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CYNIC, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
Written over three decades as a series of instalments for magazines and newspapers, The Devil’s Dictionary is a charmingly eccentric satirical dictionary that tackles all aspects of life with caustic humour and cutting observation. Few are safe as Bierce targets everything from politics (‘A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage’), marriage (‘A household consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two’) and religion (‘A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable’) to lawyers (‘One skilled in circumvention of the law’). This audiobook edition contains over 1,000 entries, combining the complete first edition published in 1911 with definitions attributed to Bierce’s earlier ‘Demon’s Dictionary’ column.
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Excellent narration of the classics
- De Adeliese Baumann en 10-31-14
De: Ambrose Bierce
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Classic Ghost Stories: Boxed Set
- De: Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Daniel Defoe, y otros
- Narrado por: Walter Covell, Cindy Hardin, Jim Roberts, y otros
- Duración: 31 h y 27 m
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This choice collection of spine tingling tales runs the gamut from slightly spooky to "I'm sleeping with all the lights on tonight!" A splendid grouping of tales from the pens of some of the great writers of the past. Enjoy these classic stories alone or with a friend, whenever your ears are free.
De: Wilkie Collins, y otros
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The Devil's Dictionary, A-J
- De: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrado por: Jack Chekijian
- Duración: 4 h y 1 m
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Entries A-J. The Devil's Dictionary was begun in a weekly paper in 1881 and was continued in a desultory way at long intervals until 1906. The author hopes to be held guiltless by those to whom the work is addressed: enlightened souls who prefer dry wines to sweet, sense to sentiment, wit to humor, and clean English to slang.
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Clever twists for literate people
- De Philo en 05-19-19
De: Ambrose Bierce
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In the Midst of Life
- Tales of Soldiers and Civilians
- De: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrado por: J. Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
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In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of 26 short stories detailing the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War.
De: Ambrose Bierce
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The Devil's Dictionary
- De: Steven Kotler
- Narrado por: Ryan Vincent Anderson
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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Hard to say when the human species fractured exactly. Harder to say when this new talent arrived. But Lion Zorn, protagonist of Last Tango, is the first of his kind—an empathy tracker, an emotional soothsayer, with a felt sense for the future of the we. In simpler terms, he can spot cultural shifts and trends before they happen. The Devil's Dictionary finds Lion Zorn enmeshed with a strange subculture: polyamorous crypto-currency fiends with a tendency toward eco-terrorism. These crypto-eco-punks have executed the largest land grab in US history.
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Better than the first of the series
- De Michael en 09-09-22
De: Steven Kotler
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
- Collected Stories of the Supernatural
- De: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrado por: Mark Hammer
- Duración: 2 h y 41 m
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American journalist, short story writer, and poet, Ambrose Bierce is best known for his formidably vicious wit - given free rein in his famous column, "The Prattler." But his stories were elegantly crafted, with a compelling blend of realistic detail, clever plot twists, and his own sardonic humor. These 8 macabre stories, read here by Mark Hammer, establish Bierce as a master of the genre.
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Well Read!
- De KT en 05-05-21
De: Ambrose Bierce
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The Great God Pan and Other Weird Tales
- De: Arthur Machen
- Narrado por: Peter Wickham
- Duración: 12 h y 51 m
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Dubbed the greatest horror story in English by Stephen King, The Great God Pan is an eerie and otherworldly mystery about a diabolical operation and its terrifying repercussions. After rescuing a young woman from the streets of London, Dr. Raymond uses her as a test subject for brain surgery aimed at "lifting the veil" of reality, to see the supernatural and the "great god Pan". The operation is a disaster and leaves the subject lobotomized. Years later, London becomes afflicted with a strange series of male suicides connected to a beautiful but sinister woman.
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Wonderful Performance of Fantastic Tales
- De Gavin Lees en 06-19-18
De: Arthur Machen
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Ambrose Bierce: A Short Story Collection - Volume 2
- A Horseman in the Sky & Other Stories
- De: Ambrose Bierce
- Narrado por: Christopher Ragland, Laurel Lefkow, Eric Meyers
- Duración: 2 h y 7 m
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Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born on 24th June 1842 at Horse Cave Creek in Meigs County, Ohio. His parents were poor but they introduced him to literature at an early age, instilling in him a deep appreciation of books, the written word and the elegance of language. In 1891 Bierce wrote and published the collection of 26 short stories which included ‘An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge’. Success and further works including poetry followed.
De: Ambrose Bierce
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The Complete Short Stories
- De: Saki
- Narrado por: Rupert Degas
- Duración: 22 h y 4 m
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H.H. Munro (Saki) is one of the undisputed masters of the short story. In this complete compendium, the full gamut of his subjects and themes is experienced. His stories are imbued with humorous satire, biting irony, and often the macabre, all of which have one target: the stupidities and hypocrisies of Edwardian upper-class society.
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Condensed Wilde
- De John en 11-17-22
De: Saki
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The Book of Disquiet
- De: Fernando Pessoa
- Narrado por: Adam Sims
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
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Assembled from notes and jottings left unpublished at the time of the author’s death, The Book of Disquiet is a collection of aphoristic prose-poetry musings on dreams, solitude, time and memory. Credited to Pessoa’s alter ego, Bernardo Soares, who chronicles his contemplations in this so-called "factless" autobiography, the work is a journey of one man’s soul and, by extension, of all human souls that allow their minds and hearts to roam far and free.
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The book that saved my life
- De Hutchinson en 03-09-21
De: Fernando Pessoa