Villanueva, Gail D.
Summary: In one week Sabrina will be eleven-years-old and she would really like to get her estranged parents and her older sister Ate Nadine together for the celebration, especially since the black butterfly landing on her locket has convinced her that she is going to die; Sabrina and her friend Pepper come up with a bucket list, and enlist Ate Nadine's help--but aspiring reporter Ate Nadine is working...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC VILArre, Arnold
Summary: It's been two decades since the former classmates first met, and the ensuing years have brought their share of changes. Kubin's strength is weakening with each passing day; Lane's telepathy is gone; Rey and Misha are nowhere to be found; and the bonds that once held them together are slowly crumbling under their misfortune. Thrown into the mix is Nicole and Kubin's daughter, Marilag, who has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 ARRCruz, Marie Miranda
Summary: After the loss of her father and home, twelve-year-old Nora lives with her mother in Manila's North Cemetery but then her mother disappears, sending Nora on a dangerous quest to find her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Starscape]/Tom Doherty Associates 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CRUChikiamco, Paolo
Summary: "Manila--the walled city recently freed from a dictator's iron-fisted rule--is a magical metropolis where monsters roam the neon-lit streets. In this noir-tinged graphic novel, the capital exists in an alternate reality where myth and fantasy collide. Tensions between the human and nonhuman realms are about to hit a breaking point in a city now governed by the mysterious Societies. Who will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CHIMurray, Sabina
Summary: "Filipino-American Christina "Ting" Klein has just travelled from New York to Manila, both to escape her imminent divorce, and to begin research for a biography of Timicheg, an indigenous Filipino brought to America at the start of the twentieth century to be exhibited as part of a 'human zoo.' It has been a year since Ting's last visit, and one year since Procopio "Copo" Gumboc swept the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2021
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MURMrazek, Robert J.
Summary: "When Florence Finch died at the age of 101, few of her Ithaca, NY neighbors knew that this unassuming Filipina native was a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, whose courage and sacrifice were unsurpassed in the Pacific War against Japan. Long accustomed to keeping her secrets close in service of the Allies, she waited fifty years to reveal the story of those dramatic and harrowing days...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FINCH, FLORENCE MRACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B FINCH MRASummary: World War II - American naval planes carry out a raid on Manila in the Philippines.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1945
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Coyiuto, Mae
Summary: "When Chloe Liang is officially off the wait list for USC, she's one step closer to realizing her dream of becoming an animator in the United States. Her auntie insists on planning a traditional debut for Chloe's eighteenth birthday, and it would be the perfect send-off-- if her aunt wasn't making such a big production out of it. To make matters worse, her father, intent on finding Chloe the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COYSummary: "Julio Madiaga, a simple fisherman from the province, travels to Manila to find Ligaya, the woman he loves, after she went away with a mysterious woman promising a better future in the City. When he arrives, he becomes immersed in the city lifestyle and gets involved with its inhabitants experiencing extreme poverty, hard luck, and the overbearing need to grind for daily sustention. While Julio...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MANSummary: World War II - American troops retake Manila from the Japanese.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1945
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Van Sickle, Emily.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Academy Chicago Publishers 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5317 VANSSummary: World War II - American troops advancing through the Philippines towards Manila
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1944
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Summary: "This Insight Guide is a lavishly illustrated inspirational travel guide to the Philippines. Perfect for travelers looking for a deeper dive into the destination's history and culture, it's ideal to inspire and help you plan your travels. Whether it's deciding when to go, choosing what to see or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Boracay or Palawan, it will answer all the questions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: APA Publications Ltd UK 2023