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		SARENA'S STORY: THE LOSS OF A KINGDOM by Criselda Yabes Winner of the Gawad Likhaan: The UP Centennial Literary Prize More stories like this should be written, and written this way--dramatic and sensitive renditions of history that take us to a Philippines most Filipinos know nothing about, but whose tribulations and triumphs continue to bear a profund impact on the nation... The best test of this account is to read it and ask yourself if this cabnnot be truer than this morning's headline, which will tell you much less, and much less eloquently. --Jose Y. Dalisay Jr.

		Commend Contend/Beyond, Extensions by Edith L. Tiempo, National Artist for Literature Here is philosophy as poetry, wisdom as poetry--with such wizened control over initial insights that are then ushered into a vizier's pass of very thin air and the whitest light. --Alfred A. Yuson

		THE AMERICANIZATION OF MANILA 1898-1921 by Cristina Evangelista Torres This book makes use of the historical descriptive method to describe the origins and evolution of the Americanization process in Manila in the first two decades of American rula. It seeks to describe the transformation of the city in the light of the American colonial objectives. It focuses on the sociopolitical dynamics of administrative policy on three important components of American social modernization program: city planning and infrastructure, health and sanitation, and education.

		SUNDAYS IN MANILA by Robert H. Boyer

		UP DILIMAN: HOME AND CAMPUS edited by Narita Manuel Gonzalez and Gerardo T. Los Banos The articles in this collection range from heartfelt reminiscinces of daily encounters from the early days to carefully crafted tales of youthful adventure and mischief, to personal accounts of historical campus events, and sentimental tributes to beloved community figures.

		MULING-PAGKATHA SA ATING BANSA O BAKIT PINAKAMAHABANG TULAY SA BUONG MUNDO ANG TULAY CALUMPIT by National Artist for Literature Virgilio S. Almario Bakit pinakamahabàng tulay sa buong mundo ang Tulay Calumpit? Ang sagot: “Dahil pagtawid mo mula sa Calumpit, Bulacan, at may dalá kang itlog, pagdatíng mo sa kabilâ sa Apalit, Pampanga, ang itlog mo ay ‘ebon' na.” “Itinatanghal ng palaisipang-bayang ito,” ayon sa may-akda, “ang mga espasyong nakapagitan at naghihiwalay sa mga bayan, mga lalawigan, mga rehiyon, at mga pulo sa buong Filipinas.” Sa kalipunang ito ng mga sanaysay hinggil sa nasyonalismo, kasaysayan, edukasyon, wika, at panitikan, nagmumungkahi ang Pambansang Alagad ng Sining kung paano lilikha ng mga bagong tulay sa pagbuo ng pambansang kultura na higit na magbibigkis sa bayan at magpapaigting ng ating pagkabansa.

		FAVORITE ARCELLANA STORIES edited by Emerenciana Yuvienco Arcellana This is a selection of twenty-nine stories written and published over a period of nearly four decades. The book is a distinct labor of love made possible with the help of patient researchers, previous collections, the UP Press, and the eminent writer's widow.

		50 KUWENTONG PEYUPS A collection of essays lovingly written by UP students and professors as tribute to their alma mater.

		AGAW-DILIM, AGAW-LIWANAG by Lualhati Abreu Winner of the Gawad Likhaan: the University of the Philippines Centennial Literary Prize Walang pasubali na nagkaisa ang tatlong hurado ng Malikhaing Sanaysay na igawad kay Lualhati Abreu ang tanging gantimpala, tanda ng kanilang pagkilala sa saklaw at lalim ng pagtalakay sa kasaysayang pinaksa, at sa igting at hakab ng kanyang pagkasapol sa malanobelang teknik upang mailahad ang talambuhay ng isang babaeng matibay na isinabuhay ang kanyang rebolusyonaryong paninindigan sa akdang Agaw-dilim, Agaw-liwanag. Kahanga-hanga ang paggamit sa wika na buong linaw na nakapagtanghal sa mga pangyayari at tauhang gumalaw sa naratibo ng kanyang karanasan bilang aktibista at rebolusyonarya. Ibayo ang itinaas ng pamantayan sa pagsusulat ng malikhaing sanaysay sa wikang Filipino bunga ng praktika ni Bb. Abreu. --Bienvenido L. Lumbera UP Sentenyal Gawad Likhaan para sa Pinakamahusay na Sanaysay Punong Hurado

