VOL.74/2024.09

 

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2024.06.03

 

A Geographer’s Travel with Humanities

1. Publication Details

 

Title | A Geographer’s Travel with Humanities
Subtitle | As someone who studies place, people, and culture, what does a geographer discover
Author | Lee Youngmin
Publisher | GEULDAM
Publication Date | 2020-08-10
ISBN | 9791187147411
No. of pages | 252
Dimensions | 152 * 210

 

2. Book Intro

 

A unique, rich travel experience happens only when you think about how to appreciate your travel, not just where to travel.
In this travelogue, a geographer observes people and places from a humanities perspective. For instance, you should not only take selfies at Seonamsa, a Korean temple famous for red plum blossoms but you should also take in its unique scent, sound, and atmosphere. The sunset at Monument Valley, USA will also feel entirely different with just a little bit of geographical knowledge of how the iconic landscapes of countless western movies were filmed here. In addition, the author says that traveling by train can also create a surprisingly different travel experience. Of course, there is no right answer, but a little knowledge about geography can definitely take your travel to the next level.
This book is especially useful to those who dream of a unique travel experience, something richer, less mundane. Geography is not just a way with directions, but a knowledge that helps you learn about the relationship between people and places. It is a dynamic life story about people who live in particular natural environments. That being said, some geological knowledge turns a traveler, who could otherwise remain a passive onlooker, into an active participant; they can broaden their horizons by looking into their travel more closely. This book is a must-read for those who want a deep understanding of travel, who want to digress from their usual, conventional travel, and who think pictures just will not suffice.

 

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The Journey to Eurasian History

1. Publication Details

 

Title | The Journey to Eurasian History
Subtitle | A New Silk Road Travel Diary
Author | Jeong Jaehun, Lim Youngae, Kim Janggoo, Joo Kyeongmi, Kang Inuk, Cho Won
Publisher | SAKYEJUL PUBLISHING LTD.
Publication Date | 2018-07-13
ISBN | 9791160943801
No. of pages | 320
Dimensions | 152 * 214

 

2. Book Intro

 

This book is an attempt to re-examine the history of the vast roads connecting the Korean Peninsula to the Eurasian continent and Europe, which are collectively known presently as the Iron Silk Road. Currently, the Silk Road areas of Central Asia are undergoing major changes as the political and economic interests of each country collide, indiscriminate developments progress, and history is rediscovered and newly written. The six authors, who are experts in their respective fields of study with regard to Central Asia from nomadic empires to Buddhist art and archeology, have examined the long history of these regions as well as how history is being reinterpreted in the present cataclysm.
Interconnecting regions of the Eurasian continent, the historic Silk Road is not a single road like modern railways and roads but a combination of roads crossing deserts, plains, mountains, jungles, and seas. The purpose of those who traveled along the path was quite diverse, ranging from political negotiations and conquests to economic gain, religious missions, and imperial exploration.
The history of these regions, where so many people, goods, and civilizations crossed, conveys overwhelming complexity. Thus, the authors elected to explore the history and geography of these areas in a manner in which readers can comfortably approach the subject, covering historical figures and specific travel routes. The people examined by this book include 20th-century explorers such as Zhang Qian of the Han dynasty who headed west to form military alliances; Buddhist pilgrims who journeyed to India to save Buddhist scriptures; and Marco Polo who traveled to meet Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire. Misconceptions about well-known figures have either been corrected or have had their existential meanings redefined.
What’s more, the book introduces a wealth of relatively unknown figures. These include Japanese Buddhist monk Tōkan Tada, the Nestorianists of Mongolia, Christian monk Rabban Bar Sauma, the relatively unknown Russian pioneer of Silk Road research Nikolay Przhevalsky, and the first female Silk Road explorer Aleksandra Potanina.

 

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Puberty Philosophy Journey

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Puberty Philosophy Journey
Subtitle | Philosophy Stories For Teens
Author | Yoo Sungoh
Publisher | YellowPig
Publication Date | 2022-01-07
ISBN | 9791197628528
No. of pages | 176
Dimensions | 146 * 210

 

2. Book Intro

 

What is happiness? This engaging book is a general humanities book that explores philosophy through questions rooted in everyday life. The author poses a variety of philosophical questions based on the daily experiences of teenagers and explains related philosophical theories.
Philosophy is not merely information or knowledge to be memorized; it is a process of asking and answering questions about the nature and meaning of life. In this sense, all humans have the potential to be philosophers. As teenagers strive to uncover the true meaning of life, they will understand what philosophy is and what it means to live a life steeped in philosophical practice. Ultimately, this journey will empower them to lead more meaningful and valuable lives.

