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1	American Son more books like this by Brian Ascalon Roley add to wishlist The story of two Filipino brothers adrift in contemporary California. The older brother, Tomas, fashions himself into a Mexican gangster and breeds attack dogs. The narrator is younger brother Gabe, who tries to avoid the tar pit of Tomas's waywardness, yet moves ever closer to embracing it. see all copies from $2.69! new only from $8.77!
2	Scent of Apples: A Collection of Stories more books like this by Bienvenido N Santos add to wishlist This collection of sixteen short stories brings the work of a distinguished Filipino writer to the attention of an American audience. Born in the Phillipines, Mr. Santos first came to the United States in 1941. Since then, he has lived intermittently in each country, writing in English about his experiences and those of his countrymen. see all copies from $5.64! new only from $11.17! \| first editions \| SVS
3	My American Kundiman more books like this by Patrick Rosal, Persea Books (Creator) add to wishlist From one of our most charismatic poets, a personal song to America. This pulsating collection picks up the beat and imagery of Patrick Rosal's thrilling debut, "Uprock Headspin Scramble and Dive," Here, though, the poet's electric narratives and portraits extend beyond the working class streets of urban New Jersey. Modeling poems on the kundiman, ... see all copies from $8.77! new only from $8.77! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Home Bound: Filipino American Lives Across Cultures, Communities, and Countries more books like this by Yen Le Espiritu, Dr. Yen Le Espiritu (Editor) add to wishlist Based on in-depth interviews with more than 100 Filipinos in San Diego, California, this text investigates how Filipino women and men are transformed through the experience of migration, and how they in turn remake the social world around them. see all copies from $18.18! new only from $26.95! \| SVS
5	Returning a Borrowed Tongue: An Anthology of Filipino and Filipino American Poetry more books like this by Nick Carbo (Editor), Nick Carbc3 (Editor), Nick Carb (Editor) add to wishlist A collection of poetry by Filipino and Filipino-American poets. see all copies from $8.95! new only from $9.13! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Gangster of Love more books like this by Jessica Haedorn, Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn add to wishlist An elegant and smart novel by the author of "Dogeaters" which captures the pain of leaving one country behind and the struggle to adapt to a new one, "The Gangster of Love" tells the story of the Rivera family from the Philippines, who have come to the United States to make a new life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| SVS
7	Filipino American Lives PB more books like this by Yen Le Espiritu, Yen L Espiritu add to wishlist Filipino Americans are now the second largest group of Asian Americans as well as the second largest immigrant group in the United States. As reflected in this collection, their lives represent the diversity of the immigrant experience and their narratives are a way to understand ethnic identity and Filipino American history. Men and women, old ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.13! \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Filipino-American Kitchen: Traditional Recipes, Contemporary Flavors more books like this by Jennifer M Aranas, Brian Briggs (Photographer), Michael Land (Photographer) add to wishlist Containing over 100 traditional and modern adaptations of Filipino recipes, this cookbook is perfect for Americans with little to no experience with Filipino cuisine, and for Filipino-Americans interested in learning new adaptations of traditional dishes. A comprehensive guide, "The Filipino-American Kitchen" includes a brief culinary history of ... see all copies from $19.16! new only from $19.16! \| SVS
9	Fresh Off the Boat more books like this by Melissa de La Cruz add to wishlist In a semi-autobiographical, funny, heartbreaking, first-person narrative, a fresh new voice tells of 14-year-old Vicenza, recently arrived in San Francisco from the Philippines, in a touching story about a young girl who despairs of ever fitting in. Young Adult. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Pinoy Capital: The Filipino Nation in Daly City more books like this by Benito M Vergara, Jr. add to wishlist Home to 33,000 Filipino American residents, Daly City, California, located just outside of San Francisco, has been dubbed 'the Pinoy Capital of the United States.' In this fascinating ethnographic study of the lives of Daly City residents, Benito Vergara shows how Daly City has become a magnet for the growing Filipino American community. Vergara ... see all copies from $25.37! new only from $25.37!
