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Silk, Silver, Spices, Slaves
A country’s history is like a jigsaw puzzle. The bigger picture of how a country and its people came to be can be pieced together through multiple narratives, perspectives, and stories. In Silk, Silver, Spices, Slaves, Lio Mangubat reaches back into the depths of colonial archives and brings to life long-lost stories that would otherwise have been footnotes in Philippine history. Featuring 13 essays inspired by his podcast series The Colonial Dept., Mangubat spins tales of galleons, triads, fickle spirits, long-lost maps, and the secret history of otters. In these pages, learn about how the entire country became mad for baseball; how Mexican fighter pilots flew dangerous missions over the Philippines during World War II; or how American occupiers fell victim to a mysterious illness called “Philippinitis". Beyond revisiting days gone by, Mangubat also connects the threads of each story to the wider tapestry of world history — and how these can unspool even up to our current time. A masterful storyteller and podcaster, he proves that the past can loom larger than the present.
Runaway Model
The ‘90s: grunge, glitz, glamor. In a decade when the parties never seemed to end, Joey Mead emerged as one of the country’s legendary fashion icons—a host, supermodel, and VJ who was living the jet-setting life that many could only dream of having. But when the lights came on and the makeup came off, she struggled with the turmoil lurking just underneath the surface. Runaway Model is the story of Joey Mead King, from her uncertain childhood in Australia to her own peaceful, triumphant reclamation of life, even as the pandemic raged around the globe. It is a memoir of the shimmering decades of Philippine fashion—starring the places and the personalities that defined that era—as well as the dark shadows that sometimes accompanied each brightly-lit scene. But most of all, it is a story about love in all its many forms—the kind that only blossoms when you begin to love yourself.
Salamangka 2
Here, you will find moon-eaters learning for the first time that they are fearsome monsters, a Salamangkero living with the knowledge of both gods and man, and mortal men winning over the hearts of otherworldly beings. In these pages, Ian Sta. Maria, along with other talented storytellers, has created a world where men walk free among monsters and myths. But these stories bring neither fear nor torment. Instead, they tell only the stories that are worth telling—that of the heart in conflict with itself. They say that through stories, we bring out the best and the worst in all of us. Most important of all, stories bring out acceptance— of who we are, who we were, and who we want to be in the deepest parts of our hearts. These stories invite you to be a part of this world. Welcome. Come as you are.
Read My Lips
Read My Lips: What It Takes to Build a World-Class Homegrown Brand by Rissa Mananquil Trillo—co-founder of Filipino beauty brand Happy Skin—is part-memoir and part-business guide: by rooting the conversation in Rissa’s own experiences—from her failures to her successes, from her lowest moments to her brightest triumphs—she inspires not just readers ready to rise to a new career challenge of entrepreneurship, but also anyone who wants to learn about beauty, business, and life. Read My Lips is divided into two parts. In the first, Rissa answers questions about entrepreneurship, helping you start and run your own business, while fully understanding both the sacrifices and fulfillment that go with making the leap. In the second, she imparts lessons gleaned from her own life experiences that unfolded the path for opportunities in business and beauty, as well as values needed to survive in entrepreneurship.
Practical Magic Book
Practical Magic: Your Guide To Everyday Astrology, a contemporary astrology guide by Chinggay Labrador is the perfect companion for modern mystics. This book goes beyond giving vague forecasts for your sun sign—your go-to sign when you consult your horoscope—and takes you through what the stars have written out for you so you can apply your more comprehensive stellar smarts to your everyday life.
The Best Horror of the Year
An elderly man aggressively defends his private domain against all comers?including his daughter;a policeman investigates an impossible horror show of a crime; a father witnesses one of the worst things a parent can imagine; the abuse of one child fuels another’s yearning; an Iraqi war veteran seeks a fellow soldier in his hometown but finds more than she bargains for . . . The Best Horror of the Year showcases the previous year’s best offerings in short fiction horror. This edition includes award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Adam L. G. Nevill, Livia Llewellyn, Peter Straub, Gemma Files, Brian Hodge, and more. For more than three decades, award-winning editor and anthologist ...
A Holmes by Any Other Name
Sherlock Holmes is one of the most recognizable—and most parodied—names in western literature. Bill Mason, BSI, collects and annotates these parody names, from the first one that appeared in 1891, to the present day. As Mason says in his introduction: One of the great aspects of Sherlock Holmes is the fact that, just as the character himself is subject to endless variation, so is his name. Ellery Queen noted that the name itself “is particularly susceptible to the twistings and mis-shapenings of burlesque minded authors.” Surely, Arthur Conan Doyle, who struggled a little with what he was going to call his detective hero, could not have known just how perfect the name he finally selected—Sherlock Holmes—would be for parody, for rhyme, for the transposing of letters and sounds, for the substitution of suggestive words in the name of a comic character. Mason’s listings are an invaluable resource for the Holmsian scholar, researcher, or for those interested in whiling away a few hours with a delightful and chuckle-inspiring volume.
