Pinay Guerrilleras: The Unsung Heroics of Filipina Resistance Fighters During the Pacific War
By: Stacey Anne Baterina Salinas
4.15
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
December 8th, 1941 marked the start of the full-scale invasion of the Philippines during World War …
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1. America Is in the Heart: A Personal History
By: Carlos Bulosan , Carey McWilliams
3.91
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
First published in 1946, this autobiography of the well known Filipino poet describes his boyhood i… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
2. History of the Philippines: From Indios Bravos to Filipinos
By: Luis H. Francia
3.32
Format: None pages,
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- history
- nonfiction
3. The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee, #1)
By: Tony Hillerman
2.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Homicide is always an abomination, but there is something exceptionally disturbing about the victim… read more
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4. Women Who Run With the Wolves
By: Clarissa Pinkola Estés
4.13
Format: 537 pages, Paperback
Within every woman, there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity… read more
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- nonfiction
"Dogs are the magicians of the universe."-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves
"Failure is a greater teacher than success"-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves
"To love a woman, the mate must also love her wildish nature."-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves
"There is no one a wildish woman loves better than a mate who can be her equal."-Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With the Wolves
5. The Great Raid: Rescuing the Doomed Ghosts of Bataan and Corregidor
By: William B. Breuer
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Before General Douglas MacArthur could fulfill his stirring promise of "I shall return" and re-take… read more
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6. The Lost Tribe of Coney Island: Headhunters, Luna Park, and the Man Who Pulled Off the Spectacle of the Century
By: Claire Prentice
3.44
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Coney Island, summer 1905: a new attraction opened at Luna Park. Within weeks it would be the talk … read more
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7. Helpmeet
By: Naben Ruthnum
3.41
Format: 94 pages, Paperback
It's 1900, and Louise Wilk is taking her dying husband from Manhattan to the upstate orchard estate… read more
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"This isn’t like the nose. That came off, like it was being picked at, pulled, tugged like taffy. This is from the inside. I can feel it when I’m going to sleep. Through the optic nerves. Drinking, ge…"-Naben Ruthnum, Helpmeet
8. Beautiful Country
By: Qian Julie Wang
4.18
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful country.” Yet when sev… read more
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- nonfiction
"Words rolled out of my mouth one after another and I do not dare to interrupt them with a breath. They are new words, foreign words but familiar all the same because they have been sitting at my thro…"-Qian Julie Wang, Beautiful Country
9. The Mango Tree: A Memoir of Fruit, Florida, and Felony
By: Annabelle Tometich
4.30
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Rows of orange people sit handcuffed in a beige room. One of them is my mother. When journalist … read more
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- nonfiction
10. Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country
By: Patricia Evangelista
4.18
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
A fearless, powerfully written on-the-ground account of a nation careening into violent autocracy—t… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
11. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
By: Cathy Park Hong
4.21
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose the trut… read more
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- nonfiction
"When I hear the phrase “Asians are next in line to be white,"-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
"The avant-garde genealogy could be tracked through stories of bad-boy white artists who “got away with it,"-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
"the curse of anyone nonwhite is that you are so busy arguing what you're not that you never arrive at what you are."-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
"Hollywood is still so racist against Asians that when there’s a rare Asian extra in a film, I tense up for the chinky joke and relax when there isn’t one."-Cathy Park Hong, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
12. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
13. Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
By: Mia P. Manansala
3.67
Format: 279 pages, Paperback
Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexi… read more
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"People said that dogs tended to resemble their owners, and considering that my little wiener dog was a super cute brown girl with stubby legs, great fashion sense, and a tendency toward plumpness, I …"-Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
"I decided to let Longganisa ride with us, both to cheer us up and to make up for having her shut in my room all night. We completed the short drive in silence, Joy stroking Longganisa's short fur and…"-Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
"I set out a loaf of zucchini-pandan bread, the green coloring from the extract adding an interesting tinge to the crumb. The grassy, floral taste complemented the neutral flavor of the zucchini well,…"-Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
"So you're the former beauty queen Rob mentioned. Not quite what I was expecting, honey." The spell she'd cast over me lifted a bit at that remark---I didn't need her reminding me I wasn't beauty quee…"-Mia P. Manansala, Homicide and Halo-Halo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #2)
14. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
By: Tricia Hersey
4.08
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitali… read more
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- nonfiction
15. The Cemetery of Untold Stories
By: Julia Alvarez
3.68
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
Literary icon Julia Alvarez returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling itself… read more
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16. Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
By: Geena Rocero
4.22
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
“A moving chronicle of trans resilience and joy” (Vogue) from one of Out100’s Most Impactful and In… read more
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- nonfiction
"Geena, you speak about transgender rights and FIlipino food with equal expertise."-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
"That's the thing about trans joy: It can never be fully extinguished. People can try to narrow the possibilities for our lives, even end them, but our spirits will always expand to fill whatever spac…"-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
"I didn't need to come out ot her. I never said those declarative words - and I didn't even know them at the time. Vocabulary like trans would come much later in my life. All I needed was to hear the …"-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
"Despite the ubiquity of government-organized trans pageants in the Philippines, trans people themselves are not politically recognized. We are culturally visible but legally erased. To this day, tran…"-Geena Rocero, Horse Barbie: A Memoir of Reclamation
17. Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
By: Angela Garbes
3.88
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of Like a Mother comes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America… read more
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- nonfiction
