Tag: ambeth ocampo
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12 Books on Philippine Independence to Read Anytime
by BM Question of Heroes by Nick Joaquin An acceptable holocaust: Life and death of a boy-general by Teodoro M. Kalaw Mabini and the Philippine Revolution by Cesar Adib Majul The Propaganda Movement 1880-1995 by John N. Schumacher, S.J. The Other Philippine History Textbook: Precolonial Philippines to the Philippine Revolution by Christine L. Diaz 101…
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15 Books to Buy from the Manila International Online Book Fair 2020 #MIBF2020
BY KB Meniado and BM Readers from all over the Philippines and even abroad can now attend the Manila International Book Fair… because, yes, that’s right, it’s now online! Click here to register for free and browse, and if buying, here are 15 titles in no particular order that we think you should add to…
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12 Days of Bookbed Recs: ‘Rizal Without The Overcoat’ by Ambeth Ocampo
by Bryan Meniado Many of us learned about Rizal from our history classes in school and we assume we already know him. After all, he is one of our national heroes and, maybe, the most documented and venerated among them. But how much do we really know him? Ambeth Ocampo offers a different view of…
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Why Filipinos Should Read: The ‘Looking Back’ Series by Ambeth Ocampo
by Bryan Meniado I’ve always had the penchant for history. My favorite subjects in school were in line with sibika at kultura, kasaysayan, and araling panlipunan. I even ended up earning a degree in anthropology, which is the study of humans and, to an extent, a sibling of history! But while I am fascinated by such,…
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Bookbed recommends: Filipiniana
ni Nicai de Guzman; mga litrato ni Kat Candelaria Noong ako’y nasa elementarya at hayskul, palagi akong nasa silid-aklatan. Nakakahiyang aminin pero hindi ko talaga pinapansin noon ang Filipiniana section. Nang maging miyembro ako ng Heritage Conservation Society-Youth ay saka ko lamang binigyang pansin ang mga akda ng sarili nating kababayan, partikular ang mga tungkol sa…
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