Anvil Publishing Inc : 184 books

“These essays are not about Chocolate Hills and the tarsiers and the fancy beach clubs and other tourist magnets in Bohol. They are about seemingly mundane things that define a place and bind its people together—childhood games, songs, religious rituals, cultural practices, superstitions and myths,...

He had everything, or almost everything going for him. His belly lusted for nothing except a good fight. He was as honest as they come, and of course he had vision. He is the quintessential political fighter, always in his corner, waiting for the bell. When that bell rang, you somehow knew...

This book was how Nemesio E. Prudente came to be known from 1962, when Pres. Diosdado Macapagal appointed him president of Philippine College of Commerce, a school so obscure he did not know where it was. The 35-year-old Doc said PIC had been “treated like a street child” neglected and poor.

This new book is meant to be another thoughtful companion on your spiritual journey—this time on a day-to-day basis. This contains newly-composed and more personal prayers that help each person in a certain sector of society to help them through the day, Psalms that begin and close each part of...

Is is true we have lived before this lifetime? Why was the concept of reincarnation removed from the teachings of the Christian Church? What is karma? What are the rules governing it? Why did Edgar Cayce define karma as simply “meeting yourself”? Does...

This book on Ateneo and De La Salle—two of Manila's top universities—is, overall, a thoughtful and honest collection of insights about one of the most storied rivalries that goes beyond school basketball courts during college-ball season. In true form, author RJ ledesma tells of little stories...

This light volume is a snapshot of more than a century of Philippine boxing. It is a compilation of lucid and readable biographies of outstanding Philippine-born and Filipino American boxers, from Francisco "Pancho Villa" Guilledo to Manny "People's Champ" Pacquiao. Each story...

This is a guidebook for personal and corporate self-assessment. It was written with a market research approach in mind where many hard questions are asked amidst the different conditions that may have caused or is causing a company to be in distress with an imminent possibility of total bankruptcy.

Mommy Republic: Understanding Filipino Millennial Moms is a first-of-its-kind book written to help the industry better understand and serve a new generation of millennial moms in the Philippines. Based on proprietary quantitative research and countless in-depth interviews, authors Edie Acedera and...

In the last ten years, the Philippines has undergone nothing short of a culinary revolution. At first as an expatriate living in London, then eventually fully immersed in the scene as a writer and critic, Philippine Daily Inquirer’s resident food reviewer chronicles the remarkable transformation of gastronomic backwater into a giddy, opulent, and at times overwhelming foodie scene.

"A compelling biography of Nur Misuari. Dr. Tom Stern offers a masterful accomplishment of historical sweep, narrative and private conversations with the Moro politician and feared MNLF rebel leader, who brandished both sword and rhetoric in his more than 30 years quest for Muslim autonomy." James Borton, international journalist and author of Venture Japan

This book features more than sixty recipes of different kinds of everyday breads, modern day breads, rich breads, specialty breads, biscuits, cookies, and snacks. Recipes include: homemade pan de sal, pan de agua, rosquetas, Filipino fruitcake, ensaimada Bulacan, pastel, kababayan, puto Binondo, hopia ube, sweet empanaditas, araro, pan de regla, pilipit, and many more!

This book is a great and practical guide in developing a company's customer service program from scratch. In some cases, there may be a need to improve on an existing one that is deficient in many ways. It will help a company—large or small—to determine how their customer service program should be developed to keep customers happy and satisfied.

Being gay is not a choice. It is really detrimental for someone living in a third-world country. How do gays cope up with society’s constraints? How do they live their lives to pthe fullest? Edited by J. Neil Garcia and Danton Remoto, Ladlad: An Anthology of Philippine Gay Writing, is an...