About This Book
The Potato tells the story of how a humble vegetable, once regarded as trash food, had as revolutionary an impact on Western history as the railroad or the automobile. Using Ireland, England, France, and the United States as examples, Larry Zuckerman shows how daily life from the 1770s until World W...
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Reading Time Estimates
11h 11m
slow reader
180 WPM
8h 3m
average reader
250 WPM
5h 45m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 120,725 wordsπ
17 days at 30 min/day
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Reading time
8 h 3 min
at 250 words per minute
Audiobook (1.5x)
8 h 57 min
at 1.5x narration speed
Audio 1x
13 h 25 min
Audio 2x
6 h 42 min
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- π 17 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
- π17 commutesΒ of 30 min each