BOOKS TO READ

BOOKS OF INTEREST

Title	Author	Publisher
Above the Throng	Rosalinda L. Orosa	Heritage Publishing House
Banking Anyone?	Sixto L. Orosa Jr.	J.V. Development Corporation
Curtain Call: Selected Reviews, 1957-2000	Leonor Orosa Goquingco	UP Press
Dances of the Emerald Isles	Leonor Orosa Goquingco	Ben-Lor Publishers
El Indio Batangueño	Wenceslao E. Retana - Retana was posted in Batangas in the 1880's and wrote extensively about his experience.	The original copy is at the Newberry library in Chicago, Illinois.
Jose Rizal, Man and Hero	Sixto Y. Orosa, Severina Luna Orosa, Rosalinda Orosa, Leonor Orosa	Vibal Printing Co.
La Orosa; The Dance - Drama That is Leonor Goquingco	Nick Joaquin	Anvil Publishing
Manila	Elizabeth V. Reyes	Times Travel Library (Singapore) A pictorial book, half of the pictures were taken by Emil Davocol, husband of Bessy Orosa Velez.
Maria Y. Orosa, Her Life and Work	Helen Orosa del Rosario	UP College of Home Economics
Maria Y. Orosa, Appetite for Freedom	Published by Ige Ramos Edited by Evelyn Orosa del Rosario Garcia	Ige Ramos Design Studio Available at: Filipino Food Crawl, Mercado-Market, Evelyn Garcia
The Mysteries of Taal	Thomas R. Hargrove	Bookmark, Inc.
Philippines (A large pictorial book)	Richard Z. Chestnoff	Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York)
The Philippines - A Journey Through the Archipelago (Another large pictorial book, one of the photographers is Emil Davocol, husband of Bessy Orosa Velez)	Jonathan Best, James Hamilton Patterson	Didier Millet (Singapore)
A Short History of the Philippines	Teodoro A. Agoncillo (The wife of Guillermo Orosa was an Agoncillo)	New American Library
Sulu Archipelago and Its Peoples	Sixto Y. Orosa	World Book Inc., New York First published in 1923. It is considered a classic book on the Moros of Sulu and its environs.
Taal Volcano	Dean C. Worcester	National Geographic, April 1912 (not a typo)
The Philippines Rediscovered (The latest in pictorial books with the most images.)	Stuart Dee (check out the website at www.studeeo.com/book/index.php	Odyssey Visions Vancouver, B.C.
Through Three Generations	Sixto Y. Orosa	PECO (Philippine Education Co.)
Window on the Sea; Aplaya, The Story of Bauan's Premier Barangay and Port	Eugenio C. Ingco (Kabisang Ulalio)	Self published with the help of Rafael Y. Orosa

Some of the books above are not readily available. Some of the publishers are defunct (like World Book,) or they are out of print. Others, such as the pictorial books on the Philippines, can be bought in Manila bookstores such as National. If anyone is interested in obtaining any one of the above books, send me a private message and we'll try to track one down.