Ambrose Bierce: 382 books

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...

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 Bierce ist neben Edgar Allan Poe und H. P. Lovecraft der Pionier der modernen Horror- und phantastischen Literatur. Im Gegensatz zu Poe und Lovecraft hat Bierce allerdings in seinen Horrorgeschichten eine gehörige Portion eigener Erfahrung beigesteuert - eine bittere Jugend in Ohio und seine...

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Parenticide Club (My Favorite Murder + Oil of Dog + An Imperfect Conflagration + The Hypnotist)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This ebook is a collection of series of rather morbid and grotesques tales,...

Ambrose Bierce was an American writer who is best known for his realism. Often compared to Poe for the dark, realistic nature of his short stories, Bierce drew upon his Civil War experience as a soldier to write on a wide variety of subjects, and stories like An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge are still widely read.

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born June 24, 1842 was one of the great American short story writers though his talents extended to Journalism and as a critic. With the motto Nothing matters it can be safely assumed that no one was free from his scathing viewpoint. As a writer he was distinctive. He would...

"— Você está falando sério?... acredita realmente que uma máquina pensa?". Assim começa O Mestre de Moxon, conto publicado originalmente em 1893, de um dos grandes escritores norte-americanos: Ambrose Bierce, autor de Visões da noite e Luar sobre a estrada. Com tradução exclusiva...

Ambrose Bierce was an American writer who is best known for his realism. Often compared to Poe for the dark, realistic nature of his short stories, Bierce drew upon his Civil War experience as a soldier to write on a wide variety of subjects, and stories like An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge are still widely read.

Misanthropes, grumps, and the hopelessly jaded will relish every ruthlessly witty word of Ambrose Bierce's essay collection A Cynic Looks at Life. Bierce unleashes his jaundiced eye and incisive insight on a number of topics that are still as resonant as they were at the time of the book's 1912 publication.

Ambrose Bierce was an American writer who is best known for his realism. Often compared to Poe for the dark, realistic nature of his short stories, Bierce drew upon his Civil War experience as a soldier to write on a wide variety of subjects, and stories like An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge are still widely read.

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, United States in 1842. Bierce is critically best remembered for his fiction and many other writings are also generally regarded as some of the best war writings of all time. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's...

Though he is today best remembered for his acerbic satire, American writer Ambrose Bierce had a surprisingly broad range as a writer. Black Beetles in Amber is a collection of Bierce's poetry, which ranges from humorous verse to hauntingly tender lyrics.

A virtual onslaught of acerbic, confrontational wordplay, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary offers some 1,600 wickedly clever definitions to the vocabulary of everyday life. Little is sacred and few are safe, for Ambrose Bierce targets just about any pursuit, from matrimony to immortality, that allows...

(Ambrose Gwinett Bierce; Meigs, 1842 - México, 1914) Cuentista y periodista estadounidense de obra aguda y satírica, plena de humor trágico y temas violentos que giran alrededor de la muerte. Su literatura ejerció una fuerte influencia en la costa del Pacífico. ...