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The Filipinas Heritage Library
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From books to bytes

To bring the printed word into the future, Filipinas Heritage Library publishes edutainment CD-ROMs on Philippine life, history, and culture.

Filipiniana Book Guild Series 1

The rich trove of books and writings about the Philippines, some dating back to the 16th century, is a fundamental and invaluable component of the Philippines’ cultural heritage. In the early 1960s, a group of concerned individuals proposed the formation of an entity that would seek to rescue important works from oblivion. Thus, the Filipiniana Book Guild, a non-profit organization composed of both Filipinos and foreigners, was born in September 1962. Like the original books, however, the Filipiniana Book Guild Series volumes have gone out of print. Fortunately, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and the Filipinas Heritage Library (FHL), a unit of the Ayala Foundation, have stepped in and taken the initiative to preserve the guild’s efforts.

This dynamic research tool provides an image archive of all 24 volumes of the Filipiniana Book Guild, Series I published between 1962 and 1976. The CD-Rom contains the collection’s over 10,000 pages in their original state, and a searchable database based on the original table of contents and index of the books.
Price: PhP 700.00; $ 14.00
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Castles of the Sea
A Story of the Manila Galleon Trade
Produced with support from FEDex, Ayala Corporation, and Ayala Land, and in coordination with Ayala Museum

For 250 years, these giant ships sailed the length of the Pacific. With routes spanning the globe from Manila to Acapulco, these vessels of vital global commerce carried cargo from East to West and formed a crucial link in a chain of trade that brought Asia, Europe and the Americas together. Now people of all ages have the chance to experience what it was like--how the ships were built, what and who they carried, how the journey was, and much more.
Price: PhP 500.00; $ 15.12
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Filipinas: Isang Kasaysayan
Philippine History through the Ayala Museum Dioramas

A unique, extensive and refreshing CD-ROM on Philippine history, Filipinas: Isang Kasaysayan chronicles details and events up to 1990 (such as the termination of the RP-US Bases Agreement.) What sets it apart from other historical accounts is that Filipinas begins its story in pre-colonial Philippines. This is in recognition of the fact that, while very little material on this period is available, Filipinos need to look at and study our history beyond and before the arrival of Spanish conquistadors. With the beautiful dioramas of the Ayala Museum as a guide, the story of a nation comes to life. Move through hundreds of years of history in this rich multimedia experience.
Price: PhP 500.00; $ 15.12
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Katutubo: Glimpses of Philippine Indigenous Culture

Katutubo takes you to four indigenous communities in four different destinations across the country:

• up north in the province of Abra are the Tinguian,
• east to the Pacific side of the archipelago are the Agta of Isabela,
• down in South Cotabato are the T'boli of Lake Sebu,
• and on the Island of Mindoro, the Hanunuo-Mangyan.