifeblood of a book. Music is and has been a dynamic force that consistently unites and speaks to us all. Simultaneously it bridges cultural gaps and encourages fun and relaxation. From musicians to celebrities, many have...
by Ray Martini
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
"I Could Just Scream" addresses the frustration many people feel about how schools, politicians and the government machinery twist and turn their own agenda into something perverse and try to sell it to the American People as truth. This book is a candid, raw look at the way things really...