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The Author began his story with his birth in 1931 in a small town of Murcia, Province of Negros Occidental and Negros Islands in an underdeveloped country of the Philippines in the Far East. Cresencio L. Calansingin, his father secured an employment as one of the swimming pool cleaners and Angelina G. Calansingin, his mother moved to the Mambucal Spring Summer Resort at the Provincial Government Forest Reservation area at the mountainside of Canlaon Mountain of Negros Islands. The couple transferred down to the Bago River Ferry Mambucal Bridge, two years later, when both secured employment as Toll Collectors of the Bridge. Bago River was an isolated location, six kilometers east to the Mambu...
The Broken Bridge Foreshadows Disasters is about a place different from others, the only witness to the events, and the only incidents when the United States (wealthiest nation) and the Philippines (impoverished country) had mutual interests. 93-year-old Edgardo G. Calansingin provides personal information, entertainment & knowledge of a tragic event that transpired almost a century ago.
Untold Story of World War II Guerilla Resistance against the Japanese Army in Negros Islands, Philippines. A story of romance, patriotism, courage, hardships and starvation under the ravages of WWII.
The first comparative study of the syntax of Arabic dialects, chosen for their distinction. Based upon natural language data recorded in Morocco, Egypt, Syria and Kuwait, this study takes an analytical approach, combining insights from discourse analysis, language typology and pragmatics.
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This harrowing mystery, winner of the Philippine National Book Award, follows two Catholic priests on the hunt through Manila for a brutal serial killer Payatas, a 50-acre dump northeast of Manila’s Quezon City, is home to thousands of people who live off of what they can scavenge there. It is one of the poorest neighborhoods in a city whose law enforcement is already stretched thin, devoid of forensic resources and rife with corruption. So when the eviscerated bodies of preteen boys begin to appear in the dump heaps, there is no one to seek justice on their behalf. In the rainy summer of 1997, two Jesuit priests take the matter of protecting their flock into their own hands. Father Gus Sa...
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The funniest thing on the fantasy crime scene! Colws is a Halfling. Retraive is an elf. Neither of them know how they got to 21st century Earth. But that's the least of their worries. Someone's decapitated a Hydra and left his body in a Sydney alleyway. And it's their job to find out whodunnit. And, just as importantly: whydunnit. And, while it's not as important it would also be kinda nice to know howdunnit. Colws and Retraive have to do this while avoiding run-ins with the Minotaur Mafia, vampiric fairies, werewolf hit-bitches and Detective Inspector Willis of the NSW Police Force. Willis is scary. Colws would also like to get back with his girlfriend. Retraive would like to learn how to cast a spell without setting himself on fire. And they both need to find the corpse before it destroys the city.
Dare and Live is a demonstration of raw courage in the face of overwhelming odds against the superior military power of the Imperial Japanese Forces in Negros Islands, Philippines after the United States Armed Forces in the Philippines lost in the battles of Bataan and Corrigedor Islands. M/Sgt. Jorge G. Herrera, Jr. did not surrender to the Japanese Army in Negros Islands, instead he gathered 3 Filipinos and they started the recruitment and training of other Guerrilla Soldiers. He established a Bivouac at the mountain sides of Negros Islands. He equipped his hideout with telephone communication for fast intelligence. He staged many ambushes against the Japanese Soldiers. The Japanese Army h...
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