Published at the end of Flaubert's career, Three Tales is a collection of three compelling short stories about faith, loneliness and love. In 'A Simple Heart' (the inspiration for Julian Barnes's novel Flaubert's Parrot), a saint-like servant girl begins to experience religious visions of her pet parrot after enduring the loss of loved ones. 'The Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller', based on a stained-glass window in Rouen Cathedral, presents...

Although his work has been restricted to the short story, the essay, and poetry, Jorge Luis Borges of Argentina is recognized all over the world as one of the most original figures in modern literature. Labyrinths is a representative selection of Borges' writing, drawn from books published over the years, with one of the most famous being the short story The Library of Babel, in which he imagines an infinite library filled with every book written,...

Elective Affinities (Die Wahlverwandtschaften) was Goethe's third novel. It depicts human relationships in a Romantic crucible, and is the sourcebook and inspiration for many literary and filmic adaptations and variations.

"The Blond Demon" is free! He shocked the proud Empire by escaping the ultra-high security desert prison, Mega Unit. Now he walks the land, leaving only death and destruction in his wake. He calls himself the Dark Bring Master, wielder of Sinclaire, catalyst of the Overdrive! If it's the destiny of Rave and Dark Bring to battle again, this time evil shall surely come out on top. Watch out, Rave Master!--cover.

The body of Polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Antigone's faithfulness to her dead brother and his proper burial, and her defiance of the dictator Creon, seals her fate. Originally produced in Paris during the Nazi occupation, Anouilh's Antigone was seen by the French as theatre of the resistance and by the Germans as an affirmation of authority. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance...

"What happens when two sets of parents meet up do deal with the unruly behavior of their children? A calm and rational debate between grown-ups about the need to teach kids how to behave properly? Or a hysterical night of name-calling, tantrums and tears before bedtime? Boys will be boys, but adults are usually worse-- much worse."--Page 4 of cover.

Tata, Kuromaru and Karin are on a missing protecting the poor residents of the slums when they come under the fierce attack by powerful enemeis who seem to specialize in hunting down and killing immortals. Tata and Kuromaru take a nasty beat down and in a moment of desperation, Tata finds a new power that may be great or terrible or both!

"At age 30, Shou Arai came to a realization; he had no gender. Now he was faced with a question he'd never really considered: how to age in a society where everything is so strongly segregated between two genders? This autobiographical manga explores Japanese culture surrounding gender, transgender issues, and the day to day obstacles faced by gender minorities and members of the LGBTQIA+ community with a lighthearted, comedic attitude."--page [4]...

"... Seraphim 26613336 Wings is a dark journey into a world ravaged by a pandemic that induces apocalyptic visions in the mind, and twists the bodies of men into the corpses of angels. Amid the dying cities sealed off to their fate, three twenty-first-century Magi accompany a mysterious young girl in search of a revelation. But when medicine has become a cult, are they here to kill or to cure...and is this angel plague a withered branch on the tree...

Teen brawler Kanji Tatsumi barrels onto the scene! Will this rough & tumble juvenile delinquent help or hinder the search for the truth about the Midnight Channel? Based on the popular Persona 4 video game!