Sealed Thirst: A Human History of Bottled Water
By Charles Alford
Length42m
About this audiobook
Sealed Thirst: A Human History of Bottled Water is a narrative nonfiction audiobook that traces how water moved from wells, rivers, and communal taps into sealed bottles carried everywhere. Through vivid storytelling and human-centered reflection, the book explores fear, trust, marketing, industry, labor, environmental cost, and changing habits around drinking water. Rather than condemning or praising bottled water, it examines how convenience, safety, and belief shaped a global habit, and what was quietly lost along the way. Thoughtful, grounded, and deeply relatable, this book invites listeners to rethink their relationship with water, not as a product, but as a shared h
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Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenrePoetry, Literary Classics
Length42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 28, 2026
LanguageEnglish
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