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[The_Eyeball_Kid]

[Craven Moorehead]

I kinda gave up reading by the pound when I graduated, but I am definitely interested in reading his newest novel. Heard mixed reviews, but I guess it just wouldn't be Pynchon if he didn't polarize opinion.

[Son Deureo!]

I Came to in Geumhodong, by Dave Hazzan. Hilarious semi-autobiographical novel about life teaching in The Hub. Buy it or download it for free here: http://www.lulu.com/content/646510.

North Korea: Through the Looking Glass. A much shorter book about the situation up north, but outlines the situation pretty well.

Off the Rails in Phnom Penh, its description of the lives of ESL teachers in Cambodia will make Korean society seem serene and orderly, and your fellow Korea expats seem professional and well adjusted.

Don't bother with Culture Shock Korea or Ugly Koreans, Ugly Americans. Both contain hilariously outdated cliches about Korea which can only serve to confuse you if you take either book seriously.

[Chicoloco]

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad.

[The_Eyeball_Kid]

[komerican]

The Foreign Destruction of Korean Independence by Carole Cameron Shaw

I cite this not to damn america but to note that in foreign policy nations act in their own interests and america was and is no different.

http://www.seoulselection.com/shopping_book_view.html?pid=1306

"The book delves into the following issues in great detail: how American President Theodore Roosevelt and his administration acquiesced to Japan's exclusive dominance on the Korean peninsula in a collusive relationship with the Japanese government;...The book also criticizes the immoral and criminal actions undertaken by President Roosevelt and his administration against Korea, under the laws of the U.S. Constitution."


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Trade Secrets by Doron S. Ben-Atar

This is book is important because we get so many posters touting western creativity when in truth the west stole inventions like everyone else. Spinoza, please take note.

http://www.amazon.com/Trade-Secrets-Doron-S-Ben-Atar/dp/030010006X/ref=sr_1_2/104-6776027-3859159?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194996541&sr=1-2

After the Revolution, the leaders of the republic supported the piracy of European technology in order to promote the economic strength and political independence of the new nation. By the middle of the nineteenth century, the United States became a leader among industrializing nations and a major exporter of technology. It erased from national memory its years of piracy and became the world's foremost advocate of international laws regulating intellectual property.

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America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It
by Mark Steyn

This book points to large holes in the present ideology of multiculturalism:


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786149728/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top/104-6776027-3859159

"It's the end of the world as we know it...Liberals tell us that diversity is our strength while..."

[The_Eyeball_Kid]

[komerican]

[Son Deureo!]

[The_Eyeball_Kid]

It'd be a rum deal at half the price.

[sunnydaysahead]

Read "The Red Queen" by Margaret Drabble. It's about a woman who comes to Korea and gets caught up in the (real) history of a Korean princess. In the book, she visits palaces that you can visit here. It's well-written and fascinating to read while you're actually in Korea.

[Tony_Balony]

You should the the King James Bible and learn from its lessons.