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Madness Visible

Madness Visible

Madness Visible is a memoir of recent Balkan wars told through the eyes of actual observers and participants. The author, Jeanine Di Giovanni, writes the haunting story of common people who suffered bitterly

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The Abyssinian Proof: A Kamil Pasha Novel

The Abyssinian Proof: A Kamil Pasha Novel

Turkish politics and society are the center of this novel which mingles historical facts from medieval Constantinople with fictional events in modern Istanbul.

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The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe

In 52 annotated maps, a well reasoned guide to the broad movements in Eastern European history from the end of the classical era to the start of the 21st century.

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A Peace to End All Peace

A Peace to End All Peace

Were treaties and national borders drawn at the end of the First World War midwives to political tangle in the modern Middle East?

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Macedonia and Greece

Macedonia and Greece

John Shea uses claims to the name “Macedonia” as a backdrop for discussing tensions in the region and the development of the Macedonian state.

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Macedonia and the Macedonians

Macedonia and the Macedonians

In Macedonia and the Macedonians: A History, Andrew Rossos gives us a detailed, if at times less than perfect, history of the Macedonian people and nation.

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Macedonia: Yesterday and Today

Macedonia: Yesterday and Today

Jovan and Mishel Pavlovski’s Macedonia: Yesterday and Today is a useful short introduction to Macedonia, its history, culture and people.

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The Macedonian Conflict

The Macedonian Conflict

The ongoing name dispute between Greece and the Republic of Macedonia is only one part of a larger disagreement concerning the definition of Macedonia, its proper place in history and culture, and the right of peoples to ethnic self-identification.

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This Land We Do Not Give

This Land We Do Not Give

This sympathetic look at a nation long oppressed is told by two ethnic Macedonians with strong feelings for their motherland and its people.

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