Lost Worlds
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How should I explain to her my emerging idea of a new life here at Lavena?
“Listen, darling, rent the house—pay the bills, pack a few books and things, give everything else away, load up the cats”—oh, yes, Freddie and Friskie would love it here—“and I’ll meet you in Taveuni and bring you down to this palm-frond bure I’ve just built on the beach and we’ll have a kava celebration and then we’ll go fishing and make a meke and then…”
I think she’d like the idea.
So—make the call.
When?
Now.
Now?
Why not?
Well—I just might….
About the Author and the Illustrator
DAVID YEADON is the author/illustrator of sixteen travel books, including The Back of Beyond, Secluded Islands of the Atlantic Coast, Backroad Journeys of Southern Europe, and Hidden Corners of Britain. Yeadon writes regularly for National Geographic, the Washington Post, and many other travel magazines. He lives with his wife, Anne—and their two cats—on the quiet shores of Mohegan Lake, New York.
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Also by David Yeadon
Adventure Travel
THE BACK OF BEYOND
SECLUDED ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC COAST
NEW YORK’S NOOKS AND CRANNIES
BACKROAD JOURNEYS OF SOUTHERN EUROPE
HIDDEN CORNERS OF BRITAIN
BACKROAD JOURNEYS OF THE WEST COAST STATES
HIDDEN CORNERS OF NEW ENGLAND
HIDDEN CORNERS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
EXPLORING SMALL TOWNS IN CALIFORNIA (2 Vols.)
Travel Guides
NEW YORK: THE BEST PLACES
FREE NEW YORK
NEW YORK BOOK OF BARS, PUBS AND TAVERNS
WINE TASTING IN CALIFORNIA
HIDDEN RESTAURANTS OF CALIFORNIA (2 Vols.)
Others
SUMPTUOUS INDULGENCE ON A SHOESTRING—
A Cookbook
WHEN THE EARTH WAS YOUNG—
Native American Songs and Chants
Copyright
LOST WORLDS. Copyright © 1993 by David Yeadon. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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