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Ancient & Classical Audiobooks

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    Mythos

    The Greek Myths Retold

    by Stephen Fry ...
    Narrated by Stephen Fry ...
    Audiobook 1 - Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths

    Unabridged

    15 hours 25 min

    Brought to you by PenguinSTEP INTO ANOTHER WORLD - OF MAGIC, MAYHEM, MONSTERS AND MANIACAL GODS - IN STEPHEN FRY'S MOMENTOUS SUNDAY TIMES AND AUDIBLE BESTSELLER, MYTHOSDiscover Stephen Fry's magnificent retelling of the greatest myths and legends ever told . . .No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses.In Stephen Fry's vivid retelling, we ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Book of Taliesin

    Poems of Warfare and Praise in an Enchanted Britain

    by Rowan Williams, Gwyneth Lewis ...
    Narrated by David Sibley ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 16 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.This Penguin Classic is performed by David Sibley, best known for Henry V, War & Peace and Silent Witness. This definitive recording is translated by, and includes an introduction by Gwyneth Lewis and Rowan William.Taliesin's is one of the most important names in all Welsh literature - and one of its greatest mysteries. He has fascinated and inspired some of our greatest ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Heroes

    The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold

    by Stephen Fry ...
    Narrated by Stephen Fry ...
    Audiobook 2 - Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths

    Unabridged

    15 hours

    Brought to you by Penguin.Shortlisted for the 2018 Specsavers Audiobook of the Year award.IMAGINE SANDALS ON YOUR FEET, A SWORD IN YOUR HAND, HOT SUN BEATING DOWN ON YOUR BRONZE HELMET. ENTER THE WORLD OF STEPHEN FRY'S SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, HEROESFew mere mortals have ever embarked on such bold and heart-stirring adventures, overcome myriad monstrous perils, or outwitted scheming vengeful gods, ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Pandora's Jar

    Women in the Greek Myths

    by Natalie Haynes ...
    Narrated by Natalie Haynes ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 23 min

    'Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . . but read on!' – Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's TaleThe Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories.Stories ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    CELTIC MYTHOLOGY

    A Compelling Path Retracing Celtic Mythology. From Celtic Gods & Goddesses to Heroes and Legendary Creatures. Tales of Myths & Legends, Sagas, and Beliefs. NEW VERSION

    by NEIL LEWIS ...
    Narrated by Perdens Studio ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 11 min

    Explore the Legendary Mythos and Fantastical Stories of one of the World’s Oldest Mythologies, Celtic!The ancient, mysterious Celtic people left behind little evidence of their way of life, but their vibrant folklore and stories resonate throughout the ages to inspire and intrigue people to this very day. Inside this gripping audiobook, you’ll be taken on a journey through time to the legends of ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Odyssey of the West I

    A Classic Education through the Great Books:Hebrews and Greeks

    by Timothy B. Shutt ...
    Narrated by Timothy B. Shutt ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 34 min

    This course is an interdisciplinary series of connected lectures delivered by eminent scholars from several colleges and universities. Each professor addresses an area of personal expertise and focuses not only on the matter at hand, but on the larger story-on the links between the works and the figures discussed. The lectures address-in chronological sequence-a series of major works that have ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Odyssey of the West II

    A Classic Education through the Great Books: From Athens to Rome and the Gospels

    by Timothy B. Shutt ...
    Narrated by Timothy B. Shutt ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 9 min

    This course is an interdisciplinary series of connected lectures delivered by eminent scholars from several colleges and universi- ties. Each professor addresses an area of personal expertise and focuses not only on the matter at hand, but on the larger story-on the links between the works and the figures dis- cussed. The lectures address a series of major works that have shaped the ongoing ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Kidnapped

    by Robert Louis Stevenson ...
    Narrated by Andrew James Roberts ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 38 min

    A story of friendship, honor, and adventure that will captivate young minds, readers will love the enthralling tale of young protagonist David Balfour in his journey of self-discovery, loss, and endurance. A tale that explores the historical landscape of Scotland, this is a coming-of-age story like no other. With beautiful full-page illustrations in color, as well as original illustrations in ... Read more

    $15.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Commentaries of Living Immortals, The

    by Martin K. Ettington ...
    Narrated by Martin K. Ettington ...
    Audiobook 6 - The Longevity and Immortality Series

    Unabridged

    6 hours 36 min

    This is a book about living immortals in their own words. People who are hundreds if not thousands of years old and living in our world today.Their commentaries come from a discussion board I have been using for a couple of years to market my earlier book:Physical Immortality: A History and How to GuideThere are over twelve distinct immortal personalities who posted on this board and they all have ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Myths and Legends Of Ancient China, The

    Demystifying the gods, goddesses, and mythology of Ancient Chinese society

    by HENRY ROMANO ...
    Narrated by Bill Shanks ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 35 min

    The concept of dualism is well illustrated by the Chinese pantheon. Whether as the result of the co-operation of the yin and the yang or of the final dissolution of P’an Ku, human beings came into existence. To the primitive mind the body and its shadow, an object and its reflection in water, real life and dream life, sensibility and insensibility (as in fainting, etc.), suggest the idea of ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    poetics of Aristotle, The

    by Aristotle ...
    Narrated by Liam Johnson ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 28 min

    "The Poetics" is a book written by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, which is believed to have been composed around 335 BCE. The book is an important work of literary criticism and is considered one of the earliest surviving discussions of dramatic theory.In "The Poetics," Aristotle explores the nature of tragedy and offers insights into the elements that make up successful works of ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Common Sense

    by Thomas Paine ...
    Narrated by Bruce Lieberman ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 50 min

    Common Sense is a pamphlet advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshaled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for egalitarian government. It was published anonymously on January 10, 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolution, and became an immediate sensation ... Read more

