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Demetris (Dee) Bryant was born in Jacksonville, Florida. She started her young adult life as a soldier in the U.S. Army. She joined the military to gain independence, learn a skill, travel the world, and to get money for college. Dee joined the military as an enlisted soldier after high school. She served in both the enlisted and officers' ranks. Her most challenging endeavor was attending the Army Airborne School and successfully graduating.¿...

This book is relevant to students and practitioners who are interested in learning about diplomacy. It moves beyond discussions of historical events and emphasizes real-life application and practice. Diplomacy is not a theoretical fi eld, and as such, students that are interested in it would benefi t from both experiences and simulations that would allow them to practice diplomatic skills. Simulations are particularly important and are used as...

Impossible Is Not So Easy is a selection of the political writings of Joel Rocamora. They are the footprints of a life spent working for difficult political causes. This is not history, half of the book is on Duterte, and on federalism. Except for a few, more academic pieces, most of the selections are short, easy-to-digest analyses.

Jessica is a natural short story writer, and I don't know anyone else in the Philippines writing in English who does it as well as she does. The fact that she's a Filipina couldn't matter less. She would be recognised anywhere on earth that good English is read. But of course in this fatuous world the unmerited hegemony of "English" literature (including of course American, Canadian, Australian, etc. etc.) reminds us that it still fancies itse...

While studies on Philippine elites have generally assumed that their political and economic power emanate from belonging to political dynasties, Philippine Politics and the Marcos Technocrats: The Emergence and Evolution of a Power Elite elucidates the emergence of the Philippine technocracy, not from their politico-economic backgrounds, but from their technical knowledge and expertise. Such technical skills were needed by then President Ferdi...

This book is, to date, the most comprehensive and rigorously-researched study on the forms of dress worn by almost all types and classes of inhabitants of the Philippines under Spain from 1820 to 1896. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it systematically and perspicaciously shows the inextricable links between these attires and the rapidly changing economic, political, religious, and social conditions of the nineteenth century, which, among ...

Dr. Virginia Villanueva is of mixed heritage, born of a Muslim mother and a Christian father. With a medical degree from the University of the Philippines, she sailed for Sulu with her husband, another doctor, and their children. They lived in the heart of the Muslim community in Jolo, and later among her royal relatives in Patikul. For more than thirty years, she absorbed the stories about her family, mostly historical, and the tales and lege...

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Some Are Smarter Than Others irrefutably exposed the political and economic infrastructure of plunder supporting the Marcos dictatorship. Yet these are now denied and the unrepentant Marcoses in their manipulation of current politics have led the country again to Martial Law (in Mindanao) and to appalling impunity.

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This book introduces the reader to the Philippine art market, specifically its primary and secondary sectors. Specific components of both sectors are discussed, such as art galleries, art fairs, and auction houses, which have been generating shock waves with the staggering prices that a number of art pieces have fetched in auctions in recent years. The book is mostly descriptive rather than analytical as it means more to apprise, not appraise....

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Writing against historical forgetting, Charlie Samuya Veric reconstructs the foundations of Filipino postcolonial thought following Philippine independence from the United States in 1946. On the one hand, he narrates the rise of postcolonial knowledge after the formal birth of the nation. On the other, he examines the ideas of the first generation of intellectuals who came of age after independence--Edith L. Tiempo, Fernando Zobel, Bienvenido ...

Finding literary support when coping with an ileostomy can be challenging. As an adult, Campbell Dwyer discovered this firsthand and wanted to change that for children everywhere. Thus began the creation of her debut children's novel. My Silly Illy is a comical introduction to help children understand what is happening with their bodies and how to thrive with their new appendage. Every child is a superhero, and My Silly Illy makes sure they kn...

Heroes, Villains, and Other Women is a collection of stories about women and the complicated spaces they inhabit, whether these be in a reimagined ancient Philippines, or in futures where reality and cyberscapes have merged. The author explores themes of heroism and villainy, and how women can be both, or neither, in their own narratives.

Voices on the Waters continues the project of mapping the contemporary literary terrain in southern Philippines. The first was Habagatanon (2015), which won the National Book Award in 2016 and featured six writers from Davao City. In this volume, Ricardo M. de Ungria turns to the other book authors in Mindanao and interviews an initial five of them regarding their lives and literary practices: Anthony L. Tan, Mehol K. Sadain, Said K. Sadain Jr...

Two works bound together back-to-back and inverted.