Korean Health

Want to expand your Korean vocabulary with almost no effort? Are you planning a trip to Asia? Or sharpening your skills for work? Just press play on this audiobook when you’re sleeping, meditating, or doing chores around the house. Learn new vocabulary while actively listening, or passively while you’re doing other things.

The Korean sixth sense for winning friends and influencing people, nunchi (pronounced noon-chee) can help you connect with others so you can succeed in everything from business to love. The Power of Nunchi will show you how. Have you ever wondered why your less-skilled coworker gets promoted before you, or why that one woman from your yoga class is always surrounded by adoring friends? They probably have great nunchi. The art of reading a room and understanding what others are thinking and feeling, nunchi is a form of emotional intelligence.

We can all think of someone who radiates beauty, vibrancy, and confidence that emanates from a lit-from-within quality. But what exactly is this irresistible magnetism, and how can you develop it within yourself to manifest all the abundance, beauty, and joy that you not only crave, but deserve? In this customizable 12-week self-care program, Angela Jia Kim teaches you how to nourish your inner and outer glow so your radiance shines from every pore of your being.

서유럽이 주목하고 있는 독일 뮌헨의 젊은 저널리스트 그룹 난젠&피카드(Nansen&Piccard)의 첫 저작으로, 섹스를 통해 지난 1만 년 인류 역사를 되짚는 『에로틱 세계사』. 호모사피엔스는 1만 년 전부터 섹스에 대해 광적으로 관심을 가져왔고, 어느 시대건 재생산을 목적으로 남녀가 성기를 결합하는 것 이상의 의미를 가지고 있다. 1만 년 전부터 현재에 이르기까지 역사 곳곳에 깊이 숨겨져 있던 성 담론을 체계적으로 발굴하고 정리한 이 책은 이처럼 인간이 늘 섹스를 과도하게 해왔음을 보여준다.

The Korean skin care journey. As much as we’d like, glowing, clear skin doesn’t happen overnight. But there is beauty in the process―not just the results. Author Jude Chao links skincare to self-care culture, giving listeners a practical guide to developing an ideal skincare routine and using it to help manage stress, anxiety, and depression. The Korean skincare routine invites us to look at our skincare not only as a way to reduce lines and wrinkles or clear up breakouts, but as a tool for developing our self-care habits.

우울은 개인마다 각기 다른 양상으로 펼쳐지는 매우 사적인 것이며, 때론 사회 구성원 전체가 깊은 우울감에 휩싸일 때도 있다. 여기, 당신 자신의 우울과 그 내밀한 속내 이야기에 온 마음을 다해 귀 기울여주는 정신과 의사가 있다. 그는 우울은 함부로 진단하는 것이 아니며, 일반화할 수도 없고, 개개인에 따라 시작점과 진행 경로가 다른 특별한 이야기라고 말한다.

무례한 사람들의 부당한 비난으로부터 우아하게 나를 지키면서, 소중한 사람들과 후회 없는 인생을 살아가게 해 주는 인간관계의 기술. 《서른 살이 심리학에게 묻다》로 80만 독자의 마음을 움직인 김혜남 정신분석 전문의가 가족, 연인, 친구, 직장 동료 등 관계의 문제로 힘겨워하는 사람들을 위해 10년 만에 펴낸 인간관계 심리학이다.

패션이라는 개념은 왜 르네상스 시대에 생겨났을까? 스타일은 어떻게 타인을 설득하는 기술인 수사학에서 비롯되었을까? 주름이나 단추는 왜 소수의 권력자들만이 가질 수 있는 장식이었을까? 페미니즘 역사에 큰 영감을 준 작가 버지니아 울프는 왜 옷 입기를 그토록 두려워했을까? 속옷으로 입던 티셔츠가 세계대전으로 인해 겉옷이 된 사연은 무엇일까? 프랑스 사람들은 정작 '프렌치 시크'에 무덤덤한 이유는 무엇일까?

Working with Seoul’s premiere matchmaker, Jisu’s traditional South Korean parents are determined to ensure her success in life and love by matching her with the right boyfriend. After one too many slip-ups at school, Jisu finds herself shipped off to San Francisco to focus on her academics and approved dates, leaving her little space to figure out her own dreams. As her newly realized passion for photography lights her on fire, Jisu wonders...does she even want to find "The One"?

Ssukgat, or Chrysanthemum greens, are treasured in Korean culture for their healing abilities. You can coax its withered stalks to bloom again, with sun, water, soil, and care. It’s a fitting metaphor for eco-entrepreneur and CEO Michelle Jungmin Bang, who found herself in excruciating pain due to the constant sacrificing of her health and wellness for work—a trade many of us make daily. Stunningly written, Sun & Ssukgat is on a mission to empower anyone stuck in the unhealthy whirlwind of modern life to transform our well-being in the little things we do every single day.

Mina is the perfect daughter. Bound for Harvard, president of the honor society, straight A student, all while she works at her family's dry cleaners and helps care for her hearing-impaired younger sister. On the outside, Mina does everything right. On the inside, Mina knows the truth. Her life is a lie.