Additional Book List I

Philippines

Title: “Bugtong, Bugtong,” 1998

Author-Compiler: RENE O. VILLANUEVA / Illustrator: Daniel Tayona

Description: A good book on Filipino riddles that are matched to colorful illustrations to make the riddles more understandable

Title: “Bugtong, Bugtong 2,” 2013

Author: DANIEL PALMA TAYONA

Description: A sequel to “Bugtong, Bugtong” by Rene Villanueva and a sequel that follows the format of Villanueva’s book

Title: “Philippine History,” 2nd Edition, 2010
Author: MARIA CHRISTINE N. HALILI
Description: A book which “intends to incorporate the notable events that took place in our country, unfurling the aspirations of the people and unfolding the possibilities of the future” and which has for its mission the dissemination of “ideals prevailing in the society under varied circumstances....”

Title: “Philippines,” 2008
Author: LINDSAY BENNETT
Description: A book which describes the Philippines as a “country of 7107 islands.... (perched) on the Pacific Rim.... with an enthralling and unfolding human story and innumerable treasures to explore.... and as “a country with one foot in the medieval era and the other in the wireless age”

Title: “Rizal: Life, Works, and Ideals,” 2004 / 2012 Reprint

Author: FRANCISCO M. ZULUETA

Description: A book about Dr. Jose Rizal and written “to provide necessary literature in connection with Republic Act No. 1425….known as the ‘Rizal Law’” and which is intended “to make students and other readers aware of the sacrifice and noble ideas and adhere to the teachings of the man who gave up his life for his country’s freedom, unity and progress”

Title: “The Magic of the Philippines,” 2002 Copyright / 2009 Reprint
Editor: GILL GORDON

Publisher: New Holland Publishers, Ltd
Description: A book which describes the Philippines as a “country (that) offers something for everybody.... (from) palm-fringed beaches to marine sanctuaries; from bustling cities to isolated rural hamlets; from active volcanoes to dense rainforests... a land of contrasts, challenges and promise”

Psychology

Title: “General Psychology,” 4^th Edition, 2002

Authors: CUSTODIOSA A. SANCHEZ, LORETO V. JAO and PAZ F. ABAD

Description: A textbook which gives “an intensive study of the basic principles of and issues in psychology from the scientific point of view”

Title: “The Little Prince,” (First Published in 1945), Printed Edition of 2012 by Egmont UK Limited, Copyright Editions Gallimard 1946 and 2009

Author: ANTIONE DE SAINT-EXUPERY / Translator: KATHERINE WOODS

Description: A fiction that tells the story of a little prince and the wonderful worlds he encountered, and a book which contains quotes - that find essential validity in life - such as “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye”  and  “It is the time that you have (spent) for your rose that makes your rose so important”

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