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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down by Haemin Sunim, read by Sean Pratt. 'Is it the world that's busy, or my mind?' The world moves fast, but that doesn't mean we have to. In this timely guide to mindfulness, Haemin...

Kim Yong shares his harrowing account of life in a labor camp—a singularly despairing form of torture carried out by the secret state. Although it is known that gulags exist in North Korea, little information is available about their organization and conduct, for prisoners rarely escape both incarceration and the country alive. Long Road Home shares the remarkable story of one such survivor, a former military official who spent six years in a gulag and experienced firsthand the brutality of an unconscionable regime.

A Korean Charlotte's Web More than 2 million copies sold This is the story of a hen named Sprout. No longer content to lay eggs on command, only to have them carted off to the market, she glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other animals roam free, and comes up...

NOW A MAJOR KOREAN THRILLER STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME Hornclaw is a sixty-five-year-old female contract killer who is considering retirement. But while on an assassination job for the ‘disease control’ company she works for, Hornclaw makes an uncharacteristic error, causing a sequence of...

zu lesen und Gedichte zu schreiben. Kurz nachdem er in seinem Viertel einem Mann begegnet, den er als seinesgleichen erkennt, wird bei ihm beginnende Demenz diagnostiziert. Um seine Tochter zu beschützen, plant der alte Mann, mit seinem schwindenden Gedächtnis kämpfend, einen letzten Mord.

Whale, set in a remote village in South Korea, follows the lives of many linked characters, including Geumbok, an extremely ambitious woman who has been chasing an indescribable thrill ever since she first saw a whale crest in the ocean; her mute daughter, Chunhui, who communicates with elephants; and a one-eyed woman who controls honeybees with a whistle. Brimming with surprises and wicked humor, Whale is an adventure-satire of epic proportions by one of the most original voices in international literature.

In this tense, gripping novel by a star of Korean literature, Oghi wakes from a coma after causing a devastating car accident that took his wife's life and left him paralyzed and badly disfigured. His caretaker is his mother-in-law, a widow grieving the loss of her only child. Oghi is neglected and left alone in his bed. His world shrinks to the room he lies in and his memories of his troubled relationship with his wife, a sensitive, intelligent woman who found all of her life goals thwarted except for one: cultivating the garden in front of their house.

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Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD Oghi wakes in a hospital bed unable to speak or move. The car accident that killed his wife has left him trapped in his own body and under the control of his mother-in-law, as she grieves the loss of her only child. Isolated from his...

Magisch, fesselnd und atemberaubend spannend – der Auftakt zu einer epischen Fantasy-Serie vom koreanischen Genre-Großmeister! In einem einsamen Gasthaus am Rand der Punten-Wüste treffen drei Gestalten aufeinander, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten: Der Lekon Tinahan ist ein mächtiger Krieger mit dem Kopf eines Hahns. Bihyung ist ein Dokebi, ein Feuerwesen, immer zu Scherzen aufgelegt. Und Kaygon Draka ist ein Mensch, der das legendäre Schwert eines Königs trägt und ein düsteres Geheimnis verbirgt.

“A moving, earnest, and deeply-felt exploration of a unique family in all its joys and disappointments . . . an utter delight.” —Claire Lombardo, New York Times bestselling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had Ae-ran Kim's My Brilliant Life explores family bonds and out-of-the-ordinary...

In the title story, an engaged couple working in distant corners of the galaxy plan to arrive on Earth simultaneously and walk down the aisle together. But small incidents wreak havoc on their vast journeys, pushing the date of their wedding far into the future. As centuries pass on Earth and the land and climate change, one thing is constant: the desire of the lovers to be together. Through two pairs of interlinked stories stories, Kim explores the driving forces of humanity - love, hope, creation, destruction, and the very meaning of existence.

Zwei Liebende wollen heiraten, doch zuvor müssen sie in unterschiedliche Ecken unserer Galaxis reisen. Mithilfe der Relativität wollen sie sicherstellen, dass sie dennoch am selben Tag wieder auf der Erde ankommen. Doch immer wieder machen ihnen unvorhergesehene Zwischenfälle einen Strich durch die Rechnung, und so werden Jahrhunderte vergehen, bis sie wieder auf der Erde eintreffen.

When Yojin moves with her husband and daughter into the Dream Future Pilot Communal Apartments, she's ready for a fresh start. Located on the outskirts of Seoul, the experimental community is a government initiative designed to boost the national birth rate. Like her neighbours, Yojin has agreed to have at least two more children over the next ten years.

Read by the author, A Year on Earth With Mr. Hell is the critically acclaimed début memoir by Young Kim. The book explores a liberated woman’s erotic experience in a clandestine affair without the clichéd political and cultural stereotypes of modern gender roles. It has garnered accolades from none other than The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Times London, Bret Easton Ellis, Nick Hornby, Edmund White, Greil Marcus, Rachel Seville Tashjian, Matthew D’Ancona, Liya Kebede, and Michael Bracewell.

Love is savage. Love is fierce. Love will stand beside you when the rest of the world turns their back. Love will claim its weapon of choice—my heart. There’s a murderer on the loose, and mortals are calling for a name to bring to justice. A name that answers on behalf of the Ancient. My name...Morwenna Livingstone.

Zaysh was never meant to rule. Sent to the Princes' School against his will, exiled from his freedom and his desires, he returns home after three years only to discover that his brother has married into a powerful kingdom and gained the upper hand in the race for the throne. The solution standing before him seems to be a marriage with a princess of even greater political weight. Before surrendering to this new duty, Zaysh plans one final week of unrestrained freedom—a sex-filled escape before everything changes.

There’s nothing like a witch storm to unearth a century of dark secrets...and there’s nothing like a best friend with a flaming sword at your back to end them once and for all. The curse which infected those I love is over...and the woman in black is now gone. But Bestias Academy has changed since the witch storm. Secrets have resurfaced and shadows consume the dorms. An old principal haunts the hallways, leaving grave dirt in her wake. But that’s not all that’s surfaced. The fish in the pond are savaged and eaten...and one is mysteriously gone.

The time for peace is over. Swords have been drawn, and we stand at the edge of war. I’ve fought Demons. I’ve battled lies. I survived with those I love standing beside me. But this time it’s not enough. This time I’m up against a force not even Hekate can help me win.

Revolutionary Hoodrat is a podcast hosted by Kim Young of Dope Black Social Worker ®. Kim is an expert troublemaker and licensed therapist who loves doing hoodrat things while building towards collective liberation. Join Kim as she discusses pop culture, relationships, social work, & mental health while reclaiming joy and moving with ease.Follow Kim on Instagram at dopeblack_socialworkerVisit dopeblacksocialworker.com to learn more.Interested in sponsorship or ad request, use contact@dopeblacksocialworker.com