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Agoncillo, Teodora.  THE REVOLT OF THE MASSES:  THE STORY OF BONIFACIO AND THE KATIPUNAN.  Quezon City:  University of the Philippines Press, 1956, 2002.  451 p.  Includes Notes, Bibliography, Apendicies and Index
Softcover  $30.00  [1 CP.]
The noted historian's classic history of the Katipunan and Andres Bonifacio.

Alvarez, Santiago. THE KATIPUNAN & THE REVOLUTION: MEMOIRS OF A GENERAL (with the original Tagalog text). Translated by Paula Carolina S. Malay. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1992. 476 p. Index.
Softcover   $27.00  [1 CP.]
First published in the 1920's in Sampaguita, the memoirs are a milestone in the historiography of modern Southeast Asia. Santiago provides an authentic voice in recreating an important aspect of Philippine history.

Anderson, Gerald R.  CHILDREN OF THE SUN.  Quezon City:  Central Book Supply and Gerald R. Anderson, 2009. 
174 p. ; b & w Photographs, Bibliography and Index appended.
Softcover   $15.00  
[1 CP.]
True story of how volunteers saved Olangapo City after Mt. Pinatubo and the exit of the U.S from the Naval Station.

Anderson, Gerald R. SUBIC BAY FROM MAGELLAN TO PINATUBO:  THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. NAVAL STATION, SUBIC BAY.  3d ed.  n. l.:  Gerald R. Anderson, 2006.  303 p. ; b & w photos, maps. 
Softcover   $16.00 
[1 CP.] 

Andrada, Bona Elisa R.  PANAGBENGA, THE BIRTH OF A TRADITION:  THE BAGUIO FLOWER FESTIVAL.  Baguio City:  John Hay Poro Point Development Corporation, 1998.  [67] p. : illustrated ; b & w photographs. 
Softcover   $18.00  [1 CP.] 

THE ANVIL JOSE RIZAL READER: ON THE OCCASION OF THE SESQUICENTENNIAL OFi HIS BIRTH (1861-2011).  Edited by Ani B. Habulan. Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing Inc., 2011.  158 p. ; black & white illustrations.  Includes The Contributors.
Softcover  $17.75    [5 CPS.]

Arcilla S. J., Jose S. AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILIPPINE HISTORY. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1994. 141 p. Bibliography.
Softcover  
Newsprint  $5.80 [OUT OF STOCK]
Provides an "...overview of how the Philippines grew into a nation and how it achieved its independence." A very brief introduction to Philippine history.

Alabado, Corban K. BATAAN, DEATH MARCH, CAPAS: A TALE OF JAPANESE CRUELTY & AMERICAN INJUSTICE. San Francisco: Sulu Books, 1995. 119 p.
Softcover  $10.95  [OUT OF STOCK]
Covers the infamous Bataan death march, in narrative form, and the resulting denial of full "...rights and privileges, or benefits..." due Filipino veterans of the armed services of the U. S.

THE BAGUIO CITY YEARBOOK.  Edited by Chi G. Balmaceda and Jack K. Carino.  Baguio City:  Heritage Promotions, 2008 - .  98 p. ; b & w and color photographs.
Softcover  $25.00 
[OUT OF STOCK]
Published annually; a look at Baguio's past, with vintage photographs showing the City's evolution.

THE BAGUIO WE KNOW.  Edited by Grace Celeste T. Subido.  Metro Manila:  Anvil, 2009.  127 p.  Includes Contributors.
Softcover Newsprint  $12.95 
[3 CPS.]  Softcover  $21.50  [OUT OF STOCK]
Features essays by by 17 writers who know Baguio is more than a superficial tourist destination and a colonial hill station -- it is " ... a working retreat for the creative imagination ..."

Berlin, Donald L.  BEFORE GRINGO: HISTORY OF THE PHILIPPINE MILITARY, 1830 TO 1972.  Metro Manila:  Anvil, 2009.  155 p.  Includes Appendix, Selected Bibliography and a Biographical Sketch of the Author.
Softcover  $15.00 
[1 CP.]
From the back cover:  "This Vintage book takes issue with the popular conception that the military politicization began only under Marcos by contending that it actually has a longer history ... "  The author lives in Honolulu.

