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What Makes a Hero?: The Suprising Science of Selflessness by Elizabeth Svoboda

What Makes a Hero?: The Suprising Science of Selflessness: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What Makes a Hero?: The Suprising Science of Selflessness audiobook runs 6.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Rose Itzcovitz (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.8listening hrs
Mental Health & Psychologystore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.8 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 6.8 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 8,456 Mental Health & Psychology 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

What Makes a Hero?: The Suprising Science of Selflessness is an audiobook by Elizabeth Svoboda: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Rose Itzcovitz, released August 29, 2013, on the Mental Health & Psychology and Biology & Chemistry shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.8 hrs
Narrated by
Rose Itzcovitz
Released
August 29, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mental Health & Psychology, Biology & Chemistry
ISBN
9781469027180

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the What Makes a Hero?: The Suprising Science of Selflessness audiobook?

What Makes a Hero?: The Suprising Science of Selflessness runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.

Is the What Makes a Hero?: The Suprising Science of Selflessness audiobook free?

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

Who narrates What Makes a Hero?: The Suprising Science of Selflessness?

What Makes a Hero?: The Suprising Science of Selflessness is narrated by Rose Itzcovitz.