Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World audiobook runs 8.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Ganim (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Ganim
Peter Ganim narrates 180 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,967 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,902 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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About this listen
Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World is an audiobook by David Blistein and John H. Halpern: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Ganim, released August 13, 2019, on the Social Science and World shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Ganim
- Released
- August 13, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, World
- ISBN
- 9781549175329
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World audiobook?
Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
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Who narrates Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World?
Opium: How an Ancient Flower Shaped and Poisoned Our World is narrated by Peter Ganim.