Borrinaga, Rolando O.  THE BALANGIGA CONFLICT REVISITED ; Map ;  Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 2003. 
198 p.  Includes Bibliography. 
Softcover  $16.00 
[1 CP.]
Covers the "worst single defeat" inflicted on the U.S. during the Fil-Am War of 1898. The word, "conflict," is used rather than "massacre."  The bells controversy is also discussed, but not the retaliation by Gen. Smith.

THE CEBU WE KNOW.  Edited by Erma M. Cuizon.  Metro Manila:  Anvil, 2009. 186 p. ; illustrated.  Includes Biographical Sketches of the Contributors.
Softcover  19.00 
[1 CP.]

Constantinio, Renato. THE MAKING OF A FILIPINO: A STORY OF PHILIPPINE COLONIAL POLITICS. 1991. 342 p. Bibliography. Index.
Softcover Newsprint    $6.90  [OUT OF STOCK]
Presents history--Philippine colonial politics-- as intellectual biography from the nationalist point of view.

Davies, Ben.  PANGASINAN:  A JOURNEY INTO THE PHILIPPINES.  Bahamas:  LUNA Publications Ltd., 1997.  120 p. : Color Map & Color Photographs.
Hardcover  $43.75  
[1 CP.]
A lush look at the Province of Pangasinan.  Beautiful photos; interesting text.  For anyone who has lived and loves this interesting slice of the Philippines.

de la Costa, H., M. Foronda, P. Galende, L. Gleeck et al. A LOOK AT PHILIPPINE HISTORY. St. Paul Press, 1992. 69 p. Black & white photos.
Softcover  $6.00  [4 CPS.]

A condensed history of the Philippines based on essays by renowned historians.

Diaz, Christine L.  THE OTHER PHILIPPINE HISTORY TEXTBOOK:  BOOK 1, PRECOLONIAL PHILIPPINES TO THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION.  Metro Manila:  Anvil, 2009.  227 p. ; illustrated.  Includes Glossary and Bibliography.  Softcover  $19.00  [2 CPS.]
Writes of Philippine history beyond textbook facts and figures

Diaz, Christine L.  THE OTHER PHILIPPINE HISTORY TEXTBOOK: BOOK 2, THE AMERICAN PERIOD TO THE PRESENT.  Metro Manila:  Anvil, 2009. 204 p. ; illustrated.  Includes Glossary and Bibliography. 
Softcover  $19.00  [
2 CPS.]
Writes of Philippine history beyond textbook facts and figures

THE DIORAMA EXPERIENCE [DVD].  Metro Manila:  Ayala Museum., 2006.  55 minutes. 
$15.00  [
OUT OF STOCK]
A visual journey through the history of the Philippines. 

DOCUMENTS ON THE 1898 DECLARATION OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENCENCE, THE MALOLOS CONSTITUTION AND THE FIRST PHILIPPINE REPLUBLIC/ACTA EL LA PROCLAMACION DE INDEPENDENCIA EL PUEBLO FILIPINO.  Metro Manila:  National Historical Institute, 1997.  68 p. : illustrated.  (Centennial Publication)
Softcover  $9.00   
[1 CP.]

Florendo, Nel B., Raymuno D. Rovillos and Delfin Tolentino, Jr., Compilers.  FRAGMENTS OF A CITY'S HISTORY.   Baguio City:  University of the Philippines Baguio, 2009. 75 p. ; b & w photographs.  Includes Acknowledgements  
Softcover  $11.00 
[2 CPS.]
Published for Baguio's Centennial, this collection attempts to provide a history of the mile high city through documentary (primary) sources

Goda, Toh.  CORDILLERA:  DIVERSITY IN CULTURE CHANGE: SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY OF HILL PEOPLE IN NORTHERN LUZON, PHILIPPINES..  Quezon City:  New Day, 2001. 153 p. 
Softcover  $18.00  [1 CP.]
From Back Cover:  " ... a comparative study of cultures in Northern Luxon, namely the Bontok and Ifugao ..."

Hemley, Robin.  INVENTED EDEN:  THE ELUSIVE , DISPUTED HISTORY OF THE TASADAY.  Metro Manila: Anvil, 2004.  339 p. ; b & w photographs.  Includes Notes, Selected Bibliography and Index.
Softcover  $30.00 
[1 CP.]
Covers the "middle ground" between the Tasaday skeptics and Elizalde/PANAMIN.

