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Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day by Diane Ackerman

Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day audiobook runs 7 hours unabridged, narrated by Laural Merlington (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 7 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Laural Merlington

Laural Merlington narrates 414 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,846 hours in all.

All Laural Merlington audiobooks, measured

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About this listen

Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day is an audiobook by Diane Ackerman: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Laural Merlington, released October 12, 2009, on the Memoirs and Mindfulness & Meditation shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7 hrs
Narrated by
Laural Merlington
Released
October 12, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Mindfulness & Meditation, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
ISBN
9781400183142

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day audiobook?

Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is the Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day audiobook free?

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Who narrates Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day?

Dawn Light: Dancing with Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day is narrated by Laural Merlington.