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Ancient Filipino Diet: Reconstructing Diet from Human Remains Excavated in the Philippines
Ancient Filipino Diet: Reconstructing Diet from Human Remains Excavated in the Philippines, by Ame Garong. This book is arguably the first in the study of Philippine prehistory in specifically exploring and understanding the prehistoric diet of our ancestors. This is the first of its kind where stable isotopic analyses were applied on human bones, hair … Continue reading
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Bantayan: Passion, Devotion, Tradition
Bantayan: Passion, Devotion, Tradition, by Dr. Clodoveo Nacorda is a 160–page book on 27 processional tableaux or pasos that depict scenes and personages from the Passion and Death of Christ. Every Holy Thursday and Good Friday, these life–size images carved in wood are processioned in Bantayan in a tradition that has been practiced for generations, … Continue reading
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The Battle for Cebu: Andrew S. Rowan and the Siege of Sudlon (1899-1900)
The Battle for Cebu: Andrew S. Rowan and the Siege of Sudlon (1899–1900) by Michael Cullinane. This critical sourcebook is a fresh and important contribution to the history of the Filipino–American War. It is meant to encourage further investigation of issues the Rowan account raises. There are at least three points of interest in this … Continue reading
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Birds of Cebu and Bohol Philippines
Birds of Cebu and Bohol Philippines by Nilo Arribas, Jr., Bobby Kintanar, and Raul Benjamin Puentespina. This book aims to provide information about the wild birds naturally occurring in the islands of Cebu and Bohol. The main goal of the authors is to drum up interest in the thriving wild birds in our locality. The … Continue reading
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Bisayangdako: Writing Cebuano Culture and Arts
Bisayangdako: Writing Cebuano Culture and Arts by Erlinda Kintanar–Alburo. “Understandably, there is more of the literary than any of the other arts here. From these pieces put together, the reader is invited to form a picture of the bigger Cebuano culture of which they speak. . . . Outside of Cebu no one seems to … Continue reading
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A Brief Survey of What was and What is the Diocese of Cebu in the Philippine Islands
A Brief Survey of What was and What is the Diocese of Cebu in the Philippine Islands, Trans. By Azucena L. Pace. This book is a translation, with minor modifications, of Breve Reseñna de lo que fue y de lo que es la Diocesis de Cebu en las Islas Filipinas, by Felipe Redondo y Sendino, … Continue reading
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The Cebu Almanac 2016
The Cebu Almanac 2016 is the inaugural volume of what is aimed to be an annual publication of relevant facts and figures about Cebu. It comes on the heels of a demand for information that is conveniently accessible in a single volume. Previous to this, a determined consumer of this information would have had to … Continue reading
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The Cebu Almanac 2017
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CEBU: A Demographic and Socioeconomic Profile Based on the 2010 Census
CEBU: A Demographic and Socioeconomic Profile Based on the 2010 Census (3rd Edition), by Socorro Gultiano, Peter Xenos and OPS Research Group. Informed by data from the latest Census of Population and Housing (2010), this 3rd edition of the CEBU book presents an update of the demographic and socioeconomic profile of Cebu Province, Metro Cebu, … Continue reading
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