Pollitecon Has Published The Following Books
An
Aussie In A Parallel Universe
An Aussie In A Parallel Universe is full of entertaining and insightful
stories about an immigrant Macedonian boy discovering Australian culture
as he tries to fit in and find the "true blue Aussie". The
interesting anecdotes continue as he grows up and finds friendship,
love and a career. But his two universes remain parallel when he finds
his calling as a teacher, meets a wide range of other teachers, parents
and students, and discovers that inspiring students and young Aussies
is not about memorizing facts and figures but about involving them in
practical and sometimes extracurricular learning activities. Read
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The
Life Story of Tanas Kirev
The Life Story of Tanas Kirev is a 90 year autobiography of a Macedonian
man born in the village of Neret in Aegean Macedonia. The story starts
with his family and early life in the village, and moves to key events
in the Second World War and the Greek Civil War and their consequences.
In search of a better life, the author migrated to Western Australia
and found a full life with work, marriage, family and community. Although
intended as a family record, the author is happy to share his experiences
with those interested in Macedonian history and in a migration story
of sanctuary, freedom and opportunity. Read
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My
Childhood Memories: From a Shepherd to a Chemical Engineer
My Childhood Memories is the story of a shepherd boy in Macedonia who
enjoyed observing and trying to understand the mechanical and technical
objects and events around him. When he migrated to Australia and did
well in school he turned that love of mechanics into a career in engineering
and teaching. His story has many insightful and comic details about
the life and people in a small Macedonian village, growing up as a migrant
in Melbourne, and developing a fulfilling career in engineering. Read
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Lerin
in Mourning
Lerin in Mourning names and commemorates 2,056 Macedonian fighters who
died for Macedonian freedom in the Greek Civil War. The fighters are
grouped by their village, and the book has information on 99 villages
in the Lerin region of Aegean Macedonia (northern Greece). There is
also a description of key events in the Civil War from a Macedonian
perspective. Free download. Read
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For
Sacred National Freedom - Portraits Of Fallen Freedom Fighters
Written by their comrades and colleagues, For Sacred National Freedom
is a monument to 370 Macedonians who fought and died for freedom in
the Greek Civil War. It is also a new source of historical information
about the period and the Macedonian Freedom War that was part of the
Civil War. Translated from the Macedonian by Elizabeth Kolupacev Stewart.
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Pirey
Pirey, by Macedonian poet, novelist and playwright Petre M. Andreevski,
is one of the most well known novels of modern Macedonian literature.
Set during the Balkan Wars, the First World War and the 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. Read
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Picture
On The Mantelpiece
Picture on the Mantelpiece is a powerful autobiography of Stefo and
Lena Duketovski from the Macedonian village of Trna. The book gives
a Macedonian perspective on the Second World War and the Greek Civil
War, the consequences for ethnic Macedonians from Aegean Macedonia (northern
Greece), and how a husband and father worked for years to reunite his
family that had been scattered around the world. Read
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The
Contest For Macedonian Identity 1870-1912
The Contest For Macedonian Identity 1870-1912 is a well researched book
detailing the ongoing campaigns to divide and conquer the Macedonian
people - first by the Ottoman Empire, and then by Greece, Serbia and
Bulgaria as they fought to turn Macedonians into Muslims, Greeks, Serbs
and Bulgarians. Read More
A
Girl From Neret
A Girl From Neret is the first book about the picturesque mountain village
of Neret in Aegean Macedonia. The autobiography, by Lefa Ognenova-Michova
and her daughter Kathleen Mitsou-Lazaridis, is a first hand account
of a childhood in an old Macedonian village. It also tells of the Macedonian
War of Independence that was part of the Greek Civil War, and how Lefa
becomes a child refugee. Read More
The
Big Water
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. Read More
From
War to Whittlesea: Oral Histories of Macedonian Child Refugees
From War to Whittlesea is a book of recollections and reflections -
dramatic, insightful, passionate and compassionate - 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.
Children
Of The Bird Goddess: A Macedonian Autobiography
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). Read More
Black
Seed
Black Seed is a great political and humanistic novel of contemporary
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.
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Macedonian
Agenda
Macedonian Agenda is a leading reference book about the Macedonian community
in Australia. The book explores a number of themes including immigration
and settlement patterns, language development, Macedonian identity,
women's issues, the child refugees, and a range of political issues.
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The
Rising Sun In The Balkans: The Republic Of Macedonia
Macedonia's recognition was delayed by Greece regarding the use of the
name Macedonia, the use of the Macedonian Sun symbol, and Macedonia's
Constitutional concerns for the Macedonian minority in northern Greece.
This book presents the arguments of both countries and an objective,
third party analysis. Read
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What
Europe Has Forgotten: The Struggle Of The Aegean Macedonians
What Europe Has Forgotten: The Struggle Of The Aegean Macedonians is
a book which investigates official discrimination in Aegean Macedonia
(northern Greece) and the ongoing struggle of the 28,000 Macedonian
child refugees who were evacuated in 1948 during the Greek Civil War.
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