Ambrose BIERCE - Books and biography

La strada al chiaro di luna è un racconto gotico dell’orrore apparso per la prima volta sul cosmopolitan nel 1907. La storia presenta la storia dell’omicidio di una donna dalla prospettiva del figlio,...

Humor negro e sarcasmo caracterizam o estilo de Ambrose Bierce, mestre da literatura gótica ao lado de Edgar Allan Poe e H.P. Lovecraft. Esta coletânea reúne 21 contos com seus temas favoritos: mortes...

"Um habitante de Carcosa" foi publicado, pela primeira vez, em 25 de dezembro de 1886, no número de Natal do San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) foi um autor,...

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"...

A Moral Principle met a Material Interest on a bridge wide enough for but one. “Down, you base thing!” thundered the Moral Principle, “and let me pass over you!” The Material Interest merely looked in...

"A Baby Tramp" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce. Ambrose Bierce (1842 – 1914) was an American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer.  

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 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"...

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was an American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist. He wrote the short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and compiled a satirical lexicon,...

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.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Fiend’s Delight (novella + short stories + poetry)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Fiend's Delight, a compilation...

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Ocean Wave (4 Sea Adventures: A Shipwreckollection + The Captain of “The Camel” + The Man Overboard + A Cargo of Cat)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional...

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Devil's Dictionary (or The Cynic's Wordbook: Unabridged with all the Definitions)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents....

This carefully crafted ebook: "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (26 Stories: includes Chickamauga + An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge + The Mocking-Bird)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional...

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Fourth Estate (4 Satirical Stories about Journalists and Politicians)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This ebook...

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...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Ashes of the Beacon: An Historical Monograph Written in 4930 (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "Ashes of...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Cobwebs from an Empty Skull (Illustrated Stories, Fables, Poetry, Maxims, Sketches, Epigrams, Quips, Witticisms)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Negligible Tales (14 Unabridged Tales)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This ebook is a collection ofrather morbid...

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Land Beyond the Blow (After the method of Swift, who followed Lucian, and was himself followed by Voltaire and many others)" is formatted for your eReader with...

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Mocking-Bird (A Short Story From The American Civil War)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This story, first...

This carefully crafted ebook: "Epigrams by Ambrose Bierce" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This ebook is from the Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce....

In 'A Cynic Looks at Life' by Ambrose Bierce, the reader is taken on a journey through the cynical lens of the author as he scrutinizes various aspects of life, society, and human nature. Bierce's writing...

Ambrose Bierce's 'The Devil's Dictionary' is a satirical lexicon that critiques the hypocrisy and absurdity of society through cleverly redefined terms. Written in a witty and cynical style, the book...

In 'Ashes of the Beacon' by Ambrose Bierce, the reader is immersed in a collection of short stories that reflect the author's distinct literary style of dark humor and satirical wit. Set against the backdrop...

La versione ebook della fortunata collana Short Stories permette al lettore un'inedita esperienza di lettura, passando dal testo in lingua originale al testo in italiano in un rapido click e ascoltando...

"— 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...

First published in 1890, 'The Middle Toe of the Right Foot' is a classic ghost story from famous American author Ambrose Bierce. A gruesome and horrifying murder has taken place. Manton, the only one...

"The Parenticide Club" features four short-stories about a family murder, as seen from the eye of its most innocent member, who just might be the murderer himself.

Dr. Helberson and his friends, Harper and Mancher, are enjoying a night of smoking and drinking in the good doctor's office when a question arises. Is a fear of the dead curable? The doctor believes it...

Much of Bierce's work revolves around the foolish idea of a glorious war, the idea that there is glory in death and violence. This theme can be seen in the title itself, it is a bloody violent battle...