Beautiful Philippines

Beautiful Philippines
Author: Philippines. Parliamentary Mission to the United States, 1922
Publisher:
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1923
Genre: Philippines
ISBN:

The Philippines

The Philippines
Author: Nigel Hicks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 9781909612167

From rugged volcanic mountain landscapes, down through rich farmlands, to dazzlingly white sand beaches, and finally onto stunning submarine coral reefs, the Philippines archipelago has a fantastic range of beautiful places. Covering Luzon, Mindanao, Palawan, Mindoro and the Visayas, Nigel Hicks presents his personal pick of the best of both the natural and the cultural landscapes, illustrating the superlative sights with his vibrant photography.With over 7,000 islands, coastal scenery figures prominently in the list of the country's most important landscapes but inland there are rugged mountains and the incredible rice terraces, sculpted by humans some 2,000 years ago.Beautiful in its own right, this book provides a portfolio of images and a fascinating text to provide a lasting memory of a trip to the Philippines.

New Tourists’ Favorite Destination

New Tourists’ Favorite Destination
Author: Gertrudes Bandong Dy-Liacco
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 589
Release: 2019-08-27
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1984572059

Why This Book Is Unique This book reveals the paradise-like splendor found in the 7,107 islands of the Philippines and the character, nature, values, and customs of Filipinos. This book also outlines an uncomplicated but in-depth exploration of Filipino grammar to make it easier and simpler for the learner to form word and sentence constructions. The lexicon section of this book contains synonyms, correlations, similarities, and antonyms, making it more comprehensive and multifaceted than the other Filipino dictionaries in the market today. Also added in it are motivational topics and cautionary alerts. Previously and currently, most of the explanations and illustrations presented in this book have hardly been covered in other Filipino dictionaries written by other authors. The highlighting of the Spanish and English words in this dictionary can help increase proficiency or, at the least, familiarity with four languages, Tagalog, Ilocano, Spanish, and English, not to mention Bicolano, Cebuano, Ybanag, and Gaddang vocabularies that are added into this book. This book is an essential language reference book for all the libraries in the world. It also serves as a handy translation aid for foreigners doing business in the Philippines and for the foreign embassies that are based in the Philippines, as well as religious and medical missionaries, charitable institutions, language translators, tourists, foreign students enrolled in the Philippines, expatriates that settle in the Philippines, and anyone interested in learning about the Philippines and Filipino languages.

American Colonisation and the City Beautiful

American Colonisation and the City Beautiful
Author: Ian Morley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2019-10-30
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0429627858

Winner of the 2020 IPHS Koos Bosma Prize American Colonisation and the City Beautiful explores the history of city planning and the evolution of the built environment in the Philippines between 1916 and 1935. In so doing, it highlights the activities of the Bureau of Public Works’ Division of Architecture as part of Philippine national development and decolonisation. Morley provides new archival materials which deliver significant insight into the dynamics associated with both governance and city planning during the American colonial era in the Philippines, with links between prominent American university educators and Filipino architecture students. The book discusses the two cities of Tayabas and Iloilo which highlight the significant role in the urban design of places beyond the typical historiographical focus of Manila and Baguio. These examples will aid in further understanding the appearance and meaning of Philippine cities during an important era in the nation’s history. Including numerous black and white images, this book is essential for academics, researchers and students of city and urban planning, the history and development of Southeast Asia and those interested in colonial relations.

The Beasts, Beams, and Beauty of Abra, Philippines

The Beasts, Beams, and Beauty of Abra, Philippines
Author: Melchora A. Damian Bilgera
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2017-10-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1543446310

Likewise, her fifteen years of training as a mental health counselor at several hospitals in the Chicago area and her past work as a certified Chicago public school teacher has enriched her perspective on lifes problems and how these affect ones behaviors and attitudes. These and her direct and vicarious experiences as a native of Bangued helped her immensely in dissecting and in peeling the many layers of her beloved province Abra.

Tropical Gardens of the Philippines

Tropical Gardens of the Philippines
Author: Lily Gamboa O'Boyle
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 503
Release: 2012-03-13
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1462906125

Full of stunning landscape photographs, this tropical gardening book is a delight for anyone interested in the lavish gardens of the Philippines. Aimed at gardening enthusiasts, Tropical Gardens of the Philippines contains a rare glimpse into some of the most beautiful tropical gardens in the world today. It presents 42 spectacular contemporary gardens, both big and small, situated in and around Metropilitan Manila area and the nearby provinces of Laguna, Batangas and Cavite. The vast majority of the gardens are in private homes. Introducing a contemporary gardening style that has been evolving in the Philippines over the past decade, as well as more traditional formal styles, it traces the development of garden design in all its forms. Designers new and old are showcased along with a number of talented home owners. Experimenting with both indigenous and introduced species, use of hardscapes such as local stones and pavers, bonsai, clipped shrubs and water features, some work along Oriental lines, others follow Western models. Tropical Gardens of the Philippines is a lovely introduction to Filipino landscaping styles and a gardening aesthetic that combines the best of East and West with superior knowledge of plant cultivation and care.

Tin Pan Alley and the Philippines

Tin Pan Alley and the Philippines
Author: Thomas P. Walsh
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2013
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0810886081

In this innovative resource, Thomas P. Walsh has compiled a unique collection of some 1,400 published and unpublished American musical compositions related to the Philippines during the American colonial era from 1898 to 1946. The book reprints a number of hard-to-find song lyrics, making them available to readers for the first time in more than a century. It also provides copyright registration numbers and dates of registration for many published and unpublished songs. Finally, more than 700 notes on particular songs and numerous links provide direct access to bibliographic records or digital copies of sheet music in libraries and collections.