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A translation of Monteiro Lobato's "O Presidente Negro ou O Choque das Raças, " presented in a bilingual format with English alongside the original Portuguese. Monteiro Lobato was one of Brazil's most imaginative writers. He is best known for his children's series about the bizarre adventures of a feisty little girl and her irreverent rag doll. But Black President: Clash of the Races-the only novel he wrote for adult readers-takes an even w...

Excerpts from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations by Glenn Alan Cheney, including Thanksgiving: The Pilgrims' First Year in America, Love and Death in the Kingdom of Swaziland The Cat Caboodle: A Litter Box of Cat Facts and Curiosities Journey to Chernobyl: Encounters in a Radioactive Zone Journey on the Estrada Real: Encounters in the Mountains of Brazil The Merry burial Compendium Notions from a Time of Peril Lurking Doubt: Notes...

A collection of paintings, photography, and design by Glenn Alan Cheney with a foreword that explores his development through genres in a career that has stretched over the course of half a century.

A complete collection of the poetry of Brazilian poet Paulo Leminski, translated to English. Leminski's wide-ranging poetry is extremely popular in Brazil and unique in the world. The translations are ingenious in taking wordplay in Portuguese and turning it into wordplay in English.

Originally titled The Black President, or The Clash of the Races, by Brazilian writer Monteiro Lobato, the story is about a young man and woman in Brazil who use a high-tech scope that can see into the future. They follow events in the United States in the year 2228 as Black and white voters vie to elect a president of their own race. It's close until a feminist candidate pits men against women regardless of race. And suddenly, a Black man ...

A small family ventures up the Amazon, and then up a tributary, and then another, with The Gumball King. They soon get into lots of trouble with gold miners, timber rustlers, and Indians. At the same time, They're feeling the temptations that tend to come with tropical heat. The story is a rollicking spoof that actually touches on real problems in today's Amazonia.

Brief essays by Glenn Alan Cheney, written for The Day and The Norwich Times between January 2020 and August 2021. Cheney discusses wide variety of topics-dogs, skunks, the Pilgrims, submarines, golf, mascots, statues, nature, lawns, election cakes, green burial, alarm clocks, couches, covid, hiccups, and so much more, all in a unique vein of humor and philosophy.

Who Made the West looks at the 30 most influential people in Western history. Some are familiar names-Washington, Einstein, Aristotle. Others may have slipped from many readers' memories--Charles Martel, Gregory Pincus, Philip the Fair. In either case, Ian Alan Cheney's portrayals present the details that link influence with relevance. As a high school history teacher, Cheney knows how to hold attention, explain clearly, and even entertain. Th...

A translation of Monteiro Lobato's "A Chave do Tamanho." Though on one level a children's novel, the book also carries deep socio-political undertones. It tells the story of a rag doll who seeks to end war but ends up shrinking all of humanity to about half an inch. Millions die, but eventually she discovers the possibility of a new world order. But do people want to "switch" to a whole new world of peace?The answer is as complicated as humani...

Portraits of missionary sisters as they work in some of the most difficulty, dangerous, and turbulent parts of the world in the 20th and 21st centuries. Central America during the revolutionary period. Northern Mexico during the migration to the United States. Swaziland during the AIDS epidemic. Italy during the aftermath of World War II. Argentina during the military regime. Brazil during the rise in crime and fall of the environment. These s...

Just a Bunch of Facts is the only book that answers such questions as:How many beehives equal the weight of one space shuttle?How many Americans can't vote because they've been in jail?Why would you not want Oscar the Cat to sleep on your bed?What did Crown Prince Philip of France's horse trip over?What is Hell Money?Who was the first cat in space and where was she from?Who said "Death makes everything useless"?What's wrong with The Paper Clip...

Brazilian writer Machado de Assis is considered one of the greatest contributors to world literature. His work not only pushes the bounds of fiction but spans a crucial period in Brazilian history. In his early years, he set his stories in the New World version of Portugal's rigid traditional social structure. His characters worked out their frivolous romantic concerns with excruciatingly convoluted formality.But a few years later, as Brazil i...

Rubem Alves takes a friendly but philosophical look at the stages of life--an unusual baptism, a child's believe in the unseen, adolescent rebellion, teens with exceptional vision, male sexuality, old age, appreciation of nature and beauty, and much more.

Ten stories by Machado de Assis, most from his early, formative period. Foreword by ana Cláudia Suriani da Silva, Introduction by Greicy Pinto Bellin. Greicy Bellin is co-translator with Ana Lessa-Schmidt. This is a good companion volume to go with "Ex Cathedra: Stories by Machado de Assis, " which is from his later, more literary period. It resents 21 stories, most never before translated, in Portguese and Englnish.

Short essays by Rubem Alves, touching on life, sex, nature, soup, childhood, crime, Brazil, bovine wisdom, magnolias, ants, stepmothers, fiddles, death, hope, and a whole lot more. Rubem Alves is one of Brazil's msot beloved writers, a theologian, philosopher, psychoanalyst, and professor who sounds like your favorite uncle musing at the kitchen table.

Rubem Alves was a theologian, philosopher, psychoanalyst, professor, writer, and just plain old nice guy. His thoughts and ideas put so much of life in new perspective. He writes on life, death, sex, love, childhood, popcorn, music, art, literature, mythology, trees...and so much more. Pensamentos is a collection of brief excerpts from his many writings. Every page leaves the reader with a new idea, a new way of looking at the world.

Brazil in the 1920s was going through many transformations. A new republic was shedding old moralities. Agrarianism was urbanizing. Social mobility was cutting across classes. A nation in search of a new culture was reaching out to the sophistication of Europe.In this setting, Mário de Andrade tells us the story of a Brazilian teen and a German woman in her mid-20s. He was born into a wealthy family, she was trying to make a living away from h...

In 1888 and 1889, Brazil's most renowned writer, Machado de Assis, wrote a series of chronicles, or essays, for the Gazeta de Notícias, published in Rio de Janeiro. This was a very exciting time to be reporting in Brazil. In 1889, slavery was abolished, and in 1889, the country ended its monarchy and adopted a republican form of government. Neither transition was easy.Machado, respected for his stories, novels, plays, and poems, turned his cri...

Brief passages on the nature, causes, effects, history, and reform of incarceration. Among the topics are prison conditions, effect on prisoners and families, effectiveness of solitary confinement, famous prison breaks, education in prisons, societal benefits, quotes, and much more.