 

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Journeys in Different Seasons

 

Title | Journeys in Different Seasons
Author | Na Taejoo, Yura
Publisher | Mirae N Co., Ltd.
Publication Date | 2022-01-03
ISBN | 9791168410640
No. of pages | 156
Dimensions | 135 * 194

 

2. Book Intro

 

The Meeting of Poet Na Tae-joo and Painter Yu-ra, Two Artists Living in Different Seasons
Poet Na Tae-joo, who lives in the season of old age, and painter Yu-ra, who lives in the season of youth, met each other. This book selects and compiles Na Tae-joo’s poems about the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, and their travels during each season, and combines them with Yu-ra’s paintings that fit perfectly. The book includes 80 poems, some of which were newly written by Na Tae-joo in response to Yu-ra’s paintings, divided into four parts: ‘Spring blooms / Summer flows / Autumn ripens / Winter descends’.

 

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A Round-the-World Trip to Visit National Artists

1. Publication Details

 

Title | A Round-the-World Trip to Visit National Artists
Subtitle | Learning about History, Culture, and Art through Masterpieces
Author | Lee Myungohk
Publisher | SIGONGSA Co., Ltd.
Publication Date | 2019-07-25
ISBN | 9788952736246
No. of pages | 384
Dimensions | 150 * 200

 

2. Book Intro

 

An interesting journey to visit national artists around the world. Meeting the artists leads to experiencing the history, culture, and art of each country.
A Round-the-World Trip to Visit National Artists is a new book by Myung Ohk Lee, an eminent art curator and bestselling writer, as well as director of Korea’s Savina Museum. The book profiles “national artists” who are named as such only due to the unique understanding of their time and the presentation of timeless values in their works. Arts exist everywhere in the world, and meeting the top artists of a country means meeting the history and culture of that country.
In a new and unique concept of art tourism, the book introduces 23 artists from around the world, including Rembrandt and Van Gogh from the Netherlands, Albrecht Dürer from Germany, Edvard Munch from Norway, Gustav Klimt from Austria, Leonardo da Vinci from Italy, Frida Kahlo from Mexico, Rene Magritte from Belgium, and Nam June Paik from Korea. This helps readers to understand each country’s history and culture and highlights places that travelers like to visit. An educational book through which readers can learn other cultures through art.

 

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A Veterinarian’s Journey Around the World

1. Publication Details

 

Title | A Veterinarian’s Journey Around the World
Subtitle | In Pursuit of Animal Welfare
Author | Yang Hyo-Jin
Publisher | Book Factory Dubulu
Publication Date | 2022-01-25
No. of pages | 336
Dimensions | 152 * 225

 

2. Book Intro

 

A Vet Who Visited 178 Zoos/Sanctuaries/National Parks Across 19 Countries Over Five Years
After five years of working at a zoo, a veterinarian escapes her zoo enclosure. The animals she met in the zoo all seemed unfortunate. So to find an answer to the question, Why do zoos exist?” she broke out of the zoo and visited 178 facilities—including zoos, national parks, and sanctuaries—across 19 countries to look into animals. And this journey is an ongoing mission.
Studies suggest that, at zoos, visitors spend an average of eight seconds in front of a snake cage, one minute in front of the lions, and two minutes in front of the elephants. To give humans time to feast their eyes upon them, animals undergo a great deal of pain throughout their whole lives. Zoo animals are not the end of the story. An elephant rescued from an elephant riding business for tourists could not bear to be with humans anymore, and a goat rescued from a children’s zoo came to hate children. This book will help us move on from using animals for momentary pleasure to exploring the lives of animals properly.

 

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Travel without Fantasy

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Travel without Fantasy
Author | Jeon Myung Yun
Publisher | SAKYEJUL PUBLISHING LTD.
Publication Date | 2019-07-24
ISBN | 9791160944921
No. of pages | 292
Dimensions | 131 * 202

 

2. Book Intro

 

The representative travel essay writer in Korea, Fanta, Jeon Myung Yun, finally has announced the stories he could not share in his guide book. This book tells us that traveling is not a prepared plastic farming house for pleasure only. Rather, this book offers the next stage of fantasy what readers have wanted to see and hear during the journey.
Fanta, who left for India with broken heart after the end of love relationship 20 years ago, learned only one lesson during his journey all over the world. What he realized is that being with someone else can only work when we know and understand our partner has walked through the different history from us. Travel only aiming at personal experience or just seeing beautiful sceneries will never show us the actual life of people living there. New things are revealed only when we meet actual people and try to research the history of that land. Therefore, ‘Traveling without Fantasy’ opens a door for readers to a new journey beyond fantasy.
In this book, the writer visits many places, including India, where people strongly believed that India would never change even 100 decades later, Macau where people built the city of Casino on the ocean, Okinawa where no one believes the myth of long-lived town any more, and Hong Kong where people fight for themselves to maintain freedom against the oppressive government. The writer, Fanta, comes back to his daily life after wandering various places and experiencing the current social issues in Asia. He says, “The life of journey is the life of coming back to ordinary life after traveling” His journey only becomes real under this philosophy.

