REFERENCE BOOKS & DICTIONARIES

100 EVENTS THAT SHAPED THE PHILIPPINES.  Edited by Mary-Ann Asico. Quezon City:  Adarna House and the National Centennial Commission, 1999, 2009.  [i], [406] p. ; black & white photographs.  Includes Resource Materials and Resource People.
Softcover  $59.00    [2 CPS.] 

101 FILIPINO ICONS.  Edited by Ari Rosa Almario and Virgilio Almario.  Quezon City:  Adarna House and Bench, 2007, R2009.  [vi], 151 p, ; illustrated ; color photographs.  Includes References and Index.
Softcover  $21.25    [2 CPS.]

101 FILIPINO ICONS.  v. II. Edited by Emilina S. Almario and Virgilio S. Almario.  Quezon City:  Adarna House and Bench,  2009.  [ii], 179 p, ; illustrated ; color photographs.  Includes Index.
Softcover  $21.25    [1 CPS.]

Abuyen, Tomas A.  DIKSYUNARYO WARAY-WARAY [VISAYA] ENGLISH-TAGALOG.  Mandaluyong City:  National Bookstore, 2000.  443 p.
Softcover  Newsprint  $12.25   [1 CP.]

Agcaoli, Aurelio Solver.  CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH-ILOKANO DICTIONARY.  Quezon City:  Cornerstone of Arts & Sciences, 2011. xx, [961] p.
Softcover  $79.00    [2 CPS.]
The compiler is the Program Coordinator of Ilokano of the Center for Philippine Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Alejandro, Reynaldo Gamboa and Vicente Roman S. Santos.  FLOWERS OF BAGUIO.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing Inc. and National Book Store, 2001.  Photography by Federation of Philippine Photographers Foundation, Inc.  139 p. ; color photographs.  (Bulaklak Series, Book 1)  Includes Bibliography and Listings.
Hardcover  $41.95   [1 CP.]

De Padus, Ludivina S., Lugod, Gregorio C., Pancho, Juan V. HANDBOOK ON PHILIPPINE MEDICINAL PLANTS: Los Banos; University of the Philippines, 1997. 4 vol. 66 p. each.
Softcover  $ 32.00   [OUT OF STOCK]
The main purpose of this book is to provide a practical reference for the identification and use of medicinal plants.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILIPPINE FOLK BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS. by Francisco R. Demetrio. Cagayan de Oro City: Xavier University, 1991. 2 vol; xvii, 701 p.; xvii, 634 p. Includes index.
Softcover  Newsprint  $45.00  [OUT OF STOCK; OUT OF PRINT?]
This two-volume encyclopedia has more than 8,000 items gathered from the field, including a considerable number of beliefs and customs representing the various provinces of the Philippines. A classic.

English, Leo.  ENGLISH-TAGALOG DICTIONARY.  Metro Manila:  National Bookstore (Reprint), 1977, 2008.  1211 p. 
Softcover  $55.00  [1 CP.]
" ... more comprehensive and accurate than any previously published [dictionary] ..."

English, Leo.  TAGALOG-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.  Metro Manila, Mandaluyong City:  National Bookstore (Reprint), 1986, 2009.  1583 p
Softcover  $60.00  [1 CP.]
Companion to the English-Tagalog Dictionary.

ENGLISH-PILIPINO-BICOLANO DICTIONARY ENGLISH-PILIPINO-ILOCANO DICTIONARY ENGLISH-FILIPINO/FILIPINO-ENGLISH CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH-CEBUANO CONVERSATIONAL TAGALOG.  Mandaluyong City:  National Bookstore.
Softcover   Newsprint   $4.50 each   [OUT OF STOCK]

Enriquez, M. L.  POCKET DICTIONARY:  ENGLISH-TAGALOG VISAYAN ILONGGO CEBUANO VOCABULARY.  Quezon City:  Amos Books, 2004.  249 p.
Softcover  Newsprint   $5.00  [1 CP.]

de Guzman, Maria O.  DIKSYUNARYO ENGLISH-FILIPINO FILIPINO-ENGLISH. Updated edition.  Mandaluyong City:  National Book Store, 1968.  195 p.  Weights and Measures appended.
Softcover  Newsprint   $5.00  [2 CPS.]

