The Governor-General's Kitchen
Philippine Culinary Vignettes and Period Recipes 1521-1935
by Felice Sta. Maria
Winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2007 for Best Culinary History Book
A La Carte
Food and Fiction
by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa
Winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2007 for Best Food Literature Award
Extraordinary
Stories for Aspiring Leaders
Edited by Victor Magdaraog and Nikki Katherine Dy-Liacco
A perfect way to “introduce 51 Filipino leaders whose work has uplifted the status of our country; 51 leaders we can be proud of; 51 leaders who can inspire all of us to put ‘Country Above Self.’”
The book is divided into seven chapters – Inspiring Confidence and Belief in the Future; A Passion for Results; Managing in Uncertain Times; Marked by Unwavering Integrity; Strong, not Big, Egos; Courage to Make Tough Decisions; and Setting Others Up for Success.
Before Gringo
History of the Philippine Military, 1930 to 1972
by Donald L. Berlin
The book takes issue with the popular conception that the military politicization began only under the Marcos by contending that it has a longer history. Berlin combined a detailed analysis of archival data, newspaper reports, and dissertations to track the history of civilian-military relations since the independence, showing the extent to which the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) played partisan politics to lobby, defend and promote the institution’s interests.
Understanding the Psychic Powers of Man
by Jaime T. Licauco
A product of Jaime Licauco’s knowledge about psychic and paranormal matters – a summary of the most significant lessons he had learned from years of reading and research, as well as true-to-life experiences of people who shared their psychic stories with him. It is the first book of its kind written by a Filipino author and has become a classic in the field since it first came out in commercial book form in 1978. Although the flavor of the original edition was retained, the new edition contains a great deal of new material, and is more scientific rather than esoteric. It also contains some of the latest theories and findings on neuroscience and parapsychology.
Kathambuhay: Banaag at Sikat
by Lope K. Santos
Recognized as the "Obra Maestra" of Lope K. Santos and considered as the "Bible of the working Filipino."
Rizal Without the Overcoat
2008 Edition
by Ambeth Ocampo
Ambeth Ocampo’s essays found in the book are attempts to “translate” Rizal and our past to a new generation, and present a “new” Rizal that has been obscured by school myth. In this latest edition, the book has been pruned of the different prefaces except for the original 1990 preface, the question of fake Rizal drawings that hit the art market in the 1980s, and the entire section on Rizal’s women. Winner of Best Essay in the 1990National Book Award by the Manila Critics Circle.
Soledad’s Sister
by Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.
A tale of two individuals whose lives are redefined by the arrival of the casket bearing the body of a woman at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). The corpse, manifested as “Aurora V. Cabahug,” is one of over 600 overseas Filipino workers who return as corpses to NAIA every year. Shortlisted for the 2007 Man Asian LiteraryPrize.
Mga Biyahe, Mga Estasyon
Journeys, Junctions
by Rio Alma
"A collection culled from Rio Alma’s last ten poetry books that individually and invariably include a poem or a group of poems on places where the poet has traveled. Among these poems, too, might be felt most the characteristic tension between home and destination, the past and the present, and the febrile twilight in-between where the poet-traveler finds himself. And because Rio Alma is Rio Alma, the persona in these poems of wandering, sometimes of displacement and alienation, is always Filipino.
The Gods We Worship Live Next Door
By Bino A. Realuyo
In Realuyo’s landscape of poetry, the ruins and the ruined of the Philippines gather to speak of “memories that arises from simple truths,” and prove that what the punished body cannot endure, the soul will ultimately witness, illuminate, and redeem.
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