Books like The Complete Book of Woodwork
Charles H. Hayward
The Complete Book of Woodwork is 268 pages, about 4 hours 55 minutes at 250 words a minute.
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A Reverence for Wood 2.0 h 
The Woodworker's Bible 7.6 h 
The Workbench Book 4.5 h 
Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking. Book 2 4.0 h 
Woodworking for Dummies 7.0 h 
The Essential Woodworker 2.9 h 
Woodworking Simplified 2.8 h Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.