“brazilianness” of the language and to the subject matter of each historian, which in nearly all cases provides considerable stimulus for discussion.  Preto-Rodas and Hower are to be commended for once again compiling an excellent textbook that lends itself to a variety of uses in intermediate Portuguese conversation and composition courses.”—South Atlantic Review  The editors have reproduced in their original form forty excerpts from 70 Historinhas: Antologia by one of Brazil’s most distinguished contemporary writers.  Designed as both a reader and a grammar review for students in control of a basic Portuguese vocabulary, the textbook’s selections are well glossed with footnotes that explain idioms and cultural points in English

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