A great man is one who collects knowledge the way a bee collects honey and uses it to help people overcome the difficulties they endure - hunger, ignorance and disease!
- Nikola Tesla

Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
- Franklin Roosevelt

While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
- Woodrow Wilson

Humana akcija: Biblioteka iz Londona poklanja knjige na srpskom našoj deci i iseljenicima u Americi

Elektronski projekat E-biblioteka iz Londona je odlučila da pokloni 1.000 e-knjiga (iBooks) našim ljudima u SAD tokom perioda izolacije i karantina, odnosno više hiljada knjiga našim ljudima širom sveta i u Srbiji.

U pitanju su knjige visoke vrednosti za decu, mlade i odrasle, naših najpoznatijih pisaca i pesnika, od Ršumovića i Simovića do Crnjanskog, Mihajla Pupina, Vuka Draškovića ili savremenih klasika kao što je Duško Kovačević.

E-biblioteka želi da pomogne našim ljudima tokom perioda izolacije, posebno porodicama sa malom decom koji će tokom ovog perioda imati priliku da uživaju u znanju i učenju srpskog jezika. Potrebno je javiti se na e-mail adresu This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. sa odabranim naslovima (do tri naslova po porodici).

Svi ponuđeni naslovi se nalaze na adresi: www.malabiblioteka.net/ipad.php.

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Svetozar Steve Pejovich

While many Americans don’t give their freedom of choice a second thought, Svetozar “Steve” Pejovich has constructed an entire economic philosophy around the concept.

Born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, during the reign of the Nazis and raised under the oppression of the post-war Socialist regime, he knew first-hand the privations of not being able to exercise the rights many U.S. citizens take for granted.

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All Roads Lead to Jackson

Serbian American Contributions in Amador County, California, since the Gold Rush
Milina Jovanović offers a unique compilation of individual and family immigration stories that include enormous contributions to the development of California and significant community involvement. In this version of people’s history she chronicles how Serbian Americans have strengthened community, region, state, and country through the endeavors and struggles of 150 years. This book also focuses on women’s contributions that are too often overlooked. Ms. Jovanović’s study reveals that Jackson not only remains an original and symbolic home to Serbian Americans and Serbian Orthodox religion, but also an oasis where the Serbian community has preserved its positive reputation and social influence.

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