Bøger udgivet af University of the Philippines Press

An anthology of stories about childhood.

Presents a poet's eroticization of reality through language. Sexy, fun, and irreverent, tragic and romantic, this book is a shrewd cocktail of pleasure and poetic truth.

Philippine Folk Literature: The Riddles constitutes Volume V of the author's eight-volume Philippine Folk Literature series. This work is intended to be a national collection of Philippine riddles--a putting together of available collections of riddles from all over the country, from Batanes to Jolo. The riddles are listed, according to solution, under nineteen subject categories and one "Miscellaneous" category. Within each group, the riddles are arranged alphabetically, according to answer, or solution, in English translation. For each entry, the riddle in English translation is given first. Then under it are listed the different Philippine versions of the riddle, in georgraphical order: Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao. Every Philippine version carries with it a language label and source (collector/collection). To give the reader an idea of the richness and variety of the images of comparison used in the metaphorical riddles, the most dominant and striking of these ar listed in an index.

This is a book about hope. It provides stories are about empowering urban women, providing families a home, turning garbage into gold, improving employees' quality of life, and building the capabilities of people and organisations. They are stories of struggle, of commitment, of joy, of pain, and even luck, yet, they all began with ordinary people dreaming and believing that change could happen.

A book that renders long overdue respect for the dignity and struggle of the bakwit - people displaced by conflict and, at times, disenfranchised by aid. Canuday reminds us that the first and lasting fact in any rigorous and reverent social analysis is the resilience of the human spirit.

In the mid-1960s, H. Arlo Nimmo conducted two years of anthropological field research in the Tawi-Tawi Islands of southern Philippines among the nomadic boat-dwelling Sama Dilaut. A Very Far Place was inspired by some of the people, places, and events he encountered during those years.

Aims to answer the teacher's need to help students conquer communication apprehension and develop confidence using an alternative training method. This book shows the step-by-step procedure that the teacher can use to help students in any oral communication or performance classes.