"We are caught between how we were raised and how we really want to live."-Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
"More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible,"-Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
"Doing this requires knowledge of the history of mothering and care work—how they came to be seen as naturally female, which is to say invisible and undervalued."-Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
"When you become a mother, you engender life, endless possibilities. Mothering is creative in a very literal sense—it is cultivating all that potential, bringing a small person into consciousness."-Angela Garbes, Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
18. Beyond the Gender Binary
By: Alok Vaid-Menon
4.49
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Beyond the Gender Binary, spoken word poet Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not … read more
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- nonfiction
"I learned about gender through shame."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"Critiquing gender is not the same thing as creating gender."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"It's a surreal experience to have your personhood be reduced to a prop."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
"The days that I feel most beautiful are the days that I am most afraid."-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary
19. Patron Saints of Nothing
By: Randy Ribay
4.23
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age story about grief, guilt, and the risks a Filipino-American teenager takes to uncov… read more
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"We failed him in life. We should not fail him in death."-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"English is a language that lives in the middle of the mouth, but Tagalog is more of an open throat song that dances between the tip of the tongue and the teeth. My mouth feels too heavy, too thick, t…"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"But there are good things I can hold on to and there are other things I have the power to change. My family, myself, this world--al of us are flawed. But flawed doesn't mean hopeless. It doesn't mean…"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
"Maybe he was reaching out to me through those words, and I let him slip away. I stayed silent. If I had written to him more often, been more honest, would it have helped him work through some of his …"-Randy Ribay, Patron Saints of Nothing
20. Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)
By: Mia P. Manansala
3.70
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
When murder mars the grand opening for Lila Macapagal’s aunties’ new laundromat, she will have to a… read more
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"This town could use a force for good." Jae smiled down at me. "At least it has us."-Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)
"I took a huge bite of a silvana, savoring the contrasting crunchy, chewy, and creamy textures, letting the sweet richness of the buttercream melt in my mouth to give me courage."-Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)
"Nabila hesitated, but then Longganisa sat on Nabila's foot and looked up at her as if to say, You sure you don't want to be our friend? Even if you weren't a dog person (do those exist?), there was n…"-Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)
"An old client brought me a bottle of Vinho Verde, so I thought I'd try making a green sangria. Perfect for spring, isn't it?" The pitcher was full of honeydew, green apple, green grapes, lime, basil,…"-Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #4)
21. How to Stand Up to a Dictator
By: Maria Ressa
4.34
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What will you sacrifice for the truth? Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. Bu… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
22. Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
By: Mia P. Manansala
3.73
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
When her long lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows th… read more
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"If you've turned up after all these years just to break Tita Rosie's heart again, I'll kill you. I'm serious. And Ate Bernie will help me hide the body," I said, bringing up his ex-girlfriend and my …"-Mia P. Manansala, Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
"My aunt said a quick grace, then everyone helped themselves to the myriad dishes on the table: chicken afritada, bangus a la pobre, adobong pusit, beef nilaga, lumpiang togue, kang-kong in oyster sau…"-Mia P. Manansala, Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
"I slid the cookie platter in front of them, which contained the four holiday cookies I'd come up with as well as peach-mango crumble cookies, my special of the day. The buttery, sweet base was topped…"-Mia P. Manansala, Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
"I pulled one of my individual buko pandan trifles out of the refrigerated tote bag I was carrying. Considering how little time I had to come up with the recipe, I was proud of how they'd turned out: …"-Mia P. Manansala, Blackmail and Bibingka (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #3)
23. The Monsters We Defy
By: Leslye Penelope
4.12
Format: 349 pages, Kindle Edition
A woman able to communicate with spirits must assemble a ragtag crew to pull off a daring heist to … read more
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24. Brown Girls
By: Daphne Palasi Andreades
3.90
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
A blazingly original debut novel about a group of friends and their immigrant families from Queens,… read more
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25. Nervous: Essays on Heritage and Healing
By: Jen Soriano
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Activist Jen Soriano brings to light the lingering impacts of transgenerational trauma and uses sci… read more
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- nonfiction
26. You're That Bitch: And Other Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself
By: Bretman Rock
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
"This book is hilarious and that bitch made me laugh out loud."--Chelsea Handler A chaotically j… read more
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- nonfiction
"A role could call for an indigenous Aeta woman and they would hire a half white, half Filipina woman and paint her skin Black just so she could play a maid."-Bretman Rock, You're That Bitch: And Other Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself
27. Somewhere in the Middle: A journey to the Philippines in search of roots, belonging, and identity
By: Deborah Francisco Douglas
3.87
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
Half Filipino but raised in an American household, Deborah Francisco Douglas had always longed to … read more
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- nonfiction
28. Her Wild American Self: Short Stories
By: M. Evelina Galang
4.11
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Filipina American debut author displays the contradictions of Asian American experience with irony … read more
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29. Pinay Guerrilleras: The Unsung Heroics of Filipina Resistance Fighters During the Pacific War
By: Stacey Anne Baterina Salinas
4.15
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
December 8th, 1941 marked the start of the full-scale invasion of the Philippines during World War … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
30. Everything We Never Had
By: Randy Ribay
4.50
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally c… read more
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31. Concepcion: An Immigrant Family's Fortunes
By: Albert Samaha
4.06
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Absolutely extraordinary...A landmark in the contemporary literature of the diaspora." --Jia Tolen… read more
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- nonfiction
