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  • A Most Ambiguous Sunday and Other Stories

    Translated by Yewon Jung, Louis Vinciguerra ...
    Series Book 5 - Library of Korean Literature
    Considered an eccentric in the traditional Korean literary world, Jung Young-moon's short stories have nonetheless won numerous readers both in Korea and abroad, most often drawing comparisons to Kafka. Adopting strange, warped, unstable characters and drawing heavily on the literature of the absurd, Jung's stories nonetheless do not wallow in darkness, despair, or negativity. Instead, we find a ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Korean Kirogi Families

    Placemaking, Belonging, and Mothering

    by Young A. Jung ...
    Series series Korean Communities across the World
    Based on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork at Fairfax County, Virginia, and Daechi-dong, Seoul, Korea, Korean Kirogi Families explores the dynamics of emplaced transnational families through analyses of the categories of social capital, sense of place, sense of belonging, and mothering among so-called “Korean kirogi families.” A Korean kirogi (wild goose) family is a distinct kind of ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Transnational Communities in the Smartphone Age

    The Korean Community in the Nation’s Capital

    Series series Korean Communities across the World
    Transnational Communities in the Smartphone Age: The Korean Community in the Nation's Capital examines the durable ties immigrants maintain with the home country and focuses in particular on their transnational cultural activities.In light of changing technologies, especially information and communication technologies (ICTs), which enable a faster, easier, and greater social and cultural ... Read more

    $136.99 CAD

  • Bipolar Disorder

    Bridging Clinical Practice and Evidence-Based Research

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to understanding bipolar disorder, integrating current research, clinical guidelines, and practical treatment strategies.It is structured into four sections covering concepts and diagnosis, bipolar disorder in diverse populations and clinical contexts, treatment, and miscellaneous topics.Part 1 explores the classification and diagnosis of ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Depressive Disorder

    Bridging Clinical Practice and Evidence-Based Research

    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book offers a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to understanding depressive disorder, integrating research, clinical guidelines, and practical treatment strategies. It is structured into four sections, covering fundamental concepts, diagnostic challenges, special populations, and treatment approaches. The book aims to support professionals involved in managing depressive disorders by ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Vaseline Buddha

    Translated by Jung Yewon ...
    "If someone in the future asks in frustration, 'What has Korean literature been up to?' we can quietly hand them Vaseline Buddha."—Pak Mingyu"One enters into a kind of serenity when we delve into this book. I find that eccentrics like Jung are needed in literature."—Achim StanislawskiOur sleepless narrator thwarts a would-be thief outside his moonlit window, then delves into his subconscious ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River

    Translated by Yewon Jung ...
    In his inimitable, recursive, meditative style that reads like a comedic zen koan but contains universes, Seven Samurai Swept Away in a River recounts Korean cult writer's Jung Young Moon’s time spent at an artist’s and writers residency in small-town Texas. In an attempt to understand what a “true Texan should know,” the author reflects on his outsider experiences in this most unique of places, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Granular, Fuzzy, and Soft Computing

    Series series Reference Module Computer Science and Engineering
    The first edition of the Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science (ECSS, 2009) presented a comprehensive overview of granular computing (GrC) broadly divided into several categories: Granular computing from rough set theory, Granular Computing in Database Theory, Granular Computing in Social Networks, Granular Computing and Fuzzy Set Theory, Grid/Cloud Computing, as well as general issues in ... Read more

    $578.99 CAD

  • Advanced Porous Biomaterials for Drug Delivery Applications

    Series series Emerging Materials and Technologies
    Advanced Porous Biomaterials for Drug Delivery Applications probes cutting-edge progress in the application of advanced porous biomaterials in drug delivery fields. These biomaterials offer promise in improving upon the design, cost, and creation of potent novel drug delivery systems. The book focuses on two categories: nature engineered and synthetic advanced porous biomaterials, with a wide ... Read more

    $329.99 CAD

  • The Communication Ecology of 21st Century Urban Communities

    Series Book 6 - Urban Communication
    The Communication Ecology of 21st Century Urban Communities addresses the questions of whether it (still) matters what neighborhood individuals live in and if it is still necessary and possible for city dwellers to build and maintain place-based communities.The book’s contributors address how urban communities are formed, reformed, and transformed from a communication infrastructure theory ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Crisis Communications

    Lessons from September 11

    On September 11, 2001, AT&T's traffic was 40 percent greater than its previous busiest day. Wireless calls were made from the besieged airplanes and buildings, with the human voice having a calming influence. E-mail was used to overcome distance and time zones. And storytelling played an important role both in conveying information and in coping with the disaster. Building on such events and ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD