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New Zealand: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Land of the Long White Cloud and Māori People

by Captivating History ...

Narrated by Jason Zenobia ...

Unabridged

8 hours 27 min

Two manuscripts in one audiobook:History of New Zealand: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Land of the Long White Cloud, from the Polynesians Through the Māori Musket Wars to the PresentMāori History: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Indigenous Polynesian People of New ZealandIn the first part of this audiobook, you will learn about:Extinct animals that used to call New Zealand ... Read more

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Two manuscripts in one audiobook:History of New Zealand: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Land of the Long White Cloud, from the Polynesians Through the Māori Musket Wars to the PresentMāori History: A Captivating Guide to the History of the Indigenous Polynesian People of New ZealandIn the first part of this audiobook, you will learn about:Extinct animals that used to call New Zealand
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Audiobook

Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me

Debunking the False Narratives Defining America’s School Curricula

by Wilfred Reilly ...

Narrated by Mirron Willis ...

Unabridged

9 hours 28 min

A college professor debunks the myths that have infiltrated America's school curricula.In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from American history books.But in the decades that followed, false leftist narratives—as wrong as those they supplanted—have come to dominate ... Read more

$28.99 USD

A college professor debunks the myths that have infiltrated America's school curricula.In 1995, James W. Loewen penned the classic work of criticism Lies My Teacher Told Me, a left-leaning corrective that addressed much of what was sanitized and omitted from American history books.But in the decades that followed, false leftist narratives—as wrong as those they supplanted—have come to dominate
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Audiobook

A People's History of the United States

by Howard Zinn ...

Narrated by Jeff Zinn ...

Unabridged

34 hours 10 min

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools—with its ... Read more

$52.99 USD

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER""A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future."" –Howard FastHistorian Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools—with its
... Read more
Audiobook

Medium Raw

A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook

by Anthony Bourdain ...

Narrated by Anthony Bourdain ...

Unabridged

8 hours 59 min

Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,” and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world, ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook,” and he is at his entertaining best as he takes aim at some of the biggest names in the foodie world,
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Audiobook

Crown and Country

A History of England through the Monarchy

by David Starkey ...

Narrated by David Starkey, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jim Norton ...

Unabridged

15 hours 11 min

An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day.The monarchy is one of Britain’s longest surviving institutions – as well as one of its most tumultuous and revered. In this masterful book, David Starkey looks at the monarchy as a whole, charting its history from Roman times, to the Wars of the Roses, the chaos of the Civil War, the fall of Charles I ... Read more

$31.99 USD

An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day.The monarchy is one of Britain’s longest surviving institutions – as well as one of its most tumultuous and revered. In this masterful book, David Starkey looks at the monarchy as a whole, charting its history from Roman times, to the Wars of the Roses, the chaos of the Civil War, the fall of Charles I
... Read more
Audiobook

The World

A Family History of Humanity

by Simon Sebag Montefiore ...

Narrated by Simon Sebag Montefiore, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

68 hours 8 min

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families • From the author of The RomanovsA Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, Smithsonian****“Succession meets Game of Thrones.” —The Spectator • “The author brings his cast of dynastic titans, rogues and psychopaths to life...An epic that ... Read more

$55.00 USD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families • From the author of The RomanovsA Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker, Smithsonian****“Succession meets Game of Thrones.” —The Spectator • “The author brings his cast of dynastic titans, rogues and psychopaths to life...An epic that
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Audiobook

A Less Boring History of the World

by Dave Rear ...

Narrated by Miles Jupp ...

Unabridged

4 hours 55 min

Refreshes the parts other history books can’t reach...A bit ropy on the Renaissance?In the dark about the Enlightenment?Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world and want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not boring romp through everything that has ever happened on planet earth – from 15 billion years BC to the present day?Good.A Less Boring History of the ... Read more

$12.99 USD

Refreshes the parts other history books can’t reach...A bit ropy on the Renaissance?In the dark about the Enlightenment?Or, in fact, do you need a revision course on the entire history of the world and want to read a witty, irreverent, definitely not boring romp through everything that has ever happened on planet earth – from 15 billion years BC to the present day?Good.A Less Boring History of the
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Audiobook

How the World Made the West

A 4,000 Year History

by Josephine Quinn ...

Narrated by Alix Dunmore ...

Unabridged

15 hours 47 min

**An award-winning Cambridge history professor “makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve” (The Wall Street Journal)—that the West is, and always has been, truly global.“Those archaic ‘Western Civ’ classes so many of us took in college should be updated, argues Quinn, [who] invites us to . . . revel in a richer, more polyglot inheritance.”—The Boston Globe**AN ECONOMIST BEST ... Read more

$25.99 USD

**An award-winning Cambridge history professor “makes a forceful argument and tells a story with great verve” (The Wall Street Journal)—that the West is, and always has been, truly global.“Those archaic ‘Western Civ’ classes so many of us took in college should be updated, argues Quinn, [who] invites us to . . . revel in a richer, more polyglot inheritance.”—The Boston Globe**AN ECONOMIST BEST
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History of Australia: A Captivating Guide to Australian History, Starting from the Aborigines Through the Dutch East India Company, James Cook, and World War II to the Present

by Captivating History ...

Narrated by Jason Zenobia ...

Unabridged

4 hours 5 min

Did you know that Australia was once thought of as an undesirable place to live?Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began. Despite the fact that Australia was a large landmass, no nation believed it was worth colonizing. The land was claimed by the ... Read more

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Did you know that Australia was once thought of as an undesirable place to live?Long before Australia started to be considered one of the best places in the world to live, it was thought to be completely unlivable. In the 15th century, the European race to claim land began. Despite the fact that Australia was a large landmass, no nation believed it was worth colonizing. The land was claimed by the
... Read more
Audiobook

Chess Opening Names - Volume 1

by Nathan Rose ...

Narrated by Nathan Rose ...

Unabridged

4 hours 53 min

The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are ... Read more

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The people, places and stories behind the chess openings and their namesWhen we play chess, the first few moves define the game . You probably know the names already: the Sicilian Defense, the Ruy Lopez, the French Defense, the Caro-Kann, the Benoni, the London System, the Scandinavian Defense and so on.But most chess players don't know WHY the openings are called what they are. The tales are
... Read more
Audiobook

Voices of a People’s History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition

by Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove ...

Narrated by Robert Fass, Prentice Onayemi, Allyson Johnson, Vivienne Leheny, Jennifer Ikeda, Fajer Al-Kaisi, Raphael Corkhill, Vikas Adam, various narrators, Justin D. Torres ...

Unabridged

31 hours 15 min

Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn.New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her thirty-five-year prison sentence; Naomi Klein, speaking ... Read more

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Selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn.New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her thirty-five-year prison sentence; Naomi Klein, speaking
... Read more
Audiobook

The Doctrine Of Fascism Benito Mussolini

by Benito Mussolini ...

Narrated by Geoffrey Giuliano & The Icon Players ...

Unabridged

47 min

“It’s better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.”"I am the most terrible animal that's ever existed."“We become strongest, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look for moral guidance." ”MUSSOLINIBenito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini born on July 29, 1883 who went by the nickname “Il Duce” (“the Leader”), was a deeply unbalanced tyrannical Italian dictator who ... Read more

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“It’s better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.”"I am the most terrible animal that's ever existed."“We become strongest, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look for moral guidance." ”MUSSOLINIBenito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini born on July 29, 1883 who went by the nickname “Il Duce” (“the Leader”), was a deeply unbalanced tyrannical Italian dictator who
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Audiobook

Emancipadores e Abolicionistas: Trechos selecionados de "A abolição"

Documentos do Brasil

by Osório Duque-Estrada ...

Narrated by Marcela de Barros ...

Series series MiniPops
Unabridged

22 min

Nestes trechos de "A abolição", Osório Duque-Estrada apresenta o clima fervilhante que antecedeu o fim da escravidão no Brasil, no momento em que a Lei do Ventre Livre começava a ser discutida no parlamento e na sociedade. Com clareza e riqueza de detalhes, o autor expõe os principais nomes do movimento abolicionista, revelando suas estratégias, lutas e convicções. Entre figuras consagradas como ... Read more

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Nestes trechos de "A abolição", Osório Duque-Estrada apresenta o clima fervilhante que antecedeu o fim da escravidão no Brasil, no momento em que a Lei do Ventre Livre começava a ser discutida no parlamento e na sociedade. Com clareza e riqueza de detalhes, o autor expõe os principais nomes do movimento abolicionista, revelando suas estratégias, lutas e convicções. Entre figuras consagradas como
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Audiobook

Der Kreuzzug der Kinder

3: Die Saat des Bösen

by Andreas Galk, Andreas Galk, Christoph Cremer6 ...

Narrated by Andreas Galk, Frank Hangen, Udo Jolly, Malte Janßen, Klara Lange, Andrea Jolly, Aennie Jung, Wiebke Bierwag, Lisa-Marie Lehr0, Albrecht Hoffmann1, Eva Galk2, Emily Sichwart3, Lynda Palitzsch4, Lucia Gürster5, Martin Petersen-Krause6, Merle Krause7, Nele Galk8, Nele Dierken9, Britta Noras0, Sabine Herresbach1, Johannes Jähnig2, Andrea Küstermann3, Malou Galk4, Yvonne Radtke5 ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Der Kreuzzug der Kinder
Unabridged

44 min

Der Zug der Kinder setzt seinen Weg fort. Doch allmählich beginnt der Hunger an den Wandernden zu nagen. Unverhofft bietet sich eine Gelegenheit, die weder Nikolaus noch Vater Magnus ausschlagen können... Die Hörspielreihe erzählt mit Hilfe einer fiktionalen Rahmenhandlung die realen historischen Ereignisse in Rückblenden und aus Sicht der Kinder, die sich auf dem Weg befinden. Eine große Cast mit ... Read more

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Der Zug der Kinder setzt seinen Weg fort. Doch allmählich beginnt der Hunger an den Wandernden zu nagen. Unverhofft bietet sich eine Gelegenheit, die weder Nikolaus noch Vater Magnus ausschlagen können... Die Hörspielreihe erzählt mit Hilfe einer fiktionalen Rahmenhandlung die realen historischen Ereignisse in Rückblenden und aus Sicht der Kinder, die sich auf dem Weg befinden. Eine große Cast mit
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Albert Jack's Mysterious World

by Albert Jack ...

Narrated by Albert Jack ...

Unabridged

6 hours 52 min

Albert Jack now turns his attention to the mysteries that have haunted us throughout history.Albert Jack's Mysterious World cleverly combines his research with riveting stories and hilarious observations.All life's most perplexing questions answered: UFOs, Crop Circles and Alien invasions Where is the Mona Lisa? (clue: it's not in the Louvre) Is the Loch Ness Monster really a circus elephant? Will ... Read more

$17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Albert Jack now turns his attention to the mysteries that have haunted us throughout history.Albert Jack's Mysterious World cleverly combines his research with riveting stories and hilarious observations.All life's most perplexing questions answered: UFOs, Crop Circles and Alien invasions Where is the Mona Lisa? (clue: it's not in the Louvre) Is the Loch Ness Monster really a circus elephant? Will
... Read more
Audiobook

Страна имен. Как мы называем улицы, деревни и города в России

by Сергей Никитин, Сергей Никитин, Вадим Бух, Михаил Литваков ...

Narrated by Сергей Никитин ...

Unabridged

6 hours 38 min

На берегу Москвы-реки до сих пор стоит деревня Марс, названная так большевиками, а Екатерина II повально переименовывала места, чьи имена звучали «срамно» и «непристойно». Географические названия, топонимы — не только наш ориентир в пространстве, но и способ перемещаться во времени. В каждом имени — надежды, амбиции и эстетика разных эпох. Появляясь и меняясь под влиянием исторических событий, ... Read more

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На берегу Москвы-реки до сих пор стоит деревня Марс, названная так большевиками, а Екатерина II повально переименовывала места, чьи имена звучали «срамно» и «непристойно». Географические названия, топонимы — не только наш ориентир в пространстве, но и способ перемещаться во времени. В каждом имени — надежды, амбиции и эстетика разных эпох. Появляясь и меняясь под влиянием исторических событий,
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Audiobook

The Heart of Philura (UNABRIDGED)

by Florence Morse KINGSLEY ...

Narrated by Charley Laylah ...

Unabridged

8 hours 51 min

"(Once again Mrs Kingsley does not shy away from the highs and lows of life in the quickly changing world of the 1900s…the ageing women working to support themselves or their families, in jobs that will soon disappear...the washerwoman, butter-woman and the little dressmaker….the contrast between the socialite of Boston and the drudge in the kitchen….the old farmers and the independent, college ... Read more

$4.99 USD

"(Once again Mrs Kingsley does not shy away from the highs and lows of life in the quickly changing world of the 1900s…the ageing women working to support themselves or their families, in jobs that will soon disappear...the washerwoman, butter-woman and the little dressmaker….the contrast between the socialite of Boston and the drudge in the kitchen….the old farmers and the independent, college
... Read more
Audiobook

Und sie schämeten sich nicht Vol. 01

Eine Geschichte der Liebe

by Joachim Fernau, Hechendorf Studio Johannes Steck ...

Narrated by Johannes Steck ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Eine Geschichte der Liebe
Unabridged

4 hours 32 min

Warum ist die Nacht das lichteste Kapitel der germanischen Geschichte? Weshalb wechselte man vom Minnegesang so schnell zum Minnedienst? Was verbarg sich hinter der Prüderie des Biedermeier? Diese und viele andere Fragen beantwortet Joachim Fernau mit großem erzählerischen Elan. Die funkensprühende Geschichte der Liebe, von den alten Germanen bis zur sexuellen Befreiung. Joachim Fernau, 1909 in ... Read more

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Warum ist die Nacht das lichteste Kapitel der germanischen Geschichte? Weshalb wechselte man vom Minnegesang so schnell zum Minnedienst? Was verbarg sich hinter der Prüderie des Biedermeier? Diese und viele andere Fragen beantwortet Joachim Fernau mit großem erzählerischen Elan. Die funkensprühende Geschichte der Liebe, von den alten Germanen bis zur sexuellen Befreiung. Joachim Fernau, 1909 in
... Read more
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Die Freimaurer - Der mächtigste Geheimbund der Welt (Ungekürzte Lesung)

by John Dickie ...

