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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Contains a number of excellent stories, including several considered Bierce's best. I have to say, all of them were quite good, and I was impressed at how so many of them are still terrifying and suspenseful over a hundred years after Bierce wrote them. -- Battered, Tattered, Yellowed & CreasedFamed for the mordant wit and satire of his essays and newspaper columns, Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914) also possessed a fascination with the macabre. His masterful tales of the supernatural bespeak an imagination generations ahead of its time, exhibiting impressionistic conceits of reality in which space and time expand and contract according to individual perception.This stimulating and provocative collection of twelve of Bierce's finest ghost and horror stories abounds in crimes of passion, restless specters seeking revenge, haunted houses, forewarnings of doom, and sound minds deranged by contact with the spirit world. Selections include The Eyes of the Panther, a chilling account of a young woman's supernatural link to a beast of the forest; A Watcher by the Dead, in which a madcap wager has ghastly consequences; The Man and the Snake, a hallucinogenic encounter between serpent and human; Moxon's Master, a nineteenth-century caveat against the coming Machine Age; the celebrated title story; and seven others. …

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Aficionados of supernatural fiction will take perverse pleasure in the hair-raising horrors recounted in these outstanding examples of the genre. Featuring a gallery of ghostly characters, forbidding landscapes, gloomy country manors, and occult occurrences, this spine-tingling collection features works by such masters of the macabre as Bram Stoker (the creator of Dracula), J. S. LeFanu, Ambrose Bierce, and M. R. James.The ten classics included in this volume are: The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs, E. G. Swain's Bone to His Bone, The Rose Garden by M. R. James, Dickens's To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt, LeFanu's Dickon the Devil, Stoker's The Judge's Salt, The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce, Amelia B. Edwards's The Phantom Coach, A Ghost Story by Jerome K. Jerome, and E. F. Benson's The Confession of Charles Linkworth.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Aficionados of supernatural fiction will take perverse pleasure in the hair-raising horrors recounted in these outstanding examples of the genre. Featuring a gallery of ghostly characters, forbidding landscapes, gloomy country manors, and occult occurrences, this spine-tingling collection features works by such masters of the macabre as Bram Stoker (the creator of Dracula), J. S. LeFanu, Ambrose Bierce, and M. R. James.The ten classics included in this volume are: The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs, E. G. Swain's Bone to His Bone, The Rose Garden by M. R. James, Dickens's To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt, LeFanu's Dickon the Devil, Stoker's The Judge's Salt, The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce, Amelia B. Edwards's The Phantom Coach, A Ghost Story by Jerome K. Jerome, and E. F. Benson's The Confession of Charles Linkworth.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The great documents in this important collection helped form the foundation of American democratic government. Compelling, influential, and often inspirational, they range from Patrick Henry's dramatic "Give me liberty or give me death" speech at the start of the American Revolution to Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, issued in the closing weeks of the Civil War. Also included are: The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson's classic rationale for rejecting allegiance to the government of King George III. The Constitution of the United States, America's most important political and social document in structuring its government. The Monroe Doctrine, the cornerstone of American foreign policy. Father of the Constitution, author of the Bill of Rights, and fourth President of the United States James Madison's The Federalist, No. 10. George Washington's First Inaugural Address and Farewell Address. Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address. William Lloyd Garrison's Prospectus for The Liberator. Andrew Jackson's Veto of the Bank Bill. Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, Emancipation Proclamation, and Gettysburg Address. An introductory note precedes the text of each document, providing fascinating background history and information about the author. An indispensable reference for students, this handy compendium will also serve as an invaluable introduction for general readers to American political writing.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The great documents in this important collection helped form the foundation of American democratic government. Compelling, influential, and often inspirational, they range from Patrick Henry's dramatic "Give me liberty or give me death" speech at the start of the American Revolution to Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, issued in the closing weeks of the Civil War. Also included are: The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson's classic rationale for rejecting allegiance to the government of King George III. The Constitution of the United States, America's most important political and social document in structuring its government. The Monroe Doctrine, the cornerstone of American foreign policy. Father of the Constitution, author of the Bill of Rights, and fourth President of the United States James Madison's The Federalist, No. 10. George Washington's First Inaugural Address and Farewell Address. Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address. William Lloyd Garrison's Prospectus for The Liberator. Andrew Jackson's Veto of the Bank Bill. Abraham Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, Emancipation Proclamation, and Gettysburg Address. An introductory note precedes the text of each document, providing fascinating background history and information about the author. An indispensable reference for students, this handy compendium will also serve as an invaluable introduction for general readers to American political writing.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. This book of over 400 illustrations is a vast pictorial sourcebook and informal history of the American Revolution. Chosen from contemporary sources and the best material of the last two hundred years, these illustrations include major battles and events (Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's ride, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, Washington crossing the Delaware, Trenton, Saratoga, Victory at Yorktown); major historic sites (Independence Hall, Mount Vernon, Monticello); facsimiles of major documents, currency, posters, and maps; military uniforms; state seals; congressional medals; and more than 40 portraits, including Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, George I, Edmund Burke, Samuel Adams, Nathan Hale, and more. Together, these illustrations give a vivid, many-sided view of the people and events of the struggle for independence. Many pictures are by the finest 19th- and early-20th-century illustrators, including Darley, Alonzo Chappel, and Howard Pyle. All pictures are identified by captions.Designers, artists, and others will find this book a valuable source of copyright-free graphics. Students, historians, and everyone interested in learning more about the American Revolution will find here a storehouse of fascinating pictures, documents, and other materials excellent for hours of browsing. Original (1975) Dover publication. …

