Love and Fantasy in the Cuckoo IslandsWesma Publishers, 2003 - 167 pagini A story of romance and adventure in the South Pacific, involving a castaway who treks across several islands and meets a number of colorful characters, including a spy, an intelligence officer and refugees, as well as charming girls and women. The hero settles down in his new country and joins a club, whose members discuss the world situation at the end of the second millenium |
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... gave me a quiet smile ; she was really quite a pretty woman , rather too much hair ( though that was a fine protection against sunshine ) , a fairly big nose , and tall but otherwise good to look at , one might even say good - looking ...
... gave me a quiet smile ; she was really quite a pretty woman , rather too much hair ( though that was a fine protection against sunshine ) , a fairly big nose , and tall but otherwise good to look at , one might even say good - looking ...
Pagina 30
... gave me a kiss as I was leaving . I took with me a basket which we had constructed out of small bamboo twigs and put into it a fair amount of dried fish and some coconuts , with a half shell as a vessel for drinking . The only weapon ...
... gave me a kiss as I was leaving . I took with me a basket which we had constructed out of small bamboo twigs and put into it a fair amount of dried fish and some coconuts , with a half shell as a vessel for drinking . The only weapon ...
Pagina 34
... gave me immediate strength . I could not find anything else . " " Enough of talking , Liz , let's sit down by this palm tree and I will offer you a feast . " She sat right next to me and we put the basket across our knees . She threw ...
... gave me immediate strength . I could not find anything else . " " Enough of talking , Liz , let's sit down by this palm tree and I will offer you a feast . " She sat right next to me and we put the basket across our knees . She threw ...
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Albanians Aroha asked Bacon beer boat Bohunk border bottles Cathy coconuts convent school cooking couple Cuckoo Islands Danley day after tomorrow discussion drink erotic eventually excess wealth eyes Father Cornelius feel felt film fish Foxtown Fred friends girl Hamsa hand happened happy Herb Hua Hua identity document immigrant intelligence interest Jesse Kirk kiss knew labor labor camp Lenin Lily lived looked marriage married married couples meals mind morning Mother Superior mouth-to-mouth resuscitation never night Noa Roa penis perhaps realized refugee camp Robbie Roberta seemed Shiffer Sidney situation sleep Sleeper Society someone soon speak Stalin started stay sure talk thought tomorrow took touch vasectomy waiting walked weeks wife wind woman women wondered young
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Pagina viii - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men; for thus sings he, Cuckoo; Cuckoo, cuckoo: O word of fear, Unpleasing to a married ear!
Pagina viii - O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling only to the Vale, Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird...
Pagina 145 - But there is another factor which should be taken into account," the Yid joined the discussion, "namely, the desire of the public to be entertained at whatever cost.