A Calendar of Rizaliana in the Vault of the Philippine National Library Ambeth Ocampo
After completing the process of research and authentication that led to the publication of the drafts of Rizal’s hitherto unpublished third novel Makamisa, Ambeth Ocampo surveyed his field notes and discovered that he had completed an inventory of the precious and inaccessible Rizal manuscripts and materials in the vault of the Philippine National Library. Arranged chronologically to become a bibliographical calendar, this book is not a mere listing, but includes descriptive details, annotations, and even an abstract in English of most manuscripts.
Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, 1993
A Cofradia of Two: Oral History on the Family Life and Lay Religiosity of Juan D. Nepomuceno and Teresa G. Nepomuceno of Angeles, Pampanga Erlita Mendoza
This is the story of a remarkable couple whose unlikely partnership helped build the first city of the Kapampangan Region—as told by their eight surviving children and two daughters-in-law. But it was really their unassailable family values, their love and their faith, and their belief in their hometown’s capacity for greatness, that will be the lasting legacy of this couple—the unforgettable Juan and his enigmatic wife Teresa.
Angeles City, Pampanga: Holy Angel University Juan D. Nepomuceno Center for Kapampangan Studies, 2004
A Companion Manual to Helping Our Children Do Well in School: 10 Successful Strategies from the Parents’ Best Practices Study of the Ateneo de Manila High School Queena Lee-Chua, Ma. Isabel Sison-Dionisio
What makes students do well in school? A survey of more than 500 parents of honor students, athletes, student leaders, and students excelling in extracurricular activities, yielded 10 simple strategies for good parenting. This companion manual also covers other topics such as spotting possible learning disorders, checklists of child and parenting styles, computer addiction, the truth about the Chinese and math, and more.
Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, 2004
A Dictionary of Philippine Plant Names (Volumes I and II) Domingo Madulid
This is the most comprehensive dictionary on Philippine plant names, with more than 43,300 vernacular names representing more than 97 languages and dialects in the country. It covers various groups of plants from algae, mosses, fungi, ferns and fern-allies, and flowering plants. It is intended as a general reference and guide for easy identification or naming of Philippine plant life, which is one of the most diverse and richest in the world.
Makati City: Bookmark, 2001
A Field Guide to the Whales and Dolphins in the Philippines Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan
“A well-made, exhaustively researched, and well-documented book with a conscience. Author Lory Tan shows us the beauty of these animals and what is happening to them now. A scaled recognition chart in full color is an added treat for kids and conscientious adults. The quality of this book is as impressive as its purpose is urgent.”—Sunday Inquirer
Makati City: Bookmark, 1995
A Life Shaped by Music: Andrea Ofilada Veneracion and the Philippine Madrigal Singers Marjorie Evasco
A Life Shaped by Music is a story of National Artist for Music Andrea O. Veneracion and her lifework as founder and choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal Singers. Poet Marjorie Evasco weaves the multi-colored strands of more than 37 years of the story, clarifying for those who admire Prof. Veneracion and the Philippine Madrigal Singers the intrinsic spirit, the magical rapport, the discipline, and the passion that animate every performance of the choir.
A Makeshift Sun: Stories and Poems Gemino H. Abad
Drawing from Abad’s introduction, one could regard the stories as a quest of memory, and the poems a probe of feeling, which both seek to define our humanity as Filipino. Whether the subject in story or poem is love or family, a natural function or even an idea, what is crucial for the definition is the integrity of the fictional persona’s response. But the form that integrity takes is always, for both persona and reader, a work of imagination.
Quezon City: University of the Phillipines Press, 2001
A Maranao Dictionary Edited by Howard P. McKaughan, Batua Al-Macaraya
Aside from the introduction and a bibliography, this book contains two major chapters: a Maranao Dictionary and a Maranao–English Dictionary.
