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The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Oliver Wyman (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.7 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 4,722 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Oliver Wyman
Oliver Wyman narrates 106 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 857 hours in all.
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century is an audiobook by Thomas L. Friedman: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Oliver Wyman, released April 18, 2006, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Oliver Wyman
- Released
- April 18, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
- ISBN
- 9781427200341
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century as an audiobook?
The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
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Who narrates The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century?
The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century is narrated by Oliver Wyman.