Hawaii. Department of Education. General Education Branch. Office of Instructional Services.  A HANDBOOK OF EXPRESSIONS IN ENGLISH AND ILOKANO.  Honolulu:  Department of Education, December 1990.  47 p.
Softcover  $1.00   [2 CPS.]
Learn Ilokano basics.

Jawali, Hamsali S.  TA'U-SUG-ENGLISH TAGALOG DICTIONARY. Mandaluyong City:  National Book Store, 2006.  519 p.
Softcover  $40.00   [1 CP.]

Latorre, Luis E.  PHILIPPINE TRAVEL PHRASE BOOK:  ENGLISH-TAGALOG-CEBUANO.  Metro Manila:  Tahanan Pacific, 1993.  Includes Index.
Softcover  $5.00   [1 CP.]

Layug, Benjamin Locson.  A TOURIST GUIDE TO NOTABLE PHILIPPINE CHURCHES.  Quezon City, New Day Publishers, 2007.  xxvii, 226 p.  Includes Definition of Terms and Bibliography
Softcover  $58.00  [1 CP.]

Madulid, Domingo A.  A PICTORIAL CYCLOPEDIA OF PHILIPPINE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS.  Makati, Bookmark, 1995.  352 p. Includes Appendices, Glossary and Indices.
Softcover  $55.00   [OUT OF STOCK; OUT OF PRINT?]
An easy to read yet comprehensive pictorial reference that identifies and describes 1000 species and varieties of ornamental plants of the Philippines. A rare resource.

Quirino, Carlos. WHO'S WHO IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY. Makati, Metro Manila: Tahanan Books, 1995. 227 p.  Includes Bibliography and Index.
Softcover    $18.00  [OUT OF STOCK]
"With more than 530 entries spanning four centuries, no other book on the subject is as comprehensive and as up-to-date.   "--the publishers. A must-have reference.

REGIONAL PROFILES:  PEOPLE AND PLACES.  Quezon City:  Adarna Book House, 2009.  viii, 203 p. ; illustrated ; maps.  Includes List of Acronymns, Index and Acknowledgements
Softcover   $23.25    [ 2 CPS.]
Bilingual
Covers the 17 regions of the Philippines. 

Rummel, Dietmar J. COSMETIC USES OF PHILIPPINE MEDICINAL HERBS. Metro Manila: Anvil Publishing, 1998. 201 p.
Softcover   $10.00   [OUT OF STOCK]
A helpful resource for those involved in the cosmetics industry and those interested in cosmetics and medicinal herbs.

Sagalongos, Felicidad T.E.  DIKSIYUNARYONG INGLES-PILIPINO.  Mandaluyong City:  National Book Store, 1968. 
498 p.
Newsprint   $6.50   [4 CPS.]

Seidenschwarz, Franz. PLANT WORLD OF THE PHILIPPINES. Cebu City: University of San Carlos, 1994. 368 p.
Softcover  $15.00   [OUT OF STOCK
An illustrated dictionary of Visayan plant names with their Scientific, Tagalog and English equivalents.

Steiner, Dr. Mona Lisa.  PHILIPPINE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. Manila: Bookmark, ?.
Softcover  $34.00  [1 CP.]

UP DIKSIYUNARYONG FILIPINO. Edited by Virgilio S. Almario.  Metro Manila:  Sentro ng Wikang Filipino and Anvil Publishing, Inc., 2001.  961 p.
Hardcover  Newsprint   $45.00   [2 CPS.]
Filipino text

VICASSAN'S PILIPINO-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.  Abridged Edition.  Metro Manila:  Anvil Publishing, Inc.  657 p.
Softcover  Newsprint  $13.00    [1 CP.]