		UP IN THE TIME OF PEOPLE POWER edited by Ferdinand C. Llanes A sequel to an earlier volume, University of the Philippines: The First 75 Years (1908-1983), this book covers the period from the closing years of Martial Law to the spirited days of People Power under the leadership of UP presidents Edgardo J. Angara, Jose B. Abueva, Emil Q. Javier, and Francisco Nemenzo Jr. For these presidents, it was a momentous period for self-examination, innovation, and renewal in all spheres of academic life and national engagement. Historians from the UP Department of History utilized voluminous records and testimonies to narrate how UP met the demands of its calling as premier academic institution and social critic amid the people’s clamor for government and social reforms. The book chronicles the events in UP’s transformation as it emerged from the dynamism of people power resurgent and renewed, recapturing the soul of its academic leadership and sense of national purpose, and becoming the national university as a fitting tribute to its 100 years of existence.

		REGARDING FRANZ edited by Elizabeth Arcellana-Nuqui and Lydia Rodriguez-Arcellana This UP Centennial publication gathers together essays by friends and colleagues, students and family including fellow National Artist Nick Joaquin, Butch Dalisay, Recah Trinidad, Jing Hidalgo, Gemino Abad, Romina Gonzalez, Edwin Cordevilla, Divina Aromin, Doreen Yu, Danton Remoto, Jose Esteban Arcellana and others. Family members also pay tribute to the beloved National Artist.

		PHILIPPINE STUDIES: HAVE WE GONE BEYOND ST. LOUIS? Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, editor Roland Tolentino discusses dogeating in a postcolonial context. Francis Guevara deconstructs Conchitina Cruz's Dark Hours. Sarita Echavez See pokes fun at Filipino puns, using FilAmerican comedian Rex Navarrete's shtick and the way Filipinos verbally conflate "p" and "f." This volume gathers together brilliant and incisive essays which not only answer Legasto's rhetorical question, but also show how far we've gone beyond St. Louis.

		A SATIRE OF TWO NATIONS: EXPLORING IMAGES OF THE JAPANESE IN PHILIPPINE POLITICAL CARTOONS Helen Yu-Rivera A lovingly well-researched book that literally illustrates the complex relations of the Philippines and Japan. A Satire of Two Nations is an intriguing look at cartoons and examines the histories and politics of both nations.

		AVES by Jerry Gracio Winner of the Gawad Likhaan: the University of the Philippines Centennial Literary Prize Poetry category Isa sa pinakamatingkad na tinig sa panulaang Filipino at inaasahang magdadala ng ilaw sa milenyong ito. --Virgilio Almario National Artist for Literature

		BIRD LANDS, RIVER NIGHTS AND OTHER MELANCHOLIES by Jose Marte Abueg Winner of the Gawad Likhaan: the University of the Philippines Centennial Literary Prize Poetry category The voice is unfaltering and deep, and the ear is playful with inflections and rich harmonic constructions that admit the aleatory, the allusive, the appropriated. Bird Lands... is free jazz, nujazz, and just jazz. --Ricky de Ungria

		XXTH CENTURY: 2 PLAYS Malou Jacob These two plays dissect the violence inflicted on Filipinos by Filipinos. Country in Search of a Hero is a full-length satirical play on the three mortal sins of the Martial Law Regime: the torture and killing of student activists, the Manila Film Center cover-up, and the theft of the Golden Buddha, symbol of greed for the Yamashita Gold. On the other hand, A Significant Life, a full-length dramatic play, exposes how a revolution devours its own children. The questions remain: Will the revolutionary of the 20th Century become a lost specie? Will he evolve into the terrorist of the 21st Century?

