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| Book Title | Author | Price in US$ |
| Category: Art and Culture / Archeology | ||
| CUARESMA | Benjamin Basilidez G. Bautista, Reynaldo C. Ileto, Nicanor G. Tiongson, Gilda Cordero-Fernando, Fernando N. Zialcita and Corazon S. Alvina | 70.00 |
| GREAT CHURCHES OF THE PHILIPPINES | Pedro Gallende, O.S.A. & Rene Javellana, S.J. | 14.50 |
| PHILIPPINE PICTURE POSTCARDS | Jonathan Best | 23.00 |
| TREASURES OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL MUSEUM | Ma. Elena Paterno | 27.50 |
| CHINESE AND VIETNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE WARES FOUND IN THE PHILIPPINES | Larry Gotuaco, Rita Tan and Alison Diem | 42.00 |
| FORTRESS OF EMPIRE | Rene Javellana, S.J. | 42.00 |
| FORM AND SPLENDOR Personal Adornment of Northern Luzon Ethnic Groups, Philippines |
Roberto Maramba | 93.00 |
| A PHILIPPINE
ALBUM: American Era Photographs 1900 – 1930 |
Jonathan Best | 64.50 |
| THE WORLD OF 1896 | Edited by Lorna Kalaw-Tirol | 67.00 |
| MINDANAO: A PORTRAIT | Edited by Rene B. Javellana, S.J. | 88.50 |
| LOVE LETTERS OF THE FIFTIES | Edited by Isagani Cruz | 3.50 |
| Category: Ecology and the Environment | ||
| THE LAST GREAT FOREST | Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan | 10.00 |
| PHILIPPINE WILDLIFE | Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan | 7.50 |
| A PICTORIAL CYCLOPEDIA OF PHILIPPINE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS (2nd Edition) | Domingo Madulid | 47.50 |
| A FIELD GUIDE TO WHALES AND DOLPHINS IN THE PHILIPPINES | Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan | 10.00 |
| FIELD GUIDE TO COMMON MANGROVES, SEAGRASSES AND ALGAE OF THE PHILIPPINES | Hilconida Calumpong & Ernani Menez | 12.00 |
| BENEATH PHILIPPINE SEAS | Robert Yin | 43.00 |
| THE PHILIPPINE RED
DATA BOOK The First List of Threatened Philippine Animals |
Prepared by the Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines, Inc. | 10.00 |
| FIELD GUIDE AND ATLAS OF THE SEAWEED RESOURCES OF THE PHILIPPINES | Gavino Trono, Jr. | 21.50 |
| PHILIPPINE
BIODIVERSITY: An Assessment and Action Plan |
Department of Environment and Natural Resources and United Nations Environment Programme | 40.00 |
| PHILIPPINE
AMPHIBIANS: An Illustrated Field Guide |
Dr. Angel Alcala and Walter C. Brown | 8.50 |
| THREATENED BIRDS OF THE PHILIPPINES | Nigel J. Collar, Neil Aldrin D. Mallari & Blas Tabaranza, Jr. | 34.50 |
| Category: Cookbooks | ||
| THE PHILIPPINE COOKBOOK (2nd Edition) | Virginia Roces de Guzman and Nina Daza-Puyat | 10.00 |
| THE BAGUIO STRAWBERRY COOKBOOK | Adelaida Lim-Perez and Nancy Pobanz | 3.50 |
| KINILAW: A PHILIPPINE CUISINE OF FRESHNESS | Edilberto Alegre and Doreen Fernandez | 7.00 |
| COCINE SULIPENA: CULINARY GEMS FROM OLD PAMPANGA | Gene Gonzales | 18.00 |
| THE COCONUT COOKERY OF BICOL | Honesto General | 9.00 |
| THE SECRET IS IN THE SAUCE | Marianne de Leon | 15.50 |
| Doreen C. Fernandez | ||
| IN MY BASKET: The Cookbook | Lydia Castillo | |
BOOKS LIST
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Category: Art and Culture
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CUARESMA CUARESMA documents the variety of beliefs and practices of Lent, the most varied, vibrant, and visible liturgical season in the Philippines. It explains the customary features of Philippine Lent, by showing how the Filipino has shaped Christianity, how the average Filipino has re-interpreted Christian belief within the context of Philippine social, political, and economic structure, as well as the physical environment. The book provides an excellent opportunity to study the Philippine’s interpretation of Christianity.
