Anvil Publishing Inc: 184 books

In Great Philippine Jungle Energy Café, everything is happening under the light of eternity. So side by side occur the Revolution of ’96, the demos against Marcos in the ’80s, and banditry in the boondocks in the days of the Guardia Civil. Visayan scenery in Spanish times will conjure up the...

Ava Bonifacio has always been the girl with The Plan—a life plan that would give her everything she’s ever wanted, including becoming a lawyer, a role she was sure she was born into. Sure, her determination may be seen as heartlessness, but Ava doesn’t care. What she does care about is getting...

Young Scott relives heritage and history at the Intramuros Light and Sound, Bahay Tsinoy and Ayala Museums. He feasts like royalty on signature Pinoy dishes. With Manila as base, he visits tranquil Tagaytay and memorable Corregidor. Join Scott in his exploration of the capital and most densely populated...

Scott Lee Chua channels Spiderman when Net surfing, Lethal Weapon while reading, Hunger Games while competing in math. He handles bullies, survives school overnights, travels smart. Ultimately, Scott reflects on how to give and not to count the cost, and how teens can make a difference in this world.

From the multi-awarded Filipino author of novels, essays, and short stories comes a coming-of- age and riveting tales of hope and innocence. This collection of contemporary Philippine fiction by Alfredo Yuson, also known as Krip Yuson, has been awarded several times and has been published in many...

MY SON, SANDY, is undoubtedly the one who inherited the gastronomic savvy people associate most with the Dazas. He has an uncanny ability of appreciating food’s nuances and subtleties. If food were music, he must have perfect pitch. It’s talent. Sandy is happiest around food and people whether...

“Without question—when it comes to recipes, Nora Daza’s books are the most credible and the best selling. We have been selling her cookbooks for the last 60 years!” — Socorro C. Ramos, founder and general manager of National Book Store

This collection of funny, irreverent, but thoughtful essays were written between 1994 and 2004 when the author was “going through various transitionsfrom working abroad to coming home jobless to immigrating to Canada to coming home to take care of her father who died soon after.”

Drawing on his personal experience of growing up exposed to the rituals of Chinese Buddhism, and yet embracing Catholicism and being ordained a Jesuit priest, Fr. Ari Dy ventures to examine Chinese Buddhism in the Philippines, analyzing its adaptation to the Philippines and its contribution to conceptions of Chinese identity.

This book focuses on Jaime Licauco's own psychic experiences, which, although incredible, have been witnessed by others who swear to their accuracy. The author shares his experiences on astral projection, telepathy, psychic diagnosis and surgery and spirit channeling.

A compilation of Filipino investigative journalist Jarius Bondoc's biggest exposés: the military comptroller who routinely raided the Armed Forces of the Philippines treasury; the airport construction from which three administrations extracted kickbacks; the national broadband network (NBN) and the...

“Reading this book requires an open and questioning mind, not a mind that has already accepted just one answer. I, for one, have benefited greatly by reading his words and listening to his lectures.” — From the foreword by Sir Jason Winters, KGSJ Licauco, in this book, boldly discourses...

The ELP ENGLISH MANUAL 8th Edition is a comprehensive response to the integration of the ELP's English language workshops for professionals and the English language courses for students, under an English Language Learning System (ELLS) particularly as spurred by the more wide-ranging concerns articulated...

Maybe this time we could be intimate, as in secrets—not necessarily of the boudoir, but as in dreams and fantasies, fears and angsts, above all, passions. What are the passions—the forces, the causes, the “special enthusiasms” (to borrow a phrase from life's passages guru Gail Sheehy)—that...