Title: HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR PEARLS ARE REAL?
A book about single mothers and their parenting experience. Also includes children’s experiences.
Price: $15.65
Author: Barbara C. Gonzalez
Anvil Publishing, Metro Manila, 1991, p.300
Category: Non-Fiction
FOR THE PEOPLE WITH THE PEOPLE
Title: FOR THE PEOPLE WITH THE PEOPLE
This book contains inspiring stories describing social entrepreneurship at its best as it brings hope to marginalized people in the Philippines. It is a must-read for those who believe that meaningful change can occur when ordinary folks dream, believe and commit to its realization. The eight organizations are: Kamay Krafts, Rags2Riches, Pathways to Higher Education, Hapinoy, Gawad Kalinga, Conti’s Specialty Foods, Venture for Fund Raising, and the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development-Mutual Reinforcing Institutions (CARD-MRI)
Price: $15.00
Author: Mar. Regina M. Hechanova-Alampay
Ateneo de Manila University Press, Quezon City, 2009, p.140
DOCTOR TO THE BARRIOS
Title: DOCTOR TO THE BARRIOS
Dr. Juan Flavier, a member of the Philippine Senate, writes his personal account of experiences with people in the barrios, with the hope that readers will have a better understanding of the Philippines’ rural life.
Price: $7.50
Author: Juan M. Flavier
New Day Publisher, Quezon City, 1970, p.208
BACK TO THE BARRIOS
Title: BACK TO THE BARRIOS
This book is the third volume of vignettes about barrio life, preceded by Doctor to the Barrios (1970) and My Friends in the Barrios (1974). Like the first two, the book had been standard reading for U.S. Peace Corps volunteers to the Philippines. Entertaining, yet informative for those who need to gain insight on rural Filipinos. The author simplifies the complex. A classic!
Price: $7.50
Author: Juan M. Flavier
New Day Publishers, Quezon City, 1978, p.150
THE FALL OF JOSEPH ESTRADA: THE INSIDE STORY
Title: THE FALL OF JOSEPH ESTRADA: THE INSIDE STORY
Provides behind the scenes accounts of former President Estrada’s removal from office and President Macapagal-Arroyo’s rise to the highest office.
Price: $25.00
Author: Amando Doronila
Anvil Publishing and Philippine Daily Inquirer, 2001, p.316
KAPWA: The Self in the Other
Title: KAPWA: The Self in the Other
Price: $18.25
Author: Katrin de Guia, PhD
Anvil Publishing, Metro Manila, 2005, p.378
THE COMMUNITY OF ASIA: CONCEPT OR REALITY
Title: THE COMMUNITY OF ASIA: CONCEPT OR REALITY
Price: $15.00
Author: Urvashi Butalia, Jong Won Lee, Masaaki Ohashi and Karina A. Bolasco
Anvil Pubishing, Metro Manila, 2006, p.392
THE ORIGINS OF METROPOLITAN MANILA: A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS
Title: THE ORIGINS OF METROPOLITAN MANILA: A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ANALYSIS
Traces the Philippine experience in urbanization and metropolitan growth, showing similarities to other countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America
Price: $20.00
Author: Manuel A. Caoli
University of the Philippines Press, Quezon City, 1989, p.280
BE HANDS ON! INSPIRING VOLUNTEER STORIES
Title: BE HANDS ON! INSPIRING VOLUNTEER STORIES
Price: $16.25
Author: Jaime Lin et aL
Hands On Manila Foundation, Inc. and Anvil Publishing Inc., 2008, p.181
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