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GREAT CHURCHES OF
THE PHILIPPINES A photographic record of churches in the Philippines whose age, state of reservation, history, and architectural uniqueness set them above the rest. At the same time, an attempt to show how the Catholic Church has interwoven itself into the very fabric of Philippine life, exerting its influence from the cradle to the grave. The book reflects the ingenious adaptation of architectural idioms into Philippine culture. It shows how deeply Filipinos have internalized the rituals of the Catholic Church and have made it their own.
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PHILIPPINE PICTURE
POSTCARDS This book goes beyond being a simple history of early postcards and gives the reader a fascinating portrait of the Philippines during the first two decades of this century. It offers us a visual memory of a time which still retained much of the charm of the nineteenth century but was rapidly being transformed by political change with the advent of the modern era.
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TREASURES OF THE
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL MUSEUM This book was borne out of an idea to consider the National Museum treasures in a slightly different light – to look at textures, patinas, echoes of past lives; to discover implications of who we are and the way we live our present lives. The book showcases 58 of the finest examples of Philippine art and craft.
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CHINESE AND
VIETNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE WARES FOUND IN THE PHILIPPINES
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FORTRESS OF EMPIRE The book showcases a string of fortifications built throughout the Philippine archipelago, not bypassing even tiny remote islands, by Spanish colonists that began in 1565. Over the next three hundred years these forts served as their defense net – protecting themselves and their emerging settlements from perceived enemies.
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FORM AND SPLENDOR Form and Splendor, a large format coffee table book with 260 full-color pages on heavy, glossy stock. The book tells us about the aura of ornaments that are distinctly Asian in their simplicity, directness of design, integrity of materials and talismanic, fetishistic power. It has taken seven years to produce and should be the definitive book on Cordillera ornament to date.
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A PHILIPPINE
ALBUM: In his second book of vintage photographs, Jonathan Best has retrieved a beautiful collection of Philippine images from the dusty albums and old postcards sent to America decades ago. The pictures are accompanied by numerous quotes taken from Americans living in the Philippines at the time, bringing back an era which was swept away by the 2nd World War and subsequent modern development. Mr. Best has selected photographs that focus in a very personal way on the lives and occupations of Filipinos and a few Americans. This is expressive in the many expressive portraits of common men and women going about their daily lives. This “album” of timeless images is a visual feast and a poignant reminder of much that has been lost but also much that remains of the rich heritage and unique character of the Filipino people.
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THE WORLD OF 1896 A portrait of the world at the time of the Philippine revolution giving us a glimpse of life a hundred years ago. A book of 402 photographs, five main essays and 20 short ones bringing back into focus the details of the world in 1896. Rare vintage photographs more than just add grace to the book being eloquent testimonies of a pivotal era in the history of the Philippines. It gives us a clue why the revolution happened when it did, and not many years before.
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MINDANAO: A
PORTRAIT The book paints a quick but accurate sketch of Mindanao today, the traditional home of 19 ethnolinguistic groups and adopted home of millions of settlers who have embraced this land as their true home.
