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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... wondered , in a science that required decades of observation to grasp one fundamental principle ? Natural selection - an idea so basic , so natural , it would appear self - evident to every generation that followed . Above all else ...
... wondered , in a science that required decades of observation to grasp one fundamental principle ? Natural selection - an idea so basic , so natural , it would appear self - evident to every generation that followed . Above all else ...
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... wondered if he had found the wrong one . Edward is on the verge of deciding which statue he will first excavate . Each evening , with several lamps burning their new stores of porpoise oil , he sifts through his data . Elsa tries to ...
... wondered if he had found the wrong one . Edward is on the verge of deciding which statue he will first excavate . Each evening , with several lamps burning their new stores of porpoise oil , he sifts through his data . Elsa tries to ...
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... wondered if you might not be trying to get rid of me . ” " Stay . " " Impossible . " " Then , when this is all over , we'll see each other . You will come visit me in Hertfordshire . You'll see our gardens in spring . You'll tell me the ...
... wondered if you might not be trying to get rid of me . ” " Stay . " " Impossible . " " Then , when this is all over , we'll see each other . You will come visit me in Hertfordshire . You'll see our gardens in spring . You'll tell me the ...
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Alice Alice's Allie arms arrived asked began begins believe beneath beside Biscuit boat Burke-Jones called closed course dark Doctor don't door Easter Island Edward Elsa Elsa's eyes face father feel felt finally flower grass Greer hair hand head hold hope imagine interest island It's land leave letter light live looked Mahina mean mind moai months moved neck never night ocean offered once past perhaps plant pollen pulled Rapa Nui rest returned rocks samples says seemed seen ship side sitting sleep smile soon sound Spee standing statues steps sure Sven talk tell thick thing Thomas thought took trees trying turned understand Vicente voice waiting walked watch weeks woman wondered write