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 The Time of the Goats
NEW BOOK!!!
By Luan Starova, Translated by Christina Kramer
154 pages © 2012 English translation
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This novel is set in the late 1940’s in Skopje, Yugoslavia, the critical year leading to Tito’s break with Stalin. Pushed to leave mountain villages to become the new proletariat in urban factories, a flood of peasants crowds into Skopje—and with them—their goats. Suffering from hunger, Skopje’s citizens welcome the newcomers. But municipal eaders are faced with a dilemma when the central government issues an order calling for the slaughter of the country’s goat population. With food scarce, will they hide the animals, or comply?
“Combining art and memoir, The Time of the Goats shows the Balkans in all their beautiful complexity. The novel weaves together the personal, political, ethnic, national, and at times, international, in ways that speak both to the little-known realities of the early postwar Yugoslav experience and the human condition…” Victor A. Friedman, U of Chicago.
My Gather's Books
NEW BOOK!!!
Luan Starova, translated by Christina E. Kramer
197 Pages © 2012 English translation
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This is the first in Starova’s multivolume Balkan saga, which explores themes of history, displacement and identity under three turbulent regimes – Ottoman, Fascist and Stalinist – all in the 20th Century. Weaving a story from the threads of his parent’s lives from 1926 to 1976, he offers a child’s-eye view of personal relationships in a shifting political landscape.
Freud's Sister
NEW BOOK!!!
by Goce Smilevski – translated by Christina E. Kramer
262 Pages © 2012 English translation
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Winner of the European Union Prize for Literature (2010), this is a novel about Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis and his decision not to include his four sister on the exit list granted to him by the Nazis in 1938. The sisters were eventually shuttled off to Terezin concentration camp and killed, while their brother lives out his last days in London. Based on these facts, this searing novel gives a haunting voice to his youngest sister, Adolfina –“the sweetest and best of my sisters”—a gifted, sensitive woman who was spurned by her mother, and never married. She was witness to her brother’s genius and to the cultural and artistic splendor of Vienna in the early 20th Century.
 Children of the Greek Civil War:
Refugees and the Politics of Memory
NEW BOOK!!!
By Loring M. Danforth & Riki Van Boeschoten
352 pages © 2012
English
ISBN: 9780226 135991
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At the height of the Greek Civil war in 1948, 38,000 children were evacuated from their homes in the mountains of northern Greece. The Greek Communist Party relocated half of them to institutions in Eastern Europe, while the national government placed the rest in children’s homes elsewhere in Greece. A point of contention during the Cold War, this controversial episode continues to fuel tensions between Greeks and Macedonians and within Greek society itself. The authors for the first time have written a comprehensive study of the two evacuation programs and the lives of the children they forever transformed.
 Unreconciled
Differences - Turkey, Armenia & Azerbaijan
By Scott Taylor © 2010
176 pages
English
ISBN: 9781895 896381
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During the past century, there have been two major clashes in
the Anatolia-Caucasus region. Both resulted in the widespread slaughter
and forced expulsion of innocent civilians from all sides. The first
was during the Great War (WWI) caused by the collapse of both the
Ottoman Empire and czarist Russia: the second erupted between 1988–1994.
What these two conflicts also share is that few in the West have
observed, chronicled or been able to fully understand the complexity
of the situation. Those existing accounts are rife with partisan
propaganda. It is important to peel away the rhetoric and get to
the core.
Scott Taylor has not only visited all three regions, but also gives
us a history which is essential in understanding this region and
its divergent assessments. There are always two and even three sides
to every conflict and this book gives the reader a better understanding
of what happened and is likely to continue happening in this region.
These unreconciled differences of shared history continue to negatively
impact the lives of the Turks, Armenians and Azeris in the present
and prevent them from progressing towards a peaceful and mutually
beneficial co-existence in the future.
Scott Taylor has written eight books to date, who as a journalist
has gone where many do not venture. Diary of an UnCivil War was
one of his books, which gave us a view of what happened to Macedonia
during the Kosovo conflict.
It is amazing that many of the events parallel what has happened
in Macedonia and the region in some ways..