Manila: De La Salle University Press, 1996
A Nation for Our Children: Human Rights, Nationalism, Sovereignty Jose Diokno Edited by Santos Manalang Pricila
“This invaluable collection of Jose W. Diokno’s speeches and articles will serve as a monument to his unceasing vigilant pursuit and commitment to securing and protecting the quality of life of the Filipino human person in a just and humane society. His presentations addressed to his three major concerns—respect for human rights, nationalism, and Philippine sovereignty—reflect a contagious passion shared objectively through the use of substantive facts from the causes of our past and present political and economic circumstances.”—Lourdes R. Quisumbing, former secretary of Education, Culture, and Sports
Quezon City: Claretian Publications and The Jose W. Diokno Foundation, 1987
A Native Clearing: Filipino Poetry and Verse from English since the ’50s to the Present from Edith L. Tiempo and Cirilo F. Bautista Edited by Gemino H. Abad
A Native Clearing is the sequel to Man of Earth (1989). It covers Filipino poetry wrought from English since the 1950s to the present. Because there are many more poets over that period, Prof. Abad decided to include only those who were born between 1919 and 1941, i.e., those who, from Edith L. Tiempo to Cirilo F. Bautista, worked and remolded English to the Filipino sense of his own reality. A few older poets from Man of Earth provide continuity in the poetic tradition.
Quezon City: University of the Phillipines Press, 1993
A Normal Life and Other Stories Reine Arcache Melvin
The subject of her stories is desire for a lover, for a homeland, for the possibility of a simple life. Many of these tales take place in the Philippines during the time of coups d’état and revolutions, but the men and women of A Normal Life are caught in their own private dramas: the end of marriage, the beginning of a love affair, the ambiguities of motherhood, and the thrall of eroticism.
Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Office of Research and Publications,, 1999
A Passionate Patience: Ten Filipino Poets on the Writing of Their Poems Edited by Ricardo M. De Ungria
How are poems made? What brings them about and how do they begin? How are they cared for? How are they ever brought to a close? What do poets think about when they are writing a poem? Features 10 major poets: Gemino Abad, Carlos Angeles, Cirilo Bautista, Ricaredo Demetillo, Ophelia Dimalanta, Marjorie Evasco, Alejandrino Hufana, Edith Tiempo, Trinidad Tarrosa-Subido, and Alfred Yuson.
Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, 1995
A Philippine Album: American Era Photographs 1900-1930 Jonathan Best
In his second book of vintage photographs, Jonathan Best has retrieved a beautiful collection of Philippine images from the dusty albums and old picture cards sent to America decades long ago. This “album” of timeless images is a visual feast and a poignant reminder of much which remains of the rich heritage and unique character of the Filipino people.
Makati City: Bookmark, 1998
A Pictorial Cyclopedia of Philippine Ornamental Plants Domingo Madulid
Revised Edition, 2000 with 388 pages and ISBN 971-569-366-0
People from various walks of life have long wanted an easy-to-read, comprehensive reference that will lead them to the identification and description of the numerous beautiful ornamental plants of the Philippines and to other pertinent information. This book provides an answer to this long-felt need and presents in a systematic and pictorial form more than 1,000 species and varieties of native and introduced ornamental plants in the country.
A Pilgrim’s Notes: Ethics, Social Ethics, Bioethics Fausto B. Gomez, OP
A Pilgrim’s Notes is the third collection of essays in English by Father Fausto Gomez y Berlanas, OP, professor of moral theology, social ethics, and bioethics at the Faculties of Theology and Medicine of the University of Santo Tomas and other schools of theology.
Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2005
A Sea of Stories: Tales from Sulu Carla M. Pacis
This children’s book features five charming and sentimental stories that speak of the people and the fascinating animals living in the islands of Sulu. The book is an effort to document and preserve some of the indigenous literary genres like legends, myths, and folktales, and create short stories for both the young and old from these raw, orally transmitted tales.
Makati City: Bookmark, 2000
A Trick of Mirrors: Selected Poems in English and Tagalog Rolando S. Tinio
Also published by Anvil Publishing in 1993.
This book represents the first collection of Rolando S. Tinio’s poetry in English and covers work from the late 1950s to the early 1990s. It also contains selections from his three poetry books in Tagalog: Sitsit sa Kuliglig, Dunung-Dunungan, and Kristal na Uniberso.
