Tales of Old Manila
Tales of Old Manila

Author: Lisa Angstadt

Publisher: Tales

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789888422081

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Manila, and the Philippine islands beyond it, has a rich history, filled with Spanish galleons, Japanese invaders, killer volcanoes, and a host of colorful characters and incidents that make the city a must-visit destination in Asia. The influence of the Catholic Church and of Islam, the Spanish and American occupations, the Philippine independence movement, Imelda's shoes and General MacArthur's vow to return ... the list of amazing facts and treasures goes on and on. In the classic Tales format, this book tells the story of one of the world's great cities through words and images of the times.

Manila Memories
Manila Memories

Author: Juergen Goldhagen

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781848610101

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These are the stories of four young European boys in the Philippines during World War II. The authors were between the ages of nine and twelve and spent the war years in Manila, but were not interned. Sixty years later, they look back and recall their experiences of life during the Japanese occupation and the epic battle for the liberation of Manila. Edited by Juergen Goldhagen; contributions from Hans Hoeflein, Juergen R Goldhagen, Roderick Hall and Hans Walser.

Manila Noir
Manila Noir

Author: Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn

Publisher: Akashic Books

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 161775160X

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Manila is not for the faint of heart. Population: over ten million and growing by the minute. Climate: hot, humid and prone to torrential monsoon rains of biblical proportions. The ultimate femme fatale, she's complicated and mysterious, with a tainted, painful past. The perfect, torrid setting for noir. Edited by Dogeaters (Penguin, 1991) author and National Book Award Nominee Jessica Hagedorn, and featuring original stories from a stunning group of multi-award-winning authors.

Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila
Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila

Author: James M. Scott

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2018-10-30

Total Pages: 631

ISBN-13: 0393246957

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“Illuminating.… An eloquent testament to a doomed city and its people.” —The Wall Street Journal In early 1945, General Douglas MacArthur prepared to reclaim Manila, America’s Pearl of the Orient, which had been seized by the Japanese in 1942. Convinced the Japanese would abandon the city, he planned a victory parade down Dewey Boulevard—but the enemy had other plans. The Japanese were determined to fight to the death. The battle to liberate Manila resulted in the catastrophic destruction of the city and a rampage by Japanese forces that brutalized the civilian population, resulting in a massacre as horrific as the Rape of Nanking. Drawing from war-crimes testimony, after-action reports, and survivor interviews, Rampage recounts one of the most heartbreaking chapters of Pacific War history.

Tales of Old Batavia
Tales of Old Batavia

Author: Kami Ehrich

Publisher: Tales

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789888273492

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The city of Jakarta, today the capital of Indonesia, has had other incarnations and other names, most notably as the regional headquarters of the Dutch East Indies when it was known around the world as Batavia. As the capital of the Netherlands' highly unlikely empire in the far east of Asia, Batavia was for 200 years the lynchpin for the international spice trade. This book features highlights from the fascinating history of one of the most great cities of Asia.

Ghosts of Manila
Ghosts of Manila

Author: Mark Kram

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-06-03

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0061956686

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When Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier in Manila for their third fight, their rivalry had spun out of control. The Ali-Frazier matchup had become a madness, inflamed by the media and the politics of race. When the "Thrilla in Manila" was over, one man was left with a ruin of a life; the other was battered to his soul. Mark Kram covered that fight for Sports Illustrated in an award-winning article. Now his riveting book reappraises the boxers -- who they are and who they were. And in a voice as powerful as a heavyweight punch, Kram explodes the myths surrounding each fighter, particularly Ali. A controversial, no-holds-barred account, Ghosts of Manila ranks with the finest boxing books ever written.

Tales of Old Peking
Tales of Old Peking

Author: Derek Sandhaus

Publisher: Tales

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789881815422

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A forbidden city for Westerners for hundreds of years, China's capital has always been viewed as one of the world's most mysterious cities. This book re-creates a sense of old Peking through a pastiche of historical snippets--stories, quotations, cartoons, postcards and drawings--and shares intriguing tidbits about the Imperial Court. Placing Peking in the context of the Boxer Rebellion, when two very different yet equally headstrong cultures clashed, this is a valuable source for those interested in Chinese history.

Tales of Old Singapore
Tales of Old Singapore

Author: Iain Manley

Publisher:

Published: 2012-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789881998408

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Provides an overview of the history of Singapore, discussing the culturally diverse population, its history as a center of trade, and its time spent under the rule of the British Empire.

In the Country
In the Country

Author: Mia Alvar

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2015-06-16

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0385352840

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In these nine globe-trotting tales, Mia Alvar gives voice to the women and men of the Philippines and its diaspora. From teachers to housemaids, from mothers to sons, Alvar’s stories explore the universal experiences of loss, displacement, and the longing to connect across borders both real and imagined. In the Country speaks to the heart of everyone who has ever searched for a place to call home—and marks the arrival of a formidable new voice in literature.

Escape to Manila
Escape to Manila

Author: Frank Ephraim

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2010-10-01

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0252091116

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A harrowing account of Jewish refugees in the Philippines With the rise of Nazism in the 1930s more than a thousand European Jews sought refuge in the Philippines, joining the small Jewish population of Manila. When the Japanese invaded the islands in 1941, the peaceful existence of the barely settled Jews filled with the kinds of uncertainties and oppression they thought they had left behind. In this book Frank Ephraim, who fled to Manila with his parents, gathers the testimonies of thirty-six refugees, who describe the difficult journey to Manila, the lives they built there upon their arrival, and the events surrounding the Japanese invasion. Combining these accounts with historical and archival records, Manila newspapers, and U.S. government documents, Ephraim constructs a detailed account of this little-known chapter of world history.