Diary of an Un-Civil War
By Scott Taylor
Paperback 208 pages
English
Price: USA/Cdn $20
ISBN 1-895896-20-7
Pub: Esprit de Corps Books
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The June 1999 entry of NATO troops was hailed as the “Liberation
of Kosovo” Identity by the western media – most of who
promptly packed it up and headed home from the Balkans.
The declaration of victory was naïve and premature given the
Alliance’s stated objectives of deposing Yugoslav President
Slobodan Milosevic and creating a safe, multi-ethnic environment
in Kosovo.
Rather than ending the civil strife, NATO’s intervention set
in motion a series of events which would have violent repercussions
through Serbia, Kosovo and especially Macedonia over the next two
years.
This book, consisting primarily of Taylor’s first-hand observations
and interviews with the people and players, is a very personal account
of the war, and its aftermath in Serbia and Macedonia.
 Macedonian
Masa Out of Stock!!!
By Anastas S. Odzaklieski
HC ring 80 pages
English/Macedonian/Croatian
Price: USA/Cdn $23
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This is a well produced 4-colour cookbook written in 3 languages
which includes Appetizers & Salads, Main Dishes and Sweets.
Each recipe indicates whether it is easy, hard or in-between, and
how much time is required for preparation as well as the amounts
which are recommended for the number of people.
 Silyan
the Stork NEW BOOK!!!
By Marko Tsepenkov
Translated by Michael Seraphinoff
Softcover:
ISBN
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The folklore collector and tailor from the Macedonian town of Prilep,
Marko Tsepenkov (1829-1920) heard this tale from one of his visitors
sometime in the mid-19th C. the tale of Silyan the stork is probably
the best-known and the longest of all Macedonian folk tales. It
tells the story of a young man, Silyan, who is transformed into
a stork after a series of misadventures. During his life as a stork,
he observes his family from a perch on the roof of their home and
learns some important lessons about the value of family.
 Pirey
by Petre M. Andreevski
Translated by Will Firth & Mirjana Simjanovska
Paperback, 288 pages,
ISBN 978-0-9804763-2-3
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Pirey, by Macedonian poet, novelist and playwright Petre M. Andreevski,
is one of the most celebrated novels of modern Macedonian literature.
Set during the Balkan Wars, WWI and years soon after, the story
follows the major political shifts in the Balkans at the end of
the Ottoman Empire and their catastrophic impact on a Macedonian
village and a married couple, Ion and Velika.
While Ion is in the army, Velika struggles as she watches her children
and village ravaged by war. In one famous scene, Ion, conscripted
into the Serbian army, and his brother conscripted into the Bulgarian
army, comes face to face one night on the battlefield.
This book is famous for its depiction of life around the time of
the division of Macedonia, its characterizations and its use of
language and historical setting.
The author, Petre M. Andreevski, has won numerous awards for his
works, many of which have been translated into other languages.
Pirey was his most famous novel and is the first translation of
Pirey into English.
 Unembedded:
Two Decades of Maverick War Reporting
By: Scott Taylor © 2009
ISBN: 978-1-55365-2922
Hardcover CA/US $30
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You may remember Scott Taylor from his book Diary of the Uncivil
War: the Violent Aftermath of the Kosovo Conflict, which covered
the conflict in Macedonia during the Kosovo conflict. Taylor is
a former infantryman in the Canadian military and has been the editor-publisher
of Esprit de Corps magazine since 1988. Scott has reported from
numerous global hot spots, including Kuwait, Cambodia, Western Sahara,
Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. His capture
by the Iraqi mujahedeen became a life-changing (and could have been
life-ending) event. Taylor is a war correspondent who takes us beyond
the headlines and to the front lines of the major conflicts that
have shaken the world since the end of the Cold War—and that
continue to do so today. He has been called “hero” by
some and “scourge of the generals” by others. He insisted
on writing “to be continued” at the end of this book.
This is a good thing. But can you ever give credence to the news
reports after reading this book?
 Picture
on the Mantelpiece
By: Pandora Petrovska
Paperback, 113 pages, 28 Photographs & Docs.
ISBN 978 0 9804763 16
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This is a love story about Stefo and Lena from the Macedonian village
of Trna in Aegean Macedonia, but it could be anyone’s story
who lived through those times. Married during the early days of
WWII, Stefo is conscripted into the Greek army and later becomes
a partisan. It is the story of a family torn apart through no fault
of their own, and how they manage to put the pieces together. It
is a powerful oral history about war, migration, Macedonian village
life in the early and mid 20th C and the importance of family. It
is well told and easy to read by the author of Children of the Bird
Goddess.
