About This Book
From the author of Mayflower, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye--the riveting bestseller tells the story of the true events that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick. Winner of the National Book Award, Nathaniel Philbrick's book is a fantastic saga of survival and adventure, steeped in the lore...
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8h 39m
slow reader
180 WPM
6h 14m
average reader
250 WPM
4h 27m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 93,500 wordsπ
13 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
6 h 14 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
6 h 56 min
at 1.5x narration speed
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10 h 23 min
Audio 2x
5 h 12 min
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- π 13 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
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