Adrienne Mayor
Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws
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The First Fossil Hunters
- Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
- By: Adrienne Mayor
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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The Greeks and Romans were well aware that a different breed of creatures once inhabited their lands. They frequently encountered fossilized bones of long-extinct species, and they developed sophisticated concepts to explain them, expressed in mythological stories....
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Interesting idea
- By Anonymous User on 10-10-24
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The First Fossil Hunters
- Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
- Narrated by: Donna Postel
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 23-02-21
- Language: English
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The Poison King
- The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy
- By: Adrienne Mayor
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A National Book Award finalist for this epic work, Adrienne Mayor delivers a gripping account of Mithradates, the ruthless visionary who began to challenge Rome’s power in 120 B.C. Machiavelli praised his military genius....
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really interesting
- By mr on 18-03-14
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The Poison King
- The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 28-01-11
- Language: English
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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, & Scorpion Bombs
- By: Adrienne Mayor
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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Flamethrowers, poison gases, incendiary bombs, the large-scale spreading of disease...are these terrifying agents and implements of warfare modern inventions? Not by a long shot....
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Fascinating topic handled reasonably competently.
- By HellRazor on 08-05-22
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Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, & Scorpion Bombs
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 10-06-10
- Language: English
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Gods and Robots
- Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
- By: Adrienne Mayor
- Narrated by: Adrienne Mayor
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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The fascinating untold story of how the ancients imagined robots and other forms of artificial life - and even invented real automated machines, Gods and Robots is a groundbreaking account of the earliest expressions of the timeless impulse to create artificial life....
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Good stuff
- By K on 25-03-22
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Gods and Robots
- Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
- Narrated by: Adrienne Mayor
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 13-11-18
- Language: English
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Amazons
- Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World
- By: Adrienne Mayor
- Narrated by: Fran Tunno
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
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Driven by a detective's curiosity, Mayor unearths long-buried evidence and sifts fact from fiction to show how flesh-and-blood women of the Eurasian steppes were mythologized as Amazons, the equals of men....
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Getting to know The Amazons
- By Nicola on 08-12-14
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Amazons
- Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World
- Narrated by: Fran Tunno
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 21-09-14
- Language: English
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Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws
- And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities
- By: Adrienne Mayor
- Narrated by: Nancy Crane, Adrienne Mayor
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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Showcasing Adrienne Mayor’s trademark passion not to demythologize myths, but to uncover the fascinating truths buried beneath them, Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws is a wonder cabinet of delightful curiosities....
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Flying Snakes and Griffin Claws
- And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities
- Narrated by: Nancy Crane, Adrienne Mayor
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 26-07-22
- Language: English
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The Griffin and the Dinosaur
- How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science
- By: Marc Aronson, Adrienne Mayor
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 38 mins
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Here is the story of one insightful, curious, and determined woman who solved the mystery of the griffin and invented a new science....
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recently debunkee
- By Amazon Customer on 07-08-24
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The Griffin and the Dinosaur
- How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat
- Length: 38 mins
- Release date: 17-03-15
- Language: English
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