 Macedonia
and the Macedonians - A History
By Andrew Rossos
Paperback, 337pages, Large format 227 mm high x 152 mm wide,
ISBN 978-0-8179-4882-5
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Macedonia, from antiquity to the present day, is surveyed by
historian Andrew Rossos in Macedonia and the Macedonians: A History
(Hoover Institution Press, 2008). Throughout recorded history, Macedonia
has been a strategic and economic crossroads. "Although Macedonia
figured prominently in history, it remained a little known land,
virtual terra incognita, until the nineteenth century," said
Rossos.
The book reveals how the so-called Macedonian question has long
dominated Balkan politics and how, for well over a century and a
half,
it was the central issue dividing Balkan peoples, as neighboring
nations struggled for possession of Macedonia and denied any distinct
Macedonian identity--territorial, political, ethnic, or national.
Macedonia and the Macedonians shows how, during the long struggle
for Macedonia, as some ethnic Macedonians adopted or had to adopt
the
national identity of one of the competing nations, most chose a
Macedonian identity--and how Macedonia's struggle to establish a
distinct national identity goes on even today. The author concludes
that Balkan acceptance of a Macedonian identity, nation, and state
has
become a necessity for stability in the Balkans and in a united
Europe.
Macedonia and the Macedonians is part of the Hoover Institution
Press's acclaimed Studies of Nationalities series. The series examines
the histories of the principal nationalities in Central Asia and
Eastern Europe. It explores issues of identity and conflict, political
and social organization, and modernization.
 The
Contest For Macedonian Identity 1870-1912
By Dr Nick Anastasovski
Paperback, 520 pages, Large format 245 mm high x 170 mm wide,
ISBN 978-0-9804763-0-9
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The Contest for Macedonian Identity 1870-1912 is a scholarly book
detailing the ongoing campaigns to divide and conquer the Macedonian
people - first by the Ottoman Empire under which Macedonia was colonized
by Muslims and many Macedonians converted to Islam; and then by
Greece, Serbia and Bulgaria as they fought to turn Macedonians into
Greeks, Serbs and Bulgarians using State-sponsored teachers, priests,
bandits and terrorists.
The Contest for Macedonian Identity examines in detail this fierce
competition, and how it was fought at the political, religious,
educational, and day-to-day village level. It analyzes Ottoman,
Greek, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian and other sources and introduces
new and original research by the author from the Bitola region,
western Macedonia, and many other parts of ethnic and Ottoman Macedonia.
This is a definitive work on the occupation of Macedonia in the
modern era and the development and defence of the Macedonian identity.
This text is a big, generous book, well researched and easy to read.
 ABECEDAR
Primer – 1925
Ed: Zoran Coseski
Pub: Perth, Western Australia, ©1993
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The Abecedar Primer was first published in 1925 and prepared pursuant
to Greece’s obligations under the Treaties of Neuilly &
Sevres (1920) to protect the rights of its Macedonian national minority.
The text is written in Roman letters rather than Cyrillic. However,
this Primer was never distributed and never reached Macedonian children,
despite the Greek press’ awareness and publicity. The internal
pressure not to distribute this primer came from Serbian and Bulgarian
governments who feared that similar actions would be demanded for
their own Macedonian nationals.
As a historical document, this re-published text bears witness
to the struggle that Macedonians have had regarding their recognition
of their human rights, whether in Greece or wherever there is a
question about their right to speak, read, and write in their own
language.
 The
Exodus of the Macedonians from Greece: Women’s narratives
about WWII and their Exodus
By Lidija Stojanovik-Lafazanovska
& Ermis Lafazanovski
Tpb 220 pages
ISBN 9989-9600-4-6
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The oral history of the Exodus as narrated through their own autobiographies
by the women in this book reveals another view of the world, a different
picture of the power de-concentrated or decentralized by the mother
figure, power that acts on itself, subjectively.
It seems that despite their historical invisibility, in times of
crisis, particularly in times of war, as this research proves, women
carry the burden of truth, the truth that neither the victors nor
the defeated write. The truth is written by those who are responsible
for the continuation and the salvation of progeny, culture and future:
women.
However, can oral history truly correspond to the official version?
Are oral documents as valid as written documents are, having in
mind that they are narrated in a typically female manner in a typically
male society? Can the gender (female) aspect of the Exodus actually
represent a separate episteme?
 Men
in White Aprons
By Harry Vjekoslav Herman, Ph.D.
Paperback, 141 Pages
ISBN 978-0-9810130-0-8
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Herman's documentation of the surprisingly high concentration of
Macedonian immigrants in Toronto's restaurant industry appears at
first to be a striking case in point. However, this micro-level
study indicates instead that ethnicity does not have to be restrictive
but can in fact be manipulated to secure both economic and social
gains. The significance of Men in White Aprons lies not only in
its revelations about ethnicity but also in the intimacy of its
portrait of Toronto's Macedonian community. Including a brief history
of the Macedonian people, a survey of the social and economic conditions
in Canada at the time of their arrival, a description of family
ties and responsibilities and a discussion of how the Macedonians
adjusted to their new environment, the book is a valuable contribution
to Macedonian ethno-history.
 A
Girl from Neret
By Lefa Ognenova-Michova &
Kathleen Mitsou-Lazaridis
Paperback, 112 Pages
Cello glazed cover
ISBN 978-0-9586789-9-5
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This is the story of Lefa Ognenova, a girl born in the picturesque
mountain village of Neret in Aegean Macedonia. The first book published
about Neret, tells about Lefa’s childhood in the village and
how she, along with thousands of other Macedonian children, was
evacuated during the Macedonian War of Independence in Aegean Macedonia,
that was part of the Greek Civil War. Lefa became a child refugee
and grew up far from her family in Hungary, and finally re-joined
her parents in Australia, where she was able to build a new life.
 Macedonian
Film
by Ronald Holloway
Pb: 62 pages
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A History of Macedonian Cinema from 1905 - 1996 Cinematheque of
Macedonia PB 62 pages.
A booklet which gives the history of Macedonian film from the Manaki
Brothers and their purchase of the Camera 300 moving picture camera
to the feature films of 1996. Well written and a must for anyone
interested in the why and wherefore of the film industry in Macedonia
 Lokvata
and Vinyari
Out of Stock!!!
by Lazar Poptraikov
Macedonian/English/Greek:
ISBN 9989 9681 9 5
Az-buki Publishing, Skopje
Pb:
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The epic poem by Poptraikov about the Ilinden battle, which is
not simply a poem about war. "It is a religious poem giving
us assurance that if you die heroically and with faith, your body
will certainly be destroyed, but your soul will live on forever."
A classic which should be in every Macedonian's library
 Some
Great Old Stories From the Old Country - Macedonia
Translated and illustrated by
Michael Seraphinoff
ISBN: 097733230
Pb: 31 pages
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The stories in this book are great old stories from the oral folk
tradition of the ancient land of Macedonia. They are meant to make
us laugh and to make us think. They are fun to share with both young
and old. The authors of this collection of stories are unknown Macedonian
storytellers, however the translator and illustrator, Seraphinoff,
is a scholar with degrees in anthropology and an M.A. in Slavic
linguistics. In addition to this latest publication, Seraphinoff
has written a serious dissertation, translated The Legend of
Kalesh Andja and the novel Macedonian Gold.
 The
Legend of Kalesh Andja
A Novel by Stale Popov
Translated by Michael Seraphinoff
ISBN 0 9757332 1 4
Paperback 200 pages
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The author Stale Popov was born in a small, isolated mountain village
of Macedonia in the final, turbulent decades of the Turkish Empire.
From this background he is able to write a story for us in a voice
of the traditional village storyteller that takes us on a journey
into the heart and soul of the medieval Turkish Empire in Europe.
His story of the brave peasant girl Andja is based on an old legend
and a documented peasant rebellion against Turkish rule in the year
1565 in the Mariovo region of Macedonia. Popov offers us a window
into a world and a way of life that is foreign to us today. And
yet, The Legend of Kalesh Andja's story of a struggle for freedom
and justice, from far away and long ago, can still move readers,
both young and old.
 Traditional
Macedonian Recipes
Price: CAD/US$22
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Published by the Ladies Auxiliary "Mara Buneva".
