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Alexander McCall Smith
The latest warm hearted instalment in the 44 Scotland Street series
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The latest installation in the beloved Isabel Dalhousie series
Val was working as a land girl when the Americans arrived at the nearby airfield in 1944. Mike, a young American airman, came into her life soon after, and so…
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This beautifully packed box set will be an attractive gift for fans and those wishing to spread the McCall Smith gospel. There is no end to the pleasure that may…
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From the bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series comesthe third book in his popular 44 Scotland Street series.
Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the basis of the HBO TV show, and its proprietor Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In…
Now that the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency is firmly established, founder Precious Ramotswe faces new challenges at home and at work – from problems with her adopted son, to…
In Pianos and Flowers we are invited, through the medium of sepia images, to glimpse a world long departed. In these stories, inspired by long-lost photographs, the lives of the…
The fifth installment in the bestselling No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, set in Botswana, picks up with Mma Precious Ramotswe still engaged to Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni. She realizes that…
Features Precious who befriends a new boy to her school called Pontsho and his sister Teb, and when she goes to their home, she discovers that they have an unusual…
The new Botswana book from bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, this is Mma Ramotswe’s fourteenth wonderful adventure.
Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Polygon … in 2011 –T.p. verso.
44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 8
The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial…
Illustrations copyright A2020 by Iain McIntosh –Copyright page.
It's the most anticipated event of the decade -- Big Lou and Fat Bob's wedding -- and everyone is invited! But the relative peace and tranquillity of 44 Scotland Street…
[A] tale of hope and friendship set during World War II, in which a British farm girl, an American pilot, and a German soldier are brought together by an unlikely…
Isabel finds herself entangled in some tricky familial and financial situations that will require all of her kindness, charm, and philosophical expertise to navigate.
Just when Isabel and Jamie finally…
We are back in Scotland Street, where Bertie is now living with his father and younger brother, Ulysses, his mother, Irene, having gone off to Aberdeen (at long last, in…
Brand new stand alone novel from best-selling Alexander McCall Smith, based on an immensely popular short story
Renowned Scottish cookbook writer Paul Stuart is hard at work on his new book, The Philosophy of Food, but complicated domestic circumstances, and two clingy cats, are making that difficult…
All of the characters are up to new tricks in the sixth novel from this bestselling series. Bertie mislays his meddling mother Irene, Angus and Domenica contemplate whether to give…
A beautiful, touching and often heart-breaking standalone novel about love and friendship from Alexander McCall Smith, bestselling author of the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series.
As they journey by rail from Edinburgh to London, four strangers pass the time by sharing tales of trains that have changed their lives. A keen-eyed Scotsman recounts how he…
Originally published privately, Portuguese Irregular Verbs , features the endless mishaps of the inimitable von Igelfeld, Professor in the Institute of Romance Philology at the University of Regensberg in Germany…
When two siblings attend an unusual school, aboard a ship, they make new friends, learn about all things nautical, and become involved in a mystery they feel compelled to help…
Following the New York Times bestseller The World According to Bertie, this delightfully wry series continues with an entertaining tale of some of Scotland’s most quirky and beloved characters–all set…
In this the second os a three part series, von Igelfeld goes on an American author tour where he is forced to present a lecture on the finer points of…
From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series comes a new short story collection: half spy stories, half tales of revenge, all highlight the kinder, funnier…
Dreams to sell, fine dreams to sell…
This book is excerpted from a series that originally appeared in The Scotsman newspaper –Copyright page.
In this latest installment of the beloved Isabel Dalhousie series, our inquisitive heroine helps a new friend discover the identity of her father. Isabel and her fianc know who they…
Regular print version previously published by Anchor Books.
The bestselling author of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series unites dreams and reality, leaving readers to wonder: what is life, but the pursuit of our dreams?
Warm hearted, humorous and wonderfully wise, Love in the Time of Bertie offers philosophical insight as well as sartorial elegance. Catch up once again with the extended family at No…
* A highly original ‘detective’ novel with unique setting and characters, this is the first of four ‘Botswana’ titles are both beautiful and charming.
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The third novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s new DETECTIVE VARG series
The third novel in the London-based Corduroy Mansions series from Alexander McCall Smith, comparable in warmth and humour to 44 Scotland Street
Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Little, Brown, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, a Hachette UK company, London, in 2020 –Copyright page.
Young Precious visits her Aunty Bee at a safari camp. On her first day there, a new lion arrives. But this is no average lion: Teddy is an actor-lion that…
In the hilarious new novel in the best-selling Detective Varg series, Ulf Varg will need to resolve both a sensitive crime and his own delicate dilemma in the hopes of…
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency published in 1998, introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe, the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana’s only detective agency. Tears…
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo introduced us to ‘Scandi noir’. Now, welcome to Alexander McCall Smith’s world of Scandi blanc …
This collection of stories covers perverse meetings, casual dates, and romantic encounters. The stories include the quirky complications inherent in entanglements which human beings engineer for themselves - entanglements that…
In bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith’s ninth tale of Isabel Dalhousie, Edinburgh philosopher and sleuth, the victim of an important art theft appeals to her for help.
Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Little, Brown, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, a Hachette U. K. company, London, and subsequently published in the United States…
As a full-time mother, wife, and editor, Isabel barely has any time for herself. When her husband, Jamie, suggests acquiring extra help, she reluctantly agrees and soon hires a new…