Anvil Publishing Inc: 184 books

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The novel’s seamless intertwining of the characters’ lives with contemporary Philippine and Chinese history brings to life the so-called First Quarter Storm of student activism and the formation of the New People’s Army in the Philippines, and China’s Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s...

On The Edge is a compilation of twenty of the news reports by one of GMA News and Public Affairs’ award-winning broadcast journalists, Mr. Jiggy Manicad. The book features Mr. Manicad’s coverage of some of the most relevant and controversial local and international events.

The First Impulse is about the still-unsolved murder of Filipino-Canadian film critic Alexis Tioseco and his girlfriend, Slovenian film critic and magazine editor Nika Bohinc, as retold by Laurel Fantauzzo. This book recounts the love and life of Alexis and Nika, the circumstances surrounding their...

A collection of award-winning writer and activist Danton Remoto's short essays on popular culture, politics, and other important and controversial national issues. Remoto has taught English and Literature for more than twenty years and is a multimedia personality: as host of a radio and a TV show...

“This book provides a compelling case of how good governance expressed in very concrete terms and actions can translate into economic well-being and social cohesion and can see beyond slogans and exhortations.” ROBERTO R. ROMULO, chairman, AIM Rizalino S. Navarro Policy Center for Competitiveness Board of Advisors and chairman, Zuellig Family Foundation

Award-winning Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Ruben Nepales interviews Filipino Americans and Filipinos in America who have made it big in the Hollywood scene and beyond: actors Bernardo Bernardo, Alec Mapa, Vanessa Hudgens, Hailee Steinfeld, and Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, singers Charice Pempengco,...

A product of Jaime Licauco’s knowledge about psychic and paranormal matters — a summary of the most significant lessons he had learned from years of reading and research, as well as true-to-life experiences of people who shared their psychic stories with him. It is the first book of its kind written...

A collection of essays as testament to a teacher’s many-sided engagement with the world. Every page is filled with wisdom and awe for the things we take for granted.

This book collects eight stories of fantasy, horror, and science fiction from the imagination of award-winning writer Ian Rosales Casocot: A young man discovers the malevolence of first love. A boy travels back in time in search of history and his name. A neighborhood is besieged by a resurrected...

"Scott Thompson's biography of the Filipino soldier and statesman, Fidel V. Ramos, illustrates the fascinating and complex geography of Filipino politics and its relation with the American hegemon. It's first-rate scholarship and equally first-rate writing." -F. Sionil Jose, National Artist for Literature

This novel by 2011 CNN Hero of the Year Robin Lim is about the power of touch, prayers, songs and breast milk that nurtured a child born with the help of a traditional “hilot” (midwife) during the Spanish colonial rule in the Philippines circa 1889.

With the release of Ladlad I, editors J. Neil Garcia and Danton Remoto have challenged oppressive and homophobic ideologies. Now on its second installment, Ladlad 2 delivers more insights about gay life in the Philippines. It delves deeper on the closeted lives of gays—finding lifelong partner, seeking happiness, and accepting one's true self.

The pioneering set of studies in this book uses both a qualitative description of the ethnography of speaking in a classroom setting and a quantitative counting of questions and answers to yield proportions of teacher talk and student talk in different classrooms in literature, language, and English for Specific Purposes.