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My Story in the Philippines in First Person

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469125730
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book My Story in the Philippines in First Person written by Peter Robinson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-06-21 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fate has its way of letting seemingly simple things irrevocably alter the course of people’s lives. This is what Larry Bulger, the hero in Peter Robinson’s new novel, My Story in the Philippines in First Person, discovers. At 30 years old, Larry is enjoying the rewards that his life and career in the engineering industry brought him. When he signs a contract to work overseas—in the Philippines— he has no idea that the decision will propel him on his first true adventure and inextricably change his life. From the bustling urban maze work of Manila (the country’s capital) to the mesmerizing Chocolate Hills of Bohol to the anxiety-ridden streets of Basilan, Larry’s voyage will be riddled with excitement, new discoveries, intriguing personalities and, unexpectedly, danger. As Larry becomes immersed in the unique culture and life, he also becomes enmeshed in perilous circumstances he never thought were possible. Soon, Larry will realize some enlightening truths about himself. Peopled by richly-drawn characters, My Story in the Philippines in First Person unfolds to an adventure of a lifetime and a window into an enchantingly exotic world.

Treacherous Journey Through the Philippines

Author : Peter Robinson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1483698823
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Treacherous Journey Through the Philippines written by Peter Robinson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel was previously published under the title MY STORY IN THE PHILIPPINES IN FIRST PERSON, which proved to be an awkward title and was rightfully criticized. So I decided to republish the story under a new, more appropriate name, TREACHEROUS JOURNEY THROUGH THE PHILIPPINES, but only after thoroughly editing the wording of the text. Because the story line was recognized as being interesting and flowing, nothing else was changed except for my adding sketches at critical sections. My wife, Nelle, encouraged me to write a novel but passed away in 1992. She always wanted to help. The book may have suffered because she was unable to contribute her clear language. She always contended that in writing fiction, she could invent a story as interesting as one that occurred in real life. I believed her. She certainly was an entertaining conversationalist and had a lighthearted, devilish way of concocting a yarn. The plot for TREACHEROUS takes you to locations actually visited by the author. However, the characters and events are fictional. Larry Bulger is not meant to be Peter Robinson. Larry Bulger jumped headlong into treacherous circumstances. Peter Robinsons nature would be to circumvent the dangers presented by adversaries in the story. Perhaps Larry was a person Peter would like to be. The historical facts, such as Japanese General Yamashita pillaging Southeast Asia for treasure during WWII and hiding portions of the loot in the Philippines, are true but twisted somewhat for the convenience of the plot. The corruption of the Marcos regime is based on commonly repeated rumors that were prevalent at the time.

In the Country

Author : Mia Alvar
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385352840
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book In the Country written by Mia Alvar and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these nine globe-trotting tales, Mia Alvar gives voice to the women and men of the Philippines and its diaspora. From teachers to housemaids, from mothers to sons, Alvar’s stories explore the universal experiences of loss, displacement, and the longing to connect across borders both real and imagined. In the Country speaks to the heart of everyone who has ever searched for a place to call home—and marks the arrival of a formidable new voice in literature.

Bone Talk

Author : Candy Gourlay
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338349651
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (383 download)

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Download or read book Bone Talk written by Candy Gourlay and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A powerful, complex, and fascinating coming-of-age novel." -- Costa Book Award PanelA boy and a girl in the Philippine jungle must confront what coming of age will mean to their friendship made even more complicated when Americans invade their country. Samkad lives deep in the Philippine jungle, and has never encountered anyone from outside his own tribe before. He's about to become a man, and while he's desperate to grow up, he's worried that this will take him away from his best friend, Little Luki, who isn't ready for the traditions and ceremonies of being a girl in her tribe.But when a bad omen sends Samkad's life in another direction, he discovers the brother he never knew he had. A brother who tells him of a people called "Americans." A people who are bringing war and destruction right to their home...A coming-of-age story set at the end of the 19th century in a remote village in the Philippines, this is a story about growing up, discovering yourself, and the impact of colonialism on native peoples and their lives.

