Here is a great link for those interested in Jose Rizal
The Life and Writings of Dr. José Rizal     

within this site there are short videoclips which would be of interest to students of Philippine History The Life and Writings of Dr. José Rizal    

  The Manuscript Cover of NOLI ME TANGERE,
                            designed by RIZAL

    At the top, all that is best in Philippine life: woman, symbolizing constancy, religious faith symbolized by the tombstone,
    with a laurel (courage) and the flower of the pomelo, worn by bride and groom at a wedding and symbolizing purity.
   The words partly covered by the title are the secret, inner dedication by Rizal to his parents, the complete text being
   probably: 'A mis P(adres.) al escribir e(sta obra he estado) pensando continuamente e(n vosotros que me) habeis
    infundido los p(rimeros pensamientos) y las primeras ideas;a (vosotros os dedi)co este manuscrito de me
 (joventud com p)rueba de amor. Berlin, (21 de Febrero de) 1887.
To the left of the title, the flower mirasol, representing youth seeking the sun. The author's name, meaning the green of renewal,
mounting up into the green of the most enduringof all Philippine trees, the bamboo. At the bottom, all that is worst in Philippine life:
the helmet of the Civil Guard, the whip and instruments of torture, and the foot of a friar.
The feeling for the spirit of Noli Me Tangere can be obtained by reading Rizal's dedication to his most famous novel:

                         TO MY COUNTRY

In the catalogue of human ills there is to be found a cancer so malignant that the least touch inflames it and causes
agonizing pains; afflicted with such a cancer, a social cancer,has your dear image appeared to me, when, for my own
heart's ease or to compare you with others, I have sought,in the centres of modern civilization, to call you to mind.

Now, desirous of your welfare, which is also ours, and seeking the best cure for your ills, I shall do with you
what was done in ages past with the sick, who were exposed on the steps of the temple so that worshippers, having invoked the god, should each
propose a remedy.

To this end, I shall endeavor to show your condition, which shrouds the disease, sacrificing to the truth
everything, even self-love --- for, as your son, your defects and weaknesses are also mine.
 THE AUTHOR  /  EUROPE 1886

   JOSE RIZAL -- Collection of Rizaliana
Be sure to check our videotapes on Jose Rizal
(click here: history2.htm )Jose Rizal -- 8"x10" color portrait $1.50

Noli Me Tangere Key Chain $2.95

VIDEOTAPE  History Dept Ateneo de Manila & Bookmark  (TAGALOG)
JOSE RIZAL--Ang Buhay ng Isang BAYANI $39.95

Ambeth Ocampo's Rizal without the Overcoat
paperback, 186 pgs  $15.95     

Austin Coates' RIZAL--Filipino Nationalist & Patriot
paperback, 378 pgs  $24.95     

National Historic Institute: Rizal's Prose
paperback, 190 pgs $5.95      

National Historic Institute: Rizal's Poems 1869-1896
paperback, 174 pgs $5.95      

Manolo O Vano   Light in Rizal's Death Cell
paperback , 79 pgs  $6.95         

National Historic Institute     Centennial Edition on the Martyrdom of Dr. Jose Rizal
RIZAL SHRINE-Calamba,Laguna
paperback,   20 pgs  $2.95          

Sylvia Mendez Ventura    Jose Rizal
(Great Lives Series)   paperback, 31 pgs  $4.95

Rizal on Stamps         Labrador del Filatelicos
paperback,  50 pgs   $15.95             

JOSE RIZAL   TANGLAW NG KABATAAN
paperback, 248 pgs  $11.95              

Vicente F Del Carmen:   RIZAL AN ENCYCLOPEDIC COLLECTION VOLUMES 1 & 2
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  Nick Joaquin:  RIZAL IN SAGA
(A Life For Student Fans)
hardback,             $34.95  

 

Bantug, Ventura, Bencab:  INDIO BRAVO
(The Story of Jose Rizal)
paperback, 168 pgs                $17.95

Capino,Gonzalez,Pineda--
Rizal's Life, Works and Writings:
Their Impact on Our National Identity
paperback,   271 pgs             $12.95

        Romero, Romana, Santos--
RIZAL and the Development
of National Consciousness
paperback, 202 pgs                  $10.95