A History of Korea - From Antiquity to the Present
In this comprehensive yet compact book, Michael J. Seth surveys Korean history from Neolithic times to the present. He explores the origins and development of Korean society, politics, and its still little-known cultural heritage from their inception to the two Korean states of today. Telling the remarkable story of the origins and evolution of a society that borrowed and adopted from abroad, Seth describes how various tribal peoples in the peninsula came together to form one of the world's most distinctive communities.
Was Queen Matilda more important to William the Conqueror's reign than even he realized? Was Francis Walsingham a role model for future security chiefs? Was Alfred The Great a signifcant shaper of the Viking experience in the British Isles? Answers and more (such as rugby and war) in this edition of History.
Michel de Certeau, who died in 1986, was one of France's leading intellectuals and considered by many to be one of the most brilliant and sensitive minds. A perfect example of the ideal interdisciplinary scholar, he studied and taught in the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, sociology, history, theology, and psychoanalysis. All these disciplines inform the essays of this volume.
A history of shoplifting, revealing the roots of our modern dilemma. Rachel Shteir's The Steal is the first serious study of shoplifting, tracking the fascinating history of this ancient crime. Dismissed by academia and the mainstream media and largely misunderstood, shoplifting has become the territory of moralists, mischievous teenagers, tabloid television, and self-help gurus. But shoplifting incurs remarkable real-life costs for retailers and consumers. The "crime tax"-the amount every American family loses to shoplifting-related price inflation-is more than $400 a year. Shoplifting cost American retailers $11.7 billion in 2009.
Need a one-stop resource for jumpstarting sleepy library visitors? Ready to add punch to classroom discussions? In thiscompanion to his best-selling book Reid's Read-Alouds, children's lit guru Reid dips back into the classics to highlightoutstanding titles published between 1950 and 1999 that continue to connect with kids and teens today. From humor and dramato science fiction and history, Reid makes it easy to find just the right place to begin, with unique 10-minute read-aloudsuggestions drawn from 200 carefully selected titles.
