A sampling of the Ateneo de Manila University Press' new titles is found below, but for a complete listing check out its website www.ateneopress.org or use Google Book Search to peruse chapters. Call or email to reserve single copies or bulk orders: 4265984, 4266001 ext 4610/3, or at unipress@admu.edu.ph

ARCHAEOLOGY

*A Lemery Archaeological Sequence* by Cecilia Y. Locsin, Maria Isabel G.
Ongpin, and Socorro Paz P. Paterno. "It is a straightforward scientific
research document with several very informative appendices, about an
archaeological dig done in Lemery, Batangas. One can deduce from the
evidence that these early people had sedentary settlements, a developed
spiritual life, organized families, divisions of labor and an established
aesthetic sensibility."--*Jonathan Best*. 2008. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. 316 pages.
HB ISBN 978-971-550-579-6 / BK ISBN 978-971-550-552-9.

BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY

*A Man and His Music: An Autobiography *by Angel M. Peña. All in all Angel
M. Peña spent thirty years as the well-loved and respected bass player and
arranger of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, and continued to compose,
arrange, lecture, and perform for most of those years. Finalist, 27th
National Book Awards (2007), for Biography/Autobiography. 2007. 6 x 9
inches. 220 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-509-3.

ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT

*The Dynamics of Regional Development: The Philippines in East Asia *edited by Arsenio M. Balisacan and Hal Hill. The book examines the issues
transcending regional development dynamics across a broader canvas than is perhaps customarily the case.  Winner, 27th National Book Awards (2007), for Best Book in the Social Sciences. 2007. 6 x 9 inches. 514 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-532-1.

EMPIRE, NATION, DIASPORA,  Vicente L. Rafael, *Series Editor*

*Home Bound: Filipino American Lives across Cultures, Communities, and
Countries* by Yen Le Espiritu. "Yen Le Espiritu's *Homebound* highlights the tensions, ironies, and potentials in transnational Filipino American lives."
*--**Filomeno V. Aguilar*. 2008. 6 x 9 inches. 284 pages. BK ISBN
978-971-550-580-2.

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICAL CHANGE,  Patricio N. Abinales, *Series Editor*

*After the Romance: Communities and Environmental Governance in the
Philippines* edited by Karin L. Gollin and James L. Kho. Focuses on the
crucial role of governance in the pursuit of sustainability, with ideas for
distributing authority, rights, and funding flows to create community-based
institutions better able to support and enforce conservation measures; and
to enable local people to play a substantive role in determining equitable
and sustainable resource uses. 2008. 6 x 9 inches. 312 pages. BK ISBN
978-971-550-582-6.

HISTORY

*Tagalog Bestsellers of the Twentieth Century: A History of the Book in the
Philippines* by Patricia May B. Jurilla. Spans more than four centuries of
publishing, from 1593 when the first book was printed in the country to 2003
when the first nationwide survey on reading attitudes and preference was
conducted. 2008. 6 x 9 inches. 310 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-563-5.

LANGUAGE, LITERATURE, AND CRITICISM

*The Promise of the Nation: Gender, History, and Nationalism in Contemporary Ilokano Literature* by Roderick G. Galam. "..Its virtue lies in its capacity to resist the onslaught of a scholarship that reads only the 'nation' and the 'national' from the vortex of a centralized political, economic, and cultural power."--*Aurelio S. Agcaoili*. 2008. 6 x 9 inches. 340 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-554-3.

*Sugilanong Sugboanon, Cebuano Fiction until 1940* edited and translated by Erlinda K. Alburo, Vicente Bandillo, Simeon Dumdum Jr., and Resil B.
Mojares. Modern prose fiction in Cebuano has its beginnings in the
nineteenth century. In this respect, its emergence antedates the appearance
of the first short stories and novels in much of Southeast Asia. This volume
gathers thirteen stories by Antonio Ubeda de la Santisima Trinidad, Vicente
Sotto, Escolastico Morre, Juan I. Villagonzalo, Amando Osorio, Vicente
Garces, Vicente Rama, Pantaleon V. Kardenas, Flaviano Boquecosa, Marcel M. Navarra, Estrella D. Alfon, Florentino D. Tecson, and Antonio M. Abad. With an Introduction by Resil B. Mojares. 2009. 6 x 9 inches. 222 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-586-4.

*Translation and Revolution* by Ramon Guillermo. The first comprehensive
study of Jose Rizal's 1886 Tagalog translation of Friedrich Schiller's last
and most famous play, *Wilhelm Tell* (1804). Introduces new computer-aided methods and techniques of discursive and textual analysis to the broad field of translation analysis. In addition to its methodological contributions, this study is of interest insofar as it may give insight into some of the ideological dynamics constitutive of nineteenth-century nationalism in the Philippines, the implications of which may extend up to the present day.
2009. 6 x 9 inches. 294 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-578-9.

