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The Greek myths are amongst the greatest stories ever told, passed down through millennia and inspiring writers and artists as varied as Shakespeare, Michelangelo, James Joyce and Walt Disney. They are embedded deeply in the traditions, tales and cultural DNA of the West. You'll fall in love with Zeus, marvel at the birth of Athena, wince at Cronus and Gaia's revenge on Ouranos, weep with King Midas and hunt with the beautiful and ferocious Artemis.

Imagine sandals on your feet, a sword in your hand and the hot sun beating down on your helmet. Join Jason aboard the Argo as he quests for the Golden Fleece. Marvel as Atalanta - a woman raised by bears - outrun any man before being tricked with golden apples. Discover how Bellerophon captures the winged horse Pegasus to help him slay the monster Chimera. Heroes is the story of what we mortals are truly capable of - at our worst and our very best....

Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, Fry has narrated the complete works of Sherlock Holmes - four novels and five collections of short stories.

The Gods of Pegāna is the first book by influential fantasy writer Lord Dunsany. In a series of short vignettes, Lord Dunsany invents a pantheon of deities who dwell in Pegāna and chronicles the history of their imagined universe. It was followed by a further collection, Time and the Gods. In lush language and dreamlike prose, Lord Dunsany’s talents are on full display as he lays the groundwork for the fantasy genre. The Dunsany Mythos features the complete contents of The Gods of Pegāna and Time and the Gods in a single audiobook edition.

In the 21st century, magic has advanced with the times and gone digital. But when Ravirn - a computer savvy sorcerer - is thrown into a parallel world where magic runs on a different operating system, he'll need mad skills to get out alive.

From dreams filled with strange, beautiful images and haunting music, Claire Challis woke to the repulsive sound of a nasal, falsetto voice scratching its way through her closed bedroom window - the kind of voice adults reserve for speaking to pets or very small children. A particularly annoying case of the latter, she decided, for the voice was crooning, "My, don't we look fine in our Sunday best! Are you going to church, young man?"

In this novella five friends enter an abandoned library in the city of Detroit and find themselves unable to leave.

The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by American author H.P. Lovecraft, written in November-December 1931. It forms part of the Cthulhu Mythos, using its motif of a malign undersea civilization, and references several shared elements of the mythos, including place names, mythical creatures, and invocations.

The Marquette Institute and the Department of Preternatural Activities (DPA) have been America's primary defense against the things that go bump in the night for more than a century and a half. It has been said that without the activities of this group and similar organizations, the human race would've fallen under the heel of dark forces long ago.

Es liegt nicht allein in Odysseus' Händen, nach der Zerstörung Trojas in seine Heimat zurückzukehren. Die Flucht aus der Höhle des Zyklopen, der trügerische Gesang der Sirenen -- die Heimkehr des siegreichen Griechen wird zu einer jahrelangen, gefahrvollen Irrfahrt. Denn Odysseus ist zum Spielball der Götter geworden. Und von ihrem Willen hängt es ab, ob Odysseus seine geliebte Frau Penelope und seinen Sohn jemals wiedersieht.

Sie gehören zu dem schönsten und spannendsten, das die antike Mythologie uns hinterlassen hat: Die Sagen Trojas. Von Trojas Erbauung, Agamemnon und Iphigenia, Der Raub Helenas, Die Schlacht der Götter, Der Tod Hektors -- die seit Generationen immer wieder gern gelesene Fassung von Gustav Schwab verzaubert den Fatalismus der mythischen Welt ins Durchsichtige und hat unser Bild der Antike maßgeblich geprägt.

Was ist der American Dream? Harry Graf Kessler besuchte 1896/97 Amerika und ging dabei eben jener Frage auf den Grund. Auf der Reise lernt er kanadische Holzhütten, den New Yorker Geldadel, chinesische Bordelle in San Francisco und den amerikanischen Präsidenten Harrison kennen.