Hello Booklovers, Historians and Other Clients. We just received an advance copy of "Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream". Author Gregg Jones will speak and sign his book during our Bookshop's 2012 Authors Night on Friday, April 20 which is the eve of the LA Times Festival of Books. Venue to be announced. He will also sign his book at our booth during the Festival which will be held on April 2-22 at USC Campus, Los Angeles. Please reserve the dates!
"America's brutal war of conquest in the Philippines is amazingly little-known, largely ignored in our schoolbooks and history museums. Yet, its imperial hubris and its torture scandal eerily foreshadow events in the last decade. In his much needed, highly readable book on this forgotten war, Gregg Jones has written both a compelling page-turner and a work of careful scholarship." - Adam Hochschild, author of 'King Leopold's Ghost' and 'To End All Wars.' Gregg Jones who is married to a Filipina, is also the author of the 1989 book, "Red Revolution: Inside the Philippine Guerrilla Movement". Please visit http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7917083-honor-in-the-dust. The New York Book Review is scheduled to run a review on February 19. >>> Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream by Gregg Jones (Goodreads Author) Hardcover, 400 pagesOn the eve of a new century, an up-and-coming Theodore Roosevelt set out to transform the U.S. into a major world power. The Spanish-American War would forever change America's standing in global affairs, and drive the young nation into its own imperial showdown in the Philippines. >From Admiral George Dewey's legendary naval victory in Manila Bay to the Rough Riders' hero...more Expected publication: February 7th 2012 by NAL Hardcover $26.95 … Philippine Expressions Bookshop The Mail Order Bookshop dedicated to Filipino Americans in search of their roots. PO Box 4201, Main Post Office Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274, USA Tel (310) 514-9139 www.philippineexpressionsbookshop.com [email protected] Join Friends of Philippine Expressions Bookshop in FaceBook http://www.linkedin.com/pub/linda-nietes/29/558/7ab Visit the personal page of Linda Nietes in FaceBook ---- "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson. We have blazed the trail in promoting Philippine books in America. 2012 marks our 28th year of service to the Filipino American community. Mabuhay. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Filipino Librarians" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/filipinolibrarians?hl=en.
