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The Island of Ted

The Island of Ted
  • Author(s): Jason Cunningham
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Would you give up everything you know to find paradise? That’s the question facing movie producer, Ted LaSalle. After a string of personal tragedies, Ted decides to leave it all behind and purchase his own island off the Philippine...

The Last Time I Saw Mother

The Last Time I Saw Mother
  • Author(s): Arlene J Chai
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): late 20th century

“AN OFTEN LYRICAL AND ALWAYS TOUGH-MINDED DEBUT . . . Provides rare insight into the three cultures–Spanish, Chinese, and Filipino–that coexist in the Philippines.” –The New York Times Book Review Caridad’s mother never writes. So when a letter arrives...

The Reign of Greed

The Reign of Greed
  • Author(s): José Rizal
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Biography
  • Era(s): late 19th Century

Dr. Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (1861-1896) was a Filipino polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He attended the Ateneo Municipal de Manila, earning a Bachelor...

The Solemn Lantern Maker

The Solemn Lantern Maker
  • Author(s): Merlinda Bobis
  • Location(s): Manila
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

From the award-winning author of Banana Heart Summer–“ wonderful debut… resembles Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street and is destined to be a hit among book club members”*–comes a wondrous tale of hope, secrets, and family devotion. It’s...

The Trial of Maximo Bonga

The Trial of Maximo Bonga
  • Author(s): John Harris
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Based on a true story On one of South East Asia’s most remote beaches, a young woman’s body is found. The corrupt local police think they have found the perfect fall guy in Maximo Bonga – cantankerous World War...

The Unfolding

The Unfolding
  • Author(s): Jeehan Quijano
  • Location(s): The Philippines, Los Angeles
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Unfolding traces the return from Los Angeles of Benjamin, the son of an indigent farm worker, who escaped the poverty of his hometown, San Jacinto, with the help of the seemingly benevolent Don Rafael. Drawn back to his...

They’re Rugby Boys, Don’t You Know?

They’re Rugby Boys, Don’t You Know?
  • Author(s): Natalie Vellacott
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 2011

A true story detailing how a Christian Police Sergeant from England boarded the Logos Hope Missionary Ship in 2011 and was forever changed when, in the Philippines, she unexpectedly encountered and fell in love with a group of street...

To the Brink

To the Brink
  • Author(s): Cindy Gerard
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Romance
  • Era(s): early 2000s

Working on highly sensitive diplomatic affairs, Darcy Prescott is a natural target for terrorist kidnappers. But when she’s mysteriously plucked off a street in Manila one sultry night, Darcy’s disappearance isn’t what it seems… The moment Special Forces soldier...

When the Rainbow Goddess Wept

When the Rainbow Goddess Wept
  • Author(s): Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1941

Set against the backdrop of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines in 1941, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard’s brilliant novel weaves myth and legend together with the suffering and tragedies of the Filipino people. When nine-year-old Yvonne flees with her family...

When Turtles Come Home: A Memoir on Life in the Philippines

When Turtles Come Home: A Memoir on Life in the Philippines
  • Author(s): Victoria Hoffarth
  • Location(s): The Philippines
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Later 20th Century

When Victoria Hoffarth was at graduate school in the U.S., her lecturer, the anthropologist Margaret Mead, once told her class, “There are so many varied places in the world. It is incumbent upon us to search for one where we most...

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