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 on Incarceration Promised land: A Nun's Struggle against Landlessness, Lawlessness, Slavery, Poverty, Corruption and Environmental Devastation in Amazonia Quilombo dos Palmares: Brazil's Lost Nation of Fugitive Slaves Law of the Jungle: Environmental Anarchy and the Tenharim People of Amazonia Bangs & Whimpers: The Ends of the Earth and Other Catastrophes Passion in an Improper Place Frankenstein on the Cusp of Something Neighborhood News Life in Caves Acts of Ineffable Love Poems Askance Translations The Size Switch, by Monteiro Lobato The Reform of Nature, by Monteiro Lobato The Best Chronicles of Rubem Alves Tender Returns, by Rubem Alves On Time and Eternity, by Rubem Alves Concerto for Body & Soul, by Rubem Alves Ex Cathedra: Stories by Machado de Assis Trio in A-Minor: Stories by Machado de Assis