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- Location(s): California, London, Switzerland, The Philippines, The South of France (Le Midi)
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): PRESENT
An LA screenwriter is killed shortly after completing his latest script, FALL OUT – a thriller destined to be a blockbuster but written with a secret double purpose. Echoing events from the past the screenplay is sent to a...
- Location(s): Kuwait, The Philippines
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Late 20th Century
Josephine escapes poverty by coming to Kuwait from the Philippines to work as a maid, where she meets Rashid, an idealistic only son with literary aspirations. Josephine, with all the wide-eyed naivety of youth, believes she has found true...
- Location(s): The Philippines
- Genre(s): Fiction, Suspense
- Era(s): 2013
In the aftermath of the fiercest typhoon on record to hit land, banners bearing the words Tindog Tacloban started to appear all over the city. Meaning Rise Up Tacloban, they were a testament to the determination and resilience of...
- Location(s): The Philippines
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
The Betrayed tells the story of two sisters who love the same man. As dictatorship and political upheaval ravage the Philippines, the sister’s conflicting passions threaten to lead them to betray not only each other, but all that their...
- Location(s): Thailand, The Philippines
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Various
Timothy Mo’s first novel in a decade is set within the battle for secession in the Muslim regions of southern Thailand.It’s narrated for the most part by Snooky, a Thai Ladyboy. Pure covers epic expanses of time and is...
America’s Boy: the Marcoses and the Philippines
- Location(s): The Philippines
- Genre(s): Biography
- Era(s): Late 20th Century
A re-examination of the rule of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos in the Philippines and the conditions that gave rise to their leadership. The author argues that they were merely the latest in a long line of corrupt Filipino leaders...
An Anarchy of Families: State and Family in the Philippines
- Location(s): The Philippines
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Current
Winner of the Philippine National Book Award, this pioneering volume reveals how the power of Filipino family-based oligarchies both derives from and contributes to a weak, corrupt state. From provincial warlords to modern managers, prominent Philippine leaders have fused...
- Location(s): Manila
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1980s
The Caldwell household, set against the dying regime of the Marcos family with its horror and abuse of its people.
Benevolent Assimilation: The American Conquest of the Philippines, 1899 – 1903
- Location(s): The Philippines
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): Turn of 19th and 20th Centuries
American acquisition of the Philippines and Filipino resistance to it became a focal point for debate on American imperialism. In a lively narrative, Miller tells the story of the war and how it challenged America’s sense of innocence.
- Location(s): The Philippines
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Current
Take a middle-aged white man and send him on holiday to the Philippines with some friends and then be prepared for some surprises, but not the ones you might expect…. Okay, he is no saint, but nor is he...
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