About the book "Villains and Heroes" Larry Henares' essays are often thought of as a morality play, with its own consistent set of villains and heroes. His villains are "crooks, clowns, morons and traitors" among the Philippine officialdom, and his greatest peeves are the colons and the colonials, American carpetbaggers and scallawags among his own people, "the hired hacks and paid pipers of foreign imperialism." His heroes are Rizal, Recto and all Filipinos whose loyalty and allegiance belong their own country rather than to a foreign power. In this book of essays, "Villains and Heroes,"...

Contents CHAPTER ONE: THE CONTEMPORARY SCENE, p3 1. The Battle of the Sexes, p3 Everyone should have two mates in life', p5 2. Final indignity of Dona Josefa Marcos, p7 3. Presidents should drown their relatives, p9 Theory of Relativity & Relatives, p11 4. Full moon and empty arms, p12 5. Credit cards make the world go around, p15 American Express credit card is useless, p17 Amex traveler's checks and charge cards, p19 6. Dragon Lady, pirate of the high seats, 22 7. Rotarian forged passports, hired whores, p24 8. We are screwed and ruled by Mr. Escumbro, p26 9. We are heirs to Frankenstein's...

About the book "Saints and Sinners" A religious man educated by the Jesuits, Larry Henares is fascinated by the God of men and the men of God, and with a wit and wisdom that passeth all understanding, posits how shit drove men to populate the earth and enlarge their brains. With incisive humor, he narrates how religious conflicts started with the Father Principle espoused by the Jews, Christians and Muslims and how Our Lady is bringing the world back to the tolerance and understanding of the Mother-based religions of ancient times. He writes of the Donation of Constantine, the greatest...