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Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! Misanthropes, grumps, and the hopelessly jaded will relish every ruthlessly witty word of Ambrose Bierce's essay collection A Cynic Looks at Life. Bierce unleashes his jaundiced eye and incisive insight on a number of topics that are still as resonant as they were at the time of the book's 1912 publication. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary ficti...

Abandonado s. y adj. El que no tiene favores que otorgar. Desprovisto de fortuna. Amigo de la verdad y el sentido común. Abdicación s. Acto mediante el cual un soberano demuestra percibir la alta temperatura del trono. Abdomen s. Templo del dios Estómago, al que rinden culto y sacrificio todos los hombres auténticos. Las mujeres sólo prestan a esta antigua fe un sentimiento vacilante. A veces ofician en su altar, de modo tibio e ineficaz, pero...

The Parenticide Club, has been considered important throughout human history. In an effort to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to secure its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for both current and future generations. This complete book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not scans of the authors' original publications, the text is readable and clear.

A bone-chilling, beautifully produced new collection of 11 uncanny tales from one of the great American masters of the ghost story Any lover of dark and unsettling tales will be enthralled by the short stories in this collection, all from the pen of the great Ambrose Bierce. Bierce is often seen as the link between Poe and Lovecraft in the American fantastical tradition, and this collection showcases his mastery of the macabre. A murder is rel...

Journalist, short story writer, poet, and critic Ambrose Bierce has been called one of America's greatest wits and an uncompromising satirist. He wrote unsparingly and with haunting realism of his Civil War experiences. His finest and most famous Civil War writings are gathered in this volume of six essays and twenty stories, including "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, " "What I Saw of Shiloh, " and "A Horseman in the Sky." Edited and introd...

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In this book, the author's major goal is to impart writing precision lessons. Precision is crucial for good writing, which is really just clear thinking in writing form. It is achieved by selecting a term that fully and accurately captures the writer's intention and by avoiding words that either imply or suggest something else. According to Quintilian, the writer should write in a way that the reader can't help but understand. An edition of Am...

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