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El diccionario del diablo

Ambrose Bierce

El diccionario del diablo

Ambrose Bierce, célebre por su humor negro, es uno de esos escritores inclasificables que uno admira por su talento y mordacidad. El diccionario del diablo, su obra más reconocida, es ya un clásico universal, famoso por su despiadado ingenio cáustico, que dirige corrosivas andanadas a la política, las finanzas, la religión, la literatura, las artes… y a la especie humana en general. En esta colección de definiciones, a modo de entradas de un diccionario luciferino e irreverente que el autor...

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Epigrams by Ambrose Bierce

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Epigrams by Ambrose Bierce

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. Epigram is a short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 – 1914?) was an American satirist, critic, poet, editor and journalist. Bierce became a prolific author of short stories often humorous and sometimes...

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Fantastic Fables

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Fantastic Fables

"Fantastic Fables" by Ambrose Bierce. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...

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Gruselkabinett, Folge 157: Das Auge...

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Gruselkabinett, Folge 157: Das Auge des Panthers

USA, 1890: Der Anwalt Jenner Brading ist einigermaßen überrascht, dass Irene Marlowe, die ihn zweifellos liebt, seine Heiratsanträge vehement ablehnt. Indes hat die begehrenswerte junge Frau mit den faszinierenden blauen Augen mehr als einen guten Grund, unverheiratet zu bleiben, wie sie ihm eines Abends in der freien Natur offenbart.

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Luzifers Lexikon (gekürzte Fassung)

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Luzifers Lexikon (gekürzte Fassung)

Mit ins Fegefeuer getauchter Feder schreibt Luzifer sein Lexikon. Bissig und geistreich nimmt er die Menschenwelt von A wie Affe bis Z wie Zukunft aufs Korn: «AFFE, engl. MONKEY – Ein Tier, das sich auf Bäumen zu Hause fühlt, besonders auf Stammbäumen.» – « ZUKUNFT, engl. FUTURE – Eine Zeit, in der das Geschäft floriert, die Freunde zu uns halten und uns das Glück sicher ist.»

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Mitternachtsstories von Ambrose Bie...

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Mitternachtsstories von Ambrose Bierce - Nur für starke Nerven, Folge 8 (ungekürzt)

Von 1973 bis 1990 strahlte Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) die beliebte Hörfunksendung «Nur für starke Nerven» (ab 1987 unter dem Namen «Die Mitternachtsstory») aus. Der Schauspieler Friedrich Schoenfelder las darin Grusel- und Kriminalgeschichten für Erwachsene zur guten Nacht vor. Bezeichnenderweise schlug er selbst 1972 der Unterhaltungsabteilung des SFB vor, eine Sendereihe zu starten, in der von ihm redaktionell ausgewählte Gruselgeschichten zu Gehör kommen sollten. Namhafte Autoren, von denen...

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Moxon's Master

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Moxon's Master

A short story that speculates on what it is to be intelligent and when artificial intelligence becomes to powerful.

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Negligible Tales (14 Unabridged Tal...

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Negligible Tales (14 Unabridged Tales)

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 of rather morbid and grotesques tales by Ambrose Bierce. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 – 1914?) was an American satirist, critic, poet, editor and journalist. Bierce became a prolific author of short stories often humorous and sometimes bitter or macabre. His dark, sardonic views and vehemence as a critic earned him the...

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NEGLIGIBLE TALES - 14 Titles in One...

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NEGLIGIBLE TALES - 14 Titles in One Edition

Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of «NEGLIGIBLE TALES – 14 Titles in One Edition». This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842 – 1914?) was an American satirist, critic, poet, editor and journalist. Bierce became a prolific author of short stories often humorous and sometimes bitter or macabre. His dark, sardonic views and vehemence as a critic earned him the...

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One Kind of Officer

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One Kind of Officer

A story of how a straight forward order can come to haunt an officer who did not question enough.

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One of the Missing

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One of the Missing

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.

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Present at a Hanging and Other Ghos...

