The Governor-General's Kitchen
Philippine Culinary Vignettes and Period Recipes 1521-1935

by Felice Sta. Maria

Winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2007 for Best Culinary History Book

A La Carte
Food and Fiction

by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Marily Ysip Orosa

Winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2007 for Best  Food Literature Award

Mga Biyahe, Mga Estasyon
Journeys, Junctions

by Rio Alma

"A collection culled from Rio Alma’s last ten poetry books that individually and invariably include a poem or a group of poems on places where the poet has traveled. Among these poems, too, might be felt most the characteristic tension between home and destination, the past and the present, and the febrile twilight in-between where the poet-traveler finds himself. And because Rio Alma is Rio Alma, the persona in these poems of wandering, sometimes of displacement and alienation, is always Filipino.

The Gods We Worship Live Next Door

By Bino A. Realuyo

In Realuyo’s landscape of poetry, the ruins and the ruined of the Philippines gather to speak of “memories that arises from simple truths,” and prove that what the punished body cannot endure, the soul will ultimately witness, illuminate, and redeem.

Seeking a Better Life Abroad
A Study of Filipinos in Canada 1957-2007

by Eleanor del Rio-Laquian and Aprodicio A. Laquian

"Brilliant, well-researched, incisive and at times controversial... this book is vital reading for anyone thinking of migrating to Canada." - Jose S. Brillantes, Philippine Ambassador to Canada

Militant but Groovy Stories of Samahang Demokratiko ng Kabataan (SDK)

compiled and edited by Soliman M. Santos Jr. and Paz Verdades M. Santos

In his now classic essay “The Tide of History," SDK stalwart Vivencio Jose describes what he calls a narrative of liberation thus, “It was patently clear that the unchangingofficial historical narrative was no longer feasible, they had to create their own narrative.With high hopes thatpraxis would disclose its discourse, they embarked on a journey ofdiscovery and struggle. They did not look back even when the violent pull and push ofreality tore the last shred of their innocence. The journey changed their lives forever.They thus created their part of the narrative of human liberation.”

Basic Ecclesial Communities
A New Way of Being Church in the Philippines

by Monsignor Manuel G. Gabriel

Through the author’s diary-like recounting of his many experiences forming communities as a young priest in a big parish in Novaliches and his unique challenges in a parish in an academic setting, he shows how people come together and come apart, and how BEC can revitalize faith and life and move people forward in knowledge and also in growth and development. – Most Reverend Gaudencio B. Cardinal Rosales, Archbishop of Manila.

Kino -Sine: Philippine-German Cinema Relations


Edited by Tilman Baumgärtel

A book which provides an historical perspective on the earlier development of experimental non-mainstream film in the Philippines.