A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957---The Space Race Begins: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957---The Space Race Begins runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alan Sklar (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Alan Sklar
Alan Sklar narrates 147 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,402 hours in all.
- The Serial Killer Whisperer: How One Man's Tragedy Helped Unlock the Deadliest Secrets of the World's Most Terrifying Killers
- The Ghost Map
- Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life
- China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World
- The Cold War: A New History
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
740 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
- The Forgotten 500: The Untold Story of the Men Who Risked All for the Greatest Rescue Mission of World War II
- Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan
- Churchill's Band of Brothers: WWII's Most Daring D-Day Mission and the Hunt to Take Down Hitler's Fugitive War Criminals
- The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957---The Space Race Begins is an audiobook by Michael D'Antonio: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Alan Sklar, released October 2, 2007, on the Military (History) and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alan Sklar
- Released
- October 2, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (History), Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9781400175031
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957---The Space Race Begins as an audiobook?
A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957---The Space Race Begins runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957---The Space Race Begins free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957---The Space Race Begins?
A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957---The Space Race Begins is narrated by Alan Sklar.
Is A Ball, a Dog, and a Monkey: 1957---The Space Race Begins worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.