Paperback, 119 pages
A complete collection of recipes for beginner and gourmet alike.
 The
Dubonettes Sing Songs of Macedonia - with Insrumentalists
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Only 3 CD's Left!!!
Songs of Macedonia
With Instrumentalists
Lou Minas, Ted & Eleanor Smyslo
Directed and arranged by John Bailey. A.R.C.T.
In 1960, the Dubonetts, a group of Canadian women of Macedonian
heritage produced a long-playing album of Macedonian folk songs.
In 2000 a CD was produced in memory of Vera Kizoff, one of the five
singers.
The CD includes nine songs, with words, from various parts of Macedonia.
 The
Big Water
by Zhivko Chingo, translated by Elizabeth Kolupacev Stewart
Paperback, 120 pages, Four colour celloglazed cover, Published by
Pollitecon Publications 2004
ISBN 0 9586789 6 0
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Set in Macedonia immediately after World War 2, The Big Water
tells the story of a group of children orphaned by the war and their
life in an orphanage. Full of characters and incidents, the book
presents a child's view of life that is both humorous and bleak
and, by its end, very moving.
 Aegean
Mother
by Mihailo Keramidchiev
Paperback, 56 pages, 216mm x 155mm -
includes contents
Published by Bran Graphics, Inc
Mark Branov, 1995
ISBN 09680226-0-X
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In the winds of war, Mihailo Keramidchiev was a leader of the
national and social liberation of the Macedonian people. He lead
a revolutionary fight for justice, freedom, unity and human dignity.
He was able to communicate the collective historical experience
of great suffering and hardship, onto a series of deeply moving
poems. In his poems, Keramidchiev shows us both the pain of our
collective heritage and how to heal it. He asks us to remember our
history, our hardship, our joy, and our social responsibilities.
 Baba's
Hope Chest, Macedonian Treasures in Canada
by Annie Wood
Paperback, 23 pages, 218mm x 215mm -
Published by The Museum for Textiles, 1997
ISBN 0-9680689--6-0
Price: CAD/US$10
Out of Print!!!
Baba's Hope Chest was an exhibition of traditional Macedonian
clothing and textiles made by young women for their dowries. Most
of the pieces were constructed early in the 20th century when Macedonia
was still part of the Ottoman Empire and were brough to Canada through
immigration. Tucked away in drawers and chests for decades these
items emerged for display in The Museum for Texites. True treasures
they represent just a small fraction of the traditional Macedonian
textiles that exist in Canada.
 The
Descendants of Alexander the Great of Macedon
by Aleksandar Donski
Paperback, 240 pages, 204mm x 145 mm - includes contents and bibliography
Edited by Dr. Michael Seraphinoff
Translated by Marijan Galevski and Michael Seraphinoff
Published by the Macedonian Literary Association - "Grigor
Prlichev" - Shtip/Sydney, (2004)
ISBN 0958116253
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The arguments and evidence that today's Macedonians are
the descendants of the ancient Macedonians - Part One - Folklore
Elements
 Script
from the Movie "Dust"
by Milcho Manchevski
Published by the Publishing House "Slovo", Skopje, 1995
In English and Macedonian
Paperback, 311 pages, 190 mm x 120 mm - includes contents and
bibliography
ISBN 998996288X
Price: CAD/US$18
Only ONE Copy Left!!!
 From
War to Whittlesea: Oral Histories of Macedonian Child Refugees
by Macedonian Welfare Workers' Network of Victoria
Paperback (c) 1999, 30 photos & illustrations
ISBN 0958678928
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A book of recollections and reflections from some of the 28,000
Macedonian child refugees who were evacuated from their homes in
northern Greece between 1948 and 1949 during the Macedonian struggle
for independence in the Greek Civil War.
Five of the oral histories are from child refugees, the sixth from
the mother of one of the children. The six individuals are from
the villages of Bapchor, Lagen, Neret & Krushoradi. All are
now Australian residents. Each story is made all the more moving
by the fact that the refugees were only children.
The stories tell of village life before the war, destruction wrought
by Greek soldiers and their American and British allies, separation
from parents and family, the journey to Eastern Europe, growing
up in foreign lands, and their eventual arrival in Australia. The
refugees, now in their 50s and 60s, use their growing maturity and
insight to understand the events and experiences that changed the
lives of all Macedonians from northern Greece.
