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28 March 2012

Declaration of Independence #003

This being a series of posts on what we think it means to be a local, independent bookshop. We support local writers and publishers and actively seek out books that cover the people, land, culture, history, politics, economics, ecology, art, and stories of the mountains in which we exist. We may have our heads in [...]


22 February 2012

Ibaloy Dictionary and Grammar

This grand volume has been in the making for almost fifty years. It began when Lee Ballard, his wife, and his two-month old baby arrived in Kabayan in 1961 to learn the language under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics. He worked closely with his main collaborators, Chimcas Ameda


5 January 2012

Author’s Talk: Dr. Howard Fry

On January 9, 2012, at 5:30 PM, come to Mt Cloud Bookshop for an evening conversation with Howard Fry, author of the seminal book, A History of the Mountain Province. During the author’s talk, Dr. Fry will speak about the process of writing A History of the Mountain Province, and how he collected primary sources [...]