Ibong Adarna

Ibong Adarna
Experience anew and share with our children the Filipino classic Ibong Adarna, released as the country’s first interactive e-book. Read more

Asian Hearts 6: Rain, Rain, Go Away…

Asian Hearts 6: Rain, Rain, Go Away...
Gustong makilala ni Rain ang kaniyang sarili. Read more

Ang Astig at Ang Engot

Ang Astig at Ang Engot
Hindi malaman ng investigative journalist na si Eyell kung paano itatama ang isa sa pinakamalaking pagkakamaling nagawa  niya sa kanyang buhay: ang sirain ang kasal ng isang estranghero. Read more

The Kobayashi Maru of Love

The Kobayashi Maru of Love
With this collection of wry, pop-culture tinged personal essays on life, love and heartbreak, the author leaves you wondering: In relationships, can there be such a thing as the “no-win scenario”? Read more

In Another Dress

In Another Dress
In Another Dress is a collection of one woman's alternately heartwarming and heart-tugging anecdotes from a life she has lived well -- and is intent on still living to the fullest. Read more

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel
Based on the blog of the same name, Touched by an Angel chronicles Noemi Lardizabal-Dado's journey from the deepest grief Read more

Asia and the West: A Universal Perspective

Asia and the West: A Universal Perspective
The relationship between east (Asia) and west (Europe and America) is discussed in terms of the global future and ideals of universality. Read more

The Reign of Greed (El Filibusterismo)

The Reign of Greed (El Filibusterismo)
Continuing the story of Crisostomo Ibarra, now an embittered crusader named Simoun, this sequel to Noli Me Tangere proffers a Read more

Claiming “Malayness”: Civilizational Discourse in Colonial Philippines

Claiming “Malayness”: Civilizational Discourse in Colonial Philippines
This analysis focuses on the discourses that emerged during the Spanish colonial era dealing with the Malay identity and hybrid, multiracial character of the Filipinos. Read more

Filipino Soldiers During the Dutch Wars

Filipino Soldiers During the Dutch Wars
The alliances formed between Spanish and Filipino military throughout Philippine colonial history are explored in this essay, especially the progressive enlistment of Filipino soldiers in the Spanish army during the Dutch wars. Read more

Making Women Visible in History

Making Women Visible in History
This analysis shows the methodologies and perspectives in women's studies that can be utilized to successfully highlight the woman in history. Read more

The Last Hacendera: Doña Teresa de la Paz

The Last Hacendera: Doña Teresa de la Paz
Luciano P.R. Santiago's The Last Hacendera: Doña Teresa de la Paz is a spectacle of history writing in which he Read more

Avoiding Conception in the Nineteenth Century

Avoiding Conception in the Nineteenth Century
This essay describes the means by which women in the nineteenth-century Philippines expressed their sexuality despite restrictive colonial standards and prescriptions. Read more

The Women of Ilocos in the Revolutionary Era

The Women of Ilocos in the Revolutionary Era
The Philippine Revolution has always largely been known for the actions and heroics of its male leaders, yet Filipinas were also actors, fighters and decision-makers during this crucial period in history. Read more

Filipino Women Writing in English

Filipino Women Writing in English
The author discusses the radical change of focus in women's writings, from traditional and conservative topics to liberal and erotic themes in contemporary times. Read more

Roots of Feminine Thought in the Philippines

Roots of Feminine Thought in the Philippines
This essay explains the importance of thriving feminist thought in a continuously patriarchal Filipino society. Read more

Filipina Artists in the Fine Arts

Filipina Artists in the Fine Arts
The development of the woman's role and image in the history of Philippine art, from muse to creator, model to art-maker, is described here. Read more

Salud Algabre, Revolutionary

Salud Algabre, Revolutionary
The life of the freedom fighter Salud Algabre, the only female member of the Sakdal peasant rebel movement against the American colonial government in the 1930s, is recounted for the first time through personal interviews and reminiscences. Read more

The Querida in Cebuano Fiction

The Querida in Cebuano Fiction
The author discusses the evolution of image and concept of the querida or mistress through different historical periods of the Philippines. Read more

The Wild Woman in Philippine Novels

The Wild Woman in Philippine Novels
This discussion contextualizes the emergence of the wild woman archetype in contemporary Philippine novels and its evolution from the traditional archetypes of Maria Clara and Mater Dolorosa. Read more

