A year ago, we presented the list of the books that captured the attention of our faculty. Now is the time to know what titles competed with gadgets for the students’ attention in the last three semesters. Arranged from the most repeatedly taken off the shelf (at 76 times), here are the TOP 50 MOST FREQUENTLY BORROWED BOOKS BY THE STUDENTS.
- Supreme Court Reports Annotated
- The History of the Church: A Complete Course
Peter V. Armenio
Explains the role that the Church and her leaders have played in the shaping of history for better and worse.
- Software Engineering
Ian Sommerville
Focuses on the processes and techniques fundamental to the creation of reliable, software systems.
- Great Political Thinkers: Plato to the Present
Alan O. Ebenstein and William Ebenstein
Contains portions of great works in their original form to encourage discussion within the classroom.
- Move Closer: An Intimate Philosophy of Art
John Armstrong
Moves beyond history, theory, and criticism to explore the true roots of the human love affair with art.
- The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Purgatorio
Translated by Robert M. Durling
This translation strives toward the literal and sheds new light on the shape of the poem.
- World of Chemistry: Essentials
Melvin Joesten
- Film Art: An Introduction
David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
Images throughout the book are collected from actual film frames, not from production stills or advertising photos.
- The Calculus 7
Louis Leithold
- Ethics: A Modern Version of its Classic Themes
Leonardo Polo
An attempt to study ethics in statu nascente, as it arises in human experience.
- Modern Algebra and Trigonometry
Vincent Robinson
12. The Divine Comedy
Translated by Allen Mandelbaum
- Macroeconomics
Gregory Mankiw
14. Junia: The Fictional Life and Death of an Early Christian
Michael E. Giesler
Vibrantly illustrates the courage that the Faith inspired in the souls of very ordinary people.
15. Media Literacy
James Potter
Enables readers to understand how the media operate, how they attract attention, and how they influence us on a day-to-day basis.
- Thinking Critically About Ethical Issues
Vincent Ruggiero
- Reviewer on Commercial Law
Jose R. Sundiang, Sr. and Timoteo B. Aquino
- 2012 Census of Philippine Business and Industry
Lisa Grace S. Bersales, Ph.D.
- Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture
Stanley J. Baran
- The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
Eric Schmidt III and Jared Cohen
The must-read book for anyone concerned about the present and the future.
- The Art of Watching Films
Dennis W. Petrie and Joseph Boggs
Presents an analytical framework that can be applied to all movies, as distinctly different as Avatar, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Vertigo, Iron-Man, Man on Wire, and The Hurt Locker.
- Pasyon and Revolution: Popular Movements in the Philippines, 1840-1910
Reynaldo Clemeña Ileto
Paramount among the conclusions of the book is that the pasyon, or native account of Christ’s life, death and resurrection, provided the cultural framework of movements for change.
- The Roots of Society
De Torre
24. The Moral Capital of Leaders: Why Virtue Matters
Alejo José G. Sison
Studies a wide range of recent management cases from the viewpoint of moral capital, from the sorry state of US airport screeners before 9-11 to Jack Welch’s purported achievements during his tenure at GE.
- Notes and Cases on Banking Law and Negotiable Instruments Law: Essentials of Negotiable Instruments Law, Warehouse Receipts Law, Letters of Credit and Trust Receipts Law
Timoteo B. Aquino
- Teasing out the “Other”: A Deconstruction of Family Conflicts Identified in Eight Selected Plays of Wilfrido Maria Guerrero
Fatima Anne Rosales Espiritu
- Comments and Cases on Partnership, Agency and Trusts
Hector S. De Leon and Hector M. De Leon, Jr.
In many instances, the legal provisions are concisely illustrated by actual cases, which have been reduced to their bare essentials.
- The Iliad
Translated by Robert Fitzgerald
- Pride and Prejudice
Edited by Linda Jennings
- Reviewer on Civil Law
Timoteo B. Aquino
- Comments and Cases on Sales and Lease
Hector S. De Leon and Hector M. De Leon, Jr.
- Readings in Philippine History
Horacio de la Costa, S. J.
Serves as a basis in the understanding of nationalism. Based on primary documents in the period from the Spanish colonization toward the period of the Third Republic in 1965.
- Textbook on the Philippine Constitution
Hector S. De Leon and Hector M. De Leon, Jr.
The constitutional provisions are amplified and explained in relatively nontechnical language for both the beginning student and the layman.
- The 4 CORE Factors for School Success
Jeffrey Zoul and Todd Whitaker
Clarifies communication, observation, relationships, and expectations—the four factors at the center of behaviors that lead to results.
- Civil Code of the Philippines: With the Family Code of the Philippines (including amendments by Republic Act no. 9255 and its implementing rules and regulations): code of Muslim personal laws
36. Filipinos and Americans: a Love-Hate Relationship
Virginia Licuanan
- Principles of Marketing
Philip Kotler and Gary Armstrong
Organized around a managing-customer-relationships framework.
- Understanding Celebrity
Graeme Turner
A stimulating read for students studying celebrity and popular culture across media studies, cultural studies, and sociology.
- Comments and Cases on Property
Hector S. De Leon and Hector M. De Leon, Jr.
- Critical Theory Since Plato
Hazard Adams and Leroy Searle
Presents a broad survey of the history and development of literary criticism and theory in Western culture.
- Designing a Disaster Resilient City: A Study of the Institutionalization Process of the Marikina City Risk Reduction and Management Office (MCDRRMO)
Ron Jay Ponce De Leon Dangcalan
- Developing Story Ideas
Michael Rabiger
Offers writers a spectrum of resources and a structure of writing practice so that anyone can quickly and reliably generate a wide variety of stories in a broad range of forms.
- How to Buy Stocks
Henry Hecht and Louis Engel
- An Input-Output and Benefit-Cost Analyses of the Philippine Life and Non-life Insurance Sector: Excise Tax Simulations
Stephanie Ng Yu
- The Labor Code with Comments and Cases: Vol. I: Labor Standards and Welfare
Atty. Cesario A. Azucena, Jr.
- The Law on Sales, Agency and Credit Transactions
Hector S. De Leon and Hector M. De Leon, Jr.
- The Merchant of Venice
William Shakespeare
- What is Philippine About Philippine art? and Other Essays
Leo Benesa
A collection of articles reflecting three decades of the Philippine art scene.
- Conjugal Communion: A Theology Course On Marriage and the Family for University Students
Caesar Santos, Juan Perez, Carlos Estrada
An instructional manual and a guide to the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage and the Christian family.
- Chinese family and kinship
Hugh Baker
Focuses on traditional rural China and discusses lineage organization, ancestor worship, and the multiple aspects of the Chinese family, including relations with the state.
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