Dogeaters

Author : Jessica Hagedorn
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480440205
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Dogeaters written by Jessica Hagedorn and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist for the National Book Award and a 2015 Wall Street Journal Book Club selection: An intense portrait of the Philippines in the late 1950s. Dogeaters follows a diverse set of characters through Manila, each exemplifying the country’s sharp distinctions between social classes. Celebrated novelist and playwright Jessica Hagedorn effortlessly shifts from the capital’s elite to the poorest of the poor. From the country’s president and first lady to an idealist reformer, from actors and radio DJs to prostitutes, seemingly unrelated lives become intertwined.

First-Person Journalism

Author : Martha Nichols
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000475034
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book First-Person Journalism written by Martha Nichols and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-of-its-kind guide for new media times, this book provides practical, step-by-step instructions for writing first-person features, essays, and digital content. Combining journalism techniques with self-exploration and personal storytelling, First-Person Journalism is designed to help writers to develop their personal voice and establish a narrative stance. The book introduces nine elements of first-person journalism—passion, self-reporting, stance, observation, attribution, counterpoints, time travel, the mix, and impact. Two introductory chapters define first-person journalism and its value in building trust with a public now skeptical of traditional news media. The nine practice chapters that follow each focus on one first-person element, presenting a sequence of "voice lessons" with a culminating writing assignment, such as a personal trend story or an open letter. Examples are drawn from diverse nonfiction writers and journalists, including Ta-Nehisi Coates, Joan Didion, Helen Garner, Alex Tizon, and James Baldwin. Together, the book provides a fresh look at the craft of nonfiction, offering much-needed advice on writing with style, authority, and a unique point of view. Written with a knowledge of the rapidly changing digital media environment, First-Person Journalism is a key text for journalism and media students interested in personal nonfiction, as well as for early-career nonfiction writers looking to develop this narrative form.

Story Collection

Author : Gilda Cordero- Fernando
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Story Collection written by Gilda Cordero- Fernando and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gun Dealers' Daughter: A Novel

Author : Gina Apostol
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393083993
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Gun Dealers' Daughter: A Novel written by Gina Apostol and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the PEN/Open Book Award At university in Manila, young, bookish Soledad Soliman falls in with radical friends, defying her wealthy parents and their society crowd. Drawn in by two romantic young rebels, Sol initiates a conspiracy that quickly spirals out of control. Years later, far from her homeland, Sol reconstructs her fractured memories, writing a confession she hopes will be her salvation. Illuminating the dramatic history of the Marcos-era Philippines, this story of youthful passion is a tour de force.

Once Upon a Sunset

Author : Tif Marcelo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982115947
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Once Upon a Sunset written by Tif Marcelo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Key to Happily Ever After—“a true gem filled with heart, laughs, and a cast of delightful characters” (Nina Bocci, USA TODAY bestselling author)—returns with a heartwarming and charming novel about a woman who travels to the Philippines to reconnect with her long-lost family…and manages to find herself along the way. Diana Gallagher-Cary is at a tipping point. As a Washington, DC, OB/GYN at a prestigious hospital, she uses her career to distract herself from her grief over her granny’s death and her breakup from her long-term boyfriend after her free-spirited mother moves in with her. But when she makes a medical decision that disparages the hospital, she is forced to go on a short sabbatical. Never one to wallow, Diana decides to use the break to put order in her life, when her mother, Margo, stumbles upon a box of letters from her grandfather, Antonio Cruz, to her grandmother from the 1940s. The two women always believed that Antonio died in World War II, but the letters reveal otherwise. When they learn that he lived through the war, and that they have surviving relatives in the Philippines, Diana becomes determined to connect with the family that she never knew existed, though Margo refuses to face her history. But Diana pushes on, and heads on a once-in-a-lifetime trip that challenges her identity, family history, and her idea of romantic love that could change her life forever. Infused with Tif Marcelo’s signature “sexy, adorable, and heartfelt” (Kate Meader, USA TODAY bestselling author) voice, Once Upon a Sunset is a moving and lyrical celebration of love, family, and second chances.

