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Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 1
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"The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes-one that might just be killer.... When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She's tasked with saving her Tita Rosie's failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a notoriously nasty food critic...
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Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 3
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Month Reading List - 2023
Fireside Detective: Cozy Mysteries for the Cold Months
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Fireside Detective: Cozy Mysteries for the Cold Months
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"When her long lost cousin comes back to town just in time for the holidays, Lila Macapagal knows that big trouble can't be far behind in this new mystery by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo. It's Christmastime in Shady Palms, but things are far from jolly for Lila Macapagal. Sure, her new business, The Brew-ha Cafe, is looking to turn a profit in its first year. And yes, she's taken the first step in a new romance with her good friend,...
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"At sixteen, Perla is the youngest graduating senior of the hypercompetitive Monte Verde High. Praised—and not-so-quietly bashed—as “Perfect Perlie Perez,” Perla knows all the late nights, social isolation, and crushing stress will be worth it when she gets into the college of her (and her parents’) dreams: Delmont University. Then Perla doesn’t get in, and her meticulously planned future shatters. In a panic, she forges her own acceptance...
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Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 2
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English
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"Death at a beauty pageant turns Tita Rosie's Kitchen upside down in the latest entry of this witty and humorous cozy mystery series by Mia P. Manansala, author of Arsenic and Adobo. Things are heating up for Lila Macapagal. Not in her love life, which she insists on keeping nonexistent despite the attention of two very eligible bachelors. Or her professional life, since she can't bring herself to open her new café after the unpleasantness that occurred...
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Longing for an escape from her extended Filipino family, Lou plans to build a tiny house on land she inherited from her father, but difficulties quickly arise.
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"M. Evelina Galang's stories center on the experiences of Filipina women and families and interweave Filipino folklore and Tagalog, quietly but insistently challenging racialized capitalism and the exclusion of the Filipino American experience from racial discourse in the U.S. while also making clear the role of ancestry and ancestors on younger generations"--
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"Quito Cruz might be a composing and piano genius, but he's a few notes short of success. Broadway, here I don't come. But Quito knows what the problem is. Or rather who. Because ever since that night in college-with pretty-boy jock Emmett Aoki--his inspiration has been completely MIA ... Now Quito's beloved dad wants him to put on a charity performance in his hometown. And there's one hella big string attached: convince Emmett--now one of Hollywood's...
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"A woman who travels to the Philippines to reconnect with her long-lost family...and manages to find herself along the way. Diana Gallagher-Cary is at a tipping point. As a Washington, DC, OB/GYN at a prestigious hospital, she uses her career to distract herself from her grief over her granny's death and her breakup from her long-term boyfriend after her free-spirited mother moves in with her. But when she makes a medical decision that disparages...
12) Murder and mamon
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Tita Rosie's kitchen volume 4
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"The next riveting mystery in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen series by Mia P. Manansala, Agatha Award-winning author of Arsenic and Adobo. Lila Macapagal's godmothers April, Mae, and June-AKA the Calendar Crew-are celebrating the opening of their latest joint business venture, a chain of laundromats. However, what should've been a joyous occasion quickly turns into a tragedy when they discover the body of Ninang April's niece, recently arrived from the...
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"Claire Ventura is... a quirky, people-pleasing bookworm with a loving yet obliviously intrusive family and a passion for cookie decorating-all rolled into a five-foot-two Filipina American fueled by chamomile tea. Then she meets Nate, billionaire CEO of a global tech company, the modern-day Prince Charming who sweeps her off her feet. Though he does his best to convince Claire that he's genuinely head over heels for her, she knows he'll soon realize...
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Jamie Santiago wants to fit in at his high school in Portland, but as the only minority student he sometimes wonders if it would be easier if he could forget his Filipino heritage instead of trying to embrace it. Filipino folk dancing is a large part of Jamie's life, and when the last ever Asian Folk Festival falls on the same day as Homecoming, Jamie is torn between honoring his heritage and salvaging what's left of his social life. With a racist...
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"Filipino-American Christina "Ting" Klein has just travelled from New York to Manila, both to escape her imminent divorce, and to begin research for a biography of Timicheg, an indigenous Filipino brought to America at the start of the twentieth century to be exhibited as part of a 'human zoo.' It has been a year since Ting's last visit, and one year since Procopio "Copo" Gumboc swept the elections in an upset and took power as president. Arriving...
16) Lucky streak
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Heart Resort volume 3
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"I never thought I'd see her again. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, right? But five years later, my casino fling is my new next-door neighbor. A lot's happened since we got acquainted in that hotel room. I finished out my military career, took a job with my estranged father, moved to the beach ... the only thing that hasn't changed is that Beatrice has always been on my mind. I can't let her get away again. Lucky for me, she feels the same way....
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Jasmine de los Santos has studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship to the school of her dreams. Then her parents reveal the truth: their visas expired years ago. Her entire family is illegal. That means no scholarships, maybe no college at all and the very real threat of deportation. Royce Blakely is funny, caring and spontaneous-- and the son of a congressman...
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"After a summer spent in the Philippines with her family, Lara Dela Cruz is eager to start her senior year and reunite with her three besties. Summer is the season of change, and Lara's ready to get the lowdown on all the major updates and hot gossip she's missed. But what she doesn't expect is to find out that all three of her friends are now in relationships. As if the mushy public displays of affection and lunches spent hearing her friends gush...
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"How many lives fit in a lifetime? When Hero De Vera arrives in America--haunted by the political upheaval in the Philippines and disowned by her parents--she's already on her third. Her uncle gives her a fresh start in the Bay Area, and he doesn't ask about her past. His younger wife knows enough about the might and secrecy of the De Vera family to keep her head down. But their daughter--the first American-born daughter in the family--can't resist...
20) Leche
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"After thirteen years of living in the U.S., Vince returns to his birthplace, the Philippines. As he ventures into the heat and chaos of the city, he encounters a motley cast of characters, including a renegade nun, a political film director, arrogant hustlers, and the country's spotlight-driven First Daughter..."--Back cover.