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The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors by Al Silverman

The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors runs 13.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Weiner (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.6listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 7,179 World 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 Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors is an audiobook by Al Silverman: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Weiner, released November 2, 2009, on the World shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.6 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Weiner
Released
November 2, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World
ISBN
9781483057835

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors as an audiobook?

The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.

Is The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors?

The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors is narrated by Tom Weiner.

Is The Time of Their Lives: The Golden Age of Great American Book Publishers, Their Editors, and Authors worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.