Easter IslandDial Press, 2003 - 308 pages But, out of contact with the outside world, she is unaware that World War I has been declared and that a German naval squadron, fleeing the British across the South Pacific, is heading to the island she now considers home." "Sixty years later, Dr. Greer Farraday, an American botanist, travels to Easter Island to research the island's ancient pollen, but more important, to put back the pieces of her life after the death of her husband.". |
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... plants are dead . This is neither an act of goodness nor of evil . It's simply a mechanism devel- oped by a particular organism to ensure its survival . The world's largest flower is produced by Rafflesia arnoldii , a parasitic plant of ...
... plants are dead . This is neither an act of goodness nor of evil . It's simply a mechanism devel- oped by a particular organism to ensure its survival . The world's largest flower is produced by Rafflesia arnoldii , a parasitic plant of ...
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... plant to plant . Flowering period , gestation , et cetera . " Thomas laughed . " Work calls you too . " Greer smiled . They understood this in each other , what they were driven by . " You know , " said Greer , “ the magnolia had ...
... plant to plant . Flowering period , gestation , et cetera . " Thomas laughed . " Work calls you too . " Greer smiled . They understood this in each other , what they were driven by . " You know , " said Greer , “ the magnolia had ...
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... plant . " It still grows in Tahiti , " she said from the doorway of his lab . He was un- easy with visitors , so Greer never crossed the threshold . " We could have some sent . I'm sure you could get SAAS to pitch in . Talk to Isabel ...
... plant . " It still grows in Tahiti , " she said from the doorway of his lab . He was un- easy with visitors , so Greer never crossed the threshold . " We could have some sent . I'm sure you could get SAAS to pitch in . Talk to Isabel ...
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