19 must-read nonfiction books like Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech by Geoffrey Cain

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Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech

By: Geoffrey Cain

3.65

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Geoffrey Cain offers a penetrating look behind the curtains of the biggest company nobody in Americ…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech by Geoffrey Cain , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The New Koreans: The Story of a Nation

By: Michael Breen

3.91

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Just a few decades ago, the South Koreans were an impoverished, agricultural people. In one generat… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • business
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2. Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History

By: Bruce Cumings

3.84

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

"Passionate, cantankerous, and fascinating. Rather like Korea itself."--Nicholas D. Kristof, New Yo… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
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3. The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future

By: Victor Cha

3.75

Format: 271 pages, Hardcover

"A meaty, fast-paced portrait of North Korean society, economy, politics and foreign policy." -Fore… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history

4. Korea: The Impossible Country

By: Daniel Tudor

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Hardcover

South Korea was "the poorest, most impossible country on the planet"when it was founded, according … read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
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5. The Korean War

By: Max Hastings

3.75

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history

6. The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture

By: Euny Hong

4.33

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

A FRESH, FUNNY, UP-CLOSE LOOK AT HOW SOUTH KOREA REMADE ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S POP CULTURE POWERHOUS… read more

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7. The Park Chung Hee Era: The Transformation of South Korea

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4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In 1961 South Korea was mired in poverty. By 1979 it had a powerful industrial economy and a vibran… read more

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8. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

By: Chris Miller

4.44

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • business
  • technology
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"

-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology

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9. Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide

By: Hawon Jung

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An eye-opening firsthand account of the ongoing and trailblazing feminist movement in South Korea—o… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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10. Wszyscy tak jeżdżą

By: Bartosz Józefiak

4.20

Format: 392 pages, Hardcover

Samochód to wolność. Za pomocą samochodu pokazujemy, na co nas stać. Polacy od lat przodują w liczb… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un

By: Anna Fifield

4.12

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The behind-the-scenes story of the rise and reign of the world's strangest and most elusive tyrant,… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Kim Jong Chol even found a way to work the Belgian movie star into his school work. "If I had my idea world I would not allow weapons and atom bombs any more," he wrote in a school project while in B…"

-Anna Fifield, The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un

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12. Becoming Kim Jong Un: A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator

By: Jung H. Pak

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking account of the rise of North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Un, from his nuclear ambiti… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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13. Korea: A New History of South and North

By: Victor Cha

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day  … read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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14. Shrimp to Whale: South Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop

By: Ramon Pacheco Pardo

4.30

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

South Korea has the most remarkable of histories. Born from the ashes of colonialism, partition and… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • history
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15. Kraj niespokojnego poranka. Pamięć i bunt w Korei Południowej

By: Roman Husarski

3.50

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Wpływy Korei Południowej od dłuższego czasu przenikają do masowej świadomości. Zajadamy się kimchi,… read more

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  • audiobook
  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • reportage
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16. Polka w Korei. Jak się żyje w kraju K-popu, kimchi i Samsunga

By: Agnieszka Klessa-Shin

3.73

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Czy 10 lat wystarczy, by zrozumieć Koreę Południową? Agnieszka Klessa-Shin przyleciała do Seulu … read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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17. Three Tigers, One Mountain: A Journey Through the Bitter History and Current Conflicts of China, Korea, and Japan

By: Michael Booth

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the author of The Almost Nearly Perfect People, a lively tour through Japan, Korea, and China,… read more

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  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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18. Samsung Rising: The Inside Story of the South Korean Giant That Set Out to Beat Apple and Conquer Tech

By: Geoffrey Cain

3.65

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Geoffrey Cain offers a penetrating look behind the curtains of the biggest company nobody in Americ… read more

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  • audiobook
  • business
  • history
  • biography
  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • reportage
  • economics
  • management
  • technology
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19. Facebook: The Inside Story

By: Steven Levy

4.07

Format: 592 pages, Hardcover

He has had unprecedented access to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg for three years. And now ren… read more

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  • audiobook
  • history
  • biography
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • technology
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20. The Art of Business Wars: Battle-Tested Lessons for Leaders and Entrepreneurs from History's Greatest Rivalries

By: David Brown

3.99

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

Based on the chart-topping Business Wars podcast, stories and lessons from history’s greatest busin… read more

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  • history
  • management
  • nonfiction
  • business
  • audiobook
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21. South Korea: The Price of Efficiency and Success

By: John Gonzalez

3.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

South Korea's extraordinary economic and technological transformation after the Korean War (1950-19… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

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4.44

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Hawon Jung

4.35

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Wszyscy tak jeżdżą

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4.20

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4.12

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3.72

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Esther Yi

2.95

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Jenni Nuttall

3.82

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Hawon Jung

4.35

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