desert island
a small remote tropical island
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Her choice for desert island Discs ranged from “The Drinking Song” by Verdi to “Ra Ra Rasputin” by Boney M.
The Week in Death: Clarissa Dickson Wright, One of ‘Two Fat Ladies’ | The Telegraph | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSome of their posts read like messages in a bottle sent from some unimaginable desert island.
36 Rabbis Shave for the Brave to Raise Money to Fight Childhood Cancer | John L. Smith | March 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHaley: If you could send someone—anyone—to that proverbial desert island, who would it be?
Alex Haley’s 1965 Playboy Interview with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. | Alex Haley | January 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTQuincy Jones has said that if he were forced to pick music to take to a desert island, these three recordings would lead his list.
Classic Miles Davis Recordings Reveal New Beauty in Their Classic Mono Format | Malcolm Jones | December 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIf I were on a desert island I would love to have a scuba diving kit.
Benedict Cumberbatch’s Revealing Reddit AMA: On Julian Assange’s Letter and Fame | Marlow Stern | October 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The author of the life of St. Francis Xavier, asserts, that "by one sermon he converted ten thousand persons in a desert island."
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousNow from the desert island of Butterine (just under the cliff) to the ridge was maybe as much as a half a mile.
Roy Blakeley's Bee-line Hike | Percy Keese FitzhughHe went up aloft to watch for a desert island, where pirate gold was hidden.
The Tale of Pony Twinkleheels | Arthur Scott BaileyThey were marooned on a desert island with practically nothing to eat and nothing but brackish swamp water to drink.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyI tied myself strongly to it with my turban, in hopes that next morning she would carry me with her out of this desert island.
The Arabian Nights | Unknown
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