About This Book
This anthology includes, among many other enlightening essays, Rick Perlstein on Paul Cowan's 'The Tribes of America'; Nicholson Baker on Daniel Defoe's 'A Journal of the Plague Year', Marla Cone on Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring', and much more.
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Reading Time Estimates
5h 9m
slow reader
180 WPM
3h 42m
average reader
250 WPM
2h 39m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 55,550 wordsπ
8 days at 30 min/day
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3 h 42 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
4 h 7 min
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Audio 1x
6 h 10 min
Audio 2x
3 h 5 min
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- π 8 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π8 commutesΒ of 30 min each