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In
his paper Were There Any Slavs In Seventh-Century Macedonia? eminent
archeologist Florin Curta says there is little evidence to support the
theory. He says that since the 1970s the "common opinion among historians
has been that following the Avar and Slavic raids into the central Balkans
(culminating in the first three sieges of Thessalonica mentioned in
the Miracles of St. Demetrius), the Slavs settled in the lands now within
the Republic of Macedonia." But he says a more nuanced reading of the
second book of the Miracles of St. Demetrius strongly suggests that
the "multitude of tribes" mentioned by the unknown author of the book
"came from the surrounding countryside, not from afar." His paper thoroughly
reviews the archeological evidence for the theory and concludes "Judging
from the archaeological evidence, no Slavs have settled in Macedonia
during the seventh century." The paper is 
The
Macedonian version of the book Who are the Modern Greeks? by Risto Stefov
is now a free ebook. The book examines the legitimacy of the Greek claim
that "Macedonia is Greek" by examining who are the modern Greeks and
their propaganda that their's is "the only valid claim" to Macedonia.
It asks "On what basis can Modern Greeks say that Macedonia belongs
to them instead of to the people who were already living there before
Greece annexed it?" The book addresses these issues by analyzing the
identity of modern Greeks and how that was formed, the limited relationship
between ancient and modern Greeks, where the modern population of Greece
came from, and how those peoples came to be Hellenized. The book draws
on a large range of historical sources, many of them now not widely
available but which were contemporary with the events they describe
in Greece. The book in English is 
Selected
Papers for Macedonia is a collection of articles by Slave Katin that
were selected by the author and discuss his most common themes. They
cover: Prehistoric Macedonia, The Macedonians in the Diaspora, Immigration
as a Destiny, Macedonians in Australia, Canada and USA, The Religion
of the Macedonians, Well-Known Macedonians in the World, Macedonians
in the Neighbouring Countries, and other topics. This is a large collection
of papers by the author and highlight his life-long interest in the
Macedonian people, their history, religion, culture, their continuity
and national identity, their role in world civilization, and the historical
abuse they have experienced. The book is 
In
his book The Macedonian Struggle for Independence, author Risto Stefov
says that Macedonia has been invaded and occupied many times and so
for a long time the Macedonian people have been struggling to free themselves.
This book looks at the many uprisings by the Macedonian people. Among
them are: uprisings against Byzantine rule, the Hrs, Strez and Dragota
Uprisings, early uprisings against Ottoman rule, and a long list of
uprisings in Karposh, Negush, Razlovtsi, Kumanovo-Kriva Palanka, Pijanets,
Kreshna, Smilevo, Krushevo, Kichevo, Karbunitsa, Dushegubitsa, Gjavato,
Demit Hisar, Prilep, Margara, Ohrid, Resen, Kostur, Lerin, Skopje, Strumitsa
and many more. The book is 
Rula
A Macedonian Village and the Journey of Goche by George Nitsou (Goche
Nichov) is about the author's village and his desire leave a record
of his life for his children. Rula is located on the main between Lerin
and Kostur in Aegean Macedonia. The author says it was once a thriving
and prosperous village with 700 inhabitants. But now less than 10 people
remain. The book discusses the village's dialect, agriculture, traditions,
history and politics. There are also extensive lists of the village's
families and inhabitants, and many photos. The author hopes the book
will give the reader a sense of the beautiful memories and daunting
challenges that the Ruleni faced. The book is 
A
basic list of the names of animals, birds, insects and reptiles from
bronze age Europe that are labeled as Greek but are Slavic or proto-Slavic
are in a paper by Professor Kosta Peev and Odyssey Belchevsky. The paper,
titled Names from Bronze Age Europe Identified as Slavic, Labeled Ancient
Greek, but Etymologically not Greek A Linguistic Challenge, has a
Slavic to Greek comparison of the words and says that none of the names
have any significant roots in Greek. They say it also shows the neglect
of the Proto Slavic presence in language. The paper is 
The
paper Code-switching, lexico-grammatical features and loan translation:
data from a large Macedonian-English corpus by Jim Hlavac looks at the
speech of 103 bilingual Macedonian-Australians. The paper has many examples
of Macedonians, the vast majority of whom are speakers of south-western
dialects from the Lerin, Kostur and Drama regions and from the Bitola
region, who mix Macedonian and English words and parts of words. The
focuses is on code-switching in a lexical sense, that is, embedding,
insertion, alternation, and referring to lexical material that is transferred
across languages. These usages are investigated, especially the role
of light-verb constructions and lexico-grammatical and lexico-semantic
influence via loan translation. The paper is 
The
895 page book Macedonia: A Nation at a Crossroads contains a collection
of 48 articles by author, Sam Vaknin. Mr Vaknin was for many years a
prolific commentator on Macedonia's international and domestic political
and economic affairs. His articles cover a wide variety of topics with
this collection having a focus on economics, economic policy and business.
There are also interviews with leading economic leaders in Macedonia.
Among his many professional roles, Mr Vaknin was Economic Advisor to
the Government of the Republic of Macedonia and to the Ministry of Finance
between 1999 to 2002, and between 2001 to 2003 he was Senior Business
Correspondent for United Press International. The book is 
The
article Zelnik, Zbog and the Gods by Chris Christou is a tribute to
one of Macedonia's favorite foods. The article is about the history
of zelnick, its role and cultural contribution to Macedonian village
and family life, and its relationship with burek. The article also looks
at the position that variations of zelnick and burek have as traditional
foods in the history and spiritual values of other cultures. Mr Christou
is a Canadian based culture activist, writer, and podcaster whose background
is from Aegean Macedonia. The article is 
The
book Lakes and Empires in Macedonian History Contesting the Waters
by James Pettifer and Miranda Vickers is now available in Macedonian.
The book tells the story of Psarades, Nivitsi in Macedonian, a lakeside
village on the Greek side of Lake Prespa. The authors explore the social,
cultural and political history of the village and the wider region and
say it embodies the many contradictions of modern history. The book
looks at how the development of international borders, the movement
of people and the role of national identities have shaped Macedonia
today. It also has the first environmental history of this multi-ethnic
borderland region shared by Greece, Macedonia and Albania. The book
can be purchased 
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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