It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Taming the Flood by Jeremy Purseglove
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Beautifully written and magnificently illustrated with photographs, line drawings and maps, this book serves both as a celebration of the richness of the British countryside, and as a warning of the legacy of loss and destruction we could so easily leave to future generations. In 2014 the Somerset Levels suffered from the worst flooding in over twenty years, and more recently, flooding in Cumbria and other parts of Britain have reached new levels of severity. Inevitably residents ask for more drainage, more dredging and more money. Taming the Flood analyses many of the conflicting demands...
Taming the Flood by Jeremy Purseglove is 400 pages long, and a total of 100,000 words.
This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read Taming the Flood aloud.
Taming the Flood is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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