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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 wilder ride through Lobato's strange, intriguing perspective on humanity. Originally titled The Black President, 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. The story inevitably reflects some of the racism that was accepted as normal in the 1920s, when the book was written. At the same time, it opens racism to everyone's view as the fictional characters grapple with it. And suddenly, a Black man becomes President of the United States. Hard to believe? Not a hundred years after the book was written. But three centuries later, as Lobato tells the story, a Black president is simply not acceptable to whites. And then things get ugly. Ana Lessa-Schmidt's insightful and nuanced translation is the first English version of this Brazilian classic. It was shocking in 1926, and it's even more shocking today.

Excerpts from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and translations by Glenn Alan Cheney, includingThanksgiving: The Pilgrims' First Year in America,Love and Death in the Kingdom of SwazilandThe Cat Caboodle: A Litter Box of Cat Facts and CuriositiesJourney to Chernobyl: Encounters in a Radioactive ZoneJourney on the Estrada Real: Encounters in the Mountains of BrazilThe Merry burial CompendiumNotions from a Time of PerilLurking Doubt: Notes on IncarcerationPromised land: A Nun's Struggle against Landlessness, Lawlessness, Slavery, Poverty, Corruption and Environmental Devastation in AmazoniaQuilombo dos Palmares: Brazil's Lost Nation of Fugitive SlavesLaw of the Jungle: Environmental Anarchy and the Tenharim People of AmazoniaBangs & Whimpers: The Ends of the Earth and Other CatastrophesPassion in an Improper PlaceFrankenstein on the Cusp of SomethingNeighborhood NewsLife in CavesActs of Ineffable LovePoems AskanceTranslationsThe Size Switch, by Monteiro LobatoThe Reform of Nature, by Monteiro LobatoThe Best Chronicles of Rubem AlvesTender Returns, by Rubem AlvesOn Time and Eternity, by Rubem AlvesConcerto for Body & Soul, by Rubem AlvesEx Cathedra: Stories by Machado de AssisTrio in A-Minor: Stories by Machado de Assis

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 becomes President of the United States. Hard to believe? Not a hundred years after the book was written. But three centuries later, as Lobato tells the story, a Black president is simply not acceptable to whites.And then things get ugly.It was shocking in 1926, and it's even more shocking today. The story inevitably reflects some of the racism that was accepted as normal in the 1920s, when the book was written. At the same time, it opens racism to everyone's view as the fictional characters grapple with it. An introduction by Vanete Santana-Dezmann puts the racism and the story itself into historical and literary perspective.Ana Lessa-Schmidt's insightful and nuanced translation is the first bilingual edition of this Brazilian classic. The original Portuguese appears alongside the English translation.

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.

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.

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 humanity.The Size Switch is one of the later books in Lobato's Yellow Woodpecker Farm (O Sítio do Picapau Amarelo) that has enchanted Brazilian children (and astute adults) for decades.Cheney's translation retains the playfulness of the original while changing a few words that reflect the general racism that existed in the early 10th century.

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. The main success of the book is how well it puts each historical figure in a context of events, periods, movements, inventions, conflicts, advances. In each case, he relates how the past influences the present. Readers come away with a better understanding of how the main elements of history fit together to form Western civilization.

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

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.

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 Maximizer?If the human population continues to grow at its current rate, when will people equal the weight of the Earth?Why are a few wealthy people buying condos in missile silos?When is National Feral Cat Day?Why is a queen bee's stinger not barbed?How should you greet your cell mate when you go to prison?When did cats first start coughing up hairballs on Cyprian rugs?What's so good about a green burial?This is a great bathroom book. Each "fact" is just a page or two long. With every sitting, you can learn a little something that few other people know.

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 the story of a Brazilian teen and a young German woman. He was born into a wealthy family; she was trying to make a living away from her country, carrying the emotional baggage of the Great War in the Old World. He was a student, she a teacher. But her lessons would soon go beyond language, literature, and music.She'd also learn a little something herself. Brazilian culture, in those heady boisterous years, was complicated. Love was taking on new meaning. Could love be a transitive verb, uniting subject and object? Or would it best be left intransitive, a subject all alone with an emotion?Mário de Andrade's unique use of language and his insights into life contributed to an upheaval in not only in Brazilian culture but in Brazilian literature, inspiring the nation's Modernist movement. This bilingual edition presents the original Portuguese alongside Ana Lessa-Schmidt's careful and creative English interpretation of Andrade's Modernist style.

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 critical eye on Brazilian society. The 50 chronicles in this collection-the most complete collection of them in any language-touch on everything from the national government to the foibles of Brazilian society. The writing style is unique, stretching the language from repertorial to quasi-poetic. This bilingual edition presents the original Portuguese and Ana Lessa-Schmidt's astute English translation side by side for ease of literary and linguistic comparison. The Foreword by Greicy Pinto Bellin, an academic authority on all things Machadian, offers insight into the significance of these unique chronicles.

Brief, insightful notes on prisons, prisoners, and imprisonment, touching on history, atrocities, events, effects, and mostly, the possibilities of reform.

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 inched toward a republican government and the abolition of slavery, Machado's stories took on depth and dimension. His characters saw more options in life. Their actions reflected less social formality and more psychological complexity.Two of the stories in this collection-novellas, actually, and translated here for the first time-were published during his early, formative period. Three others typify his later, more literary period. Together, they illustrate not only a writer but a nation in transition.In this special bilingual edition, readers can see both sides of this fascinating writer, and those who understand both languages can appreciate the nuances of the translation.