On Mission: The Story of a Filipina MissionaryaEUR(tm)s Journey to Discover GodaEUR(tm)s Purpose Through Times of Joy and Pain

Author : Dr. Elsie Reyes Cook With Todd Cook
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1644710218
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book On Mission: The Story of a Filipina MissionaryaEUR(tm)s Journey to Discover GodaEUR(tm)s Purpose Through Times of Joy and Pain written by Dr. Elsie Reyes Cook With Todd Cook and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though Elsie Reyes Cook has traveled throughout Asia as a missionary, served as a high-profile executive at CBN Asia, while also being sought-after church speaker and counselor-her early beginnings hardly promised such a life of ministry. As a painfully shy, awkward and insecure girl growing up in a humble Philippines provincial household, Elsie often preferred to remain quietly in the shadows. But upon becoming born again, she gradually acquired a boldness that surprised even her. Guided by Romans 8:28 as a life verse, Elsie has experienced amazing aEURoehighsaEUR (success in ministry and academia) as well as aEURoelowsaEUR (attacks from co-workers and physical attacks while in India). Still, her story is a testimony to the fact that God is sovereign and through it aEURallaEUR is able work aEURoeallaEUR things for good

Life Stories of the Ibaloy from Upper Loacan, Itogon (Philippines)

Author : Frédéric Laugrand
Publisher : Presses universitaires de Louvain
ISBN 13 : 2875588982
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book Life Stories of the Ibaloy from Upper Loacan, Itogon (Philippines) written by Frédéric Laugrand and published by Presses universitaires de Louvain. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book a group of 9 Elders from Loacan share their life stories to Jazil Tamang, Esther Pistola and Gliseria Magapin who interviewed them between 2012 and 2016. The book is the first volume of a series devoted to Ibaloy culture and traditions. It is available in Nabaloy and in English.

Insurrecto

Author : Gina Apostol
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1641290927
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Insurrecto written by Gina Apostol and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A bravura performance."—The New York Times Histories and personalities collide in this literary tour-de-force about the Philippines’ present and America’s past by the PEN Open Book Award–winning author of Gun Dealers’ Daughter. Two women, a Filipino translator and an American filmmaker, go on a road trip in Duterte’s Philippines, collaborating and clashing in the writing of a film script about a massacre during the Philippine-American War. Chiara is working on a film about an incident in Balangiga, Samar, in 1901, when Filipino revolutionaries attacked an American garrison, and in retaliation American soldiers created “a howling wilderness” of the surrounding countryside. Magsalin reads Chiara’s film script and writes her own version. Insurrecto contains within its dramatic action two rival scripts from the filmmaker and the translator—one about a white photographer, the other about a Filipino schoolteacher. Within the spiraling voices and narrative layers of Insurrecto are stories of women—artists, lovers, revolutionaries, daughters—finding their way to their own truths and histories. Using interlocking voices and a kaleidoscopic structure, the novel is startlingly innovative, meditative, and playful. Insurrecto masterfully questions and twists narrative in the manner of Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Julio Cortázar’s Hopscotch, and Nabokov’s Pale Fire. Apostol pushes up against the limits of fiction in order to recover the atrocity in Balangiga, and in so doing, she shows us the dark heart of an untold and forgotten war that would shape the next century of Philippine and American history.

A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves

Author : Jason DeParle
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 067078592X
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves written by Jason DeParle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of the Year "A remarkable book...indispensable."--The Boston Globe "A sweeping, deeply reported tale of international migration...DeParle's understanding of migration is refreshingly clear-eyed and nuanced."--The New York Times "This is epic reporting, nonfiction on a whole other level...One of the best books on immigration written in a generation."--Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted The definitive chronicle of our new age of global migration, told through the multi-generational saga of a Filipino family, by a veteran New York Times reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. When Jason DeParle moved into the Manila slums with Tita Comodas and her family three decades ago, he never imagined his reporting on them would span three generations and turn into the defining chronicle of a new age--the age of global migration. In a monumental book that gives new meaning to "immersion journalism," DeParle paints an intimate portrait of an unforgettable family as they endure years of sacrifice and separation, willing themselves out of shantytown poverty into a new global middle class. At the heart of the story is Tita's daughter, Rosalie. Beating the odds, she struggles through nursing school and works her way across the Middle East until a Texas hospital fulfills her dreams with a job offer in the States. Migration is changing the world--reordering politics, economics, and cultures across the globe. With nearly 45 million immigrants in the United States, few issues are as polarizing. But if the politics of immigration is broken, immigration itself--tens of millions of people gathered from every corner of the globe--remains an underappreciated American success. Expertly combining the personal and panoramic, DeParle presents a family saga and a global phenomenon. Restarting her life in Galveston, Rosalie brings her reluctant husband and three young children with whom she has rarely lived. They must learn to become a family, even as they learn a new country. Ordinary and extraordinary at once, their journey is a twenty-first-century classic, rendered in gripping detail.