The Filipina in Japan’s Gaze

The Filipina in Japan's Gaze
This exploration of the sexualization and racialization of women from third world countries focuses on the figure of the Filipina japayuki working in the patriarchal Japanese society. Read more

Filipino Religious Consciousness

Filipino Religious Consciousness
A study of the religious consciousness of the Filipino as reflected in customs, traditions, symbols, folk literature and popular culture, presenting a profile of spirituality consisting of commonalities in the worldviews of representative linguistic groups in the country. Read more

Maharang, Mahamis na Literatura sa mga Tataramon na Bikol

Maharang, Mahamis na Literatura sa mga Tataramon na Bikol
A collection of the finest literature in Bikolano, sampled from anthologies, competitions, magazines, newspapers, theses and dissertations. Read more

Mabathalang Pag-aaral

Mabathalang Pag-aaral
An exploration of how Filipinos experience God, in a manner unique and distinct from Westernized theological influences, and how they relate these experiences to their everyday lives. Read more

Sanghiyang sa Mundo ng Internet

Sanghiyang sa Mundo ng Internet
Explores our experience of the internet in both the “real” and “virtual” arenas, as a site for cultural and ideological exchange. Read more

Philippine History in the Murals of Botong Francisco

Philippine History in the Murals of Botong Francisco
This essay discusses the individual hero as the focal point of Botong Francisco's historical murals, and his contribution to the creation of a male-centric view of history. Read more

Botong Francisco: A Short Life

Botong Francisco: A Short Life
This short narration of the life and work of Carlos "Botong" Francisco is situated in the context of his family, friends, colleagues and other people around him. Read more

Botong, Edades, and Ocampo: The Triumvirate of Modern Philippine Art

Botong, Edades, and Ocampo: The Triumvirate of Modern Philippine Art
The collaborations of Victorio Edades, Carlos "Botong" Francisco and Galo Ocampo -- their backgrounds, their coming together, and the implications Read more

Botong in Angono: Hometown as Subversion

Botong in Angono: Hometown as Subversion
This reading into Carlos "Botong" Francisco's art explores the discourse of the urban vs. Read more

Francisco Coching: A Short Life

Francisco Coching: A Short Life
Francisco Coching's life is explored here in several short episodes, including anecdotes of his upbringing and how Coching found inspiration for his work in artists and writers around him, and even events in his own life. Read more

Filming the Works of Francisco Coching

Filming the Works of Francisco Coching
The many komiks written and illutrated by Francisco Coching and adapted into film are recounted here, situated within the events Read more

Ang Mestisa: Ikalawang Bahagi

Ang Mestisa: Ikalawang Bahagi
In this classic by Engracio Valmonte published in two parts in 1920, we are introduced to Elsa, a self-centered Spanish mestiza who falls for the handsome lawyer-poet Tirso. Read more

Lineage, Life and Labors of Jose Rizal

Lineage, Life and Labors of Jose Rizal
This landmark biography of the Philippine national hero highlights his Chinese ancestry, childhood influences, European sojourns, exile, imprisonment, death and the effect of his martyrdom on the fight for Filipino independence. Read more

Ang Mestisa: Unang Bahagi

Ang Mestisa: Unang Bahagi
In this classic by Engracio Valmonte published in two parts in 1920, we are introduced to Elsa, a self-centered Spanish mestiza who falls for the handsome lawyer-poet Tirso. Read more

Luha ng Babae

Luha ng Babae
This novel follows the boundless sorrows and sacrifices a young woman goes through in the name of her first and only love, a womanizer and a gambler. Read more

Florante at Laura

Florante at Laura
The undisputed masterwork of Francisco “Balagtas” Baltazar, the prince of Tagalog poets, Florante at Laura is at once a sweeping metrical romance and an allegory on the condition of the Philippines under Spanish colonial rule. Read more

Ninay

Ninay
Ninay, written by Pedro A. Paterno in 1885, is the first novel made by a Filipino. Written as a way Read more

Filipino Popular Tales

Filipino Popular Tales
Nearly a hundred years after its initial publication, Filipino Popular Tales remains a touchstone in scholarship on Philippine folklore. Read more

Mga Anak Bukid

Mga Anak Bukid
This is a story of how those raised in the American pensionado system  undermine traditional Filipino mores and values and antagonize those who uphold them. Read more

