What happens when a young man travels abroad seeking knowledge, only to find himself sinking into loneliness?In Disillusion, a semi-autobiographical novella by modern Chinese author Yu Dafu, a Chinese student in Japan struggles with alienation, desire, and identity. He longs for love, but finds only silence. He yearns for friendship, but sees only closed doors. Caught between cultures, rejected by others, and increasingly at odds with himself, he descends ...

Conjured from the pages of The Legend of Isis, TidalWave introduces its newest female force-- Cleopatra. From the swirling mists of time, emerges an ancient queen besieged by a host of modern problems. The clock is ticking as Cleo and her hard as nails bodyguard, Tony, discover a murderous plot by a mysterious threat. Meanwhile, a demented killer makes his presence know in the bowels of the city.

Check out the new series conjured from the pages of Legend of Isis. TidalWave introduces its newest female force-- Cleopatra. From the swirling mists of time, an ancient queen emerges, besieged by a host of modern problems. The clock is ticking as Cleo and her hard-as-nails bodyguard, Tony, discover a murderous plot by a mysterious threat. Meanwhile, a demented killer makes his presence known in the bowels of the city.

Through the foam of time, the Ides of March make their intentions known and reach out to guide the hand of their murderous instrument. A heartless killer reveals his own motives as well as a few lingering doubts, while, from the shadows, a loving mother offers encouragement and lays down the final challenge to claim Cleo's head. Meanwhile, Tony and Cleo arrive in Alexandria, Egypt to procure an ancient conduit of good for the coming battle against an ancient evil.

A caring mother reaches out to ancient Rome and makes a grim prediction. In exchange for Cleopatra's death, Augustus offers a reward beyond imagining. Meanwhile, with the help of Chicago's finest, Matilda connects the dots and comes to a terrible conclusion. But she could be too late. On the other side of the city, the Professor takes a gamble and faces off with Cleopatra's would-be assassin...alone.

n this final installment, Cleo's modern origins are revealed. A funeral is held for a dear old friend, and there's enough blame to go around for everyone. Matilda leaves on bad terms. Tony tries to keep Cleo from descending into a deep depression. And right when things get about as bad as they possibly can, the Heart Shaped Killer moves in to finish the job he started. Cleo faces the fight of her life, and a new TidalWave hero is born.

Conjured from the pages of The Legend of Isis, TidalWave introduces its newest female force-- Cleopatra. From the swirling mists of time emerges an ancient queen besieged by a host of modern problems. The clock is ticking as Cleo and her hard-as-nails bodyguard, Tony, discover a murderous plot by a mysterious threat. Meanwhile, a demented killer makes his presence know in the bowels of the city. The book included the two "Legend of Isis" issues that started off the hit series.

A late-period masterpiece by Yu Dafu. The protagonist attends the wedding of his old friend Weng Zesheng and, in the mountain home of the Weng family, encounters Weng Lian, the friend's widowed sister. Having endured many hardships, she remains pure and resilient, like the late-blooming osmanthus. Amid days spent in the mountains, where the fragrance of osmanthus fills the air, the protagonist's worldly restlessness is quietly washed away, and his turbulent heart returns to clarity. The st...

Nobel winner Pearl S. Buck’s classic debut novel, about one Chinese woman’s coming of age as she’s torn between Eastern and Western culturesKwei-lan is a traditional Chinese girl—taught by her mother to submit in all things, “as a flower submits to sun and rain alike.” Her marriage was arranged before she was born. As she approaches her wedding day, she’s surprised by one aspect of her anticipated life: Her husband-to-be has been educated abroad and follows many We...

Century-old letters tell a story of timeless love in a vanished countryFirst translated by American scholar Elizabeth Cooper in 1914 and published as My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard, this haunting collection of letters was out of print until discovered by bestselling author Eileen Goudge. In its pages she found the story of Kwei-li, a noblewoman of nineteenth-century China.In rich, elegant detail, Kwei-li writes of passionate love for a man whom s...

The prince who will conquer all the kingdoms of myth. The woman who must stop him.Not all myths are harmless. Yevliesza, formerly of earth and now of the Mythos, knows that one of the mythical realms is based in darkness. Volkia. This warlike kingdom has shattered the rules of magic, bringing all the realms into peril. When Yevliesza is sent to Volkia on a diplomatic mission, she arrives at a nest of vipers.The cunning ruler of Volkia, Prince Albrecht, appe...

Prefiguring the vital modernist voices of the Western literary canon, Akutagawa writes with a trenchant psychological precision that exposes the shifting traditions and ironies of early twentieth-century Japan and reveals his own strained connection to it. These stories are moving glimpses into a cast of characters at odds with the society around them, singular portraits that soar effortlessly toward the universal. "What good is intelligence if you cannot discover a useful melancholy?" Aku...