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In the Midst of Life; Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Ambrose Bierce - In the Midst of Life; Tales of Soldiers and Civilians

These stories detail the lives of soldiers and civilians during the American Civil War. This is the 1909 edition. The 1909 edition omits six stories from the original 1891 edition; these six stories are added to this...

David Wales 11 hours 11 minutes

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Satire

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Ambrose Bierce - Devil's Dictionary

Ambrose Bierce (1842 — 1914?), satirist, critic, poet, short story writer and journalist. His fiction showed a clean economical style often sprinkled with subtle cynical comments on human behaviour. In the Devil's...

Peter Yearsley and 13 more 8 hours 35 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Ambrose Bierce - Can Such Things Be?

24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion — ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling fire burning dimly in the background. Stories of ghosts, apparitions, and...

Roger Melin 7 hours 37 minutes

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Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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Ambrose Bierce - Cobwebs from an Empty Skull

Ambrose Bierce's collection of short parables, published under the pen name of Dod Grile, is similar to Aesop's Fables. This compilation is comprised of «Fables of Zambri, the Parsee,» «Brief Seasons of Intellectual...

Larry Wilson and 10 more 6 hours 3 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Ambrose Bierce - Monk and the Hangman's Daughter

A tragic but very captivating tale of a monk in the 17th century.

Phil Chenevert 2 hours 45 minutes

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Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories

Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Ambrose Bierce - Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories

Ambrose Bierce (1842 — 1914?), satirist, critic, poet, short story writer and journalist. His fiction showed a clean economical style often sprinkled with subtle cynical comments on human behaviour. Nothing is known...

Peter Yearsley 2 hours 1 minute

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Satire

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Ambrose Bierce - Cynic Looks At Life

Civilization, Immortality, the Death Penalty, these are just a few of the essays enclosed in this collection, A Cynic Looks At Life. Written by Ambrose Bierce, these essays continue to be thought provoking, offering a...

ACBowgus 1 hour 59 minutes

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Writing & Linguistics

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Ambrose Bierce - Write it Right

Witty, opinionated alphabetical examples of what Bierce considered poor (American) English and advice on alternatives — entertaining, thought-provoking, occasionally outdated but so interesting to see how style and...

Laurie Anne Walden and 5 more 1 hour 41 minutes

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War & Military

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Ambrose Bierce - Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War

At the outset of the American Civil War, [the writer Ambrose] Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment....In February 1862 he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and served on the staff of...

Winston Tharp 1 hour 40 minutes

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Horror & Supernatural Fiction

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Ambrose Bierce - Parenticide Club

Ambrose Bierce (1842 — 1914?), best known as journalist, satirist and short story writer. Cynical in outlook, economical in style; Bierce vanished while an observer with Pancho Villa's army. Four grotesque short...

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Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky

War & Military

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Ambrose Bierce - Son of the Gods and A Horseman in the Sky

Two short stories from the American Civil War by Ambrose Bierce. The first story is about a brave soldier who follows orders and risks his life without question. The second is about a soldier who falls asleep on guard...

William A Crenshaw and 1 more 37 minutes

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Poetry

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Ambrose Bierce - Business

LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Business by Ambrose Bierce. This was the weekly poetry project for August 2nd, 2009.

Annise and 16 more 24 minutes

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