Yoo: 52 books
War by Other Means
An Insider's Account of the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
The key legal architect of the Bush administration’s response to 9/11 delivers a fascinating insider account of the war on terror.
While America reeled from the cataclysmic events of September 11, 2001, John Yoo and a skeletal staff of the Office of Legal Counsel found themselves on the phone...
The Choke Artist
Confessions of a Chronic Underachiever
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
In this brutally honest collection of often cringe-inducing episodes, David Yoo perfectly captures the cycle of failure and fear from childhood through adulthood. Whether he's wearing four layers of clothing to artificially beef up his slim frame, routinely testing highlighters against his forearm...
Point of Attack
Preventive War, International Law, and Global Welfare
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2014
The world today is overwhelmed by wars between nations and within nations, wars that have dominated American politics for quite some time. Point of Attack calls for a new understanding of the grounds for war. In this book John Yoo argues that the new threats to international security come not from...
Caring Across Generations
The Linked Lives of Korean American Families
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2014
More than 1.3 million Korean Americans live
in the United States, the majority of them foreign-born immigrants and their
children, the so-called 1.5 and second generations. While many sons and
daughters of Korean immigrants outwardly conform to the stereotyped image of
the upwardly mobile, highly...
Taming Globalization
International Law, the U.S. Constitution, and the New World Order
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2012
In 1997, a Mexican national named Jose Ernesto Medellin was sentenced to death for raping and murdering two teenage girls in Texas. In 2004, the International Court of Justice ruled that he was entitled to appellate review of his sentence, since the arresting officers had not informed him of his right...
Contentious Spirits
Religion in Korean American History, 1903-1945
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Contentious Spirits explores the role of religion in Korean American history during the first half of the twentieth century in Hawai'i and California. Historian David K. Yoo argues that religion is the most important aspect of this group's experience because its structures and sensibilities address...
by Philip Y. Yoo
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Ezra and the Second Wilderness addresses the relationship between Ezra, the Ezra Memoir, and the Pentateuch. Tracing the growth of the Ezra Memoir and its incorporation into Ezra-Nehemiah, Philip Y. Yoo discusses the literary strategies utilized by some of the composers and redactors operating in...
The Politics of Gender in Colonial Korea
Education, Labor, and Health, 1910–1945
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
This study examines how the concept of "Korean woman" underwent a radical transformation in Korea's public discourse during the years of Japanese colonialism. Theodore Jun Yoo shows that as women moved out of traditional spheres to occupy new positions outside the home, they encountered...
by Sandy Yoo
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
One Dead Crow, Personal Accounts of the Paranormal is part autobiography, part journalism, part mystery, part history and a peek into real-life supernatural events that occurred in the life of the author.
These stories occur within the span of about thirty years and has been written to share something...
by Sandy Yoo
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
A short book, basically a structured stream of consciousness, discussing thoughts about living in this era and concerns about subjects and things that seem to be challenges in this agricultural, dogmatized society.
You Are a Lion!
And Other Fun Yoga Poses
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
With simple instructions and bright, clear illustrations, award-winning artist Taeeun Yoo invites children to enjoy yoga by assuming playful animal poses. And she sparks their imagination further by encouraging them to pretend to be the animal - to flutter like a butterfly, hiss like a snake, roar...
Cinema at the Crossroads
Nation and the Subject in East Asian Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
In Cinema at the Crossroads: Nation and the Subject in East Asian Cinema, Hyon Joo Yoo argues that East Asian experiences of colonialism and postcolonialism call for a different conceptualization of postcoloniality, subjectivity, and the nation. Through its analyses of Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese...
For Love
25 Heartwarming Celebrations of Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
This collection of highly creative and incredibly moving visual stories from 25 contemporary photographers has been thoughtfully curated by Alice Yoo and Eugene Kim, founders of the leading art and culture blog My Modern Met. These photo essays capture magnificent displays of ordinary people—parents...
by Joseph Yoo
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
On paper, praying seems easy enough. But, when we try to pray daily, we sometimes realize that it’s much harder than we’d thought. In fact, it’s usually easier to come up with excuses not to pray than reasons to pray. And the most common excuse seems to be the busyness of life. But a vibrant...