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Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat by Nick Kokonas, Grant Achatz

Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat audiobook runs 12.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Johnny Heller (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.9listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat at common listening paces
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30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 10,266 Memoirs 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

Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat is an audiobook by Nick Kokonas and Grant Achatz: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Johnny Heller, released March 25, 2011, on the Memoirs and Fitness, Diet & Nutrition shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.9 hrs
Narrated by
Johnny Heller
Released
March 25, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Fitness, Diet & Nutrition
ISBN
9781452671277

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat audiobook?

Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is the Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat audiobook free?

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Who narrates Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat?

Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat is narrated by Johnny Heller.

Is Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.