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. This book of over 400 illustrations is a vast pictorial sourcebook and informal history of the American Revolution. Chosen from contemporary sources and the best material of the last two hundred years, these illustrations include major battles and events (Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's ride, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, Washington crossing the Delaware, Trenton, Saratoga, Victory at Yorktown); major historic sites (Independence Hall, Mount Vernon, Monticello); facsimiles of major documents, currency, posters, and maps; military uniforms; state seals; congressional medals; and more than 40 portraits, including Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, George I, Edmund Burke, Samuel Adams, Nathan Hale, and more. Together, these illustrations give a vivid, many-sided view of the people and events of the struggle for independence. Many pictures are by the finest 19th- and early-20th-century illustrators, including Darley, Alonzo Chappel, and Howard Pyle. All pictures are identified by captions.Designers, artists, and others will find this book a valuable source of copyright-free graphics. Students, historians, and everyone interested in learning more about the American Revolution will find here a storehouse of fascinating pictures, documents, and other materials excellent for hours of browsing. Original (1975) Dover publication. …

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Paperback. Zustand: Good. Assembled from the works of the finest masters of the genre, these compelling narratives promise to raise gooseflesh and accelerate pulses with their supernatural scenarios. Featured stories include J. S. LeFanu's "An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street," with a mysterious old mansion as the focal point; Mary E. Wilkins' "The Lost Ghost," in which a strange child's disturbing presence instills fear and foreboding in all those she encounters; Robert Louis Stevenson's "The Body-Snatchers"; "Mrs. Zant and the Ghost," by Wilkie Collins; and other gripping works by Charles Dickens, Henry James, Ralph Cram, Mrs. Henry Wood, Amelia B. Edwards, Fitz-James O'Brien, and M. R. James. Rich in detail and ghoulish incidents, this modestly priced collection will thrill readers who appreciate tales of terror as well as devotees of well-crafted literature. …

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Dover Thrift E. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown." --H. P. Lovecraft Fans of horror and the supernatural will savor the dark delicacies in this spine-tingling anthology of the genre's very best. Featuring an international gallery of the world's great horror writers, this collection celebrates one of literature's most popular forms of fiction with 14 masterfully crafted tales of terror, including: * Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest* Edgar Allan Poe's The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar* H. P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space* Arthur Machen's The White People* Izumi Kyoka's A Tale of Three Who Were Blind* Algernon Blackwood's The Willows* Ambrose Bierce's The Damned Thing and 7 more chilling classics. A truly macabre must-have.…

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