Patron Saints of Nothing

Author : Randy Ribay
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525554939
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Patron Saints of Nothing written by Randy Ribay and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST "Brilliant, honest, and equal parts heartbreaking and soul-healing." --Laurie Halse Anderson, author of SHOUT "A singular voice in the world of literature." --Jason Reynolds, author of Long Way Down A powerful coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncover the truth about his cousin's murder. Jay Reguero plans to spend the last semester of his senior year playing video games before heading to the University of Michigan in the fall. But when he discovers that his Filipino cousin Jun was murdered as part of President Duterte's war on drugs, and no one in the family wants to talk about what happened, Jay travels to the Philippines to find out the real story. Hoping to uncover more about Jun and the events that led to his death, Jay is forced to reckon with the many sides of his cousin before he can face the whole horrible truth -- and the part he played in it. As gripping as it is lyrical, Patron Saints of Nothing is a page-turning portrayal of the struggle to reconcile faith, family, and immigrant identity.

It’s A Mens World

Author : Bebang Siy
Publisher : Anvil Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9712728994
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book It’s A Mens World written by Bebang Siy and published by Anvil Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of funny and heartrending autobiographical essays by the young Filipino Chinese author is a photo album of sorts—there are black-and-white shots, vivid Polaroids, ID pictures, and yellowed photographs that look like scenes from a dream.

Children's Literature in Action

Author : Sylvia M. Vardell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440867798
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Children's Literature in Action written by Sylvia M. Vardell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practitioner-oriented introduction to literature for children ages 5–12 covers the latest trends, titles, and tools for choosing the best books and materials as well as for planning fun and effective programs and activities. The third edition of Children's Literature in Action provides an activity-oriented survey of children's literature for undergraduate and graduate students seeking licensure and degrees that will lead to careers working with children in schools and public libraries. Author Sylvia M. Vardell draws on her 30 years of university teaching and extensive familiarity with the major textbooks in the area of children's literature to deliver something different: a book that focuses specifically on the perspective and needs of the librarian, with emphasis on practical action and library applications. Its contents address seven major genres: picture books, traditional tales, poetry, contemporary realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and informational books. Each chapter includes practical applications for the educator who shares books with children and who develops literature-based instruction. Chapters are enriched by author comments, collaborative activities, featured books, special topics, and activities including selected awards and celebrations, historical connections, recommended resources, issues for discussion, and assignment suggestions. This new edition incorporates the 2018 AASL National School Library Standards.

The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic

Author : Nick Joaquin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524704547
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book The Woman Who Had Two Navels and Tales of the Tropical Gothic written by Nick Joaquin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating the centennial of his birth, the first-ever U.S. publication of Philippine writer Nick Joaquin’s seminal works, with a foreword by PEN/Open Book Award–winner Gina Apostol A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Nick Joaquin is widely considered one of the greatest Filipino writers, but he has remained little-known outside his home country despite writing in English. Set amid the ruins of Manila devastated by World War II, his stories are steeped in the post-colonial anguish and hopes of his era and resonate with the ironic perspectives on colonial history of Gabriel García Márquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. His work meditates on the questions and challenges of the Filipino individual’s new freedom after a long history of colonialism, exploring folklore, centuries-old Catholic rites, the Spanish colonial past, magical realism, and baroque splendor and excess. This collection features his best-known story, “The Woman Who Had Two Navels,” centered on Philippine emigrants living in Hong Kong and later expanded into a novel, the much-anthologized stories “May Day Eve” and “The Summer Solstice” and a canonic play, A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino. As Penguin Classics previously launched his countryman Jose Rizal to a wide audience, now Joaquin will find new readers with the first American collection of his work. Introduction and Suggestions for Further Reading by Vicente L. Rafael For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.