Kim, Hyo-eun
Summary: "A cinematic journey through the Seoul subway that masterfully portrays the many unique lives we travel alongside whenever we take the train. A poetic translation of the bestselling Korean picture book."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribble 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KIMOh, Axie
Summary: Cello prodigy Jenny's goal is to get into a prestigious music conservatory. When she meets Jaewoo in her uncle's Los Angeles karaoke bar, it's clear he is the kind of boy who would uproot her careful plans. In a moment of spontaneity she allows him to pull her out of her comfort zone for one unforgettable night of adventure-- before he disappears without a word. Three months later, when Jenny...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OHCho, Kat
Summary: After eighteen-year-old Gu Miyoung, a nine-tailed fox surviving in modern-day Seoul by eating the souls of evil men, kills a murderous goblin to save Jihoon, she is forced to choose between her immortal life and his.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHOHwang, Po-rŭm
Summary: Quitting her job and divorcing her husband, Yeong-Ju, in a leap of faith, opens the Hyunam-dong Bookshop, and, welcoming new friends and visitors to her circle, builds an inviting space for hurt and lost souls to rest, heal and learn how to write their own stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Publishing 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The South Korean capital is energetic and sprawling; it’s a 24-hour city that’s home to some 10 million people and plenty of brightly lit billboards, skyscrapers and shops. But that’s not all. We’ve amassed our favourite architectural feats – from a leafy women’s university to an ivy-clad red-brick church – and sipped our way through the snappiest coffee shops, including one in an old printing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gestalten 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.1 SEOLee, Stephan
Summary: "Candace Park knows a lot about playing a role. For most of her life, she's been playing the role of the quiet Korean girl who takes all AP classes and plays a classical instrument, keeping her dreams of stardom--and her obsession with SLK, K-pop's top boyband--to herself. She doesn't see how a regular girl like her could possibly become one of those K-pop goddesses she sees on YouTube. Even...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Point 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LEESummary: One of Hong Sangsoo's most delightful comic mysteries is now available in the I.S. When painter Yougsoo learns that his girlfriend, Minjung, was recently seen having drinks with another man, he can't help but question her about it. It doesn't go well and they part on bad terms. The next day, Youngsoo tries to find her, but can't. As he wanders and frets, Minjung has a series of encounters with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN YOUAhn, Flora
Summary: During her first trip to Korea, twelve-year-old Yumi discovers a magical ink brush in her grandfather's attic which inadvertently summons a dokkaebi, a creature from Korean fairy tales, and embarks on an adventure through Seoul while navigating newfound powers and the consequences of her magic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Quirk Books 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Behling, Steve.
Summary: "Intergalactic agent Stitch and his friends have protected Earth from aliens before using teamwork, gadgets, and their individual quirks--but their beloved planet is in danger once again. In the latest entry in this highly illustrated, globe-trotting middle-grade series, Stitch, Lilo, Jumba, Pleakley, and Cobra Bubbles head to Seoul, South Korea, to confront another devious cohort of aliens....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Press 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Lee, Stephan
Summary: "In the sequel to K-Pop Confidential, Candace is a Rookie idol. Her life is suddenly filled with the fans, cameras, and glamor of stardom: She and her boyfriend, YoungBae, are a K-Pop power couple; she's a walking icon at Brandt Foreign School; and her new girl group, known simply as THE GIRLS, is poised to break records across the industry. With her status as the industry's K-Pop Warrior, she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Point, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC LEECha, Frances
Summary: "Kyuri is a heartbreakingly beautiful woman with a hard-won job at a 'room salon', an exclusive bar where she entertains businessmen while they drink. Though she prides herself on her cold, clear-eyed approach to life, an impulsive mistake with a client may come to threaten her livelihood. Her roommate, Miho, is a talented artist who grew up in an orphanage but won a scholarship to study art...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHASummary: Set in the late 1920s, the story follows a cat-and-mouse game between a group of resistance fighters who want to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and the Japanese agents trying to stop them. A talented Korean-born Japanese police officer, who was previously in the independence movement himself, is torn between his duty as an officer and his instinct to support the greater cause.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AGECho, Kat
Summary: "Somin and Junu are helping Miyoung and Jihoon heal from their recent trauma when a new supernatural threat arises"-- Gu Miyoung is a gumiho, a nine-tailed fox who must devour the energy of men in order to survive. She violated the rules of survival to rescue Jihoon and lost her fox bead, her gumiho soul. Following the deaths of Miyoung's mother, Yena, and Jihoon's grandmother, they might have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC CHOSummary: UN forces abandon Seoul
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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Frederick, Jen
Summary: "From USA Today bestselling author Jen Frederick comes a heart-wrenching yet hopeful romance that shows that the price of belonging is often steeper than expected. As a Korean adoptee, Hara Wilson doesn't need anyone telling her she looks different from her white parents. She knows. Every time Hara looks in the mirror, she's reminded that she doesn't look like anyone else in her family-not her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FRESummary: Korean War; Allies retake Seoul from "Reds"; MacArthur and Ridgway
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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Summary: Allied counterattack toward Seoul; Korean War
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1951
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Bentley, Don
Summary: When the leader of North Korea is catastrophically injured, his incapacitation inadvertently triggers a "dead-man's switch," activating an army of sleeper agents in South Korea and precipitating a struggle for succession. Jack Ryan, Jr. is in Seoul to interview a potential addition to the Campus. When a wave of violence perpetrated by North Korean operatives grips South Korea's capital, Jack...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC CLASummary: Fighting for ridges around Seoul, Korea
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1952
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Summary: Gloria is an out-of-work party girl who, after getting kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend, is forced to leave her life in New York and move back to her hometown. When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, South Korea, Gloria gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon. Gloria must determine why her seemingly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2016
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY COLJeong, You-Jeong
Summary: ""A cool, crafty did-he-do-it thriller...The Good Son will rivet readers of Jo Nesbo and Patricia Highsmith." --A. J. Finn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window. The Talented Mr. Ripley meets The Bad Seed in this breathless, chilling psychological thriller by the #1 international bestselling novelist known as "Korea's Stephen King" Who can you trust if you can't trust...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC JEOBentley, Don
Summary: When the leader of North Korea is catastrophically injured, his incapacitation inadvertently triggers a "dead-man's switch," activating an army of sleeper agents in South Korea and precipitating a struggle for succession. Jack Ryan, Jr. is in Seoul to interview a potential addition to the Campus. But his benign trip takes a deadly turn when a wave of violence perpetrated by North Korean...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BENLimon, Martin
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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIMSummary: After years of living abroad, former actress Sangok is back in Seoul, staying with her sister Jeongok in her high-rise apartment. The siblings sleep late, have breakfast in a caf̌, and visit a restaurant owned by Jeongok's son. But as the details of Sangok's day accrue (a spill on her blouse, an encounter at her childhood home), it becomes clear that there is much she is not revealing. And...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021