    $5.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    True Tales of Ghosts

    by S. L. Vadimsky, C. L. Vadimsky ...
    Narrated by S. L. Vadimsky ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 40 min

    A teen moves with his family into a haunted house. Dead family members visit and speak. A hard-boiled lawyer travels on an adventure with three mystical beings. A boy suffers frightening contact within a haunted hotel in Salem. A professional real estate appraiser finds strange evidence in his photographs of one particular house. A family discovers a history of murder in their new home. Unearthly ... Read more

    $13.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century

    by Tom Shippey ...
    Narrated by Colin Mace ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 46 min

    The definitive critical study of Tolkien’s greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A. Shippey.Following the unprecedented and universal acclaim for The Lord of the Rings, the respected academic and world-renowned Tolkien scholar, Professor Tom Shippey, presents us with a fascinating and informed companion to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien, in particular focusing ... Read more

    $39.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Studying Dracula: The Complete Text and Revision Guide

    by Bram Stoker ...
    Narrated by Roy McMillan, Roger May ...
    Audiobook 1 - The Complete Text and Revision Guide Series

    Unabridged

    21 hours 47 min

    Plug in and prepare for your A-Level English Literature examination with this comprehensive audio study guide to Dracula.Includes the entire, unabridged audio narration of Dracula, as well as in-depth analysis on the text, covering the key areas of: Characters, Themes, Structure and Form, Genre and Historical Context - as well as detailed chapter summaries and key quotations for your exam.This ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Bulfinch's Mythology

    The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes

    by Thomas Bulfinch ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Cowley ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 53 min

    First published in three separate volumes from 1855 to 1863, Bulfinch's Mythology quickly became the standard source of classic tales from ancient Greece and Rome, the Norse tradition, and beyond. This edition contains the full text of The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes, the first volume of Bulfinch's seminal work. From stories of the Greek gods of Mt. Olympus to retellings of the ... Read more

    $32.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Buried Treasures

    The Power of Political Fairy Tales

    by Jack Zipes ...
    Narrated by Stephen Bowlby ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 38 min

    Jack Zipes has spent decades as a "scholarly scavenger," discovering forgotten fairy tales in libraries, flea markets, used bookstores, and internet searches, and he has introduced countless readers to these remarkable works and their authors. In Buried Treasures, Zipes describes his special passion for uncovering political fairy tales of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, offers fascinating ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Iliad of Homer

    by Homer ...
    Narrated by Orlando Fleming ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 34 min

    After nine years fighting the Trojan War, the Greeks sense imminent defeat. The gods have cursed them with a plague; the Trojans have set their ships on fire; and their best warrior, the impenetrable Achilles, has turned his back on them. But when the Trojans go too far and kill Patroclus, his beloved brother-in-arms, Achilles returns to the battlefield with a vengeance so terrible that it shocks ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

    by Mark Twain ...
    Narrated by Roy Morgan ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 20 min

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (often shortened to Huck Finn) is a novel written by American humorist Mark Twain. It is commonly used and accounted as one of the first Great American Novels. It is also one of the first major American novels written using Local Color Regionalism, or vernacular, told in the first person by the eponymous Huckleberry "Huck" Finn, best friend of Tom Sawyer and hero of ... Read more

    $16.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Bilbo's Journey: Discovering the Hidden Meaning in The Hobbit

    by Joseph Pearce ...
    Narrated by Kevin O'Brien ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 58 min

    In Bilbo's Journey, go beyond the dragons, dwarves, and elves, and discover the surprisingly deep meaning of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic novel The Hobbit.Bilbo's quest to find and slay the dragon Smaug is a riveting tale of daring and heroism, but as renowned Tolkien scholar Joseph Pearce shows, it is not simply Bilbo's journey, it is our journey too.It is the Christian journey of self-sacrifice out ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Baron Munchausen

    by Rudolf Erich Raspe ...
    Narrated by Olga Makina ...

    Unabridged

    4 min

    Baron Munchausen is a popular German fairy tale. Baron Munchausen likes to tell everyone about his travels. The only thing is his stories seems very unlikely, he is always exaggerating everything... The moral of the story is: people will see through your lies. Recommended for age 3+. ... Read more

    $3.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Leyendas Mexicanas

    by Anselmo García J. Curado, SBI Media Publishing & Distribution ...
    Narrated by Erik Trujillo, Diana Huicochea ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 19 min

    Si todos los pueblos tienen leyendas, cuentos e historias, México es prolija en ello, por su enorme cultura y tradición. Algunas muy antiguas, desde mucho antes de que vinieran los conquistadores hispanos. Historias de nuestras costumbres indígenas y de la formación de nuestras ciudades. Así, Quetzalcóatl, Popocatepetl, Ixtla, son personajes de la mitología azteca y maya y Uxmal, Teotihuacán, ... Read more

    $20.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    Why Dylan Matters

    by Richard F. Thomas ...
    Narrated by Nick Landrum ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 14 min

    A GUARDIAN AND INDEPENDENT BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2017.‘At last an expert classicist gets to grips with Bob Dylan’ Mary Beard‘Thomas’s elegant, charming book offers something for everyone – not just the super-fans’ IndependentWhen the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan, the literary world was up in arms. How could the world’s most prestigious book prize be awarded to a famousl... ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

  • Audiobook

    The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters

    by Adam Nicolson ...
    Narrated by Dugald Bruce Lockhart ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 29 min

    Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford)‘A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer … There’s something that hits the mark on every page’ Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New StatesmanWhere does Homer come from? And why does Homer matter? His epic poems of war and suffering can still speak to us of the role of destiny in life, of cruelty ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial