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Two
major historical documents from the State Archive of the Republic of
Macedonia give a valuable insight into early Ottoman record on Macedonia
and its people. Turski Dokumenti za Istorijata na Makedonskiot Narod
1467-1468 contains information on history, ecology, ethnology, statistics,
historical geography, language, and other areas for the regions of Prilep,
Mariovo, Veles, Kichevo, Tetevo, Bitola, Skopje, and the Solun region.
The second book, Turski Dokumenti za Istorijata na Makedonia Opshiren
Popisen Defter za Vakafite vo Pasha Sanjakot od 1568-69 Tom 11 Kniga
1, contains information on the regions of Demir Hisar, Kavala, Drama,
Zihna, Seres, Nevkopol and Gjumuldjina in Aegean Macedonia and includes
the populations of many villages and the names of their inhabitants.
The 1467-68 documents are 
Eleven
editions of newspapers published by the Macedonian migrants to Argentina
are now available in the Pollitecon Free Ebooks Library. There are seven
editions of Makedonski Glas published between 1936 and 1939, three editions
of Federalna Makedonija published between 1947 and 1948, and the first
edition of Ilinden published in 1948. The papers gave the migrants news
of numerous political developments concerning Macedonians including
those under the regimes in Bulgaria and Greece. Makedonski Glas was
published by the Progressive Macedonian Society of Goodwill, whose aims
were to work to organize and unify Macedonian emigration in Argentina,
to morally and materially support the struggle of the Macedonian people
against the oppressive states in their homeland, and to support the
creation of an independent Macedonian Republic. Macedonian activist
Jordan Gruev said the editions are valuable as they give an insight
into how the Macedonians thought about the Macedonian Question and that
the mainstream Macedonians in Argentina supported IMRO (United) under
the banner of Gotse Delchev and were against Ivan Mihailov and Aleksandar
Protogerov. Mr Gruev also thanked the staff of the National Library
of Argentina who were very helpful and went out of their way to assist
him to search for, retrieve and digitize the copies from their archive.
The newspapers are in the Free Ebooks Library under the name Macedonians
of Argentina. They are also Here. 
Author
Risto Stefov has published Exposing the Greek Myth to discuss numerous
issues about the attitude of the Greek government and its followers
towards the Macedonians. Among the collection of 19 essays are: Macedonia
is NOT Greece, What the Greeks don't like to talk about!, How did Macedonia
become Greek?, My personal experience with Greeks in my village back
in Greece, My personal experience with Greeks in Canada, Facts the Greeks
don't want you to know!, Who are the Greeks, Who were the ancient Macedonians?,
Exposing the Greek myth, and Denationalizing the Macedonians in Greece.
The book is 
Macedonia's
most prolific author, Slave Katin, has published two new books: Slave
Katin - Life and Works, and Patuvanje Okolu Svetot. Life and Works is
collection of 35 short articles on a variety of Macedonian places, people
and themes that have been important in the author's life. Places include
Skopje, Prespa and Canada. People include the stories of some of the
key members of his family and extended family as well as of his personal
life and extensive professional activities. Themes include two of his
life long writing subjects, emigration and the Macedonian diaspora.
Over his long life Katin has been a regular world traveller and Patuvanje
Okolu Svetot is a collection of over 100 short articles about 30 of
the countries he has visited, some frequently. As well as being about
the places he has visited, the articles also discuss the local Macedonian
diaspora and key or interesting Macedonians in those communities. Slave
Katin - Life and Works is in both English and Macedonian and is 
Between
10 and 20 thousand Macedonians live in Sweden and most are in the larger
cities of Gothenburg, Malmo, Trelleborg, Eslev, Stockholm, Vaxjo, Skara
and others, reports Dimche Minovski, the author of the book Megju Makedoncite
vo Shvedska. This well researched book gives a comprehensive view of
Macedonian migration and settlement in Sweden and the development of
churches, community, cultural and sporting centres. A large focus is
on many of the Macedonian men and women themselves and their individual
stories and achievements. There are also many photographs. The book
is 
Five
new biographical articles by Slave Katin have been added to the Notable
People from Aegean Macedonia section within the Life in Aegean Macedonia
page. Four of the articles are under the heading Canada. These are:
There
were about 80 children from Neret who became child refugees due to the
Greek Civil War, wrote Petre Ristuchin, who was one of the 80 children.
In his article, Vo Polska Uchev, Se Ozheniv, Mi Ce Rodija Tri Deca,
he tells the story of how he and other children left Neret and traveled
to Eastern Europe. Ristuchin grew up and lived in Poland for 29 years
before moving to Skopje where he worked as a language professor at the
Institute Krste Misirkov and was a writer including for Nova Makedonija
newspaper. The article is 
The
Manu Business Story – From Fish Shop to Flow Meters tells the story
of the rise of the Manu family's successful engineering and flow meter
business. The book was compiled by Alexander Manu, the long time managing
director and son of the business founder, Anthony Manu, who was a child
refugee from Aegean Macedonia. The family business began in 1939 as
a fishmongery, then became a TV and radio sales and repair shop, and
grew into a leader in electronic process control design and instrumentation
manufacturing with innovative products that changed and improved water
and admixture measurement and control. The company's innovations attracted
major national and international corporate and government clients. The
book has many photographs, and is 
SBS
Radio conducted an interview with author Manoli Germanchev about his
latest book, An Aussie in a Parallel Universe. The interview covers
many areas including why he wrote the book, and his comments and stories
about growing up as a young Macedonian immigrant to Melbourne and trying
to fit in with Australian culture and with Australian friends and immigrant
friends from other cultures. Along the way there are many insights into
the immigrant Macedonians and how they adjusted to life in Australia.
He also makes many comments about his career as a teacher and trying
to inspire many different types of students. The interview, like the
book, is full of humour. The interview is in English and is 
Drum
za Makedonija (Road to Macedonia) by Tihomir Stojanovski is a collection
of over 60 commentaries and short essays on a variety of Macedonian
themes. Tihomir Stojanovski is a professor of dramatic arts and the
subjects in the book range across culture and history from the ancient
to the contemporary. They includes many issues that affect Macedonia
and its place in the world, how Macedonia arrived at where it is today,
and the human rights situation of Macedonians in the neighbouring countries.
There is fear in Macedonia and "freedom is not an easy thing. It must
be earned with a daily struggle," he says. Drum za Makedonija is 
A
reminder that Canadian Macedonian Books has a great selection of Macedonian
books in English from around the world. These include non-fiction, fiction,
children's and cook books. Canadian Macedonian Books is run by Virginia
Evans, a former co-president of the Canadian Macedonian Historical Society
and founder of the Macedonian Film Festival in Toronto. Canadian Macedonian
Books is
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