Ambrose Bierce: 382 books

Book cover of A Cynic Looks at Life
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2019

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.
Book cover of Cuentos de horror
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 1, 2018

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. 
Book cover of Write It Right (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011

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. 
Book cover of Civil War Stories
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2017

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...
Book cover of One of the Missing
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016

The story Jerome Searing, a brave, intelligent and deadly marksmen and how he risks all to close on the enemy. One of Bierce's finest short stories.
Book cover of Il Club dei parenticidi
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 3, 2014

Il club dei parenticidi è una delle opere più folli e meno conosciute dell'autore del Dizionario del diavolo. Quattro incredibili narrazioni sospese fra umore nero e provocazione, celebrazione del delitto "famigliare" e cinismo ironico apparentemente fine a se stesso. Crimini senza alcuna giustificazione...
Book cover of Tod in Resaca

Tod in Resaca

Geschichten aus dem amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg. In einer Übersetzung von Walter Brunhuber.

by Ambrose Bierce
Language: German
Release Date: July 3, 2018

Die hier zusammengefassten Geschichten sind hervorragend gezeichnete Schnappschüsse menschlicher Schicksale in einem der ersten modernen Kriege der Geschichte. Vor allem Bierce' Erzählung 'Vorfall auf der Owl-Creek Brücke' gehört heute zu den Klassikern der amerikanischen Literatur. Aber auch...
Book cover of Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (Illustrated)
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014

"Cobwebs from an Empty Skull" is a collection of short fables and stories written under Bierce's pseudonym, Dod Grile, and although one of his earliest published books, it still displays the wit and cynicism which colors his writing. The book is divided into three sections: "Fables...
Book cover of Can Such Things Be?
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014

A collection of ghost stories, most of them 5 to 10 pages, all of them good. Bierce wrote at the turn of the 20th century and his prose is sometimes very ornate, sometimes done in dialect. The stories are interesting in that you often have no idea where the plot is going until the end. Contents The...
Book cover of HALLOWEEN Boxed Set

HALLOWEEN Boxed Set

550+ Horror Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Macabre Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, M. R. James
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2018

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: H. P. Lovecraft: The Dunwich Horror. From Beyond… Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Rip Van Winkle The Spectre Bridegroom...
Book cover of The Big Book of the Masters of Horror, Weird and Supernatural Short Stories: 120+ authors and 1000+ stories in one volume (Kathartika™ Classics)
by Cynthia Asquith, Leonid Andreyev, E. F. Benson
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2019

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal...
Book cover of Fantastic Fables (Mobi Classics)
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.
Book cover of Write It Right- A Little Blacklist Of Literary Faults (Mobi Classics)
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

The author's main purpose in this book is to teach precision in writing; and of good writing (which, essentially, is clear thinking made visible) precision is the point of capital concern. It is attained by choice of the word that accurately and adequately expresses what the writer has in mind,...
Book cover of Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories (Mobi Classics)
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic...
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