The Kindness of Birds
By: Merlinda Bobis
3.80
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
An oriole sings to a dying father. A bleeding-heart dove saves the day. A crow wakes a woman’s reso…
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1. The Upside of Unrequited
By: Becky Albertalli
3.95
Format: 768 pages, Hardcover
Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love--she's lived through it twenty… read more
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2. Woman Enough: And Other Essays
By: Carmen Guerrero Nakpil
3.16
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The twenty-two essays in this book were written during the hot and heady years of post-World-War II… read more
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3. Human Acts
By: Han Kang , Deborah Smith
4.37
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a rare and astonishing (The Observer… read more
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4. Bata, Bata... Pa'no Ka Ginawa?
By: Lualhati Bautista
3.36
Format: 317 pages, Mass Market Paperback
...Hanggang sa ang bata ay hindi na bata kundi ama, o ina. Ano ang ituuro niya ngayon sa kanyang mg… read more
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5. Sweet Bean Paste
By: Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
Sentaro has failed: he has a criminal record, drinks too much, and hasn't managed to fulfil his dre… read more
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6. Birdflight
By: Felix Mago Miguel , Carla M. Pacis
4.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this novel, a large group of captive birds led by Manaul, a Philippine Eagle, and aided by unlik… read more
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7. The Blind Assassin
By: Margaret Atwood
5.00
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Margaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new heights in a dazzling novel that unfolds layer… read more
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8. The Living Planet
By: David Attenborough
3.81
Format: 75 pages, Hardcover
(Also has Collins ISBN - 0002191393) Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants, animals and m… read more
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9. Tuya
By: Claudia Piñeiro
3.76
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Un corazón dibujado con rouge, cruzado por un “te quiero” y firmado “Tuya”, le revela a Inés que su… read more
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"Yo sé bastante de mecánica, pero él no sabe que sé, porque ocuparse de los autos es una tarea de los hombres, y como decía mi mamá, el día que cambiás un cuerito, sonaste, porque ya creen que sos plo…"-Claudia Piñeiro, Tuya
10. ‘GAPÔ (at isang puting Pilipino, sa mundo ng mga Amerikanong kulay brown)
By: Lualhati Bautista
2.80
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
'GAPO Isang security guardna kano sa base-militar ang nakapatay ng Pilipino. Tumangging isuko ng mi… read more
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11. Dekada '70
By: Lualhati Bautista
2.80
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Definitely a political novel. More than the individual story of a mother watching her sons grow an… read more
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12. DallerGut Dream Department Store
By: Lee Mi-ye
3.79
Format: 243 pages, Paperback
|| THE NO.1 KOREAN BESTSELLER WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD|| In a mysterious town that lies h… read more
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"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak"-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
"Adakalanya kekhawatiran kemarin menghilang seperti salju yang meleleh atau kekuatan untuk hidup menjalani hari ini muncul hanya dengan tidur yang nyenyak."-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
"I don't think humans are some self-driving car racing toward the finish line. We must own our lives, start the engine ourselves, and sometimes put on brakes."-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
"I believe there are two ways to love your life, Penny. The first is to work hard to change your life when you feel unsatisfied.' 'That seems about right.' Penny nods. 'The second option may look easi…"-Lee Mi-ye, DallerGut Dream Department Store
13. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)
By: Satoshi Yagisawa
3.87
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the … read more
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14. 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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15. Salt Slow
By: Julia Armfield
3.99
Format: 193 pages, Hardcover
This collection of stories is about women and their experiences in society, about bodies and the bo… read more
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- short stories
"She was a gentle sort of horror,"-Julia Armfield, Salt Slow
"The night is wide, uncurving, like the earth might be flat and walkable from end to distant end."-Julia Armfield, Salt Slow
"Sleeping gave me time off from myself — a delicious sort of respite. Without it I grow overfamiliar, sticky with self-contempt."-Julia Armfield, Salt Slow
"Occasionally, I convinced myself I had made it all up — love, attraction, all of it — that I had made it up with everyone I'd ever met."-Julia Armfield, Salt Slow
16. Your Utopia
By: Bora Chung
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more
