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The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man by Christopher Bird, Peter Tompkins

The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man runs 16.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by D. Michael Hope (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.5listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man at common listening paces
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30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.5 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) 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

The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man is an audiobook by Christopher Bird and Peter Tompkins: a 16.5-hour unabridged recording, read by D. Michael Hope, released April 7, 2020, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) and Biology & Chemistry shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.5 hrs
Narrated by
D. Michael Hope
Released
April 7, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction), Biology & Chemistry
ISBN
9780062980625

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man as an audiobook?

The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man runs 16.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.

Is The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man?

The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man is narrated by D. Michael Hope.

Is The Secret Life of Plants: A Fascinating Account of the Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Relations Between Plants and Man worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.