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A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet by Jo Handelsman

A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rosemary Benson (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.6 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf

603 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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 World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet is an audiobook by Jo Handelsman: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Rosemary Benson, released November 23, 2021, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
Rosemary Benson
Released
November 23, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781666155082

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet as an audiobook?

A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet?

A World Without Soil: The Past, Present, and Precarious Future of the Earth Beneath Our Feet is narrated by Rosemary Benson.