embly (embler) Language compatibility?

I'm interested in looking into the embler language and I'm seeing a bunch of confusion. I own a 32-bit Windows 7 system with an AMD processor. Many of the embler books I see talk about it's architecture with IBM computers and programming in Linux. If I just picked up any old book of embler, would I need to know if the syntax they use is compatible with the system I'm using? And if I was to look into embler programming books about a 32 bit Windows system, what would I look for?