Korea: A History
By: Eugene Y. Park
3.91
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
While popular trends, cuisine, and long-standing political tension have made Korea familiar in some…
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1. A History of Japan
By: R.H.P. Mason , J.G. Caiger
3.49
Format: 407 pages, Paperback
This is one of the most classic books of Japanese history and still the preeminent work on the hist… read more
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2. A Scanner Darkly
By: Philip K. Dick
4.02
Format: 219 pages, Paperback
Substance D is not known as Death for nothing. It is the most toxic drug ever to find its way on to… read more
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"We're all dreaming,"-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
"I have seen myself backward."-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
"It's easy to win. Anybody can win."-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
"Okay, I'll come back again on Thursday."-Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly
3. The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
By: Bruce Cumings
3.76
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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- asia
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"Those who suffer terrible wars have a finer sense of when they begin and when they end."-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
"Eventually the Korean War will be understood as one of the most destructive and one of the most important wars of the twentieth century."-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
"It was this war and not World War II which established a far-flung American base structure abroad and a national security state at home, as defence spending nearly quadrupled in the last six months o…"-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
"It was this war and not World War II which established a far-flung American base structure abroad and a national security state at home, as defence spending nearly quadrupled in the last six months o…"-Bruce Cumings, The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)
4. The Life of Monsieur de Molière
By: Mikhail Bulgakov , Mirra Ginsburg
3.90
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
The life of Molière, born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, is a story of struggle and dedication, and Bulgak… read more
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"I suppose that in no educational institution can one become an educated person."-Mikhail Bulgakov, The Life of Monsieur de Molière
5. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
By: Adam Smith
3.88
Format: 1076 pages, Paperback
Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and… read more
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"Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production"-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"of their passions in the same object at that particular time."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
"There is no art which one government sooner learns of another than that of draining money from the pockets of the people."-Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
6. 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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7. Das Kapital
By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
8. Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations
By: Roger J. Davies
3.52
Format: None pages, Paperback
Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundationstakes readers on a thoroughly research… read more
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9. Kappa
By: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Geoffrey Bownas
2.86
Format: 442 pages, Paperback
From the author of Rashomon comes a Swiftian satire of Japanese society thinly disguised as the fic… read more
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10. In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality
By: John Gribbin
4.06
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
It is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it. It is so important that it pr… read more
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"If the business of physics is ever finished, the world will be a much less interesting place in which to live . . ."-John Gribbin, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality
"...it is not the way of science to sit idly back and hope that someone will come up with a "better" answer to our problems. In the absence of a better answer, we have to face up to the implications o…"-John Gribbin, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality
"In the world of the very small, where particle and wave aspects of reality are equally significant, things do not behave in any way that we can understand from our experience of the everyday world...…"-John Gribbin, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality
"Heisenberg's uncertainty relation measures the amount by which the complementary descriptions of the electron, or other fundamental entities, overlap. Position is very much a particle property - part…"-John Gribbin, In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality
11. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
By: Walter Isaacson
4.33
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Benjamin Franklin is the Founding Father who winks at us. An ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose … read more
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12. The House of the Dead
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Ergin Altay
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Paperback
Accused of political subversion as a young man, Fyodor Dostoyevsky was sentenced to four years of h… read more
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13. Please Look After Mom
By: Shin Kyung-Sook , Chi-Young Kim , None
4.62
Format: 290 pages, Hardcover
An international sensation and a bestseller that has sold over 1.5 million copies in the author's n… read more
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14. A Brief History of Japan: Samurai, Shogun and Zen: The Extraordinary Story of the Land of the Rising Sun (Brief History of Asia Series)
By: Jonathan Clements
3.75
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens… read more
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- history
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- asia
15. The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
By: Shoshana Zuboff
4.06
Format: 691 pages, Hardcover
The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unpre… read more
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- nonfiction
"This is the existential contradiction of the second modernity that defines our conditions of existence: we want to exercise control over our own lives, but everywhere that control is thwarted. Indivi…"-Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
16. Have You Eaten Yet? Stories from Chinese Restaurants Around the World
By: Cheuk Kwan
3.57
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
From Haifa, Israel, to Cape Town, South Africa, Chinese entrepreneurs and restaurateurs have brough… read more
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17. 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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18. The Shortest History of China
By: Linda Jaivin
4.01
Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition
From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, m… read more
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19. 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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20. Korea: A History
By: Eugene Y. Park
3.91
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
While popular trends, cuisine, and long-standing political tension have made Korea familiar in some… read more
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21. History of Korea: A Captivating Guide to Korean History, Including Events Such as the Mongol Invasions, the Split into North and South, and the Korean War (Asian Countries)
By: Captivating History
3.66
Format: 122 pages, Kindle Edition
If you want to discover the captivating history of Korea, then keep reading... Free History BONUS I… read more
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