Collected short essays by Brazilian theologist, philosopher, and psychoanalyst Rubem Alves. Alves is one of the most popular and beloved writers in Brazil. He dives deeply into such topics as love, death, life, nature, society, history, sanity, old age, religion, and economics. He also goes into the symbolism of such commonplace things as popcorn, trees, violins, gardens, manure, and blossom petals on a sidewalk. Alves was the originator of the concept of "liberation theology." He was beloved for his very human approach to all topics. He passed away in 2014. The essays were translated by Glenn Alan Cheney.

Rio de Janeiro in 1911 was a venerable city in a new republic just a generation old. The people of Rio felt as new as the new century. A new culture of immigration and education blossomed. New technologies of machinery-Automobiles! Airplanes!-advanced with blinding speed. Feminism! Advertisement! Democracy! Global travel! New journalism! Tea, slander, migrant camps, uppity servants! Life in Rio de Janeiro was dizzying. Vertiginous.In the giddy swirl of modernity, literary journalist João do Rio aimed his critical eye at a great city and society in transformation. His collection of articles, Vida Vertiginosa, is presented here for the first time in the English language. It ranks with his Religions in Rio as a classic of Brazilian nonfiction.João do Rio was a journalist way ahead of his time. A man of the streets, the people, the bars and restaurants, sui generis, dapper and openly gay, he approached reportage with a style all his own. He saw what others did not see, and he wrote about it with inimitable linguistic flare.Ana Lessa-Schmidt's brilliant translation captures João do Rio's unique style of disregarding grammar to present the essence of a scene.

Brazil's Estrada Real is a road built in 1697 to bring gold and diamonds down from the mountains of Minas Gerais to the ports of Rio de Janeiro and Paraty. The road is still there, most of it still unpaved, winding through historic Baroque cities such as Congonhas, Ouro Preto, Serro, and, at the northern end, Diamantina.As the 20th century rolled over into the 21st, life along the Estrada Real was in many ways still in the 19th. Hoping to capture a way of life that was quickly ending, Glenn Alan Cheney hiked much of the road. Along the way, with the special perspective of a foreign Tocqueville, he wrote about the culture, geography, history, foods, and people he observed.Cheney's style is simple, informal, friendly, and informative, and his observations are unique and insightful.

Translations of 21 short stories by Machado de Assis, with Portuguese and English on facing pages. Most have never before appeared in English. Translators include Laura Cade Brown, Krista Brune, David George, Linda Ledford-Miller, Ana Lessa-Schmidt, Nelson López Rojas, John Maddox, Adam Morris, Rex P. Nielson, Leila Osman, Marissel Hernández Romero, Steven K. Smith, Lisandra Sousa, Luciana Tanure, and Nelson Vieira. Stories include Nuptial Song, Among Saints, Xerxes' Tears, Cabriolet Anecdote, Fulano, Ex Cathedra, Live!, Maria Cora, The Second Life, Pecuniary Anecdote, Manuscript of a Sacristan, Galvão's Lady, The Loan, A Lady, Canon or Metaphysics of Style, Trio in A Minor, The Academies of Siam, An Errant, A Visit from Alcibiade, Old Papers, A Captain of Volunteers.

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 stories are fascinating and inspiring-and not at all what you'd expect in a book about nuns. Introduction by Sr. Barbara Staley, MSC.

A collection of short essays by Brazil's most renowned philosopher, theologian, psychoanalyst, writer and professor, Rubem Alves, who died in 2014. The foreword is by his daughter, Raquel Alves, and the Introduction is by Brazilian culture critic Ana Lessa-Schmidt.Alves writes of deep topics in simple, pleasant style. He sees depths in popcorn, gardening, politics, old age, music, history, philosophy, relating it all to everyday life.

Sr. Maria Barbagallo, MSC, lived through some of the most turbulent times of the 20th century. Born in Italy during World War II and the reign of Mussolini, she became a Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus shortly before the Vatican II Council changed the focus of the Church and the orientation of its religious orders.Sr. Maria spent the 1970s in Central America. It was a time of religious, political and tectonic upheaval. The Medellin Conference shifted Catholic work toward helping the poor and downtrodden. Earthquakes destroyed Guatemala City and Managua. Revolutions and dictatorships were tearing apart Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Clerics helping the poor were seen as communist sympathizers and were often arrested or murdered. When the Sandinistas overthrew the government of Nicaragua, the MSCs found themselves in a conflict between the Sandinistas, the Contra counter-revolutionaries and the virulently anti-communist papacy of John Paul II.Sr. Maria went on to become the General Superior of her Congregation. In that capacity, she reinforced the option for the poor and guided the acceptance of Cabrini Lay Missionaries into the Congregation.This is Sr. Maria's story, in her own words. It's a story of world history, personal discovery, and faith, a story that could be told by none other than this remarkable woman.

Accounts of several religions in early 20th century Rio de Janeiro by literary journalist João do Rio. The author was way ahead of his time in his approach to journalism. He went where other reporters never went to see for himself the dark and hidden sides of Rio de Janeiro. The bilingual edition, with Portuguese and English on facing pages, was translated by Dr. Ana Lessa-Schmidt.

A rich collection of newspaper articles, editorial, and opinions published in the days before and weeks following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The foreword is by U.S. Representative Joe Courtney. The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs from the period and a comprehensive index. The reporting is emotional, graphic, detailed and sometimes even poetic. To read these contemporary accounts is to share the experience that Americans had at this most traumatic moment in the nation's history.