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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... walked a bit away from the shore and behind a bush and behind a tree was looking well , for a secluded spot to relieve myself . When I resumed my standing posture , I heard someone splashing water , a sound that I could not have heard ...
... walked a bit away from the shore and behind a bush and behind a tree was looking well , for a secluded spot to relieve myself . When I resumed my standing posture , I heard someone splashing water , a sound that I could not have heard ...
Pagina 18
... walked in the sand . I was no longer surprised and realized that we would find even more lines and hooks if we searched longer and more thoroughly . I looked for sharp - edged stones and a good bamboo for a rod . A thin , long one was ...
... walked in the sand . I was no longer surprised and realized that we would find even more lines and hooks if we searched longer and more thoroughly . I looked for sharp - edged stones and a good bamboo for a rod . A thin , long one was ...
Pagina 31
... that before the day was over . I would reach the other shoreline . I walked for about two hours , making adjustments as the sun moved along its path , so that I continued in the appropriate direction . Wind now blew against my face - 31 -
... that before the day was over . I would reach the other shoreline . I walked for about two hours , making adjustments as the sun moved along its path , so that I continued in the appropriate direction . Wind now blew against my face - 31 -
Pagina 36
... walked I described to her how I found myself unconscious on the shore . The moment arrived to mention the other woman . " You know , there was another person , another woman who was saved from that boat , also a tourist . " - " You mean ...
... walked I described to her how I found myself unconscious on the shore . The moment arrived to mention the other woman . " You know , there was another person , another woman who was saved from that boat , also a tourist . " - " You mean ...
Pagina 49
Ți-ai atins limita de vizualizări pentru această carte.
Ți-ai atins limita de vizualizări pentru această carte.
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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.