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The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years by Ulbe Bosma

The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years runs 14 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Julian Elfer (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14 hours of listening.

Days to finish The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years 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 14 hours, it runs longer than 80% 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 World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years is an audiobook by Ulbe Bosma: a 14-hour unabridged recording, read by Julian Elfer, released June 6, 2023, on the World and Business & Career Development shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14 hrs
Narrated by
Julian Elfer
Released
June 6, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, Business & Career Development
ISBN
9798350823509

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years as an audiobook?

The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years runs 14 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.

Is The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years?

The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years is narrated by Julian Elfer.

Is The World of Sugar: How the Sweet Stuff Transformed Our Politics, Health, and Environment over 2,000 Years worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.7 hours.