World Myths

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    • An Anthology
    • By: David Adams Leeming
    • Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
    • Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 02-03-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Hercules, Zeus, Thor, Gilgamesh - these are the figures that leap to mind when we think of myth. But to David Leeming, myths are more than stories of deities....

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    • Mischief, Myth, and Art
    • By: Lewis Hyde, Michael Chabon - foreword
    • Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
    • Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 05-31-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 45 ratings
    • In Trickster Makes This World, Lewis Hyde brings to life the playful and disruptive side of human imagination as it is embodied in trickster mythology—Hermes in Greece, Eshu in West Africa, Krishna in India, and Coyote in North America, among others....

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    • Image and Reality in the Third Reich
    • By: Ian Kershaw
    • Narrated by: George Cunningham
    • Length: 11 hrs
    • Release date: 07-03-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 31 ratings
    • Few, if any, 20th-century political leaders have enjoyed greater popularity among their own people than Hitler did in the decade or so following his rise to power in 1933. Ian Kershaw's groundbreaking study charts the creation, growth, and decline of the "Hitler myth"....

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    • Volume 1
    • By: Michael Peters
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 08-08-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • A detailed, illustrated exploration of 20 of the world's greatest mysteries. Go back in time and history and explore the wonders that have captured...

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    • Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World
    • By: Elinor Cleghorn
    • Narrated by: Hanako Footman
    • Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 197 ratings
    • A trailblazing, conversation-starting history of women’s health - from the earliest medical ideas about women’s illnesses to hormones and autoimmune diseases - brought together in a fascinating, sweeping narrative....

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    • A Beginner's Guide
    • By: Scott McCrary
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 03-01-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
    • Step into the captivating realms of antiquity with "Enki and the World Order: A Beginner's Guide," and embark on an enlightening journey to the ...

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    • By: Susan Crandall
    • Narrated by: Amy Rubinate
    • Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 06-19-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,810 ratings
    • Tallulah James comes from a long line of intelligent college professors with strong Southern roots - and long-buried family secrets....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: David A. Leeming
    • Narrated by: Andy Ingalls
    • Length: 3 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 10-27-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • Veteran mythology scholar David Leeming examines examples of each motif from a variety of cultures—Greek, Egyptian, Norse, American Indian, African, Polynesian, Jewish, Christian, Hindu—treating them as reflections of the cultures that "dreamed" them....

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    • How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World
    • By: Noam Chomsky, Nathan J. Robinson
    • Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
    • Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 10-15-24
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 69 ratings
    • From one of the world’s most prominent thinkers, an urgent warning of the threat that U.S. power poses to humanity’s future as well as a sharp indictment of both American foreign policy and the national myths that support it.

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    • The True History of Communist China's Founding Myth
    • By: Sun Shuyun
    • Narrated by: Laural Merlington
    • Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 06-12-07
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
    • The Long March is Communist China's founding myth, the heroic tale that every Chinese child learns in school....

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    • A Curious History of a Dangerous Idea
    • By: Helen Lewis
    • Narrated by: Helen Lewis
    • Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 06-17-25
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • From acclaimed Atlantic staff writer and host of BBC’s podcast “The New Gurus” Helen Lewis comes a timely and provocative interrogation of the myth of genius, exploring the surprising inventions, inspirations and distortions by which some lives are elevated to 'greatness'—and others are not.

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    • By: Lisa Ann Verge
    • Narrated by: Virtual Voice
    • Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
    • Release date: 02-12-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
    • Introducing book one in the CELTIC LEGENDS SERIES, a star-crossed lovers tale from the RITA-nominated author of passionate, magical romances Conor ...

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    • A Beginner’s Guide into the World of Celtic Myths, Fairy Tales, Folklore, Warriors, Celtic Gods and Creatures: Mythology Collection, Book 3
    • By: Lucas Russo
    • Narrated by: Jared Zak
    • Series: Mythology Collection Series, Book 3
    • Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 04-04-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Relive the magic of captivating legends and folktales in this rich collection on Celtic Mythology. In 58 BCE, when Julius Caesar – the famous Roman general – wrote a commentary on the Gallic wars, he described the “Celt” speaking people who lived in the area....

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    • A Journey Through History's Greatest Treasures
    • By: Bettany Hughes
    • Narrated by: Bettany Hughes
    • Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 04-23-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
    • An immersive, awe-inspiring tour of the ancient sites that kindle our imagination and afford us a glimpse into our shared history....

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    • By: Tracey Baptiste
    • Narrated by: Robin Miles
    • Series: The Jumbies, Book 1
    • Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 04-28-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 192 ratings
    • A spine-tingling tale rooted in Caribbean folklore that will have listeners holding their breath as they fly through the audio....

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    • The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson
    • By: Jeff Pearlman
    • Narrated by: JD Jackson
    • Length: 22 hrs
    • Release date: 10-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 455 ratings
    • From the mid-1980s into the early 1990s, the greatest athlete of all time streaked across American sports and popular culture. Stadiums struggled to contain him. Clocks failed to capture his speed. His strength was legendary. His power unmatched....

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    • The Floating World, Book 1
    • By: Axie Oh
    • Narrated by: Eden Jun
    • Series: The Floating World, Book 1
    • Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
    • Release date: 05-27-25
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Sunho lives in the Under World, a land of perpetual darkness. An ex-soldier, he can remember little of his life from before two years ago, when he woke up alone with only his name and his sword. Now he does odd jobs to scrape by, until he comes across the score of a lifetime.

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