Joaquin, Nick.  MANILA, MY MANILA.  Metro Manila:  Bookmark, 1999.  365 p.
Hardcover  $35.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
Manila through the eyes and pen of Mr. Joaquin

Joaquin, Nick. A QUESTION OF HEROES.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 2005.  237 p. 
Softcover  $21.00    [1 CP.]
Originally published in 1977 by the Filipinas Foundation, these critical essays on ten key figures in Philippine history -- ranging from Burgos to Ricarte -- provide " ... fresh insight into the heroes and their role in the Philippine revolutionary tradition."

Joaquin, Nick. A SPANIARD IN AGUINALDO'S ARMY: THE MILITARY JOURNAL OF TELEFORO CARRASCO Y PEREZ. Mandalyuong, Metro Manila: Solar Publishing Corporation, 186. 257 p. Newprint.
Softcover  $11.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
Telsforo Carasco y Perez is an Andalusian who was a Philippine Revolution veteran and fought under Aguinaldo. This translation of his diary also includes the original Spanish text.

Lacaba, Jose F.  DAY OF DISQUIET, NIGHTS OF RAGE:  THE FIRST QUARTER STORM & RELATED EVENTS.  Introdcution by Quijano de Manila.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing Inc., 1982, 2003.  xxvi, 191 p. ; black & white photographs.
Softcover   $15.75  [3 CPS.]

Lucian, Justin.  A SOLDIER'S LETTER:  APRIL 19, 1900, LIPA, BATANGAS, PHILIPPINES.  Manila:  De La Salle University Press, 1995.  36 p.  Includes References. 
Softcover  $9.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
Provides interesting details on life in Batangas, based on an American soldier's letter.  It also gives details on how Filipino troops resisted "pacification."

Mallat, Jean. THE PHILIPPINES: HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, CUSTOMS, AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY & COMMERCE OF THE SPANISH COLONIES IN OCEANIA. Manila: National Historical Institute, 1994. 528 p. Index & pull out charts.
Softcover  $16.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
A translation of the original 1846 French text that gives a comprehensive account of the colonial historical development of the Philippines.

THE MANILA WE KNEW.  Edited by Erlinda E. Panlilio; original art by Manuel D. Baldemor.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, 2006.  144 p. ; b & w photographs ; illustrated.  Includes Glossary and Biographical Sketches of the Writers.
Softcover  $14.50 
[2 CPS.]
Affectionate essays by 14 Manilenos.

Mabini, Apolinario.  THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION.  Translated by Leon Ma. Guerrero.  Metro Manila:  National Historical Commission,  1969. 72 p. 
Hardcover  $15.00 
[OUT OF STOCK]

THE MALOLOS CONGRESS. Manila:  National Historical Institute, 1999. 
Softcover  $14.50  [1 CP.]

McDougal, Charles C.  THE BUDDHA, THE GOLD, & THE MYTH.  San Francisco:  San Francisco Publishers, 1997.  263 p.  Includes Notes, Select Bibliography and Index. 
Softcover  $25.00  [2 CPS.]
Purports to show how Marcos looted the Central Bank and provides details on the search for Yamashita's treasure.

Meyers, Ralph "Gene". MABUHAY: SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY, A WORLD WAR II EXPERIENCE. 1989.
Softcover  $8.00 
[1 CP.]
This is a book about patriotism, Americana, history and a story that typifies millions of American servicemen in World War II.

MINUTES OF THE KATIPUNAN.  English Ed.  Manila:  National Historical Institute, 1964, 1996.  247 p.  (Commemorative Publication on the Centenary of the Philippine Revolution 1896-1996).  Includes Appendices.
Hardcover   $12.00  
[OUT OF STOCK]

Ocampo, Ambeth R.  MEANING AND HISTORY.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing Inc., 2011.  xxi, 123 p.  Includes Bibliography(Signed by the author)
Softcover   $6.25    [ 3 CPS.]

Peralta, Jesus T.  and Lucila A. Salazar.  PRE-SPANISH MANILA:  A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PRE-HISTORY OF MANILA.  Metro Manila:  National Historical Institute, 1974, 1993.  85 p. ; illustrated.  Includes Index.
Softcover  $10.00  
[1 CP.]
Attempts to reconstruct the development of the City of Manila as a place of habitation and a community of men.

Rafael, Vicente L.  WHITE LOVE AND OTHER EVENTS IN FILIPINO HISTORY.  Quezon City:  Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2000 ; illustrated 
Softcover  $21.50  [1 CP.]
A " ... wide-ranging cultural and political history of Filipinos and the Philippines ... from the onset of U.S. colonialism in 1898 to the emergence of the Filipino diaspora in the 1990s ..."  286 p. Includes Notes, Bibliography and Index.

