Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Brunetti series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations audiobook runs 19.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Oliver Wyman (about 13.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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What our data says
- At 19.8 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 4,722 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
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Oliver Wyman narrates 106 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 857 hours in all.
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About this listen
Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations is book 8 of Thomas L. Friedman's Brunetti series: a 19.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Oliver Wyman, released November 22, 2016, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Oliver Wyman
- Released
- November 22, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- Series
- Brunetti #8
- ISBN
- 9781427274656
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How long is the Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations audiobook?
Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations runs 19.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.2 hours.
Is the Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations audiobook free?
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Who narrates Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations?
Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations is narrated by Oliver Wyman.
Is Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.2 hours, saving 6.6 hours.