Choi: 197 books

What is business cycle? It is economic forecast. Forecasting is fortune telling; it is superstition; it is not science. This book reveals the true face of several great economic forecast models.

This volume is part of Volume 40, and concentrates on the Training Theory. On-the-job training is a very positive issue, but how positive is training? Some argued that it can raise productivity. Then, there is the question of how to finance the training. Some tried to suppress wage of existing workers....

Imaginarium 4: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing is a reprint anthology collecting speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work published by Canadian writers in the 2014 calendar year.   Featuring Kelley...

The monsters of our childhood do not fade away... - John le Carre Vengeful undead. Demons. Hungry rats. These creatures and more haunt city streets, unlit hallways, deep space, and the corners of your imagination in Re-Terrify. Send shivers down your spine with 18 horrifying tales from...

“Susan Choi…proves herself a natural—a writer whose intelligence and historical awareness effortlessly serve a breathtaking narrative ability. I couldn’t put American Woman down, and wanted when I finished it to do nothing but read it again.”   —Joan Didion A novel of impressive...

A compelling story of a mad bomber, a suspect scientist, and paranoia in the age of terror from the author of Trust Exercise and My Education Professor Lee, an Asian-born mathematician near retirement age would seem the last person to attract the attention of FBI agents. Yet after a colleague...

What Is Darkening is a book of poetry which shows a mature exuviation. Seeing the intrinsic darkness of life, the poet casts off the hard shell of consciousness and can see 'thousands of colors' in a tree and hear 'too many sounds' in a drop. She is now a 'discriminator of cries.' Moreover, as conjurers...

Ice cold lattes and red hot kpop stars! Krystal has just finished high school and is determined to achieve her dream of becoming a kpop star. After encountering a number of bumps in the road, she eventually auditions with big-time kpop producer, KYM. KYM signs her as the final member of his...

An exquisite paper art book featuring quilling techniques for cards and gifts. With a focus on simple, elegant projects, the The Art of Paper Quilling offers paper crafters a complete technique guide along with step-by-step project ideas for making beautiful framed pieces, cards, gifts, and more....

Drawing on the life stories of 266 migrants in South China, Choi and Peng examine the effect of mass rural-to-urban migration on family and gender relationships, with a specific focus on changes in men and masculinities. They show how migration has forced migrant men to renegotiate their roles as...

Global Talent seeks to examine the utility of skilled foreigners beyond their human capital value by focusing on their social capital potential, especially their role as transnational bridges between host and home countries. Gi-Wook Shin and Joon Nak Choi build on an emerging stream of research that...

This book advocates two topics as foundation for economic analysis: Freedom and Mencius. The first is mostly elaborated by western philosophy, but Mencius, being an ancient Chinese scholar, had developed many thinkings that are more avant-garde than most modern theories.

In traditional China, a funeral and the accompanying death rituals represented a critical moment for the immediate family of the deceased to show their filial piety, a core value of the society. At the same time, death rituals were social occasions, and channels for the outward demonstration of belief...

Some companies recruit employees by first checking their certificate. People with better education will be more likely to be employed and will obtain higher wage rate. But what makes some have better education? Spence holds the view of lower schooling cost. However, such view does not fit the US case,...