Mandaluyong City: Cacho Publishing House, 1993
A Voice from the Hills: Essays on the Culture and World View of the Western Bukidnon Manobo People Francisco Col-om Polenda Edited by Richard E. Elkins
The book contains “Life Cycle,” “Social Values,” “The Home,” “Livelihood,” “Politics and Peacekeeping,” “Getting Along with Gods and Spirits,” and “Leisure and Beauty.” Text in English with Manobo translation.
Manila: Linguistics Society of the Philippines, 1989
A. Living Constitution: The Trubled Arroyo Presidency, Joaquin G. Bernas SJ. Joaquin G. SJ. Bernas
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Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2007
Abot Mo ba ang Tainga Mo? Heidi Abad Illustrated by Jose Magno Tejido
Why do people wear black at funerals? Will a pregnant woman give birth to twins if she eats twin bananas? These and other questions are answered in 10 amusing stories about Filipino folk beliefs.
Quezon City: Adarna House, 2001
Abot-Tanaw: Sulyap at Suri sa Nagbabagong Kultura at Lipunan Bienvenido Lumbera
A collection of essays in Filipino, mostly written during Martial Law, arranged by topics indicating the author’s involvement in issues relating to culture and society as these manifest themselves in literature and media.
Quezon City: Linangan ng Kamalayang Makabansa, 1987
Adios, Patria Adorada: The Filipino as Ilustrado, the Ilustrado as Filipino Alfredo Roces
The book situates the early, key ilustrados in the context of the 19th-century events, ideas, and human conflicts that created the historical colonial experience, and provided the way of life of the national persona now called Filipino. Alfredo Roces, noted writer and scholar on Filipino art and culture, deliberately avoided the class-struggle approach and interpretation that characterized much of postwar writing on 19th-century Philippine history, and produced an impassioned yet unbiased account of the ilustrados’ thoughts and sense of nationhood.
Manila: De La Salle University Press, 2006
Afro-Asia in Upheaval: A Memoir of Front-line Reforting, Amando Doronila Amando Doronila
Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, 2008
After the Galleons: Foreign Trade, Economic Change, Benito Legarda
The book tracks the progress of Philippine foreign trade in the 19th century from the end of the galleon trade to the Philippine Revolution. It describes the great increase in the value of domestic exports with their progressive concentration on abaca and sugar, and the concentration of imports on textiles. It also shows how, unlike elsewhere in Southeast Asia, the driving forces behind the increase in trade and output were not government pressure or the plantation system, but incentives deriving from entrepreneurship and capital imports working through a system of flexible prices and exchange rates.
Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1999
Ah, Wilderness!: A Journey through Sacred Time Simeon Dumdum, Jr.
Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2008
Album: Islas Filipinas, 1663–1888 Jose Maria Cariño, Sonia Pinto Ner
A book on Spanish influence on Philippine art in the 19th century.
Makati City: Ars Mundi Philippinae, 2004
Almanac for a Revolution Nicolas Pichay
Grand Prize, Centennial Literary Prize for Drama, 1998
The author weaves into the play’s historical plot the lives that run parallel with Marcelo H. del Pilar’s in a magical non-linear narrative—of parents talking to their unborn children; of old heroes debating with their own forgotten selves; of youths practice-dancing with danger; of traitors and their monuments; of the collective consciousness that results from seeing three priests garroted in public; and of how a dead Plaridel, exhumed from a borrowed grave, is finally able to come home.
Quezon City: University of the Phillipines Press, 1998
Almost Married Tara F. T. Sering
A novel about love, longing, and last hurrahs.
Quezon City: Summit Books, 2009
America’s Boy: The Marcoses and the Philippines James Hamilton Paterson
He was the strongman, the dictator. Welcomed by three American presidents at the White House, here is Marcos depicted in a narrative brilliantly set in the wider Asian context. “This is a highly original biography of a dictatorship—a deeply researched, passionate and haunting book.”
Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, 1998
An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines Alfred Mc Coy
The book explores the history of powerful families like the Osmeñas, Lopezes, Pardo de Taveras, Duranos, Dimaporos, and Montanos. Illustrated with original photographs, maps, and genealogies.
Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, in cooperation with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Southeast Asian Studies, 1993
An Economic History of the Philippines Onofre Corpuz
This first effort on economic history goes back to the fragments of recorded accounts about the native economy on the eve of the Spanish conquest. It tracks the various strands of transformation and development that went into the shaping of the economy during the Spanish era and the United States occupation. It reports and explains the factors for change and the resulting features of the economy and its sectors. As history, it records the enduring continuities that resisted change by accommodating to it, thus defining large sectors that remain outside the mainstream of the modern economy.
Quezon City: University of the Phillipines Press, 1996
Ang Etika ni Sto. Tomas de Aquino: Mga Piniling Teksto Thomas Aquinas
Translated by Tomas G. Rosario Jr.
“Ang pasimulang pagsasalin ni Dr. Tomas Rosario Jr. sa bahaging etikal ng Summa Theologiae ni Santo Tomas de Aquino ay isang matibay na hakbang upang palalimin ang pang-unawa ng mga Filipino tungkol sa tunay na kagandahan. Ang tunay na kagandahan ay nag-uugat sa mabuting kalooban. Ang magandang Filipino ay ang Filipinong may mabuting kalooban, sapagkat nababatay sa pagpapahalaga at pagsunod sa kalooban ng Diyos. Makakatulong ang paglalagom ni Dr. Rosario sa paksa ng bawat kapitulo sa pang-unawa ng mga turo ng santo.”—Enrico Gonzales, OP, provincial socius, Dominican Province of the Philippines
Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2003
Ang Hayop na Ito at Iba pang Ibon, Kulisap, at Isda Rio Alma
Ang koleksiyong ito ay alinsunod sa pagpili at bagong pagtitipon ni Rio Alma upang maibalik sa mga mambabasa ang kanyang mga tula. Ayon sa may-akda, “Talagang inihanda ko ang koleksiyong ito sa mambabasang tulad mo na may panahon para sa tula. Ibig kong bigyan ka ng ibang paraan ng pagtingin sa mga sinulat ko at sa paraang higit mong alam. Ibig kong higit mo akong maintindihan, at ituring mong kaibigan sa mga pag-ibig mo’t pakikipagsapalaran o kasama sa lahat ng kasawiang dulot ng mundong ito.”
Ang Itim na Kuting Natasha Vizcarra Illustrated by Ferdinand Guevarra
Ignacia is a black kitten! Oh, how she scares everybody away! They say bad things happen because of her. This makes Ignacia feel bad and she sets out to prove that there are many good things a cat like her can do.
Quezon City: Adarna House, 1996
Ang Kagila-Gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsa-Zsa Zaturnnah Carlo Vergara Edited by Nida Gatus
A mysterious stone falls from the heavens, granting Ada the ability to transform into Zaturnnah, a superhuman warrior endowed with uncanny strength and remarkable beauty. As Zaturnnah, Ada fearlessly defends a small town from rampaging zombies and power-tripping extraterrestrial amazons. Adding color to this simple but riotous tale is the fact that Ada is homosexual and the proprietor of his own quaint beauty salon. With his frilly-mouthed assistant Didi and his objet d’amour Dodong, Ada reinforces his belief in acknowledging the decisions of Destiny, and begins to explore the potential fulness of life.
Metro Manila: Alamat Comics, 2002
Ang Kamatis ni Peles Alberta Angeles Illustrated by Renato Gamos
Early readers learn about days of the week as they accompany Peles, a lazy grasshopper, who decides to plant tomatoes and to wait each day for his seeds to grow into red plump tomatoes!
Quezon City: Adarna House, 1985
Ang Pag-Itim ng Uwak at ang Alamat ng Pagputi ng Kalapati Rodel Colmenares Illustrated by Dante Perez
Winner, Catholic Press Award, 1981; Winner, Gawad Surian ng Wikang Pambansa, 1982; Winner, Bienale Ilustracii Bratislava Award, 1983
Why the crow is black is a well-known fable in the Philippines, with some versions originating from Misamis, Tarlac, and Zambales. Each version cites turning black as a punishment for the crow’s bad deeds. This story is a good lesson about greed and disobedience.