		KALUSUGANG PAMPUBLIKO SA KOLONYAL NA MAYNILA 1898 -1918 Dr. Ronaldo Mactal Masasabing ang librong ito ang isa sa kauna-unahang pagtatangka ng isang Pilipinong historyador na tumuhog sa tatlong disiplina ng heograpiya, medisina, at kasaysayan sa pagtalakay ng isang nakapakakomplikadong temang pangkasaysayan: ang kalusugan sa panahon ng pananakop ng mga Amerikano sa bansa. Kritikal na binusisi at sinuri sa akda ang paghubog ng mga patakaran at programang pangkalusugan ng pamahalaang kolonyal sa siyudad ng Maynila mula 1898 hanggang 1918, kabilang ang impluwensiya ng kapaligiran dito. Mula sa palagiang positibong pagtanaw, lumihis ang may-akda sa paglalantad sa kahinaan at kabiguan ng mga programa at proyektong pangkalusugan sa Maynila ng pamahalaang kolonyal sa pamamagitan ng mga datos na mula sa mga dokumento at iba pang rekord na itinala mismo ng mga kolonyalistang Amerikano. Matapang na pinanindigan sa akda ang paniniwalang kinasangkapan ng mga kolonyalista ang kalusugan, partikular sa siyudad ng Maynila, sa pangangalaga at pagsusulong ng kanilang interes sa pananakop sa bansa.

		UNPLUGGING THE CONSTITUTION Atty. Florin Ternal Hilbay In this collection of articles and essays, the author confronts a wide range of issues—constitutional theory, adjudication, legal hermeneutics, the bar exams, marriage, psychological incapacity, free speech, presidential immunity, liberalism, church and state—and takes a nonconventional and, at times, critical view of standard legal discourse and prevailing social institutions. The author approaches his subjects from an interdisciplinary perspective, articulating his positions with insights from history, economics, linguistics, and philosophy. The result is a set of views that creates novel platforms for conversation and serves as a counter-push from the pull of the mainstream.

		WOMEN'S COMMON DESTINY Hope Sabanpan-Yu In this first ever book-length study of maternal represenations in Cebuano literature, Hope Sabanpan-Yu reveals the confluence of indigenous and foreign cultures and convincingly connects the theory of split-level maternity to the debate on motherhood in the Philippines. Yu traces the history of motherhood and examines the maternal stereotypes including the important roles played by patriarchal and societal structures.

		PHILIPPINE SHORT STORIES 1941-1955 Part I (1941-1949) selected and edited by Leopoldo Y. Yabes Written exclusively by Filipinos, the stories in this anthology reflect the ability of the Filipinos in using a foreign language as a literary medium, after four decades from the introduction of English into the school system in 1901. It is claimed by competent critics that by 1955, the achievement in the Filipino short story in English had been more distinguished than the achievement in the Filipino short story in Spanish, in Tagalog, or in any other native language. It is further claimed that the present collection is more truly national than any similar anthology that could be collected of stories originally written in Pilipino or in any other native language or in Spanish. This collection has a wider geographical, ethnic, or social range than any other anthology.

		PAG-AKLAS, PAGBAKLAS, PAGBAGTAS: POLITIKAL NA KRITISISMONG PAMPANITIKAN Rolando B. Tolentino Politikal na pagbasa ang asinta ng pampanitikang kritisismong ito. Politikal bilang pagkilala sa substansiyang nakakahigit sa kodeterminasyon at korelasyon sa loob at labas ng panunuring pampanitikan at panlipunan. Matutunghayan sa mga kabanata ang ideolohikal na pagbasang nakakawing sa Makabayan curriculum, Enchanted Kingdom, SM malls, McDonald's at iba pa.

		HUWARAN/HULMAHAN atbp. Edited and with an Introduction by Joel David Johven Velasco (1948-2007) left behind a draft for a book and a circle of colleagues and students who revered him for his unusual combination of talent and compassion. Although the current volume is, strictly speaking, a work in progress, Velasco managed to maintain a balance between clear thinking and a rigorous grounding in theory. Films from diverse periods and genres, along with the star personas of a number of luminaries, get a much-deserved and long-overdue critical treatment that only a fan specialist with Velasco’s visionary approach could provide.

		LOOKING FOR THE PHILIPPINES: TRAVEL ESSAYS Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo In the Philippines, travel writing has just emerged as a dynamic literary force and arguably it is largely spurred by essayist and fictionist Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo... Hidalgo's travel essays owe much to and have the intimate qualities of memoirs, diaries and personal narratives. --Roel Hoang Manipon

		BALISA: TRILOHIYA NG MGA DULANG MAY TATLONG YUGTO Reuel Molina Aguila Isang nobela ang trilohiyang ito kung pagmamasdan sa saklaw at pagkakawing-kawing ng mga pangyayaring nakapaloob dito: Satirika, Ligalig, at Baligho. Ang tatlong dulang ito na may pawang tigtatatlong yugto ay konektado sa isa't isa. Sinasaklaw ng tatlong dula ang mga panandang-bato sa tatlong dekada ng kontemporaneong kasaysayan: Batas Militar, EDSA I, at EDSA II. Marahil, ito ang unang antolohiya ng dula sa ganitong saklaw at konsepto.