(Jim Thomev was the translator and editor of all the oral histories
in this book)
 Macedonian
Agenda
Editor, Victor Bivell (c) 1995
Paperback, 232 pages, 230mm x 154mm
Celloglazed cover.
ISBN 0 646 221620
Price CAD/US$25
Out of Stock!!!
Macedonian Agenda is the leading reference book about one of Australia's
oldest and largest ethnic groups. The book explores a number of
major themes including:
Political issues between Macedonian and its Balkan neighbours
- Macedonian history and settlement in Australia
- The development of Macedonian values, language, religion and
- theatre in Australia
- The changing role of Macedonian women
- The welfare needs of older migrants
- The Macedonian identity including the 'Greek' Macedonian --
identity
- The lack of human rights in Aegean Macedonia
The book contains contributions from 14 writers.
 Children
of the Bird Goddess: A Macedonian Autobiography
By Kita Sapurma and Pandora Petrovska (c) 1997
Paperback, 168 pages, 210 x 148 mm
Four colour celloglazed cover
ISBN 09586789 1X
Price CAD/US$29
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Children of the Bird Goddess, a Macedonian autobiography of Kita
Sapurma is an oral history that spans over 100 years and explores
the lives of four generations of Macedonian women from Aegean Macedonia
(northern Greece).
Commencing in the 19th Century when Macedonia was under the Ottoman
Empire, the family's story is interwoven with the upheavals of the
Balkan Wars, Greek takeover and colonization of half of Macedonia,
two World Wars, and the Macedonian struggle for independence during
the Greek Civil War. Amid this historical turbulence, the book is
a detailed portrayal of Macedonian village life and culture as practised
over centuries.. It offers a personal account of Macedonian women's
culture, giving a woman's perspective on Macedonian lifestyle, and
many of the most important Macedonian customs and rituals passed
down from mother to daughter through the generations
The story is also a moving account of political and cultural oppression
and the tragic effects on the family's lives and fortunes. This
legacy becomes an integral part of Australia's history as the family,
eventually flees Greece and must manage the joys and difficulties
of setting up in a new land.
This is one of the first autobiographies in English of a woman
from Aegean Macedonia, Children of the Bird Goddess. Its telling
is about breaking the silence and invisibility of Macedonian women.
 What
Europe Has Forgotten: The Struggle of the Aegean Macedonians
by Association of Macedonians in Poland (c) 1992
Paperback, 68 pages, 250mm x 175mm
Celloglazed cover
ISBN 0 64612211 8
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What Europe Has Forgotten examines official discrimination against
the Macedonian minority of northern Greece, and the struggle for
human rights, particularly by the more than 28,000 ethnic Macedonian
child refugees evacuated in 1948 during the Greek Civil War.
The report contains 28 photographs and 26 pages of letters, certificates
and documentary evidence.
The book outlines the obligations to fully protect the Macedonian
national minority assumed by Greece when it annexed Aegean Macedonia
early this century. This was to include full civic and political
rights. However, instead, the Greek authorities instigated policies
aimed at assimilation, displacement and ethnic cleansing.
 Guard
the Word Well Bound: Proceedings of the Third North American-Macedonian
Conference on Macedonian Studies
Edited by Christina Kramer and Brian Cook
Vol. 10 (1999) Indiana Slavic Studies
ISSN 0073-6929
Trade Paperback, 245 pages
Price CAD/US$14
Out
of Print!
The Conference was held in June, 1997 at the University of Toronto.
This volume contains many of the papers presented on the Macedonian
language, and is published in English and Macedonian, depending
on the presenter. Presenters were from the United States, Canada
and Macedonia. Subjects ranged from Friedman's paper "Macedonian
Historiography, Language and Identity in the Context of the Yugoslav
Wars of Succession" to Kazazis' "Some Discordant Greek
Voices on 'The Macedonian Question.'" The papers are both informative
and specific in their discussion of the Macedonian language.
 Baba's
Macedonian Socks
By Alex K. Gigeroff
ISBN 0-921369-14-X (c) 1994
Soft Cover 31 pp
Price CAD/US$15
This book is based on the very first song the author learned to
sing, as a child. The Society of Folk Dance Historians, Austin,
Texas, says, "You will not read this book quickly. You will
remember your grandparents... This tale of generations haunts those
with sufficient life experience to appreciate tradition and family.