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17. 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
18. The Quiet Ones
By: Glenn Diaz
3.89
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
During a regular shift at the call center, Alvin Estrada discovers a way to embezzle money from the… read more
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"All that we did in this world was to salvage scraps of freedom."-Glenn Diaz, The Quiet Ones
"Learning English was like lifting a veil, one which would be, he'd learn, impossible to fully restore."-Glenn Diaz, The Quiet Ones
"She gave it a shot' was how she planned to euphemize the five-year detour: to her therapist, to curious friends, to herself. Had she been younger, there would have been wailing for the lost years, bu…"-Glenn Diaz, The Quiet Ones
"A few moments into the ride, I saw Reynaldo's figure down the road, walking erectly, holding something. Seeing him there, amid the banana trees and huts and roadside stands with petrol in Coke bottle…"-Glenn Diaz, The Quiet Ones
19. Some Days You Can’t Save Them All
By: Ronnie E. Baticulon
4.67
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
"In the event of an error, the only thing a writer loses is a chunk of swollen ego. But a physician… read more
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"Some days, you could not save them all, but my patients - with their promise of a good story - reminded me that I should never stop trying."-Ronnie E. Baticulon, Some Days You Can’t Save Them All
20. Kulang na Silya at Iba pang Kuwentong Buhay: Essays on Life and Writing
By: Ricky Lee
4.55
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
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"Yang hawak mong diploma, para 'yan sa iba, hindi para sa'yo."-Ricky Lee, Kulang na Silya at Iba pang Kuwentong Buhay: Essays on Life and Writing
21. Things Remembered and Things Forgotten
By: Kyōko Nakajima
3.82
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
'If we want to understand what has been lost to time, there is no way other than through the exerci… read more
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22. Happy Stories, Mostly
By: Norman Erikson Pasaribu
3.77
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
Playful, shape-shifting and emotionally charged, Happy Stories, Mostly is a collection of twelve st… read more
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23. Seek Ye Whore and Other Stories
By: Yvette Tan
4.09
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Yvette Tan, one of the Philippines’ most celebrated horror writers, returns with her second short s… read more
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24. Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1)
By: Rin Chupeco
3.98
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Remy Pendergast is many things: the only son of the Duke of Valenbonne (though his father might wis… read more
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"Can't I just have a little bit of slaughter? I'm sure they won't notice."-Rin Chupeco, Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1)
"He was too soft, like his father had said. Must have gotten it from his mother. And then he wondered if his mother had only been soft because she'd loved his father. Like kindness had ever been a sin."-Rin Chupeco, Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1)
"[Xiaodan] '...Perhaps you're being unduly hard on yourself, milord.' 'Armiger,' Remy said, before he could stop himself. 'Not milord.' 'Armiger. That means "arm's bearer," doesn't it? But why choose …"-Rin Chupeco, Silver Under Nightfall (Reaper, #1)
25. Seventeen Prayers to the Many-Eyed Mother
By: Eliza Victoria
4.09
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
In this highly anticipated follow-up to 2012’s “A Bottle of Storm Clouds,” award-winning author Eli… read more
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26. Bibliolepsy
By: Gina Apostol
3.22
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Moving, sexy, and archly funny, Gina Apostol’s Philippine National Book Award-winning Bibliolepsy i… read more
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27. La Tercera
By: Gina Apostol
3.17
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Gina Apostol’s novel pieces together a century and a half of Philippine history through the story o… read more
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"But the fact is, like my mom, most Filipinos prefer to keep history in the dark or, in these days, sold to the highest bidder. Who can blame them. It's kind of painful to remember."-Gina Apostol, La Tercera
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29. Strange Intimacy: Essays on Dressing Up and Consumption
By: Zea Asis
3.96
Format: 56 pages, Unknown Binding
Zea Asis' first book of essays is about a young woman's coming-of-age in the Philippines as bound t… read more
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30. The Kindness of Birds
By: Merlinda Bobis
3.80
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
An oriole sings to a dying father. A bleeding-heart dove saves the day. A crow wakes a woman’s reso… read more
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31. Departures
By: Priscilla Supnet Macansantos
3.93
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
In this collection of essays, the author reflects on her life and times, including those of family … read more
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