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LOVE LETTERS OF THE FIFTIES “There is little in this book for the boy and the girl who refuse to look at the silver lining in the sky. But for those who want to live, for the young and the old who believe that life is punctuated with untold thrills and enchanting surprises, then we offer this little volume on love. Every little love note is an adventure into a new romance, a new tomorrow, a new hope. Write it, mail it, and hope.” - V. Briones and J. Feliciano, July 1953
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Category: Ecology
and the Environment
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THE LAST GREAT
FOREST The book tells the story of the Northern Sierra Madre National Park located along a vast range of mountains down the northeast flank of Luzon. The park is recognized as one of the global key sites for conservation and biodiversity. The natural park is home to nearly threatened species including mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and shellfish, and serves as home to over a thousand indigenous people, the Dumagats. The book details the wonders of the park, its rich natural resources and wildlife.
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PHILIPPINE
WILDLIFE The book features
72 full color photos of different animal species that occur naturally in
the Philippines, including some of the more well-known and the most
endangered.
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A PICTORIAL
CYCLOPEDIA OF PHILIPPINE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS (2nd Edition) People from various walks of life have long wanted an easy-to-read comprehensive reference that will lead them to the identification and description of the numerous beautiful ornamental plants of the Philippines and to other pertinent information. The book provides an answer to this long-felt need and presents in systematic and pictorial form more than 1,000 species and varieties of native and introduced ornamental plants in the country. It is hoped that, through this book, people will gain a better understanding of the diversity of plants surrounding them, become more aware of and interested in propagating and caring for these ornamental plants, and protect and conserve rare or endangered species so they could be saved from extinction
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| A FIELD GUIDE TO WHALES
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DOLPHINS IN THE PHILIPPINES Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan 1995 National Book Award for Environment 1998 Gintong Aklat for Natural Science 1995, 125 pp., matte coated paper, 15.2cm x 23cm Price: US$ 10.00 "A well-made exhaustively researched and well-documented book with a conscience. Author Lory Tan shows us the beauty of these animals and what is happening to them right now. A scaled recognition chart is an added treat for kids and conscientious adults. The quality of this book is as impressive as its purpose is urgent." - Sunday Inquirer
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This book provides an insight into the biodiversity of Philippine marine life. It deals with the identification of the common and diverse organisms occurring in the productive coastal habitats, mangroves, seagrass meadows, and the coral reefs, and the seaweeds that inhabit them, contribute significantly to high fishery harvests.
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BENEATH PHILIPPINE
SEAS The book shows off the author’s 150 best shots in 136 pages showcasing the Philippines’ rich undersea life.
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THE PHILIPPINE RED
DATA BOOK The book is the first major contribution of the young Wildlife Conservation Society of the Philippines, Inc., in its continuing effort to conserve the country’s wildlife resources. It is also the first country Red Data Book produced with very substantial contributions from local Filipino experts. The unique and threatened species of the Philippines wild fauna are presented in this book. Their distribution and conservation status are given to provide funders, policy makers, NGOs, scientists and conservationists enough scientific basis to pursue the conservation of the species and their habitats. Thus, the book serves as a “call to action” to all sectors of our society to join in efforts to stem the tide of species extinction.
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FIELD GUIDE AND
ATLAS OF THE SEAWEED RESOURCES OF THE PHILIPPINES This book provides information on the kinds, the distribution, the availability, natural products and uses of Philippine seaweed resources. A review of literature on 222 species of Philippine seaweeds was made utilizing information available at the Seaweed and Invertebrates Information Center at the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute. Colored photographs of collected specimen, which were taken underwater to capture the natural habits of the plants, and scientific drawings that were illustrated for species whose morphological characters cannot be completely captured in colored photographs are featured in this book.
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PHILIPPINE
BIODIVERSITY: The book identified the problems, threats, and gaps that are based on the comprehensive assessment of the current status of the country’s biodiversity. Thus formed the basis for a national strategy and action plan, whose goals are the conservation, sustainable utilization, and equitable sharing of the benefits by all Filipinos, present and future. The book was designed to create awareness, better understanding and greater appreciation of the importance of biodiversity and the need to conserve and use it in a sustainable manner.