Narrated by Julian Mehne ...

Unabridged

16 hours 58 min

Die wahre Geschichte hinter dem Mythos. Der Historiker und Mafia-Experte John Dickie liefert die erste umfassende und seriöse Geschichte der Freimaurer - des Geheimbunds, der seit seiner Gründung im 18. Jahrhundert die Geschicke des Westens entscheidend mitbestimmt hat. Mozart, Goethe und Friedrich der Große gehörten dazu. George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt und Winston Churchill auch. ... Read more

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Die wahre Geschichte hinter dem Mythos. Der Historiker und Mafia-Experte John Dickie liefert die erste umfassende und seriöse Geschichte der Freimaurer - des Geheimbunds, der seit seiner Gründung im 18. Jahrhundert die Geschicke des Westens entscheidend mitbestimmt hat. Mozart, Goethe und Friedrich der Große gehörten dazu. George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt und Winston Churchill auch.
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Audiobook

A Historian in Gaza

by Jean-Pierre Filiu ...

Narrated by Michael Langan ...

Unabridged

4 hours 59 min

Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war.When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war.When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances
... Read more
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Risque Business

Breastaurants in American Culture

by Ty Matejowsky ...

Narrated by Brandon J. Peterson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 57 min

Risqué Business serves up the breastaurant industry, where food service, sex appeal, identity, and gender politics mix.Risqué Business explores the rise and ongoing cultural reckoning of "breastaurants": sports bar–style restaurants like Hooters and Twin Peaks, which have long relied on the sexualized presentation of female servers to attract a mostly straight, male clientele. Ty Matejowsky, ... Read more

$20.99 USD

Risqué Business serves up the breastaurant industry, where food service, sex appeal, identity, and gender politics mix.Risqué Business explores the rise and ongoing cultural reckoning of "breastaurants": sports bar–style restaurants like Hooters and Twin Peaks, which have long relied on the sexualized presentation of female servers to attract a mostly straight, male clientele. Ty Matejowsky,
... Read more
Audiobook

Radical Volunteers

Dissent, Desegregation, and Student Power in Tennessee

by Katherine J. Ballantyne ...

Narrated by Elizabeth Wiley ...

Unabridged

9 hours 32 min

Radical Volunteers tells the largely unknown story of southern student activism in Tennessee between the Brown decision in 1954 and the national backlash against the Kent State University shootings in May 1970. As one of the first statewide studies of student activism—and one of the few examinations of southern student activism—it broadens scholarly understanding of New Left and Black student ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Radical Volunteers tells the largely unknown story of southern student activism in Tennessee between the Brown decision in 1954 and the national backlash against the Kent State University shootings in May 1970. As one of the first statewide studies of student activism—and one of the few examinations of southern student activism—it broadens scholarly understanding of New Left and Black student
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Audiobook

Education for Extinction

American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928

by David Wallace Adams ...

Narrated by Paul Boehmer ...

Unabridged

18 hours 41 min

The last "Indian War" was fought against Native American children in the dormitories and classrooms of government boarding schools. Only by removing Indian children from their homes for extended periods of time, policymakers reasoned, could white "civilization" take root while childhood memories of "savagism" gradually faded to the point of extinction. In the words of one official: "Kill the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The last "Indian War" was fought against Native American children in the dormitories and classrooms of government boarding schools. Only by removing Indian children from their homes for extended periods of time, policymakers reasoned, could white "civilization" take root while childhood memories of "savagism" gradually faded to the point of extinction. In the words of one official: "Kill the
... Read more
Audiobook

The Tensaw River

Alabama's Hidden Heritage Corridor

by Mike Bunn ...

Narrated by Jim Seybert ...

Unabridged

2 hours 37 min

The Tensaw River introduces one of the American South's richest and most fertile natural features. Author Mike Bunn is director of Historic Blakeley State Park, which is nestled in a prominent bend of the majestic Tensaw River.Forming the eastern boundary of the expansive Mobile-Tensaw Delta, the Tensaw has had little industrial development. Left largely undisturbed, the river flows free and ... Read more

$12.99 USD

The Tensaw River introduces one of the American South's richest and most fertile natural features. Author Mike Bunn is director of Historic Blakeley State Park, which is nestled in a prominent bend of the majestic Tensaw River.Forming the eastern boundary of the expansive Mobile-Tensaw Delta, the Tensaw has had little industrial development. Left largely undisturbed, the river flows free and
... Read more

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