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Uncomfortably Happily
When the gentler pace and stillness of the countryside replace the roar of the city, but your editor keeps calling With gorgeously detailed yet minimal art, cartoonist Yeon-Sik Hong explores his move with his wife to a small house atop a rural mountain, replacing the high-rent hubbub of Seoul with the quiet murmur of the country. With their dog, cats, and chickens by their side, the simple life and isolation they so desperately craved proves to present new anxieties. Hong paints a beautiful portrait of the Korean countryside, changing seasons, and the universal relationships humans have with each other as well as nature, both of which are sometimes frustrating but always rewarding. Uncomfortably Happily is translated by American cartoonist Hellen Jo from the acclaimed Manhwa Today award-winning Korean edition.
Reading North Korea
"Often depicted as one of the world’s most strictly isolationist and relentlessly authoritarian regimes, North Korea has remained terra incognita to foreign researchers as a site for anthropological fieldwork. Given the difficulty of gaining access to the country and its people, is it possible to examine the cultural logic and social dynamics of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea?In this innovative book, Sonia Ryang casts new light onto the study of North Korean culture and society by reading literary texts as sources of ethnographic data. Analyzing and interpreting the rituals and language embodied in a range of literary works published in the 1970s and 1980s, Ryang focuses criti...
Stefan Mendoza: The Human Deception Trilogy Omnibus
He’s a fish out of water, but he still has a bite. When disaster forces Stefan Mendoza out of retirement, the only work the world's deadliest assassin can find is for a rotten corporate executive. The job: Locate an invaluable secret prototype stolen by the couriers hired to transport it. But the grotesque murders preceding the theft are the real mystery, and as the hunt for the thieves expands into a broader and nastier conspiracy, the bodies continue to pile up. This omnibus collects Split Image, Hard Burn, and Null Point, the books of the Human Deception Trilogy. Don't miss out on this twisty, hard-hitting deep dive into the dark underbelly of intrigue and crime.
Advances in Computer Science and its Applications
These proceedings focus on various aspects of computer science and its applications, thus providing an opportunity for academic and industry professionals to discuss the latest issues and progress in this and related areas. The book includes theory and applications alike.
Umma's Table
The joy of food and tradition brings a family together Translated by Janet Hong Madang is an artist and new father who moves to a quiet home in the countryside with his wife and young baby, excited to build a new life full of hope and joy, complete with a garden and even snow. But soon reality sets in and his attention is divided between his growing happy family and his impoverished parents back in Seoul in a dingy basement apartment. With an ailing mother in and out of the hospital and an alcoholic father, Madang struggles to overcome the exhaustion and frustration of trying to be everything all at once: a good son, devoted father, and loving husband. To cope, he finds himself reminiscing a...
End State
In espionage, there are only two types of agents: active and dead. Stefan Mendoza tried to walk away from the business, but the Agency wouldn't let him. The Metacorporate Initiative has changed the world, and his bitter enemy has thrown in with one of the biggest of the new corporate powers. The race to rebuild the recently destroyed AI has put a premium on elite software architects. If Mendoza can wrangle the most coveted architect team, he'll make enough to disappear forever. But can he allow someone to recreate the AI that wants him dead? Pick up End State to see the thrilling conclusion to this cyberpunk trilogy!
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Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology, ICHIT 2012, held in Daejeon, Korea, in August 2012. The 102 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 196 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on communications and networking; soft computing and intelligent systems; medical information and bioinformatics; security and safety systems; HCI and data mining; software and hardware engineering; image processing and pattern recognition; robotics and RFID technologies; convergence in information technology; workshop on advanced smart convergence (IWASC).
