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The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction by Gisli Palsson

The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Woodson (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day5 days
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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

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

698 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

The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction is an audiobook by Gisli Palsson: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Woodson, released July 9, 2024, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Woodson
Released
July 9, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781696606523

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction as an audiobook?

The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction?

The Last of Its Kind: The Search for the Great Auk and the Discovery of Extinction is narrated by Paul Woodson.