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Understanding the North Korea Problem
Jul.21.2011
This monograph provides a timely analysis and thoughtful insights into the challenges faced by the United States in developing a strategy for North Korea. The author examines the complex history of U.S. policy toward North Korea over the last decade that has left the United States in a position of...
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Jun.08.2009
Co-translation (with Brother Anthony of Taizé and Prof Young-moo Kim) of 165 selections from first ten volumes of magnum-opus work-in-progress by  celebrated Korean author Ko Un.  Extending now past 25 volumes, "Ten Thousand Lives (Maninbo)" is dedicated to the composition of one poem for...
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Jun.01.2009
War can be an awful thing. It can take something as pure as young love and turn it into little more than a commodity.  When lovers born on opposite sides of a centuries long hatred are forced into a union to build a half-hearted truce, a foolish choice, a rash decision made for the most honorable...
Cover Photo:  Bahman Farzad
May.28.2009
PAVE YOUR WAY TO ENLIGHTENMENT   Bet you thought the audience for Buddhism is fairly marginal, but have you heard? — one in eight Americans admit the influence of teachings of the Buddha as playing a positive role in their lives. This timeless path is one of the fastest growing today —...
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Sep.21.2008
Twelve stories from twenty-first century Tokyo and a novella. Debut collection from award-winning writer.
Bob the Angry Flower: Dog Killer
Sep.20.2008
It's a bunch of cartoons.
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Sep.17.2008
To scatter her brother's ashes over the Narmada River, Fabienne leaves France for the mysterious India of her childhood dreams. Soon, as she awakens to a newfound spirituality, unexpected visions of a former life during the Raj stir ancient yearnings for a long lost passion. Mukunda, the palace...