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The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction by Matthew B. Crawford

The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Fass (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5listening hrs
Mental Health & Psychologystore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf

1,140 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction is an audiobook by Matthew B. Crawford: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Fass, released March 31, 2015, on the Mental Health & Psychology and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.5 hrs
Narrated by
Robert Fass
Released
March 31, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mental Health & Psychology, Lessons in Philosophy
ISBN
9781427260703

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction as an audiobook?

The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Is The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction?

The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction is narrated by Robert Fass.