San Juan, E., Jr.  RIZAL IN OUR TIME.  Revised Edition.   Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing Inc., 2011. xvi, 212 p.  Includes References and Sources.
Softcover   $8.25  [3 CPS.]

Scott, William Henry. BARANGAY: SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PHILIPPINE CULTURE & SOCIETY. Quezon City: Ateneo University Press, 1994. 306 p. Bibliography & Index.
Softcover  $27.00 [OUT OF STOCK]
"This book presents a sixteenth-century Philippine ethnography based on contemporaneous sources."--from the introduction.

Scott, William Henry. CRACKS IN THE PARCHMENT CURTAIN AND OTHER ESSAYS IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY. Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 1982. 312p.  Includes Index. 
Softcover.  $15.00   [OUT OF STOCK; OP?]
Seventeen essays that give the reader a glimpse of unknown facts of Filipino life glinting through the shadows of three centuries of Spanish rule and a turn of the century struggle against foreign aggression.

Scott, William Henry.  THE DISCOVERY OF THE IGOROTS. Revised ed.  Quezon City:  New Day, 1974, 1988.  370 p.  Includes Bibliography and Index. 
Softcover  $30.00  [
OUT OF STOCK]  
Scott's classic on Spanish interaction with the Igorots

Scott, William Henry. ILOCANO RESPONSES AMERICAN AGGRESSION 1900-1901.  Quezon City:  New Day, 1988.  253 p.  Softcover  $19.00  [2 CPS.]
From back cover:  " ... rescues from almost total oblivion the dramatic story of the Ilocano struggle to defend the Philippine Republic against foreign invasion during the Fil-Am War in 1900-1901 ..."

Scott, William Henry. PREHISTORIC SOURCE MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF PHILIPPINE HISTORY.  Revised ed. Quezon City:  New Day, 1984, 2000.  Includes Notes, Bibliography and Index.
Softcover  $20.00  [
OUT OF STOCK]

Salonga, Jovito R. THE SENATE THAT SAID NO. Quezon City: University of Philippines Press, 1995. 383 p.
Hardcover   $25.00    [1 CP.]
A four year record of the first post-EDSA Senate in the Philippines. The author reveals the complexities and ramifications of decision-making in the legislative, the executive, and to some extent, the judicial branches of government.

Sison, Jose Maria with Rainier Werning. THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION:  THE LEADER'S VIEW.  New York:  Crane Russak, 1989.  xxix, 241 p. : illustrated, maps, portraits
Softcover  $17.00  [1 CP.]
The most prominent leader of the Philippine Left describes Philippine history and the political, social and economic crises facing Philippine society, in an interview with Dr. Werning.

Villacora, Wilfredo V., Isagani R. Cruz & Ma. Lourder Brillante, eds. MANILA: HISTORY, PEOPLE & CULTURE.  Metro Manila:  De La Salle University Press, 1989.  426 p. Softcover  $19.00  [OUT OF STOCK]]
The proceedings of the Manila Studies conference. This collection of papers, covers a wide range of subjects, including the historical, economic, political, social and cultural aspects of Manila's development.

Winter, William. VOICE FROM AMERICA, A BROADCASTERS DIARY 1941-1944. Metro Manila: Anvil, 1994. 221 p.
Softcover  $20.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
A legend in the Philippines, Mr. Winter's shortwave commentaries from San Francisco were heard by Filipinos every day during the Japanese occupation. This is the diary of the man behind that voice. During the war, Radio Tokyo singled him out as its number one propaganda target because of the effectiveness of his commentaries to people in the Philippines and other occupied areas.

Woods, Shelton.  A BROKEN MIRROR:  PROTESTANT FUNDAMENTALISM IN THE PHILIPPINES.  Quezon City:  New Day, 2002. 
Softcover  $22.00  [2 CPS.]

Yabes, Criselda. BOYS FROM THE BARRACKS. Metro Manila: Anvil, 1991. 256 p. B & W photos.
Softcover  $10.50  [OUT OF STOCK]
"The retelling of the Philippine military after EDSA. A riveting account of contemporary Philippine military history with an ending that has yet to unfold. The author lifts the veil on some of the untold stories behind the coup attempts and deftly unfurls the mind sets and personalities of the men who have attempted to seize power."


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