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● Dialogue on the open page(Written by Jeon Ga-kyung, Art Books) = This is a collection of talks written by a visual culture researcher who met book designers and heard stories. We look back on the value of paper books in the digital era by looking at the process of making a variety of books, from poetry collections with unconventional covers that follow traditional forms to practical books in a format that catches the reader’s attention. 25,000 won.

● Mock-up(Written by Shin Hyo-seon, Gungpyeon Book) = This is an architecture book written by a cultural heritage repair technician who has devoted his life to properly repairing traditional Korean wooden buildings. It is noteworthy that he wrote honestly about everything from the process of dismantling and restoring wooden buildings to the thoughts he had while repairing numerous cultural heritage sites, including Treasure No. 1746, Nogang Seowon Auditorium in Nonsan. 68,000 won.

● Finding my brain(Written by Shantel Pratt, translated by Dong-gyu Kim, Magpie) = This is a brain science book written by a professor of psychoneuro-linguistics at the University of Washington. It kindly explains from the public’s perspective how the brain has various structures to determine priorities depending on the environment and use past memories and experiences to take the best action. 20,000 won.

● Gene dominated society(Written by Choi Jeong-gyun, East Asia) = This is a humanities book in which a professor in the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering at KAIST looks into various problems in modern society from an evolutionary perspective. The analysis that combines the humanities and natural sciences is unique, as it shows that the reproductive instinct of humans implanted in genes is revealed through distorted love for children and entrenched inequality structures. 17,500 won.

● Life is unpredictable(Written by Yoo Eui-seon, Humanitas) = ​​This is an essay written by the author, who was an activist for a social group, about his experience as a street vendor. Although the carp bread, tteokbokki, and mobile phone case stalls that the author ran all ended in failure, the author broadened his understanding of the world through his vivid experiences on the streets. The book is a record of what the author came to understand about the world through failure. 16,000 won.

● Suicide in Korea(Written by Kim Hyun-seong, Sideway) = This is a book in which the author, who worked as a fund manager and works at a content startup, diagnoses the overall economic structure of Korea through statistics and data. It is interesting to look at the problems of Korean society, which is trapped in the cycle of endless competition, from various angles, such as high prices and concentration in the metropolitan area. 19,000 won.

● Buttism(Written by Heather Radke, translated by Dasom Park, RHK) = This is a humanities book in which the author, an American journalist, delves into the history and everything about the buttocks. If you follow the author’s witty perspective, you will learn why mankind has attached so many fetishes to the buttocks, one of the simplest body parts. 22,000 won.

● The story doesn’t end in the doctor’s office.(Written by Polae Morland, translated by Lee Da-hee, Bada Publishing) = This is an essay written by the author, a British BBC documentary director, through detailed observations of doctors and patients in the village where he lived. Although it deals with stories about patients and doctors, the various scenes carefully compiled from the author’s perspective reveal human relationships and the universal experiences and emotions that everyone experiences in life. 16,000 won.

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