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  Noli Me Tangere: Book 1

  Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)

  by José Rizal

  In more than a century since its appearance, José Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines. A passionate love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder, "The Noli," as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism, and Rizal became a guiding... (more)
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  Noli Me Tangere: Book 2

  The Reign of Greed

  Original title: El Filibusterismo

  by José Rizal

  "El Filibusterismo" ("The Subversive") is the second novel by Jose Rizal (1861-1896), national hero of the Philippines. Like its predecessor, the better-known "Noli Me Tangere", the "Fili" was written in Castilian while Rizal was traveling and studying in Europe. It was published in Ghent in 1891 and later translated into English, German, French, Japanese, Tagalog, Ilonggo, and other languages. A nationalist novel... (more)
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  'Gapô

  At Isang Puting Pilipino, sa Mundo ng mga Amerikanong Kulay Brown

  by Lualhati Bautista

  Text: Tagalog
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  Without Seeing the Dawn

  by Stevan Javellana

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  Florante at Laura

  by Francisco Balagtas

  Kailangan ngang kung ano ang akda ng dakilang Makata ay siyang papanatilihing buhay magpakailan man, walang munti mang pagbabago, sa maging labis man o kulang, kahi’t mali mang nakikita. Ni isang titik, ni isang kuwit—maliban na nga lamang kung hindi maiwasan dahil sa makapangyarihang atas ng panibagong alituntunin sa pagsulat.
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  Rizal Without the Overcoat

  by Ambeth R. Ocampo

  "Through writing about history, Ocampo writes on Rizal as if he happened yesterday. In the clean, cool style of a good journalist...Ocampo is one historian who has never known to impose dogmas and definitive treatises. Reading Ocampo's history is like sitting down with a friend who shares what he has learned. But what he does best is to share the certainty of his doubts. Which probably makes him less of a... (more)
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  The Pretenders

  by F. Sionil José

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  Ermita

  by F. Sionil José

  Ermita as the major character in this novel, was introduced in F. Sionil Jose’s novella, Obsession. Fabulous prostitute, a woman wronged, she is now exposed in her equisite nudity, surrounded by people like her, Eduardo Dantes, publisher, Senator Andres Bravo, General Bombilla, socialite Conchita Rojo, and Rolando Cruz, Ph.D. in history turned public relations specialist.Ermita is the story of an enclave... (more)
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  Smaller and Smaller Circles

  by F. H. Batacan

  Smaller and Smaller Circles is a crime fiction novel by Filipino writer F. H. Batacan. It centers on the investigation of a series of brutal killings of teenaged boys in the slums of Quezon City.
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  Bata, Bata... Pa'No Ka Ginawa?

  by Lualhati Bautista

  ...Hanggang sa ang bata ay hindi na bata kundi ama, o ina. Ano ang ituuro niya ngayon sa kanyang mga anak? Lahat ng dapat niyang matutuhan ngayon pa lang, hindi pagkamasunurin at pagkakimi, kundi pagkibo pag may sasabihin at paglaban pag kailangan. Lahat ng panahon ay hindi panahon ng mga takot at pagtitmpi; lahat ng panahon ay panahon ng pagpapasiya.
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  Tall Story

  by Candy Gourlay

  Be careful what you wish for ...Andi is short. And she has lots of wishes. She wishes she could play on the school basketball team, she wishes for her own bedroom, but most of all she wishes that her long lost half brother, Bernardo, could come and live in London, where he belongs. Then Andi's biggest wish comes true and she's minutes away from becoming someone's little sister. As she waits anxiously for Bernardo... (more)
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  Dekada '70

  by Lualhati Bautista

  Text: Tagalog
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  Mass

  by F. Sionil José

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  State of War

  by Ninotchka Rosca

  Author of the recent nonfiction Endgame: The Fall of Marcos, Filipino Rosca turns once again to her native country. The main thread of this story is squarely political, yet, tucked inside is a novel within a novel, a dreamy, allegorical history of the Philippines in which the ancestors of the three central charactersEliza Hansen, Adrian Banyaga and Anna Villaverdefigure prominently. The trio of young people travel... (more)
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  Tree

  by F. Sionil José

  Tree is a story of a boy growing up in a small Ilokano town, surrounded by friends bedlow his social class, by relatives and doting servants who have served his family all their lives. It is also a story of oppression and compassion. TREE belongs to Francisco Sionil Jose's largest body of work known as the Rosales novels. Like much of his fiction, it depicts man's continuing and often futile search for... (more)
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  Flowers from the rubble

  by Conrado De Quiros

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  Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah (The Spectacular Adventures of Zsazsa Zaturnnah)

  Collected Edition

  by Carlo Vergara

  Recipient of a Manila Critics' Circle National Book AwardThis volume collects Carlo Vergara's award-winning two-part miniseries, and includes four special full-color posters and commentary from the author. For Mature Readers Ever! Contains strong language and suggestive imagery. 143 black and white comics pageswritten in FilipinoGraphics Novels / FilipinianaPrinted and... (more)
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  ABNKKBSNPLAKo?!

  by Bob Ong

  ABNKKBSNPLAko?! is a 2001 novel by Filipino author Bob Ong — his first and most popular work. The title is meant to be read phonetically as "Aba, nakakabasa na pala ako?!", which can be roughly translated as "Wow, I can read now?!" The novel details what are supposedly childhood memories of the author, from his earliest days as a student until his first few years at work.The success of Bob Ong's book... (more)
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  Bonifacio's Bolo

  by Ambeth R. Ocampo

  "History repeats itself as historians repeat each other. But not Ocampo. Because he keeps an eye peeled on the 'traces' of history and on the people who made them happen, and why, where, how and when. Which is why Ocampo's history reads like today's headlines. Why his history has a contemporary resonance. Yesterday's news is still news..." Andres Bonifacio preferred his gun to his bolo and the Great Plebian... (more)
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  Gagamba the Spider Man

  by F. Sionil José

  GAGAMBA, the cripple, sells sweepstakes tickets the whole day at the entrance to Camarin, the Ermita restaurant. He sees them all—the big men, politicians, journalists, generals, landlords, and the handsome call-girls who have made Camarin famous. In mid-July 1990, a killer earthquake struck and entombed all the beautiful people dining at the Camarin. Gagamba could have easily gotten killed—but he survived the... (more)