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The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives by Ernest Scheyder

The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives runs 14.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Moraitis (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.2listening hrs
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)store shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives at common listening paces
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30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.2 hours, it runs longer than 95% 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 War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives is an audiobook by Ernest Scheyder: a 14.2-hour unabridged recording, read by John Moraitis, released March 25, 2024, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.2 hrs
Narrated by
John Moraitis
Released
March 25, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781804186718

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives as an audiobook?

The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives runs 14.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.

Is The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives?

The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives is narrated by John Moraitis.

Is The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’: Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.7 hours.