Devil's Dictionary: The Complete Edition, Fully Annotated, Paperback - Ambrose Bierce

One of the most popular satirical works of world literature, The Devil's Dictionary - here enriched with over 800 definitions left out from the ori...

Reducere. Herein are contained the sardonic definitions published by Ambrose Bierce as The Cynic's Word Book in 1906; augmented, edited and republished by th...

DescriptionAmbrose Bierce, journalist and former soldier for the Union army in the Civil War, began writing satirical definitions for the San Franc...

Reducere. History, n. an account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools. Marr...

Reducere. The Wall Street Journal wrote that The Devil's Dictionary is "probably the most brilliant work of satire written in America. And maybe one of the g...

Reducere. Journalist, short story writer, a poet, and critic Ambrose Bierce has been called one of America's greatest wits and an uncompromising satirist. He...

American journalist and satirist Ambrose Bierce is probably best known for his short stories about the American Civil War. The author's craft for s...

Reducere. Before he trailed off into the wilds of Mexico, never to be heard from again, Ambrose Bierce achieved a public persona as "bitter Bierce" and "the ...

Reducere. La prima vedere, Dictionarul Diavolului este o lectura nostima s i amuzanta. Autorul, cu in-teligente rasturnari de sensuri si cu interpretari pers...

Reducere. DescriptionBierce was considered a master of pure English by his contemporaries, and virtually everything that came from his pen was notable for it...

Reducere. If we could only put aside our civil pose and say what we really thought, the world would be a lot like the one alluded to in The Unabridged Devil'...

In Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories, humor and horror paint a bleak picture of war, marked by violence, isolation and looming madn...

Reducere. Newspaperman, short-story writer, poet, and satirist, Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) is one of the most striking and unusual literary figures America h...

Reducere. In The Devil's Dictionary Ambrose Bierce defined "war" as "a by-product of the arts of peace." A Civil War veteran, Bierce had absolutely no illusi...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1919, Charles Kenilworth ("C.K.") Shepherd--a veteran of World War I and former British Royal Air Force Captain--took some "time off"...

Reducere. Bierce was considered a master of pure English by his contemporaries, and virtually everything that came from his pen was notable for its judicious...

Reducere. First published in the late 19th century, this book is truly a work of remarkable coherence, comprehensiveness, and depth of understanding. Steinbr...

Reducere. The Divine Comedy is a long narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321. It is widely c...

Reducere. Ambrose Bierce's "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a short story that is indispensable in any anthology of short stories. Located in the historic...

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Description"Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War."--Ron Chernow, autho...

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Your Survival Guide to the Hades of Wall Street The Devil's Financial Dictionary skewers the plutocrats and bureaucrats who gave us exploding mortg...

Ambrose Bierce's satirical flair is most prevalent in his tall tales and similar sketches, where all manner of human foibles are lampooned: the exc...

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