{"product_id":"the-devils-dictionary-ambrose-bierce-9781605206554","title":"The Devil's Dictionary","description":"American satirist AMBROSE GWINNETT BIERCE (1842-c. 1914) began his satirical redefinitions of ordinary words in a weekly newspaper in 1881, and saw them first collected in *The Cynic's Word Book* in 1906. But it was with the 1911 republication as *The Devil's Dictionary* that he struck comedy gold for the ages with his pointedly mocking and ironic riffs on politics, business, religion, the arts, and American culture at large. From *abasement* (\"a decent and customary mental attitude in the presence of wealth or power; peculiarly appropriate in an employee when addressing an employer\") to *zoology* (\"the science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly\"), *The Devil's Dictionary* remains as witty today as it was a century ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ambrose Bierce\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1605206555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781605206554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d","brand":"Ambrose Bierce","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124989653247,"sku":"9781605206554","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0bd80733-e175-425d-a64f-5b10be9d6e83.jpg?v=1687439985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-devils-dictionary-ambrose-bierce-9781605206554","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}