		JOURNEY OF A RETIRED SUPREME COURT JUSTICE Abraham F. Sarmiento Readers of this volume will most certainly individually discover personal meaning and, perhaps, life-directing choices in Justice Sarmiento’s trail-blazing and thought-provoking insights, historical and political perspectives and the lofty ideals that he has generously shared with us—indeed a fitting legacy to future generations. --Salvador T. Carlota Dean, College of Law University of the Philippines

		GLOBALIZATION AND BECOMING-NATION: Subjectivity, Nationhood, and Narrative in the Period of Global Capitalism Elmo Gonzaga

		SIMULAIN: Dulambayan ng Manggagawa sa Konteksto ng Militanteng Kilusang Unyonismo (1980-1994) Apolonio Bayani Chua This book chronicles the evolution of workers’ theatre groups within the trade unions—from the founding of the first theatre group Tanghalang Silangan during the 1980s until the most expansive unification of Manila-based workers’ theatre groups in 1994. More than just the history of trade unions, this study details the growth of street parliamentarians as regards their artistic expression and maturity.

		ARKITEKTURANG FILIPINO: A History of Architecture and Urbanism in the Philippines (Centennial title) Gerard Lico With copious photographs and archival materials sorted out and analyzed in relation to ideas and propositions, this book (is) a vital contribution to our understanding of the abode of a most inhabited art. Indeed, with a sense of breadth and attention to the details of terrain, a horizon has been decidely set. --Dr. Patrick Flores

		THE LONG LOST STARTLE Joel Toledo with an Introduction by Gemino H. Abad The Long Lost Startle, I believe, will be considered a major work in Philippine poetry. . . Toledo fixes his gaze with attention and astonishment and in the process heralds a future with some of the most memorable poems our country has ever produced. --Eric Gamalinda

		ANIMAL BREEDING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE IN THE PHILIPPINE CONTEXT Orville Bondoc This book is an outstanding contribution to the very meager list of books and reading materials available to Filipino teachers, students, and practitioners working on animal improvement. Dr. Bondoc offers scholarly breeding principles based on his years of experience and research.

		POOK AT PANININDIGAN: KRITIKA NG PANTAYONG PANANAW Ramon Guillermo Maituturing ang Pook at Paninindigan bilang isa sa mga pinakakumprehensibong kritikal na pagsusuri sa kaisipang tinatawag na Pantayong Pananaw na unang sistematikong binalangkas ni Zeus A. Salazar at ng iba pang mga historyador sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas noon mga dekada '80. Naghahangad itong makaambag sa pagbibigay-liwanag sa ilang bahagi ng kasysayang intelektwal at ideolohikal sa Pilipinas ng ika-20 taon.

		LOLA COQUETA Isabela Banzon Direct rhythms, a wry yet personal approach to experience and memory, oblique with evasion, and animated by the desire to free "the frog in the dry grass" of her throat, all combine to give a special kind of pleasure to meeting the poet and her many selves in Lola Coqueta. --Rajeev Patke Available in regular book paper and special paper editions.

		Bilanggo: Life as a Political Prisoner in the Philippines 1952-1962 William J. Pomeroy Bilanggo is the diary of a decade behind bars. William Pomeroy and his Filipina wife Celia Mariano, like hundreds of other communists and militants, were sent to prison in the early 1950s for participating in the Huk guerilla struggle for liberation. Although this is the story of political prisoners in Philippine jails some fifty years ago, it is a story that has increasing relevance in a society that has seen increased political oppression in the last decade.“

		1908: THE WAY IT REALLY WAS Raul Rafael Ingles Order this book.

		THE LIFE AND WORKS OF MARCELO ADONAY Elena Mirano et al., editors The first of two volumes, this pioneering work includes five major essays on Marcelo Adonay’s life, his milieu, an inventory of his extant and missing works, and musical and formal analyses of his magnum opus, Pequeña Misa Solemne sobre Motivos de la Missa Regia de Canto Gregoriano. The centerpiece of the book is a modern edition of eleven reconstructed scores of his sacred music for various vocal, orchestral, and choral combinations. Available in hardbound and softbound editions.