Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America audiobook runs 11.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Boehmer (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 11.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul Boehmer
Paul Boehmer narrates 472 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,598 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
754 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America is an audiobook by Jay Mathews: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Boehmer, released April 8, 2009, on the History & Culture shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Boehmer
- Released
- April 8, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9781598879063
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How long is the Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America audiobook?
Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is the Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America audiobook free?
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Who narrates Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America?
Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America is narrated by Paul Boehmer.
Is Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.