Lolo José
Author: Asunción López Bantug
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13:
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Parlade Family Memoir
Author: Bob Parlade
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2013-07
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 1483633667
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho were your forbears? What sort of humans were we? What kind of world have we moved about? How as a family have we lived and how have we interacted with people around us? The contents of this book will very likely be of immense value to two or more generations down the line, specifically the grandchildren of our grandchildren, in the same manner as I, at this moment, would pay a price to see and learn how our forbears of past two or more generations lived within the context indicated above.
The Tale of the Tails....
Author: Luisa Letran
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2013-03
Total Pages: 103
ISBN-13: 1477123601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fantasy story of love, hope, family and helping others to a better life is set in post World War II in Spain, where a family were left devastated and fatherless. A story told of the battle of two young sisters, Pilar and Dolores and their struggles in living their lives without their parents. Until one day, when Pilar stumbles into the well to discover the magical rat family living there that will transform their lives forever! This touching journey of both girls highlights their healing through love, music and creativity which then leads them to help others in bringing their families back together.
Subversive Lives
Author: Susan F. Quimpo
Publisher: Ohio University Press
Published: 2016-07-29
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 089680495X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the 1960s to the 1990s, seven members of the Quimpo family dedicated themselves to the anti-Marcos resistance in the Philippines, sometimes at profound personal cost. In this unprecedented memoir, eight siblings (plus one by marriage) tell their remarkable stories in individually authored chapters that comprise a family saga of revolution, persistence, and, ultimately, vindication, even as easy resolution eluded their struggles. Subversive Lives tells of attempts to smuggle weapons for the New People’s Army (the armed branch of the Communist Party of the Philippines); of heady times organizing uprisings and strikes; of the cruel discovery of one brother’s death and the inexplicable disappearance of another (now believed to be dead); and of imprisonment and torture by the military. These stories show the sacrifices and daily heroism of those in the movement. But they also reveal its messy legacies: sons alienated from their father; daughters abused by the military; friends betrayed; and revolutionary affection soured by intractable ideological differences. The rich and distinctive contributions span the martial law years of Ferdinand Marcos’s rule. Subversive Lives is a riveting and accessible primer for those unfamiliar with the era, and a resonant history for those with a personal connection to what it meant to be Filipino at that time, or for anyone who has fought political repression.
A Handbook on Spoken English for Filipinos
Author:
Publisher: Rex Bookstore, Inc.
Published:
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9789712312328
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Author: Evelyn Regner Seno
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2017-05-26
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1524561312
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRomance, history, culture, intrigue . . . all in one book. This is based on a true story written by no less than a great-granddaughter of the central character, a Spanish Catholic priest of the friar orders. In the late nineteenth century, Father Antolin Frias occupies a significant position as administrator in the churches of Cebu in the Philippines, while the entire colony, Las Islas Filipinas, is on the verge of rebellion against the Spanish colonizers. Caught in a web of intrigue and romance, the priest is a man who struggles to liberate himself from the tyranny of his own life. Around him brews a boiling cauldron of violence and bloodshed as the nation struggles toward freedom from oppression. He knows freedom comes only with truth. Both man and nation must seek truth. But the truth is elusive and comes at a high price. With a touch of Jungian psychology and Hegelian philosophy, the book contains discussions of facts, folklore, and reflections. This adds credibility to the writers romantic interpretation of the characters own conflicts and moral struggle, as narrated by each of them in the first person. The book also contains a documentary made up of old photographs of the family and relevant historical places.
Family Journeys Through Peaks and Valleys
Author: Demetria Vargas
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2020-04-02
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 1796093319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese essays are true narratives about the author’s life with her Philippine family of origin. It covers her childhood and early adult years in the Philippines between the 1950s and 1970s and her more than three decades of working as a permanent resident in Canada, and then continues with her retirement years alternating between these two countries. Reflecting on her roles as daughter, granddaughter, niece and sister to six siblings, she describes joyful and unhappy incidents in the context of alliances and alienations formed between her and her elders and those between her and her siblings. Stories about her magnificent parents and other elders show how life’s joys become more rewarding when shared with deserving, meaningful relations; those echoing from the valleys are reminders that when a hand is extended to somebody hurting, it invariably eases the pain and oftentimes inspires gratefulness and reciprocity. Both peak and valley journeys provide a glimpse into the all too often inexplicable intertwining of chance and choice as the actors in this sort of tragicomic family play sought validation for their respective sense of person at certain points in time.
Mommy
Author: Melandrew T. Velasco
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13:
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Author: Jose Dalisay Jr.
Publisher: Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2017-11-15
Total Pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9712733157
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Unknown Chapter in Philippine History Emmanuel Quiason Yap possessed a unique perspective on world affairs. This was largely a product of his upbringing and life experience, which underpinned his great love of country. Through his life, we see a clear view of the road not taken. This book portrays one of the most significant and turbulent chapters in Philippine history in this context. The period from the late 1950s to the early 1970s witnessed a resurgence of the nationalist movement, the election of Ferdinand Marcos as president, the establishment of the Communist Party of the Philippines, the First Quarter Storm, the bombing of Plaza Miranda, and the declaration of martial law. Manoling Yap cast a different light on these events, including the roles of Marcos, and Ninoy and Cory Aquino. Inevitably, many disagreed with his analysis and some dismissed him as a Communist. Ironically, it was during this period that his career reached both its zenith and nadir. Because of illness, he was unable to write his autobiography as he had always intended. But his analysis and interpretation of important events present an alternative viewpoint that must be known. This is Manoling Yap’s story
Revolutionary Spirit
Author: John Nery
Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9814345075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA study of Rizal, his works, and his influence in Southeast Asia; how his contemporaries saw him; the role Rizal played in inspiring Indonesian nationalists; how the Indonesians and Malaysians appropriated him in the movement for independence, and how he figures in the region's intellectual, political and literary discourse.
