The Social Cancer


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Filipino national hero Jose Rizal wrote The Social Cancer in Berlin in 1887. Upon his return to his country, he was summoned to the palace by the Governor General because of the subversive ideas his book had inspired in the nation. Rizal wrote of his consequent persecution by the church: "My book made a lot of noise; everywhere, I am asked about it. They wanted to anathematize me ['to excommunicate me'] because of it ... I am considered a German spy, an agent of Bismarck, they say I am a Protestant, a freemason, a sorcerer, a damned soul and evil. It is whispered that I want to draw plans, that I have a foreign passport and that I wander through the streets by night ..."




The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management


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The Wall Street Journal Essential Guide to Management offers “Lasting Lessons from the Best Leadership Minds of Our Time.” Compiled by Alan Murray, Deputy Managing Editor of the Wall Street Journal, this is the definitive guide to how to be a successful manager from the world’s most respected business publication—an indispensible handbook for new managers and veterans alike, providing solid business strategies to help them put their best ideas to work.




A Lolong Time Ago


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Cashaysayan


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Eight Muses of the Fall


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This novel is on the one hand a young man’s frustrated attempt to write the great Filipino novel, and on the other, his coming to terms with the futility of his search for his lost mother. Along the way, he is guided and misdirected by some muses and demons to reimagine his personal past without the burden of national history. He will be forced to accept that truth can somehow be in the deceptive, inchoate recreation of memories, without which, the fall seems inevitable.




Ang Banal na Aklat ng Mga Kumag


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The groundbreaking novel by Allan N. Derain (who also drew the wonderful illustrations). Published by Anvil Publishing, Inc., it was the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature grand prize winner for the category Novel in Filipino in 2011.







Communism in South-east Asia


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The Postcolonial Studies Dictionary


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This new Dictionary features a thoughtfully collated collection of over 150 jargon-free definitions of key terms and concepts in postcolonial theory. Features a brief introduction to postcolonial theory and a list of suggested further reading that includes the texts in which many of these terms originated Each entry includes the origins of the term, where traceable; a detailed explanation of its perceived meaning; and examples of the term’s use in literary-cultural texts Incorporates terms and concepts from multiple disciplines, including anthropology, literary studies, science, economics, globalization studies, politics, and philosophy Provides an ideal companion text to the forthcoming Postcolonial Studies: An Anthology, which is also edited by Pramod K. Nayar, a highly-respected authority in the field




Komunista


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Komunista presents a most comprehensive and detailed history of the beginnings of what eventually became the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas. It traces the roots of the movement to the labor federation formed from among gremios or guilds, neighborhood associations, and trade or shop associations of printers, tabaqueros, tailors, sculptors, seamen, and cooks. It provides portraits of the movement's leadership as it evolved through the years, notably citing personalities such as Isabelo de los Reyes, Juan Feleo, and Crisanto Evangelista.