Travels in the Philippines

Travels in the Philippines
First published in 1873, Feodor Jagor's chronicle of his excursions through the Philippines in 1859 and 1860 remains both an absorbing travelogue and one of the most significant works of Filipiniana ever printed. Read more

Recollections of Manila and the Philippines

Recollections of Manila and the Philippines
This sharp and appreciative portrait of Manila shows its burgeoning economic and cultural life in the mid-nineteenth century as seen through the eyes of British esquire. Read more

Urbana at Felisa

Urbana at Felisa
This classic book of morals and feminine conduct gave its lessons in epistolary style through the fictional correspondences between two sisters living separately in the city and the country. Read more

A Woman’s Journey Through the Philippines

A Woman's Journey Through the Philippines
This account follows the journey of a woman who traveled around the Philippines aboard a cable ship, and visited a number of provinces from Dumaguete all the way to Sulu. Read more

Busabos ng Palad

Busabos ng Palad
Written in 1909 amidst the proliferation of American-influenced cabarets and dancing halls in Manila, Busabos ng Palad (Pauper of Fate) was a landmark Filipino novel that confronted the ills and injustices of a society. Read more

Ang Singsing ng Dalagang Marmol

Ang Singsing ng Dalagang Marmol
A landmark historical novel as well as a classic love story, Ang Singsing ng Dalagang Marmol tells of the romance between Colonel Puso, a wounded military officer, and Liwayway, his estranged lover. Read more

Adventures in the Philippine Islands

Adventures in the Philippine Islands
A naval surgeon from Nantes, France, Paul de La Gironière arrived in the Philippines in 1820 and decided to remain, hoping to set up an oculist's practice in Manila. Read more

Philippine Folk Tales

Philippine Folk Tales
A king brings his brother back from the dead to finish their quest against the monsters that have ravaged an entire island. Read more

Andrea Liwaswas

Andrea Liwaswas
Condemning the Westernization of the Filipino woman, this novel details the repercussions faced by Andrea Liwaswas after she renounces the traditional Filipino values of love, marriage and friendship. Read more

Ang Magmamani

Ang Magmamani
An enormous success when it was published in 1933, Ang Magmamani is a Philippine literary classic that explores the joys Read more

Ang Mga Anak Dalita

Ang Mga Anak Dalita
Written by famous pundit and Tagalog journalist Patricio Mariano, this novel in poem form is set against the industrial upheaval in early twentieth-century Manila. Read more

A Woman’s Journey Through the Philippines

A Woman's Journey Through the Philippines
This account follows the journey of a woman who traveled around the Philippines aboard a cable ship, and visited a number of provinces from Dumaguete all the way to Sulu. Read more

Pinaglahuan

Pinaglahuan
This pioneering work of social realism set in early twentieth-century Manila recounts how a labor leader's life is derailed by the exploitations of the mestizo class. Read more

Medicinal Plants of the Philippines

Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
Published in 1892, this pioneering scientific work is a veritable encyclopedia of the types and uses of medicinal plants in the Philippines. Read more

Sa Ngalan ng Diyos

Sa Ngalan ng Diyos
This controversial novel, published in 1911 depicts how greedy and manipulative priests take advantage of the naive piety of a wealthy young heiress. Read more

The Social Cancer (Noli Me Tangere)

The Social Cancer (Noli Me Tangere)
Arguably the most historically significant Philippine novel, this is Jose Rizal's critique of social, cultural and religious life in the Read more

Hatol ng Panahon

Hatol ng Panahon
Sequel to Miminsan Akong Umibig, this didactic novel pits the struggles of an impoverished factory worker against the crimes of her selfish employer. Read more

Doctrina Christiana

Doctrina Christiana
This first book printed in the Philippines, composed of prayers in Spanish and Tagalog, was published in 1593, and used as a tool by the Spaniards to propagate the Catholic faith. Read more

Philippine Folklore Stories

Philippine Folklore Stories
In Philippine Foklore Stories, the corpses of gods give rise to a world; a fairy brings two sisters to divergent Read more

Head Hunters of Northern Luzon

Head Hunters of Northern Luzon
In 1910, Cornélis de Witt Willcox, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army, toured the mountain provinces of the northern Philippines as part of a company led by Dean C. Read more