books by Ambrose Bierce

books by Ambrose Bierce

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Ambrose Bierce

A Bottomless Grave: and Other Victorian Tales of Terror (Dover Thrift Editions)

Ambrose Bierce, Frank Norris, ...

Dover Publications, 2001

A Grab Bag of Victorian Terror Tales
The 21 tales gathered in this colleciton run the gamut of the Victorian Eras fascination with death, the supernatural and all things that cause fright in some way. From chilling ghost tales, including "The Ship That Saw A Ghost" by Frank Norris, "The Corpse Light" by ...

Civil War Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)

Ambrose Bierce

Dover Publications, 1994

Exceptionally Good Collection - Great Reading
Ambrose Bierce was not a likeable individual; he was often acerbic, sarcastic, and even mean spirited. Nonetheless, he created remarkably good short stories. This collection shares a common theme, the Civil War, but the individual stories belong to many different genre ...

The Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

Bloomsbury USA, 2004

A most accurate Dictionary
. If you, from time-to-time, need a little whimsy in your day; a little humor to add a smile when else it would not shine, then open to any page and read at will. You will be rewarded with a chuckle and perhaps a laugh and perhaps a new perspective on the word you ...

The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

Digireads.com, 2008

I suppose this must be death
Ambrose Bierce's most famous story is An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and many of his stories follow that same kind of pattern: an event is related with some surprising or revelatory twist at the end. The stories of the Civil War are especially interesting as they ...

Tales of Soldiers and Civilians: and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)

Ambrose Bierce

Penguin Classics, 2000

Tales for Soldiers and Civilians
A young northern soldier unknowingly kills his confederate father; a man is about to be hanged for tampering with a bridge during the Civil War but is freed when the rope breaks; a civilian finds a snake under his bed and freezes; and an invisible presence brutally ...

Great Stories of Horror and Suspense: The Monkey's Paw, Hop-Frog, and 13 More - Literary Touchstone Classic
Edgar Allan Poe, Jack London, ...

Prestwick House, Inc., 2008

What makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up? Is it something sinister-a secret sense warning you that something is wrong, that someone, some thing you can't see, is in the room with you? Is it real? Should you run? Fight? Scream? Find the answers within the musty, dark recesses of these stories. Through the haunted imaginations of Edgar ...

The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce

University of Georgia Press, 2002

Bitter Bierce at his very best...
Also known as "The Cynic's Workbook" this collection is classic and belongs in any library. Ambrose Bierce, like Mark Twain and few other of his contempories, had a biting wit that always left a mark. Here is just a taste of his humor. Philosophy: A route of many ...

Great American Stories: Ten Unabridged Classics

Stephen Crane, Ambrose Bierce, ...

BBC Audiobooks America, 2003

Successful Gift
I purchased this for my father along with a selection of other audio books. He reported that he liked this one the best. Apparently the selection of stories was excellent, and the reading was clear and expressive.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Other Stories (Thrift Edition)

Ambrose Bierce

Dover Publications, 2008

A wonderful short from 1870's
The first classical suspense, twlight zone story first written over 100 years ago. A quick page turner, excellent. The book could be found at local friends of library book sales. Be careful of buying it online. The normal sale price is $1, and online sells it for ...

Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce

Dover Publications, 1964

Review of Bierce's Ghost & Horror Stories
This was an excellent book. I ordered it because we had to do readings for an English class, but I got so engrossed in the stories required that I ended up reading the entire book cover to cover. Highly recommended!!

The Devil's Dictionary: A Selection of the Bitter Definitions of Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce

The Peter Pauper Press, 1958

Graphic Classics Volume 6: Ambrose Bierce - 2nd Edition (Graphic Classics (Graphic Novels)) (Graphic Classics ...
Ambrose Bierce, Mort Castle, ...

Eureka Productions, 2008

Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce is revised, with 70 new pages, including new comics adaptations of "Moxon's Master", "The Damned Thing" and "The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter". Returning from the first edition are "The Stranger" and four other tales, plus a collection of 20 short fables illustrated by Dan O'Neill, Shary Flenniken, Florence ...

The Moonlit Road (Classic Fiction)
Ambrose;Le Fanu, J.S.; Crawford, F. Marion Bierce

Naxos AudioBooks, 2007

Naxos AudioBooks continues its new series of Great Poets represented by a collection of their most popular poems on one CD with W. B. Yeats, one of the most loved poets of the 20th century. He left a large legacy of outstanding poems, and the finest are collected here: Down by the Salley Gardens, The Lake Isle of Inisfree, The Secret Rose and He ...

Occurrences: The Illustrated Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce w/ Debra Rodia

Mojo Press, 1997

Mojo Press presents six beautifully illustrated stories from one of America's foremost "writers of the fantastic." Influencing writers for almost 150 years, Ambrose Bierce has developed a cult following among writers and creators of powerful stories. His "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" was the 1963 Academy Award winning "Best Short Film" and ...

Poems of Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce

Bison Books, 1995

Ambrose Bierce is one of the most colorful figures in American literary history. A writer whose Devil's Dictionary remains the delight of misanthropes and fans of satire throughout the English-speaking world, he was also a master of the short story form. From the late 1860s through the early 1900s, he worked as a journalist, gaining wide renown ...