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Beyond paradise

1999
Within months of arriving in the exotic Philippines from Upper Sandusky, Ohio, to live with her missionary parents on the island of Panay, fourteen-year-old Louise finds herself a prisoner of war in an internment camp when the Japanese invade her new country in 1941.

Waltzing with a dictator

the Marcoses and the making of American policy
1987

The Philippines

2000
Describes the history, geography, plants and animals, people and culture of the Philippines.

The picture life of Corazon Aquino

1987
Traces the life of the Philippino leader, discussing the challenges she faced in her first few months in office following the defeat of Ferdinand Marcos in the 1986 election.

The Philippines

America's forgotten friends
1974
A history of the Philippines stressing its political development and its tragic struggle in World War II.

We live in the Philippines

1986
Presents various aspects of life in the Philippines through interviews with twenty-six people representing different age groups, occupations, and regions. Also includes a section of brief facts about the country and a glossary.

Worth dying for

1987
An account of what took place in the two and a half years from the assassination of Benigno Aquino, to the flight of Marcos and the victory of Corazon Aquino.

The Philippine insurrection, 1899-1902

America's only try for an overseas empire
1973
Traces the causes, events, and results of the insurrection resulting from the United States decision not to grant Philippine independence at the end of the Spanish-American war.

Filipino immigration

2004
An overview of immigration from the Philippines to the United States and Canada since the 1960s, when immigration laws were changed to permit greater numbers of people to enter these countries.

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