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Part travelogue, part autobiography, part medical mystery, this moving book by the "poet laureate of medicine" (The New York Times) and bestselling author of Awakenings takes us to a tiny Pacific atoll and the island of Guam to explore the genesis of disease, the wonders of botany, and the complexit...
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Reading Time Estimates
8h 9m
slow reader
180 WPM
5h 52m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 11m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 88,000 wordsπ
12 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
5 h 52 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 31 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
9 h 47 min
Audio 2x
4 h 53 min
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- π 12 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π12 commutesΒ of 30 min each