LAW AND SOCIETY

*A Living Constitution: The Troubled Arroyo Presidency * by Joaquin G.
Bernas, S.J. This volume is a collection of columns written during Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo's administration, that comment on events that have
transpired during her watch. Winner, 27th National Book Awards (2007), for
Best Book in Law. 2007. 6 x 9 inches. 260 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-520-8.


LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION STUDIES

*Leading Philippine Organizations in a Changing World: Research and Best
Practices *edited by Ma. Regina M. Hechanova and Edna P. Franco. "It is my hope that this volume and subsequent studies can help create a better fit
between our borrowed overt organizational and leadership systems and
paradigms as well as our often unarticulated, but very powerful, underlying
Filipino culture, sensibility, and mind-set."--*From the Foreword* *by
Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J. *2008. 6 x 9 inches. 234 pages . BK ISBN
978-971-550-536-9.

MIGRATION STUDIES

*Into the Country of Standing Men *by Rey Ventura. "The illegal Filipino
worker is permanently consigned to this neitherworld: he cannot leave
'home'; he cannot go 'home."--*Patricio N. Abinales*. Finalist, 27th National
Book Awards (2007), for Essays/Creative Nonfiction. Winner, Global Filipino Award for Nonfiction (2007). 2007. 5 x 7 3/4 inches. 324 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-507-9.

MINDANAO STUDIES, Antonio de Castro, S.J., *Series Editor*

*People of the Middle Ground: A Century of Conflict and Accommodation in
Central Mindanao, 1880s-1980s* by Ronald K. Edgerton. Its central question is: How did they negotiate the middle ground in a world of swirling change?

In answering that question, Dr. Edgerton provides a fascinating case study
that will be invaluable to scholars everywhere who seek to understand how
people with little power manage to articulate a changing sense of identity
in the face of forces far more powerful than themselves. 2008. 6 x 9 inches.
464 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-566-6.

POLITICAL ECONOMY

*Competing Views and Strategies on Agrarian Reform (Volume I: International Perspective)* by Saturnino M. Borras Jr. "Aims to broaden the discussion by focusing on international political policy and theoretical debates, as well as on some empirical cases from different countries that are relevant to the study of agrarian issues in the Philippines..."--*From the Foreword by* *Walden Bello.* 2008. 6 x 9 inches. 270 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-558-1.

*Competing Views and Strategies on Agrarian Reform (Volume II: Philippine
Perspective)* by Saturnino M. Borras Jr. "By combining meticulous research
into government data with solid fieldwork, Borras shows that agrarian reform
accomplishments need to be examined in a disaggregated fashion..Here he sets an important theoretical and methodological standard for all subsequent
studies of reform in the Philippines and elsewhere."--*From the Foreword by* *James* *Putzel. *2008. 6 x 9 inches. 248 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-559-8.

SCIENCE AND SOCIETY, Daniel McNamara, S.J., *Series Editor*

*Straight Talk on Biotechnology,  Vols. 1 and 2* edited by Benigno D. Peczon and Abraham J. Manalo. Modern Biotechnology is a powerful tool that is poorly understood by many*. Straight Talk on Biotechnology Volumes 1 and* 2 aim to provide in-depth understanding of the various facets of this
technology which is likely to have a tremendous impact on our lives. 2008. 6
x 9 inches. 236 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-551-2.

THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES, Agnes M. Brazal, *Series Editor*

*Applied Ethics in a World Church: The Padua Conference* by Linda
Hogan. *Essays by moral theologians presented at the unique gathering in Padua, Italy of 420 moral theologians from 63 countries.* "The book is a rich minefield of the latest theological investigations on the burning ethical issues of the globe...the essays demonstrate how local contexts, and their creative
dynamism and diversity of insights, can continue to transform the Catholic
moral tradition into a rich resource of a world church in mission."--*Aloysius
Lopez Cartagenas*.* *Copublished with Orbis Books. Winner, Best Educational Book, 2009 Catholic Press Association Convention. 2009. 6 x 9 inches. 304 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-585-7.

*"Give Jesus a Hand!" Charismatic Christians: Populist Religion and Politics in the Philippines* by Christl Kessler and Jürgen Rüland. Explores the surge of Charismatic and Pentecostal Christianity using data from a nationwide survey with interviews and observations among Pentecostal churches and Catholic Charismatic groups. The authors question common perceptions of Charismatic Christians as under-privileged masses and depict the Charismatic success as a genuinely religious phenomenon, which nevertheless might have political repercussions. 2008. 6 x 9 inches. 238 pages. BK ISBN 978-971-550-569-7.

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