Quezon City: Children\'s Communication Center, 1981
Ang Pamana ni Andres Bonifacio Emmanuel Encarnacion
Pictures by Nestor Rivera
Researcher Emmanuel Encarnacion aims to present the worth of Bonifacio as an organizer and leader of the first national protest against Spain. Through documents and artifacts collected by Encarnacion, it is shown that the Katipunan was organized and had a system of administration, and that Bonifacio was recognized as the foremost leader of the Revolution, according to the Spaniards themselves during the time of war, and according to the officials of the administration during the beginning of the 20th century.
Quezon City: Adarna House, 1997
Ang Pambihirang Buhok ni Lola, o Kung Bakit Matatag ang mga Pinay Rene O. Villanueva Illustrated by Ibarra Crisostomo
A violent storm threatens an old town and an old grandmother attempts to save everybody. How will she do this? This folktale is not so much about Lola’s extraordinary hair as it is about the Filipina’s extraordinary strength of character.
Ang Sandali ng mga Mata Alvin B. Yapan
“Alvin B. Yapan looks through the characters in the folk stories of the past and the Bikol people of the present. He uncovers what for so long has been concealed about their lives and deaths, and what changed them into more practical people. The use of folk stories to complete the action marks a striking technical innovation, blending past and present while keeping the narrative moving into the future.”—Ma. Lilia F. Realubit
Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2006
Ang Screenplay ng \"Jose Rizal\" Ricardo Lee, Jun Lana, Peter Ong Lim Edited by Ricardo Lee
This book is a recognition of the continuing importance to this day of the works and life of our national hero. Apart from the screenplay of Jose Rizal, this book contains details about the production, annotations, and interviews with those who created the film, from Marilou Diaz-Abaya to costume designer Mike Guizon; scenes shot but not used; and the script of the trailer which was written by Butch Jimenez, one of the producers.
Quezon City: GMA Network Films, 1999
Ang Tatlong Kahilingan ni Julian Rebecca Añonuevo Illustrated by Breiner Medina
Dahil sa maraming makukulay at kagila-gilalas na bagay na naibibigay ng isang maunlad at masaganang buhay, malimit ay nakakalimutan natin na ang totoo’y simple lang naman ang lubhang nakapagpapasaya sa mga bata. Si Julian ay anak ng mag-asawang parehong nagtatrabaho sa ibang lupain. Ano ang kaniyang iniisip at idinaraing?
Quezon City: Adarna House, 1999
Ang Unang Baboy sa Langit Rene O. Villanueva Illustrated by Ibarra C. Crisostomo
Translated by Ramon C. Sunico
This book tells the story of a pig who became Santa Butsiki, the patron saint of pigs and clean pigpens.
Mandaluyong City : Cacho Hermanos, 1990
Ani: The Life and Art of Hermogena Borja Lungay, Boholano Painter Marjorie Evasco
“We were students of the legendary Fernando Amorsolo and Guillermo Tolentino. [Hermogena Borja Lungay] was the only woman in a class of sixteen…. She graduated cum laude and her delicate and precise drawings were admired by all our classmates. After marrying Nicolas Lungay and living in various places in the country, she returned to Bohol, where her art always was. She painted landscapes and historic buildings of the province and made them treasures of our Philippine patrimony. I salute Nene Borja Lungay.” —Napoleon V. Abueva, National Artist for Sculpture
Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House, 2006
Anilao Eduardo Cu Unjieng, Scott Tuason
Anilao has become a favorite weekend destination for Manila’s diving community. The incredible variety of exotic creatures such as ghost pipefishes, snake eels, flying gurnards, and bobbit worms need to be witnessed first hand. All imaginable variations of crinoids, soft and hard coral, and sea fans surrounded by clouds of reef fishes provide an explosion of color and vitality that is breathtaking. What is truly remarkable is this celebration of life continues despite serious threats to Anilao’s marine environment.
