New Releases by Eric Kim

Erasmus (Ras) Inani is a struggling Child Protective Services worker in New York City, in search of happiness as he battles with his own ego. The series of events bring him tides that just may change the course of his life.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An homage to what it means to be Korean American with delectable recipes that explore how new culinary traditions can be forged to honor both your past and your present. IACP AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Simply Recipes ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Bon Appétit, The Boston Globe, Saveur, NPR, Food & Wine, Salon, Vice, Epicurious, Publishers Weekly “This is such an important book. I savored every word and want to cook every recipe!”—Nigella Lawson, author of Cook, Eat, Repeat New York Times staff writer Eric Kim grew up in Atlanta, the son of two Korean immigrants. Food has always been central to his story, from Friday-night Korean barbecue with his family to hybridized Korean-ish meals for one—like Gochujang-Buttered Radish Toast and Caramelized-Kimchi Baked Potatoes—that he makes in his tiny New York City apartment. In his debut cookbook, Eric shares these recipes alongside insightful, touching stories and stunning images shot by photographer Jenny Huang. Playful, poignant, and vulnerable, Korean American also includes essays on subjects ranging from the life-changing act of leaving home and returning as an adult, to what Thanksgiving means to a first-generation family, complete with a full holiday menu—all the while teaching readers about the Korean pantry, the history of Korean cooking in America, and the importance of white rice in Korean cuisine. Recipes like Gochugaru Shrimp and Grits, Salt-and-Pepper Pork Chops with Vinegared Scallions, and Smashed Potatoes with Roasted-Seaweed Sour Cream Dip demonstrate Eric''s prowess at introducing Korean pantry essentials to comforting American classics, while dishes such as Cheeseburger Kimbap and Crispy Lemon-Pepper Bulgogi with Quick-Pickled Shallots do the opposite by tinging traditional Korean favorites with beloved American flavor profiles. Baked goods like Milk Bread with Maple Syrup and Gochujang Chocolate Lava Cakes close out the narrative on a sweet note. In this book of recipes and thoughtful insights, especially about his mother, Jean, Eric divulges not only what it means to be Korean American but how, through food and cooking, he found acceptance, strength, and the confidence to own his story.

The Blackjack Troopers have caught the attention of Salvador Quintana, the man who governs the state of California. He has hired them for a secret assignment, one that will prevent the renegades from achieving an important victory on their side. As they delve deep into a desecrated forest, where plants and fungi run rampant as outlandish entities, the Blackjack Troopers must search for the weapons that once belonged to the dragon riders of the old generation.As he leads his squad into the forest, Lionel Tyler finds himself in a conflict of his own. Certain parts of his past have been brought back as a result of his mission. His former occupation brings him closer to a crisis of conscience. He is stuck between his dedication to Gorvex''s regime and his hunger for his true self.The struggle grows deeper when a group of exiled dragons have come out of hiding and have made their way back to human civilization. The Blackjack Troopers assist in repelling these outlaws, while Lionel might have a valid reason to return to his roots.

In these 165 pages of practical and philosophical knowledge, you will learn how to master the fundamentals of street photography: all the way from the ideal camera equipment and technical settings for street photography, to conquering your fears and creating more beautiful and dynamic pictures of everyday life.

"Street Notes is your personalized guide and journal for you to develop your photography skills and to re-inspire your creative process."--

In the field of computer vision, multilinear (tensor) algebraic approaches to image-based face recognition have attracted interest in recent years. Previously, these methods have operated uniformly over the entire facial image at uniform resolution. In this thesis, we present a multiresolution, region-based multilinear method. By computing multiple multilinear models of various facial features, such as the eyes, nose, and mouth, in appropriate spatially-localized regions, we achieve a representation that, using the same amount of training data, is more discriminative for the purpose of facial verification. Adding a multiresolution image pyramid as well as a weighted signature further improves performance. We report encouraging experimental results on two datasets, one consisting of synthetic images, the other of real-world images.

The chemistry and molecular structure of geopolymers and their engineering behavior are reviewed, in part by comparison to hydrated Portland cement. The geopolymers form by reaction between a solid aluminosilicate and an aqueous alkali hydroxide solution. The reaction involves gelation and the product is an aluminosilicate comprised of silica and alumina tetrahedra linked in three dimensions. Engineering behavior is similar to that of hydrated Portland cement. Set time and strength depend on the reaction chemistry. Durability is generally seen to be good.

Knowledge sharing is considered to be an important aspect of school improvement and effectiveness in the context of 21st century education reform. In this study, the problem of insufficient local systematic research to examine the determinants of knowledge sharing motives, attitude and behaviour of teachers is addressed.

While Darcy is working as a counselor at summer camp, Spinner has trouble facing temptation, and Liberty, apparently suffering from post-partum depression, may be planning a desperate move.

Illustrated by Eric Kim Spinner makes a pact with God: he promises to be a good boy and never cheat on Darcy again if God brings them back together. But as he finds himself surrounded by temptation, Spinner struggles to define cheating. Eventually, Spinner decides that seeing Darcy will set him straight, so he plans a trip to the bible camp. When his car breaks down, he reluctantly relies on Jay to get him there. Liberty spends most of the summer melancholy and moping about. Her family is concerned that she may be going through post-adoption postpartum depression. They even suspect she may be planning to run away to Seattle to see the baby. However, we eventually discover that on top of coming to grips with the adoption, shes also still carrying a torch for J.T.

The development of an American architectural avant-garde after the Second World War is examined in relation to the formal properties and institutionalized cultural authority of modern art. Rather than looking to the artwork of their American artistic contemporaries, architects and critics appropriated the early European avant-garde as typological precedents, guided by a pedagogical approach steeped in Bauhaus teaching methods. Drawing became the common conduit between the abstract work of art and its transformation into modern architecture. Architecture was seen as a problem that could be studied diagrammatically, and consequently also thought of as a fundamentally conceptual, immaterial artifact. At the same time that architecture was moving towards a flattened artistic condition, however, abstract expressionist painting began to take on the material and dimensional properties of the architectural object, demarcating volume and structure. Modernist collage techniques were also introduced into postwar architectural design, but again the material aspects of the medium were suppressed in favor of its purely visual qualities.

This title provides information on how to build fast, efficient, scalable and functional database applications. It includes chapters on object databases and Web databases, and includes code listings on the disk.

This volume covers Java development. It provides breadth and context for understanding how and why Java is useful, and it provides techniques for overcoming frustrating Java performance bottlenecks.

Now developers can learn how to write robust, secure, and efficient Common Gateway Interface programs for the Web. Ideal for DOS, UNIX, or Windows users since CGI is platform independent, the book contains an abundance of solutions to "real-world" problems, along with a helpful focus on CGI scripting. The CD-ROM includes source code and examples from the book.