Ambrose: 683 books

Perhaps no author personified the darker elements of Realism more than Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913), whose service during the Civil War deeply affected him. Bierces short stories, often taking place in the midst of battle, were vivid and dark, despite the fact Bierce did not use a lot of adjectives to...

Eric and Beatrice, two vampires living in seclusion with their familiars, lure in humans from the local town to feed their hunger and sustain their immortality. Now, they have an unexpected visitor in the form of Buck Steel, a veteran vampire hunter. Eric forms a plan to drain the hunter's essence...

Spectator Sport: Sometimes sex can be as much fun to watch as to take part in, if you both play the game right. Club Libido: On holiday alone for the first time, Shauna has the night of her life - but the handsome foreigner is hiding a spooky secret. The Mannequins: What happens on the...

On arriving at a rural monastery, the monk Ambrosius meets a young girl, Benedicta. She is shunned by the local community for being the daughter of the local hangman, but Ambrosius is drawn into a dangerous sympathy with her, and in defiance of the community and his superiors, he starts spending time...

A collection of essays in which Bierce talks about modern civilization and all its faults, including the death penalty, emancipated women, immortality, civilisation and more.

Ambrose Newcomb wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.

Brilliant and magnetic as are these two studies by Ambrose Bierce, and especially significant as coming from one who was a boy soldier in the Civil War, they merely reflect one side of his original and many-faceted genius. Poet, critic, satirist, fun-maker, incomparable writer of fables and masterly...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Contrary to rumor and speculation, Ambrose Bierce was not in league with the devil.  Bierce earned the nickname “The Wickedest Man in San Francisco” not by indulging in acts of depravity himself, but by recording...

Parapsychologist Sam Towne believes that ghosts come from the human mind, not from "beyond". To prove his theory, he invites eight volunteers, including skeptical reporter Joanna Cross, to take part in an experiment. In a series of seances they invent "Adam Wyatt," a tragic Revolutionary War hero,...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce ( 1842 –  1914) was an American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer. Bierce's book The Devil's Dictionary was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration. His story An Occurrence at...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (born June 24, 1842; died sometime after December 26, 1913) was an American editorialist, journalist, short storywriter, fabulist, and satirist. Today, he is probably best known for his short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and his satirical lexicon The...

"Eine Menge origineller Ideen, großteils ansprechend bis fantastisch umgesetzt. So sollten Anthologien sein." (standard.at) Science Fiction und Phantastik in erlesener Auswahl: Tiefgründig, hintersinnig und nachdenklich, aber auch abenteuerlich und böse sind die erzählerischen Streifzüge,...

Ebook con un sumario dinámico y detallado: El Diccionario del Diablo es una recopilación satírica de 998 definiciones corrosivas escrito de 1881 a 1906 por Ambrose Bierce. Inicialmente fue publicado en fragmentos en diversos periódicos durante más de veinte años. Al finalizar, en 1911, se recopiló...

Lisa Maitland fell pregnant with her son Bevan when she was a student, but his father, Dominic, deserted her. Now, seven years later, he turns up wanting to support them financially in return for access to Bevan. For her son's sake Lisa agrees, but finds it increasingly difficult to deny that she...