Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World audiobook runs 10.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Victor Bevine (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 10.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Victor Bevine
Victor Bevine narrates 54 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 584 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,727 Social Science 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
Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World is an audiobook by Laurence C. Smith: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Victor Bevine, released April 21, 2020, on the Social Science and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Victor Bevine
- Released
- April 21, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction), Unique Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781501989650
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World audiobook?
Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is the Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World audiobook free?
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Who narrates Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World?
Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World is narrated by Victor Bevine.
Is Rivers of Power: How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.4 hours.