I suggest that you buy this for yourself, and then leave it as a
legacy to your grandchildren."
 Black
Seed
By Tashko Georgievski
Translated by Elizabeth Kolupacev Stewart (c) 1996
Paperback, 113 pages, 210 x 148mm
Celloglazed cover
ISBN 0 9586789 01
Price CAD/US$18
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Black Seed is one of the great political and humanistic novels
of contemporary Macedonian literature. It is one of the few books
that examines life in the Greek prison camps during the Greek Civil
War, providing a rare insight into a period when the State sponsored
persecution of political dissidents and ethnic minorities, particularly
Macedonians, was at its most intense.
Written in a direct and succinct style, Black Seed is a story of
courage, compassion and truth which is universal in meaning. It
was made into a successful film, and has been translated into a
number of European languages.
Tashko Georgievski is one of Macedonia's leading contemporary authors.
The book concludes with an article on Georgievski by Mateja Matevski,
who discusses the theme of "returning", common in Georgievski's
books.
 Pieces
of Mosaic: an Essay on the Making of Makedonija
by Jonathan Matthew Schwartz
ISBN 98-89825-16-0 (c) 1996
Trade Paperback 160 pages
Price CAD/US$24
Out
of Print!
This is an anthropological study as well as sociological research
from inside the multi-ethnic community of Resen, which borders Greece
and Albania in the Prespa Lake Region. Schwartz's anecdotal experiences
and observations are informative and interesting. Schwartz also
interviewed members of the Macedonian community in Toronto for this
text. Jonathan Matthew Schwartz, a native of Detroit, now resides
in Denmark. He has been interested in Macedonia since his first
anthropological fieldwork in the early 1970s
 About
the Splendid Macedonians...
A coloring Book (and much, much, more)
By Olga Lexovska Naumoff
Published by the author (c) 1982
Soft cover, 64 pages
Price CAD/US$8
Out of Print!
This book will appeal to children who want to learn more about
the Macedonian heritage, history, language, culture and religion.
This book was a labour of love for the author. As an administrator
in Detroit Public Schools for many years, she also served as an
interpreter, translator and travel consultant to the Balkans and
produced and hosted a Macedonian radio program in Detroit.
 Macedonia...
Em Baba, Em Nevesta
The History and Culture of Macedonia told through its folk songs
By Kathy Dimitrievski, PhD
Price CAD/US$29
(Additional postage may be applicable, depending on destination)
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Like many cultures, oral history plays an important and vital role
in Macedonia. In the past they did not have the opportunity to write
their own history, and create a literary tradition. Songs and poetry,
which were easy to remember, expressed the joys and sorrows of their
existence, current events, the passing of famous and ordinary people,
laughter and local customs. People passed on songs in full voice
in the fields or whispered melodies as men and women gathered around
the fire at night.
Her research includes the Diaspora of Canada and the United States,
Pirin and Mala Prespa. The interviewees from Aegean Macedonia were
interviewed in the Diaspora and Bitola. The many interviews and
stories told, along with the words to the songs, provide a very
interesting view of Macedonian history. Dr. Dimitrievski included
exclusive interviews with folk singers Sarievski, Tomovska, Kostadinova
and Ilieva, along with a comprehensive analysis of Macedonian folk
songs.
 19th
Century Macedonian Folktales
by Marko Cepenkov
Price CAD/US$30
Pub. by Macquarrie University (c) 1991
ISBN 0 858377454 tpb 27l pp
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Marko Cepenkov (1829-1920) dedicated his whole life to collecting
and preserving for posterity, the enormous wealth of Macedonian
folk literature. The literature embodies the deepest layers of the
Macedonian collective consciousness, wisdom and philosophy of the
life of an area at the crossroads of cultures, civilizations, peoples
and languages.
Cepenkov collected in his lifetime more than 800 tales, 710 songs,
5,032 folk proverbs, etc. His collection spanned games, pledges,
curses, blessings, folk traditions, customs descriptions of crafts
and musical instruments, personal names and surnames.
This selection of folktales, translated by Fay Thomev, is the first
extensive presentation of Cepenkov's work in English.