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Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories

"Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories" by Ambrose Bierce. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...

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Shapes of Clay

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Shapes of Clay

"Shapes of Clay" by Ambrose Bierce. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...

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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

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Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

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 and detailed table of contents. Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of short stories written by Ambrose Bierce. Published in 1891, the 26 stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. His famous story «An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge» is included...

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TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS (26...

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TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS (26 Stories in One eBook)

Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of short stories written by Ambrose Bierce. Published in 1891, the 26 stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. His famous story «An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge» is included in this collection. Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (1842-1914) was an American editorialist, journalist, short-story writer and satirist. His short stories are considered among the best of the 19th century, providing a popular following...

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The Collected Short Stories of Ambr...

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The Collected Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

American journalist and satirist Ambrose Bierce is one of the most famous and fascinating figures in all of American literature. He led an adventurous and eventful life, beginning with his birth in a log cabin, to his time as a Civil War soldier, followed by his career as an author and journalist, to finally his mysterious disappearance during the Mexican Revolution at age 71. Bierce is perhaps best known for his short stories about the American Civil War, which influenced authors such as Ernest...

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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bier...

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The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – 5100 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Devil's Dictionary • An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge • Famous Modern Ghost Stories • The Damned Thing • The Lock and Key Library: The most interesting stories of all nations: American • The Collected Works of – Volume: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians • Can Such...

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THE COMPLETE PARENTICIDE CLUB SERIE...

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THE COMPLETE PARENTICIDE CLUB SERIES

This ebook is a collection of series of rather morbid and grotesques tales, depicting family murders and related by the murderers. The tales include: «My Favorite Murder»…a man on trial for his mother's murder also relates his uncle's «Oil Of Dog»…ghastly tale of death (not for those against the murder of animals) «An Imperfect Conflagration»…tale of a father/son burglar team's. disagreement «The Hypnotist»…a young man experiments with his hypnotic powers. Ambrose Gwinnett...

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The Complete Short Stories of Ambro...

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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

American journalist and satirist Ambrose Bierce is probably best known for his short stories about the American Civil War. The author's craft for story-telling is exemplified by his famous «An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge», which is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to die by hanging upon the Owl Creek Bridge. That great short story along with 96 others forms this exhaustive edition of «The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce.»

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The Cynic's Word Book

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The Cynic's Word Book

"The Cynic's Word Book" by Ambrose Bierce. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and...

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The Damned Thing

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The Damned Thing

"The Damned Thing" by Ambrose Bierce. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...

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The Damned Thing & Other Ambrose Bi...

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The Damned Thing & Other Ambrose Bierce's Mysteries (4 Books in One Edition)

The Damned Thing is a story focuses on how the human race takes their views of nature for granted, and how there may be things in the natural world that the human eye cannot see or the human ear cannot hear. An Occurrence at Owl takes place during the war of the 1860's between the American states of the North and the states of the South. A group of soldiers is hanging a Southern farm owner for trying to stop Northern military movements across the Owl Creek Bridge. In the last moments of his...

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The Devil's Dictionary

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The Devil's Dictionary

Regarded as one of the most influential American journalists of the late 19th and early 20th century, Ambrose Bierce was the Civil War veteran who was best known for his stories of the American Civil War and for his satirical witticisms. Written over several decades “The Devil’s Dictionary” is the ultimate collection of his lexicon of satirical definitions. Bierce’s earliest known definition was first published in 1867. Over the next several decades he would add numerous definitions to his...

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The Devil's Dictionary

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The Devil's Dictionary

Born in Ohio in 1842, journalist, short-story writer and critic Ambrose Bierce developed into one of this country's most celebrated and cynical wits–a merciless «American Swift» whose literary barbs were aimed at folly, self-delusion, politics, business, religion, literature and the arts. In this splendid «dictionary» of epigrams, essays, verses and vignettes, you'll find over 1,000 pointed definitions, e.g. Congratulation («The civility of envy»), Coward («One who in a perilous...

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