 

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Educational Excursions 100 Years Ago

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Educational Excursions 100 Years Ago
Author | Jo YunJeong
Publisher | Sechang Publishing Co.
Publication Date | 2018-08-10
ISBN | 9788955865301
No. of pages | 196
Dimensions | 128 * 175

 

2. Book Intro

 

The advent of railways on the Korean Peninsula in the 1900s, though part of the Japanese Empire’s insidious plan to take over the country, has signaled the advent of long-distance travel activities for Korean schools. They entailed touring scenic or culturally significant locations to understand Korean history, going into nature to escape the pressures of urban life, or learning about the latest technological developments from the country’s city centers. Annual educational excursions became an established part of the school year in the 1920s, during the Japanese occupation. These excursions expanded to Manchuria and Japan in the mid-20s. Following the Sino-Japanese war in 1937, they were also used as a pretext to force Korean students to worship at Shinto shrines. What, then, was the original purpose and meaning of educational excursions? Today, they are simply overnight school trips chaperoned by teachers and planned by the school, where students gain first-hand travel experience in a large group. In the 1900s, however, modernized education was a tool to civilize the nation and develop the Korean Empire. Educational excursions served to instill national pride in students and provide them with the experience of a patriotic mass gathering. Afraid that this would lead to large-scale, nationalistic student activities, the Japanese Empire attempted to shorten the duration of these excursions. When they failed, the Empire instead had schools travel to Pyeongyang—the capital of the Kingdom of Goguryeo—and Gyeongju—the capital of the Kingdom of Silla—to provide students with a false historical narrative: that the Korean Peninsula was a passive nation that bowed to China, and that the Japanese had made historical inroads into Korea to rule the kingdoms of Gaya and Silla. This intervention into students’ historical awareness was intended to ease the colonization process, and its legacy remains today in Gyeongju’s status as one of the top educational excursion destinations. Excursions into Japan in the 1910s and 20s were intended to showcase Japanese advancements in modernization, but were replaced by visits to Shinto shrines in the 30s and 40s in an attempt to assimilate Koreans into Japanese society. Meanwhile, excursions into Manchuria allowed students to meet fellow countrymen who had escaped Japanese oppression, providing an opportunity to sympathize with their plight.
Though educational excursions are seen today as a nostalgic part of high school life, this book asks the reader to question their present-day place and meaning.

 

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Be Bold Enough to Leave

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Be Bold Enough to Leave
Subtitle | Going Solo Will Lead You to True Travel
Author | Jeong Yiahn
Publisher | Eat&SleepWell
Publication Date | 2015-05-13
ISBN | 9788991310735
No. of pages | 280
Dimensions | 148 * 210

 

2. Book Intro

 

Be Bold Enough to Leave’s main theme is a healing trip. Jeong has travelled around foreign countries not as a tourist but as a traveler and achieved the purposes of her wanderings-- stress relief and healing. Taking advantage of her profession as an oriental medical doctor, she has also obtained some useful information about health that she has found in different parts of the world. The readers may notice that the author is outstanding in finding multiple ways and products to make our body and mind healthy, such as Tiber yogurt, Greek fermented dairy foods, bathing in hot springs, meditation, and walking along the forest, wetlands, and parks.
Jeong comforts people who are too busy with their work and study to take care of themselves and encourages them to be bold enough to leave. In addition, she provides a variety of useful information for those who have never traveled abroad and clarifies the reason why they have to leave. The pleasure of travelling found in her heart-warming photos and interesting episodes prompts the readers to muster up the courage to leave.

 

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Spicy, Salty, Sour and Sweet

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Spicy, Salty, Sour and Sweet
Subtitle | A Korean Food Trip in a Campervan
Author | Kim Inhye, Jo Yunju
Publisher | SAKYEJUL PUBLISHING LTD.
Publication Date | 2019-01-28
ISBN | 9791160944105
No. of pages | 40
Dimensions | 217 * 290

 

2. Book Intro

 

This picture book is designed to introduce various funny foods and the eating culture of each region to children, so that they can know Korean food well. However, Spicy, Salty, Sour and Sweet: A Korean Food Trip in a Campervan doesn’t only focus on traditional Korean foods. It features a variety of interpretation and food knowledge (including the foods that were introduced from other countries to Korea and localized, modern Korean foods loved by foreigners, and favorite street foods) along with big, mouth-watering pictures. By reading this book, readers can get a general overview of Korean food and local characteristics. A lot of information about food and popular food trends can be found throughout the book, which adds more fun.

 

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