American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch; An Odyssey in the New China: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch; An Odyssey in the New China audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by George Newbern (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by George Newbern
George Newbern narrates 502 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,800 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
1,606 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch; An Odyssey in the New China is an audiobook by Matthew Polly: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by George Newbern, released December 18, 2018, on the Memoirs and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- George Newbern
- Released
- December 18, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781982545512
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch; An Odyssey in the New China audiobook?
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch; An Odyssey in the New China runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.
Is the American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch; An Odyssey in the New China audiobook free?
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Who narrates American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch; An Odyssey in the New China?
American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch; An Odyssey in the New China is narrated by George Newbern.
Is American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch; An Odyssey in the New China worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.