Arre, Arnold

Summary: It's been two decades since the former classmates first met, and the ensuing years have brought their share of changes. Kubin's strength is weakening with each passing day; Lane's telepathy is gone; Rey and Misha are nowhere to be found; and the bonds that once held them together are slowly crumbling under their misfortune. Thrown into the mix is Nicole and Kubin's daughter, Marilag, who has...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2022

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ARR

Evangelista, Patricia

Summary: "'My job is to go to places where people die. I pack my bags, talk to the survivors, write my stories, then go home to wait for the next catastrophe. I don't wait very long.' Journalist Patricia Evangelista came of age in the aftermath of a street revolution that forged a new future for the Philippines. Three decades later, in the face of mounting inequality, the nation discovered the fragility...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.4 EVA

Apostol, Gina

Summary: Two women, a Filipino translator and an American filmmaker, go on a road trip in Duterte's Philippines, collaborating and clashing in the writing of a film script about a massacre during the Philippine-American War. Chiara is working on a film about an incident in Balangiga, Samar, in 1901, when Filipino revolutionaries attacked an American garrison, and in retaliation American soldiers created...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Soho Press, Inc. 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC APO

Floyd, John Lewis

Summary: "The loss of the Philippine Islands to Japan in 1942 was the greatest military defeat in the history of the United States. The Expendable is the gripping true story of one sailor's struggle to survive this opening battle of WWII in the Pacific. As smoke billows skyward from Pearl Harbor, Japan throws its military might against the outnumbered and under-equipped Filipino forces. When the U.S....

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Survival Floyd

Summary: An extraordinary look into the controversial political career of Imelda Marcos. As the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos is best known for her opulent lifestyle, but it was her behind-the-scenes influence of her husband's presidency that rocketed her to the global political forefront. A journey through the Marcos family's long history of corruption, extravagance and brutality,...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC KIN

Lee, Sophia N.

Summary: After recently moving to the United States, a young girl reminisces about her time spent helping her Lolo run his sari-sari store in the Philippines, and uses some of his wisdom to make herself feel more at home.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LEE

Summary: American soldiers try to hold off Japan's invasion of the Philippines; after surrendering to Japan, an American army colonel organizes a Filipino guerrilla force; follows an elite group of soliders trained for anti-guerilla warfare in Vietnam; the crew of an American submarine head to Tokyo Bay to prepare for the Doolittle air raid.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRE

Summary: After 30 years in prison, Horcia discovers that her friend and fellow inmate committed the murder of which she was accused. This leads to her release and the transformative discovery of the man who framed her.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2018

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN WOM

Eisner, Peter

Summary: The true story of three intrepid people who successfully eluded the Japanese in Manila for more than two years, sabotaging enemy efforts and preparing the way for MacArthur's return. One was a debonair polo-playing expatriate businessman who was also a U.S. Navy intelligence officer. Another was a defiant enlisted American soldier. And the third was a wily American woman, an intinerant torch...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 EIS

Summary: Based on the true story of American Rangers who rescue the survivors of the Bataan Death March from the Cabanatuan Prison Camp during WWII. When the Philippines fell to the Japanese, the remnants of Gen. MacArthur's Army were forced down the Bataan Peninsula where they were surrounded and cutoff with no hope of rescue. They were starving and dying of disease. Gen. Wainwright eventually...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Miramax Home Entertainment 2005

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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRE

Brotherton, Marcus

Summary: "Inspired by a true story, three best friends from Mobile, Alabama are captured in the Philippines during WWII--they vow to return home together. They struggle to survive against impossible odds in an ordeal that becomes known as the Bataan Death March"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2023

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRO

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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BRO

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRO

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Brotherton

Fiesta Filipina Dance Troupe

Contents: Malong-taghing baila -- Si pilemon -- Kaykayapo -- Mangi-isda Suite -- Kamanyang -- Sa libis ng nayon -- Vinta -- Binuyogan -- Sa Kabukiran -- Malong -- Tinikling ha bayo -- Dinuy-ya -- "Mabuhay" -- Ka-amulan -- Panderettas -- Ka-amulan -- Panderettas -- Ka-singkil -- Sampaguita -- Jota castanetas -- Tahing Baila.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: ARC Music 2002

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/INDIAN INDONESIAN FIE

Summary: Nowhere is the worldwide erosion of democracy, fueled by social media disinformation campaigns, more starkly evident than in the authoritarian regime of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Journalist Maria Ressa places the tools of the free press, and her freedom, on the line in defense of truth and democracy.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2021

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV THO

Summary: They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2006

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA THE

Bontigao, Lynnor

Summary: "Nora loves spending summers with Lola at her sari-sari store, a treasure trove filled with everything you could need, from hair accessories to toys, creamy yema to sour tamarind candy. And this year, Nora is big enough to help her grandmother. But when a heat wave strikes and no one comes to the store, Nora worries that she won't get to spend the rest of the summer with her lola -- until she...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BON

Salonga, Lea

Contents: Pobreng Alindahaw (3:08) -- Paruparong Bukid (1:55) -- Tinikling (2:37) -- Atin Cu Pung Singsing (2:31) -- Bahay Kubo (2:38) -- Magtanim Ay Di Biro (2:34) -- Ili Ili Tulog Anay (2:33) -- Matud Nila (3:46) -- Sarung Banggi (3:02) -- Leron Leron Sinta (2:04) -- Pamulinawen (3:29) -- Si Filemon (1:35) -- Sitsiritsit Alibangbang (1:37) -- Sampaguita (3:16) -- Waray Waray (2:49).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: GLP Music 2017

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/ASIAN SAL