Ambrose: 683 books

Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding French paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot.

The condemned man stands on a bridge, his hands bound behind his back. A noose is tied around his neck. In a moment he will meet his fate: DEATH BY HANGING. There is no escape. Or is there? Find out in . . . An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.

As I left the house she said I was a cruel old thing, and not a bit nice, and she hoped I never, never would come back. So I shipped as mate on the Mudlark, bound from London to wherever the captain might think it expedient to sail. It had not been thought advisable to hamper Captain Abersouth with...

Colección de los mejores cuentos en los que Bierce tiende a combinar el terror con importantes dosis de ironía que en último término nos hacen percibir a sus personajes como víctimas propiciatorias de sus propias debilidades y limitaciones. 

A collection of spine-chilling tales from a master of horror, Can Such Things Be? is brimming with supernatural occurrences, shifting perspectives, and the psychological twists and turns for which Bierce is famous. Including such offerings as “The Death of Halpin Frayser,” “Moxon’s Master,”...

Published in 1909, this is an amusing collection of literary faults that irritated Bierce when he was reading critically. His list of pet-peeves provides many chuckles thanks to the author's sharp wit but also illustrates the extent to which the English language has changed in little more than a century. 

From the critically acclaimed author of The Man Who Turned Into Himself and Superstition comes a truly bizarre and mind-twisting tale of murder, suspense, and coincidence. Isn't it odd how you can just be thinking about someone and they happen to call you on the phone that very moment? Or when you...

Having exposed a group of fraudulent spiritualists, investigative journalist Joanna Cross is intrigued by the claims of psychologist Dr Sam Towne that paranormal phenomena do in fact exist. Accepting his challenge to enter into a scientific experiment to 'create' a ghost, Joanna, Sam and six volunteers...

A beautiful scientist at Oxford University, and a desperate killer in California - one stalking the other. On the internet… Tessa Lambert is gorgeous, young - and a genius. She has just created the first viable artificial intelligence programme. But her discovery is so controversial that...

Bierce was considered a master of pure English by his contemporaries, and virtually everything that came from his pen was notable for its judicious wording and economy of style. He wrote in a variety of literary genres. His short stories are held among the best of the 19th century, providing a popular...

“TELL ME, LAURA, DOESN’T IT GET LONELY UP THERE IN YOUR IVORY TOWER?” Upon her return home, Jake Logan made Laura see how the perfect life she’d ordered (with a little denial on the side) wasn’t so perfect. Sure, her marriage to him had been electric in that department but it had...

Civil War stories by the American short story writer, journalist, poet, and Civil War veteran.

"Chickamauga è un punto di vista molto singolare su una battaglia. C’è un bambino che gioca. Gioca alla guerra, e viene da una fattoria del Sud dove ci sono anche schiavi. Ma il bambino è piccolo, non capisce molto. Si fa impaurire da un coniglio. Guida le sue invisibili armate nel bosco, lontano...