11 view cover	The Gangster of Love more books like this by Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn add to wishlist Rocky Rivera plays in a rock band with her boyfriend, Elvis Chang. Her story spans generations and cultures, and includes such characters as her traditional mother, Milagros, her bedeviled brother, Voltaire, her eccentric uncle Marlon, and her best friend, the enigmatic Keiko. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Danger & Beauty more books like this by Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn add to wishlist Poetry and short stories from the author of "Dogeaters" and "Gangster Choir". As in her other works, Hagedorn here explores the confusions and perceptions that affect Asian immigrants in the United States. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Growing Up Filipino: Stories for Young Adults more books like this by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (Editor) add to wishlist In this fine short-story collection, 29 Filipino American writers explore the universal challenges of adolescence from the unique perspectives of teens in the Philippines or in the U.S. Organized into five sections--Family, Angst, Friendship, Love, and Home--all the stories are about growing up and what the introduction calls "growing into ... see all copies from $13.26! new only from $16.17! \| signed copies \| SVS
14 view cover	Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories more books like this by Peter Bacho add to wishlist Thirteen short stories about Filipino immigrants on the West Coast. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.47! \| signed copies \| SVS
15 view cover	Going Home to a Landscape: Writings by Filipinas more books like this by Marianne Villanueva (Editor), Virginia Cerenio (Editor) add to wishlist This collection touches on memory, love, the sorrow of loss, and childhood joy-all viewed through the prism of a unique Asian culture that is the product of American and Spanish colonization. The anthology reflects the myriad changes faced by Filipinas in the twenty-first century, their songs of survival, and the bridging of cultures. It gives ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $11.07! \| SVS
16 view cover	American Tropics: Articulating Filipino America more books like this by Allan Punzalan Isaac add to wishlist In 1997, when the New York Times described Filipino American serial killer Andrew Cunanan as appearing "to be everywhere and nowhere," Allan Punzalan Isaac recognized confusion about the Filipino presence in the United States, symptomatic of American imperialism's invisibility to itself. In American Tropics, Isaac explores American fantasies about ... see all copies from $11.95! new only from $20.00! \| SVS
17 view cover	One Tribe more books like this by M Evelina Galang add to wishlist In One Tribe, the dealth of Isabel Manalo's unborn child stirs widespread speculation in her small Midwestern suburb. Fed up with the noise of tsismosas (gossips), she moves to Virginia Beach to teach myth and history to Filipino-American youth, and walks into a chaotic world of drive-by shootings, beauty pageants and community politicking. At ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.09! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Si Lakas At Ang Isdang Manilatown / Lakas and the Manilatown Fish more books like this by Anthony D Robles, Carl Angel (Illustrator), Eloisa D de Jesus (Translator) add to wishlist Can a fish talk? Can it jump and play and run -- especially run -- just like a small boy? When Lakas and his dad go shopping, they meet a very special fish that can do all these things and more! But this fish won't stay put in its fish tank. Once it leaps out, a cast of unusual Manilatown characters chases it down Kearny Street and all the way to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.75! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Names Above Houses more books like this by Oliver de La Paz, MFA add to wishlist In Names above Houses, Oliver de la Paz uses both prose and verse poems to create the magical realm of Fidelito Recto - a boy who wants to fly - and his family of Filipino immigrants. Fidelito's mother, Maria Elena, tries to keep her son grounded while struggling with her own moorings. Meanwhile, Domingo, Fidelito's fisherman father, is always at ... see all copies from $3.39! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Filipinos, Forgotten Asian Americans more books like this by Asian Americans Demonstration, Dorothy Laigo Cordova (Photographer), Albert A Acena (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $55.00! first editions
21 view cover	Five Faces of Exile: The Nation and Filipino American Intellectuals more books like this by Augusto Fauni Espiritu add to wishlist Colonialism and empire have rarely been seen from the perspectives and experiences of the colonized. Five Faces of Exile addresses this gap by exploring a wide range of perspectives on colonial, anti-colonial, and postcolonial developments. More specifically, it explores American empire in the Philippines and its ethnic and racial dimensions in ... see all copies from $15.60! new only from $20.46!
22 view cover	Willie Wins more books like this by Almira Astudillo Gilles, Carl Angel (Illustrator) add to wishlist Willie is tired of hearing about his father's childhood in the Philippines and wishes his dad would just concentrate on life in the United States. When a school assignment on saving money requires Willie to bring a bank into school, he is embarrassed by the Philippine coconut-shell piggy bank his father gives him for the project. To make matters ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Miracle of EDSA more books like this by William Newton Edwards add to wishlist see all copies from $2.49! new only from $3.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Triumph over Marcos : a story based on the lives of Gene Viernes & Silme Domingo, Filipino American Cannery Union organizers, their assassination, and the trial that followed more books like this by Thomas Churchill add to wishlist Silme and Gene were only twenty-nine at the time they were murdered in 1981. They had spent ten years reforming cannery workplaces, where bosses and mob-related union foremen were resistant to change. Both college educated activists, they angered many inside and outside the Filipino community because of their forceful, open fight for union reform ... see all copies from $2.68! new only from $10.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
25	Cross Currents more books like this by Lee G. Cantwell add to wishlist A young Filipino Mormon boy living on the Hawaiian island of Lanai tries to further his relationship with a Japanese girl but he first must overcome the prejudice of her father. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.28! \| first editions \| SVS

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