Makati City: Bookmark, 1999
Anina ng mga Alon Eugene Evasco Illustrated by Breiner Medina
This young-adult novel follows a Badjao living in southern Mindanao as she goes to school, learns how to fish and weave to earn a living, faces death in the family, confronts the problem of war in the islands, and is eventually forced to live in the underside of Manila. The writer tries to tackle a number of themes in the book: growing up, mythology, psychology, the war, the environmental disaster that has afflicted the seas of Mindanao, and the racial tensions between Tausugs and Badjaos.
Quezon City: Adarna House, 2002
Antisi*Pasyon asin iba pang Rawitdawit sa Bikol asin Ingles/ Anticipation and Other Poems in Bikol and English Victor Dennis T. Nierva
Naga City: Goldprint Publishing House, 2007
Apat na Dula Rene Villanueva
Binubuo ng “Hiblang Abo: Tatlong Yugtong Dramatisasyon ng Poot at Kamatayan,” ikalawang gantimpala sa 1980 CCP Playwriting Contest; “Sigwa: Elehiyang May Dalawang Yugto,” unang gantimpala sa 1984 Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature; “Botong,” kinomisyon ng CCP Coordinating Council for Dramatic Arts noong 1988 at nagwagi ng ikatlong gantimpala sa Filipino Division, Full-Length Play Category, 1989 Palanca Awards; at “Kalantiyaw: Kagila-Gilalas na Kasinungalingan Tungkol sa Isang Kayumangging Bayan,” kinomisyon ng CCP para sa Philippine Festival of Arts and Culture sa Paris, France, noong 1994 at nagwagi ng unang gantimpala sa Filipino Division, Full-Length Play Category, 1994 Palanca Awards.
Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press and the U. P. Creative Writing Center, 1998
Apokripos Jerry Gracio
“Apokripos. From the Greek apokryphos, secret. Refers to the books of the Septuagint and the Vulgate which were not included in the Old Testament by the Jews and Protestants, or the early Christian writings which were not included in the New Testament. Perhaps Gracio like Cavafy wants to present the moral duty of the poet as a witness to truth.”—Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for Literature
Quezon City: University of the Phillipines Press, 2006
Araw sa Palengke May Tobias Papa
Quezon City: Adarna House, 2009
Art Philippines: A History, 1521–Present Juan Gatbondon Edited by Jeannie Javelosa
This book is about painting, sculpture, printmaking, and alternative art. Among the contributors are Leo Benesa, Alice Coseteng, Alice Guillermo, Cid Reyes, Luciano Santiago, Cesare A. X. Syjuco, Emmanuel Torres, and Paul B. Zafaralla.
Pasig: Crucible Workshop, 1993
Arte y Reglas: Kapampangan Grammar and Rules circa 1621 Fr. Francisco Coronel
Transcripted, translated, and annotated by Fr. Edilberto V. Santos
Fray Francisco Coronel, OSA, did not write the first Kapampangan grammar, or the best, but his Arte y Reglas de la Lengua Pampanga is the oldest in existence. And with the publication of this book, it is now also the first Kapampangan grammar from that period to be translated into English. Originally published in 1621, Arte y Reglas was a book written in Spanish to teach Kapampangan grammar. This publication by Holy Angel University contains the original text with a parallel English translation.
Angeles City, Pampanga: Holy Angel University Juan D. Nepomuceno Center for Kapampangan Studies, 2005
Authentic though Not Exotic: Essays on Filipino Identity Fernando Nakpil Zialcita
This book presents foreign influences on Philippine civilization.
Aves Jerry B. Gracio
Quezon City: University of the Phillipines Press, 2007
Awit and Corrido: Philippine Metrical Romances Damiana Eugenio
Awit and Corrido is a study of the metrical romance, as it flourished in the Philippines in the late-18th, 19th, and early-20th centuries. Awits are romances written in 12-syllable lines; corridos are those written in eight-syllable lines. Fifty representative metrical romances are presented individually, each of them analyzed in terms of the type of story it tells, its constituent motifs, and its analogues and probable sources.
Quezon City: University of the Phillipines Press, 1987