Story of a Life: Years of hopeHarvill Press, 1968 - Authors, Russian |
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Page 27
... rouble notes were ' bits ' , millions were ' lemons ' , while a milliard bore the resounding name of ' lemonard ' . The ... roubles ' , hundred- rouble ' omlettes ' and ' steps ' , and a host of other ' currency ' backed by the dubious ...
... rouble notes were ' bits ' , millions were ' lemons ' , while a milliard bore the resounding name of ' lemonard ' . The ... roubles ' , hundred- rouble ' omlettes ' and ' steps ' , and a host of other ' currency ' backed by the dubious ...
Page 115
... roubles you could spin it and look at fascinating places like Easter Island , or the Zambesi River , or the city of Caracas . A little further on there was a graphologist - fortune - teller . He told fortunes from hand - writing . All ...
... roubles you could spin it and look at fascinating places like Easter Island , or the Zambesi River , or the city of Caracas . A little further on there was a graphologist - fortune - teller . He told fortunes from hand - writing . All ...
Page 128
... Roubles . He might be tempted by your phoney billions . At least there's a chance , and you wont ' look such a fool . ' So Tsires put on his lustrine cap and trudged off . Five Roubles lay asleep in the shadow of a white acacia in the ...
... Roubles . He might be tempted by your phoney billions . At least there's a chance , and you wont ' look such a fool . ' So Tsires put on his lustrine cap and trudged off . Five Roubles lay asleep in the shadow of a white acacia in the ...
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Plywood Maze | 25 |
Barley Gruel | 29 |
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