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A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can't Win by Shelby Steele

A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can't Win: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can't Win runs 3.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Allen (about 2.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.5listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 3.5 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can't Win is an audiobook by Shelby Steele: a 3.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Allen, released January 22, 2008, on the Social Science and History & Culture shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.5 hrs
Narrated by
Richard Allen
Released
January 22, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, History & Culture
ISBN
9781400176038

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can't Win as an audiobook?

A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can't Win runs 3.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.3 hours.

Is A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can't Win free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can't Win?

A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited about Obama and Why He Can't Win is narrated by Richard Allen.