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

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

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.”

Pasig City: Anvil Publishing, 2004

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.

Quezon City: Adarna House, 2001

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