Bride of War
My Mother's World War II Memories

By: Teresita Gimenez Maceda

Memories of love forged in a time of war, bequeathed by a mother to her daughter. A retelling of Flora Aguilar’s harrowing experiences as a young bride of a soldier who fought with various Filipino guerilla units in Mindanao, Cebu and other parts of Eastern Visayas during World War II.

The Magic Circle

By: Gilda Cordero Fernando

Alternately and together, it sunned and it rained, the sky turned red and violet and gray and through it all the sun shone fiercely. Then it drizzled. He was sure the wedding was on.

Rizal Without the Overcoat
2012 Edition

By: Ambeth R. Ocampo

Through writing about history, Ocampo writes on Rizal as if he happened yesterday. In the clean, cool style of a good journalist… Ocampo is one historian who has never been known to impose dogmas and definitive treatises. Reading Ocampo’s history is like sitting down with a friend who shares what he has learned.

It Only Hurts When I Pee
Guide to Bodily Gases, Hair Loss and Pink Parts

By: RJ Ledesma

We object to the images that creep into our minds when we read your work- images which you gleefully and unconscionably put there. Foreskins used for Chinese garter. Boogers extracted and consumed as dietary supplements. Earwax collected for the same purpose.

Inside a Chef's Life

By: Bruce Lim

“Basic culinary skills are easily learnt from school, but what Bruce has is a gift that has been acquired along with his own life story, a gift about being able to guide, mentor and nurture interested talents, and most importantly, the gift of magnanimously sharing his passion.”

Linamnam
Eating One’s Way Around the Philippines

By: Claude Tayag and
Mary Ann Quioc

“The cuisine of the Philippines turned out to be a huge surprise. A meal prepared for me by artist and gourmand Claude Tayag, in Pampanga, now rates as the best of my entire life. In particular was a seafood kare-kare stew made with prawns whose heads you ripped off to allow the fat to dribble into the sauce.”