What the River Knows: Essays from the Heart of Alaska: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What the River Knows: Essays from the Heart of Alaska audiobook runs 12.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Basil Sands (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.9 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Basil Sands
Basil Sands narrates 78 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,007 hours in all.
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About as long, on the The Americas shelf
738 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 the River Knows: Essays from the Heart of Alaska is an audiobook by Michael Engelhard: a 12.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Basil Sands, released August 19, 2025, on the The Americas and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Basil Sands
- Released
- August 19, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9798331937140
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What the River Knows: Essays from the Heart of Alaska audiobook?
What the River Knows: Essays from the Heart of Alaska runs 12.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.
Is the What the River Knows: Essays from the Heart of Alaska audiobook free?
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Who narrates What the River Knows: Essays from the Heart of Alaska?
What the River Knows: Essays from the Heart of Alaska is narrated by Basil Sands.
Is What the River Knows: Essays from the Heart of Alaska worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.