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When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed by Howard Markel

When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed audiobook runs 8.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Steven Jay Cohen (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Medicine & Naturopathystore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 10,901 Medicine & Naturopathy audiobooks in our catalog.

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About this listen

When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed is an audiobook by Howard Markel: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Jay Cohen, released August 17, 2021, on the Medicine & Naturopathy and Disorders & Diseases shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
Steven Jay Cohen
Released
August 17, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Medicine & Naturopathy, Disorders & Diseases, The Americas
ISBN
9781705281185

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How long is the When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed audiobook?

When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

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Who narrates When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed?

When Germs Travel: Six Major Epidemics That Have Invaded America and the Fears They Have Unleashed is narrated by Steven Jay Cohen.