wyszukanych pozycji: 395
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A Cynic Looks At Life
ISBN: 9781480014633 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 70 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Diccionario Del Diablo (Spanish Edition)
ISBN: 9781539641025 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2016 / 162 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. El Diccionario del Diablo es una recopilacion satirica de 998 definiciones corrosivas escrito de 1881 a 1906 por Ambrose Bierce. Inicialmente fue publicado en fragmentos en diversos periodicos durante mas de veinte anos. Al finalizar, en 1911, se recopilo una version completa. El contenido buscaba diversos argumentos escritos a modo satirico. El libro fue conocido desde la Guerra de Secesion. Su primera traduccion francesa data de 1955. Fue traducido por Jacques Papy, e incluye un prefacio de Jean Cocteau. Actualmente, la traduccion francesa mas popular es la de Bernard Salle, a partir de la...
El Diccionario del Diablo es una recopilacion satirica de 998 definiciones corrosivas escrito de 1881 a 1906 por Ambrose Bierce. Inicialmente fue publ...
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The Monk and the Hangman's Daughter
ISBN: 9781447468684 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A masterpiece, written almost as a modern folktale. Follow the tale of the monk Ambrosius as he meets the shunned Benedicta, the local hangman's daughter. Ambrosius becomes embroiled in a dark and twisted tale of love, assault and the sins of the past.
A masterpiece, written almost as a modern folktale. Follow the tale of the monk Ambrosius as he meets the shunned Benedicta, the local hangman's daugh...
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Write It Right
ISBN: 9781718763272 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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A Collection of Short Stories and Accounts of his Experience during the American Civil War - Including a Biography of the Author
ISBN: 9781447461173 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 358 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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 and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions.
Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born in Meigs County, Ohio, United States in 1842. Bierce is critically best remembered for his fiction and many other wri...
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Civil War Short Stories
ISBN: 9780803260870 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 139 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 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 illusions about "courage," "honor," and "glory" on the battlefield. These stories form one of the great antiwar statements in American literature. Included here are the classic An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Chickamauga, The Mocking Bird, The Coup de Grace, Parker Anderson, Philosopher, and other stories celebrated for their intensity, startling insight, and mastery of form.
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 illusions...
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The Devil's Dictionary. By: Ambrose Bierce: Novel (World's classic's)
ISBN: 9781985168329 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Parenticide Club
ISBN: 9781480014985 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Mi crimen favorito: y otros relatos
ISBN: 9781519417114 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2015 / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) fue un escritor, periodista y editorialista estadounidense. Su estilo lucido y vehemente le ha permitido conservar la popularidad un siglo despues de su muerte, mientras que muchos de sus contemporaneos han pasado al olvido. Ese mismo estilo caustico hizo que un critico le apodara "El amargo Bierce." En Londres escribio sus primeras narraciones cortas, aparecidas en revistas y recopiladas mas tarde en tres tomos, le crearon fama de humorista caustico y mordaz. Su estilo se caracteriza por el constante uso de la ironia. Misantropo, expreso su pesimismo en cuentos y...
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) fue un escritor, periodista y editorialista estadounidense. Su estilo lucido y vehemente le ha permitido conservar la popu...
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Ten Tales [Moxon's Master and Other Tales]
ISBN: 9781614278252 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 2015 Reprint of 1925 Edition. Full Facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Moxon's Master" speculates on the nature of life and intelligence. It describes a chess-playing automaton that murders its creator. First published in the 1893, it is one of the first descriptions of a robot in English literature. The master, Moxon, converses with the unnamed narrator. After a thorough discussion about what it is to be "thinking" and "intelligent," the narrator leaves. The narrator returns to Moxon's house later to learn more. He enters and finds Moxon...
2015 Reprint of 1925 Edition. Full Facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "Moxon's Master" speculates on...
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Fantastic Fables
ISBN: 9781515090243 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 106 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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 the other's eyes without saying anything.
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...
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Cobwebs From An Empty Skull
ISBN: 9781480014688 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Monk And the Hangman's Daughter: (Ambrose Bierce Classics Collection)
ISBN: 9781508700296 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 58 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Having received the benediction, and prayed for the last time in the church of our Saint, we tied up our cowls, put new sandals on our feet, and set out, attended by the blessings of all. Although the way was long and perilous, we did not lose our hope, for hope is not only the beginning and the end of religion, but also the strength of youth and the support of age. Therefore our hearts soon forgot the sadness of parting, and rejoiced in the new and varying scenes that gave us our first real knowledge of the beauty of the earth as God has made it. The colour and brilliance of the air were...
Having received the benediction, and prayed for the last time in the church of our Saint, we tied up our cowls, put new sandals on our feet, and set o...
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El diccionario del diablo (Spanish Edition)
ISBN: 9781543032925 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 2017 / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Fiend's Delight
ISBN: 9781447468776 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A collection of essays, stories, poems and reflections, previously printed in American journals. Bierce has created a snapshot of journalism in the United States that is full of wit, gloom and everything in between.
A collection of essays, stories, poems and reflections, previously printed in American journals. Bierce has created a snapshot of journalism in the Un...
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Tales of soldiers and civilians.By Ambrose Bierce (Original Version)
ISBN: 9781530798131 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Syner i natten: Ett skräckgalleri
ISBN: 9789187619427 / Szwedzki / Twarda / 2020 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce, Fiction, Classics, Fantasy, Horror
ISBN: 9781598186550 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Devil's Dictionary is often considered Ambrose Bierce's most famous work. Portions of it were published in the San Francisco Wasp. Originally published in 1906 as The Cynic's Word Book, it features Bierce's witty and often ironic spin on many common English words.Finally published in its entirety in 1911, the definitions found therein are as apt today as they were nearly a century ago. An example: "HOMICIDE, n. The slaying of one human being by another. There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy, but it makes no great difference to the person... The Devil's Dictionary is often considered Ambrose Bierce's most famous work. Portions of it were published in the San Francisco Wasp. Originally p... |
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
ISBN: 9781721194858 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 28 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Civil War Stories
ISBN: 9781617207662 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Bierce was considered a master of pure English by his contemporaries, and virtually everything that came from his pen was notable for its judicious wording and economy of style. He wrote in a variety of literary genres. His short stories are held among the best of the 19th century, providing a popular following based on his roots. He wrote realistically of the terrible things he had seen in the war in such stories as "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", "The Boarded Window", "Killed at Resaca", and "Chickamauga".
Bierce was considered a master of pure English by his contemporaries, and virtually everything that came from his pen was notable for its judicious wo...
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