The Philippines. A cultural middleman between East and West for thousands of years. Where can you find a history of this fascinating island-nation thats concise yet easy to read? Thats portable enough to be a travel guide yet scholarly enough to be a schoolroom text? Luzano Canlas has written the definitive work on these 7,000 isles and its 75 million people, from its legendary link to Noah to last years mineral resource output.