 Fragments
of a History
by Jim Thomev (bilingual edition)
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Thomev's poetry touches your heart. Read the poems aloud and you
can smell the countryside in Macedonia, taste the bitter defeat
when liberty is denied, feel the sorrow of leaving the homeland
by the émigrés and see the shepherds in the hills
and valleys.
Thomev immigrated to Australia in 1954 from K'basnitsa, in Aegean
Macedonia along with his mother and siblings. He is a graduate of
Melbourne University, and has taught for a number of years. He has
also written dramas, which have been performed by the Macedonian
drama group in Melbourne. From 1987-90 he was editor-in-chief of
the Australian Macedonian Weekly
 The
Genealogical Lineage Between Queen Elizabeth II and the Medieval
Macedonian Czar Samuel
by Aleksandar Donski
Paperback 93 pages
ISBN: 0975733206
Price: CAD/US$10
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Much as been written about the geneology of Elizabeth II, Queen
of the United Kingdom. However, the vast majority of authors hve
treated the question of the Queen's geneology by emphasizing almost
exclusively her British family ties. Some uthors have even ventured
into the distant past and claimed to trace Her Majesty's roots to
the biblical King David, though failing to offer valid proof for
this claim. In this book, we will offer specific evidence of Queen
Elizabeth's thus far little-known genealogical lineage, stretching
back to the medieval Macedonian Czar Samuel and his dynasty that
ruled in the 10th and 11th centures A.D. Before presenting the vidence
of this genealogical connection, we offer some explanations about
the Science of genealogy in general, and about Czar Samuel himself,
his land and people.
 Macedonian
Gold
by Michael Seraphinoff
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"What if" is the beginning of the creative process as
there is a degree of possibility, no matter how miniscule. Seraphinoff's
book is fiction, though based on a historical certainty: The tomb
of Alexander the Great has never been discovered. But suppose an
archeological dig discovered it in Macedonia, and not Greece? An
anthropologist from an American university joins forces with a Macedonian
team to delve into the discovery. Seraphinoff embellishes the storyline
with authentic details about Macedonian culture. The reader is carried
along with the plot while getting a healthy dose of history for
this part of the Balkans.
Mysterious and ancient cults, a strange language spoken by a particular
segment of the population make this a fascinating story. The history
is easily digested as familiar surroundings in Macedonia are mentioned.
And even if you know nothing about Macedonia and its history, and
just love a good mystery, you will enjoy this novel.
 Small
Tales Great Wisdom
by By Jim Thomev
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You have always wanted to record all the Macedonian sayings your
mom or dad, baba or dedo threw at you--when the occasion for an
appropriate piece of wisdom presented itself--but you have never
had the time. Jim Thomev recorded and translated 1000 sayings. The
sayings are from ordinary people that have repeated these words
of wisdom, beliefs and situations. They have endured the test of
time. It is a book that you pick up and open a page, and say, "I
remember something that ..." The fun part might be you trying
to translate them back into Macedonian!
Because Thomev was born in K'basnitsa,, his knowledge of the Macedonian
language in Aegean Macedonia informs his translation and selection.
He has also included a number of Macedonian fables. He acknowledges
and lauds the work of Verkovich, Shapkarev and the greatest collector
of folklore, Tsepenkov. This is a neat little text to add to your
library.
 My
Name Is Sotir: A Memoir of a Child Evacuee
by Olga Lexovska Naumoff
Splendid Associates, Dearborne
ISBN 0-941983-03-X (c) 2003
Soft cover, 355 pages
Price CAD/US$26
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"Remember your name, Sote. Remember
who you are and where you came from!" said Dedo Vasil Nitchov.
This memoir transports you to a time and place, a people and a
culture, that few really know or have cared about. As one of the
30,000 Macedonian children, from two to fourteen years of age, Sotir
became one of the Detsa Begaltsi, evacuated by the Partisans
to countries that opened their doors to them, where the sounds of
war would no longer be heard. The parents placed their trust in
the Partisans, rather than the Greeks. This is a true, must-read
story. It is one that will evoke happy, carefree memories of the
child in all of us. It may remind you of life in the village, before
and after the war interrupted the idyllic life. Sotir will make
you laugh at his antics, cry and remember, learn and give thanks
for the human spirit that survives.
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