Archives for Cultural Heritage

Top Seller in December 2023

As it’s already January 2024, let me share with you ElziStyle Bookshop’s Top Seller in the previous month of December 2023 (Jumadi’l-Awwal – Jumadi’th-Thani): * Mansoor Limba, “’mBayuka Tanu! Maguindanaon Bayuk Transcription, Translation, and Annotation,” (ElziStyle.com, 2022) 169 pages, US$11.99, https://amzn.to/3viQlgv      eBook: https://www.elzistyle.com/product/bayuk (US$5) Want a sneak peek of the book before buying? Grab your FREE SAMPLE copy here:     About the Book: “The first thing I could say about ‘mBayuka Tanu! Maguindanao Bayuk: Transcription, Translation, and Annotation is
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Dulangan, Not Bulangan!

February 27, 2022, Sunday, around 9 am. As we were passing by the crossroad leading to the Awang Airport, I asked my Roommate about the exact venue of the preparatory meeting we wanted to attend then for their clan’s grand reunion last March 26. She checked her mobile phone and replied in Filipino, “They said, at the covered court in front of the barangay hall of Dulangan (in Datu Odin Sinsuat Municipality).” And she immediately added, “Ano ba ‘yan! Kahit
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Virtual Book Launch of ‘mBayuka Tanu!

Mansoor Limba, “‘mBayuka Tanu! Maguindanaon Bayuk Transcription, Translation, and Annotation,” (ElziStyle Bookshop, 2022). SPECIAL OFFERS and GIVEAWAYS! 1. 30% Discount (value = P150) 2. Bookmark (value = P20) 3. Autographed copy upon request (value = priceless, unquantifiable) 4. Digital copy of the book’s first 50 pages (value = priceless, unquantifiable) 5. Inclusion in ElziStyle Books Family (value = priceless, unquantifiable) 6. FREE membership in ElziStyle Book Writing Club (value = P10,000) Total Value = P10,520 + 3 priceless, unqualifiable items
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‘mBayuka Tanu! Available in Amazon Now!

Feb 13, Sun, 5:22 pm. As I was going over my schedule for this week, I received this message via Messenger: “I hope this does your work justice. Please revise as needed. Thank you again for the honor.:)” “Yes!” I spontaneously replied.   Yes, it’s the text of the Foreword I have been waiting for! Soon after… (1) I emailed the book manuscript and cover to the printing house for the final quotation, and (2) also uploaded the book in
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Let’s Listen to Spiderman

Since it’s #WorldReadAloudDay yesterday (February 2), let’s listen to Spiderman reading ‘aloud’ an excerpt from the PROLOGUE of my forthcoming book – to be released this month, insha’ Allah – ‘MBAYUKA TANU! MAGUINDANAON BAYUK TRANSCRIPTION, TRANSLATION, AND ANNOTATION, https://amzn.to/3uJMjLH. Of course, the footnotes are not included for obvious reasons. —– Since childhood, I have always been fascinated by oral elegance and verbal beauty. As a kid in the 1970s, I can still remember my late mother listening to the radio
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