Category: Non-Fiction

Title: IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS

“Sixteen deceptively simple stories…many of them about Filipinos tongue tied and alienated in their motherland, or scattered across the map of heartaches and homesickness…a book of quiet gems definitely worth the wait.” R. Zamora Linmark.
A teacher at Punahou School, the author has also published two short story collections—Balikbayan and Mango Seasons. She grew up in Olongapo but now lives in Hawai’i. The cover art by Dindo Llana satirizes politicians and popular figures and depicts them on milk can labels. His art has appeared in various publications and children’s books. He lives in Quezon City, Philippines.

Price: $18.00

Author: Michelle Cruz Skinner Cover Design By: Dindo Llana

Bamboo Ridge Press, Honolulu, 2009, p.181

Title: A MAN AND HIS MUSIC, An Autobiography

Angel Pena joined the Honolulu Symphony in 1969 and for the next 20 years played as a double bassist, becoming the musical arranger for the symphony’s Starlight Concert Series. In 1979 the Hawaii State Foundation of Culture and the Arts sponsored “Pamana ng Lahi” an all-Pena composition concert in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the sakadas in Hawaii. Among Angel Pena’s prize winning works are the well-loved “Igorot Rhapsody for Symphony Orchestra” which won first prize at the 1960 National Symphonic Poem Composition Contest and the “Sonata for Double Bass and Piano” which he performed in 1971 at the Lincoln Center in NYC.

Price: $16.00

Author: Angel Peña

Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2007, p.203

Title: Fortunato Teho’s HAWAII GARDENS.

This book contains a biography of Fortunato Teho written by his granddaughter, Corinne, and a selection of his garden writings that was left unfinished at his passing in 1986. His notes on Hawaiian horticulture were ahead of his time—and may now be called “sustainable gardening.” Fortunato Teho ‘s influence on home gardening throughout the islands was unparalleled from the late 1940s to 1980s through his newspaper columns, radio, television broadcasts and best selling book Plants of Hawaii—How to Grow Them. He was also the first naturalized Filipino American citizen in Hawaii and the first Filipino graduate of the University of Hawaii.

Price: $9.95

Author: Corinne Villa-Riese Ted Riese, 2011, p.172

Title: Nick: A Portrait of the Artist Nick Joaquin.

“Nick Joaquin is honored and hailed by many for what he did for arts and letters in this country. This biography is really a reminiscence and touches more on the man known only to some so that, others who did not really know him may get to see—and love—the man he truly was.” from the book’s preface.

Price: $20.00

Author: Joaquin, Tony and Kismadi, Gloria

Anvil Publishing, Manila, 2011, p,149

Title: CHILDREN OF THE EVER-CHANGING MOON

This anthology presents new voices that offer a glimps into lives of Filipino muslims.

Price: $9.50

Author: Essays by Young Moro Writers, Gutierrez Mangansakan II, Editor.

Anvil Publishing, Manila, 2007

Title: SECRETS OF THE EIGHTEEN MANSIONS

A story of underground Filipino expats in China during the Cultural Revolution.

Price: $9.50

Author: Mario I. Miclat

Anvil Publishing, Manila, 2010, p.348

Title: THE BAGUIO WE KNOW

To those who once lived in this city, Baguio evokes “ more than just a place and time…but a state of consciousness, forever locked in space and being.”

Price: $9.50

Author: Grace Celeste T. Subido, Editor.

Anvil Publishing, Manila, 2009, p.127.

Title: MANGO SEASONS

A second printing of the popular novel written by a Hawaii resident who grew up in Olongapo.

Price: $6.10

Author: Michelle Cruz Skinner

Anvil Publishing, Manila, 2010, p. 196

Title: BANYAGA, A SONG OF WAR

A compelling novel spanning 100 years of the Filipino-Chinese saga in the Philippines.

Price: $12.50

Author: Charlson Ong

Anvil Publishing, Manila, 2006, p.368