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PHILIPPINE
AMPHIBIANS: Philippine Amphibians is the first guide to more than 80 species of Philippine amphibians illustrated with color photographs. The book focuses on their diagnostic feature as well as the ingesting aspects of their natural history. This is designed to introduce various species the Philippine Amphibians to the general public and students of biodiversity.
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THREATENED BIRDS
OF THE PHILIPPINES A joint effort by the Haribon Foundation and the DENR, this book is a component of the Birdlife Asia Partnership’s Red Data Book Programme, which aims to document in full every species of bird threatened with extinction in the Asian region. Every piece of information relevant to the species’ conservation has been sought and assembled, using not only published and unpublished literature but also previously unused data from museum specimens and evidence from local officials, zoologists, conservationists and bird tourists. Each species account has been broken down into standard entries relating to distribution, population, ecology, threats, and conservation measures. This book attempts to record Philippine bird species before they are lost in memory and to sound the alarm for all to save them right now.
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COOKBOOKS
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THE PHILIPPINE COOKBOOK (2nd Edition) The book is a compilation of timeless recipes handed down by mothers to their sons and daughters. These recipes are simplified from their old procedures and proportions, preserving their original flavors. The latest editions features ten new enticing and easy to prepare recipes to suit today’s modern lifestyle. A great introduction to Philippine cuisine. According to Doreen Fernandez, in her column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, “Cookbooks like this are a distillation of food memories, and thus a precious resource both for cooks and for social historians not to speak of those who eat the food and read the works.”
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THE BAGUIO
STRAWBERRY COOKBOOK For most Filipinos, Baguio means strawberries and strawberries mean Baguio because nowhere else in the Philippines can one get this special berry. As a guidebook and a cookbook, this book provides us with recipes, stories, lore, and local culture. Color photos. Lots of fun.
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KINILAW: A
PHILIPPINE CUISINE OF FRESHNESS This is more than just another food book. Its chapters encompass kinilaw totally; its culture, its sensuality, its history, its art, its essence. This ingenious cuisine is at least a thousand years old, is done throughout the Philippines, and features fish, shellfish, crustaceans, meat, vegetables, and seaweed. A delightful guide to pleasures distinctly Filipino.
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COCINE
SULIPENA:
CULINARY GEMS FROM OLD PAMPANGA A cookbook that presents hometown cooking from Sulipan in Pampanga, a town that no longer exists. Recipes from this cookbook have been kitchen-tested by professionals. A realo working, workable cookbook. Featuring colored photos as well as black and white.
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THE COCONUT
COOKERY OF BICOL This is a fun book disguised as a cookbook. It is a brief autobiography with a rather extended digression on food. Incidentally, the recipes in these pages are truly edible; in fact, epicurean.
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THE SECRET IS IN
THE SAUCE The book is a compilation of over 230 recipes. Includes useful information on basic kitchen equipment and basic ingredients. Also features tips on how to cook rice and noodles and the art of creating perfect crust for pie.
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PALAYOK:
PHILIPPINE FOOD THOUGH TIME, ON SITE, IN THE POT “Palayok” is a collection of essays on Philippine food seen and explored through its historical and anthropological methods. It covers traditions and modernity, past and present, food beliefs and taboos, a prediction of food for the future. The book in its entirety provides chronicles and accounts on food information from fieldwork, and gives details on ethnographic data. D.M. Reyes writes of this book in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, “A potful of the past and the present … We owe the joy of reading to Ms. Doreen Fernandez – her stylish turns of phrase, the books impressive word range for food in its various sorts and flavors, in essays that are tangible, crisp and appealing.”
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IN MY
BASKET: The
Cookbook More than just a folio of recipes culled from extensive family collections and from the files of The Private Kitchen, Lydia D. Castillo’s food order business, but also new concoctions and contributions, as well as useful tips on a variety of subjects, including menu planning and cost-cutting budgets for those who must maintain a tight budget. Perfect for a working homemaker.
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