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author spotlight
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the international phenomenon The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, the Isabel Dalhousie Series, the Portuguese Irregular Verbs series, and the 44 Scotland Street series. He is professor emeritus of medical law at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and has served on many national and international bodies concerned with bioethics. He was born in what is now known as Zimbabwe and he was a law professor at the University of Botswana. Visit his website at www.alexandermccallsmith.com.
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The Lost Art of Gratitude
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $23.95
The sensational sixth installment in the best-selling chronicles of the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie.
Isabel’s son, Charlie, is now of an age—eighteen months—to have a social life, and so off they go to a birthday party, where, much to Isabel’s surprise, she encounters an old adversary, Minty Auchterlonie, now a high-flying... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 22, 2009
Price: $23.95
The sensational sixth installment in the best-selling chronicles of the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie.
Isabel’s son, Charlie, is now of an age—eighteen months—to have a social life, and so off they go to a birthday party, where, much to Isabel’s surprise, she encounters an old adversary, Minty Auchterlonie, now a high-flying... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and in
large print trade paperback.
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 6, 2003
Price: $13.95
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to “help people with problems in their lives.” Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 6, 2003
Price: $13.95
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to “help people with problems in their lives.” Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront... Read more >
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The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $13.95
In the latest installment of the universally beloved, bestselling series, Mma Ramotswe discovers the biggest miracles in life are often the smallest.
Under the endless skies of Botswana, there is always something Mma Ramotswe can do to help someone and here she finds herself assisting a woman looking for her family. The... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $13.95
In the latest installment of the universally beloved, bestselling series, Mma Ramotswe discovers the biggest miracles in life are often the smallest.
Under the endless skies of Botswana, there is always something Mma Ramotswe can do to help someone and here she finds herself assisting a woman looking for her family. The... Read more >
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The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $14.00
In the delectable fifth installment of the bestselling adventures of Isabel Dalhousie, our cherished inquisitive heroine returns to investigate a medical mystery.
A doctor's career has been ruined by allegations of medical fraud and Isabel cannot ignore what may be a miscarriage of justice. Besides, Isabel's insatiable interest is piqued and... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 28, 2009
Price: $14.00
In the delectable fifth installment of the bestselling adventures of Isabel Dalhousie, our cherished inquisitive heroine returns to investigate a medical mystery.
A doctor's career has been ruined by allegations of medical fraud and Isabel cannot ignore what may be a miscarriage of justice. Besides, Isabel's insatiable interest is piqued and... Read more >
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Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $23.95
The latest installment of this universally beloved and best-selling series finds Precious Ramotswe in personal need of her own formidable detection talents . . . .
Mma Ramotswe’s ever-ready tiny white van has recently developed a rather disturbing noise. Of course, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni–her estimable husband and one of Botswana’s most... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: April 21, 2009
Price: $23.95
The latest installment of this universally beloved and best-selling series finds Precious Ramotswe in personal need of her own formidable detection talents . . . .
Mma Ramotswe’s ever-ready tiny white van has recently developed a rather disturbing noise. Of course, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni–her estimable husband and one of Botswana’s most... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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Tears of the Giraffe
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 3, 2002
Price: $13.95
Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies’ detective agency in Botswana. In Tears of the Giraffe she tracks a wayward wife, uncovers an unscrupulous maid, and searches for an American man who disappeared into the plains many years ago. In the midst of resolving uncertainties... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: September 3, 2002
Price: $13.95
Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies’ detective agency in Botswana. In Tears of the Giraffe she tracks a wayward wife, uncovers an unscrupulous maid, and searches for an American man who disappeared into the plains many years ago. In the midst of resolving uncertainties... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $13.95
In the eighth installment of Alexander McCall Smith's endlessly enjoyable, bestselling series, the judicious Precious Ramotswe comes to discover what is true, stable, and genuine in an ever-shifting world.
There is rarely a dull moment in the life of Precious Ramotswe, and on Zebra Drive and Tlokweng Road many changes are... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: March 11, 2008
Price: $13.95
In the eighth installment of Alexander McCall Smith's endlessly enjoyable, bestselling series, the judicious Precious Ramotswe comes to discover what is true, stable, and genuine in an ever-shifting world.
There is rarely a dull moment in the life of Precious Ramotswe, and on Zebra Drive and Tlokweng Road many changes are... Read more >
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Morality for Beautiful Girls
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2002
Price: $14.00
In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important “Government Man,” and the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, the... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: November 12, 2002
Price: $14.00
In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important “Government Man,” and the moral character of the four finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest, the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Blue Shoes and Happiness
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $13.95
From universally beloved author Alexander McCall Smith, comes this seventh installment in the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series featuring Botswana’s best-loved detective.
Life is good for Mma Ramotswe as she sets out with her usual resolve to solve people’s problems, heal their misfortunes, and untangle the mysteries that make... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2007
Price: $13.95
From universally beloved author Alexander McCall Smith, comes this seventh installment in the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series featuring Botswana’s best-loved detective.
Life is good for Mma Ramotswe as she sets out with her usual resolve to solve people’s problems, heal their misfortunes, and untangle the mysteries that make... Read more >
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The Sunday Philosophy Club
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2005
Price: $14.00
Introducing Isabel Dalhousie the heroine of the latest bestselling series from the author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Isabel, the editor of the Review of Applied Ethics and an occasional detective, has been accused of getting involved in problems that are, quite frankly, none of her business.
In this... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2005
Price: $14.00
Introducing Isabel Dalhousie the heroine of the latest bestselling series from the author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Isabel, the editor of the Review of Applied Ethics and an occasional detective, has been accused of getting involved in problems that are, quite frankly, none of her business.
In this... Read more >
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The Kalahari Typing School for Men
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2004
Price: $13.95
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
For All Confidential Matters and Inquiries
Satisfaction Guaranteed for all Parties
Under Personal Management
The phenomenal success of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency continues with the bestselling Kalahari Typing School for Men, the fourth book in the series.
Mma Precious Ramotswe is content. Her business is well established with... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2004
Price: $13.95
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
For All Confidential Matters and Inquiries
Satisfaction Guaranteed for all Parties
Under Personal Management
The phenomenal success of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency continues with the bestselling Kalahari Typing School for Men, the fourth book in the series.
Mma Precious Ramotswe is content. Her business is well established with... Read more >
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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $13.95
In this latest, widely praised addition to the beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself faced with new challenges—and intriguing surprises.
Precious is busier than usual at the detective agency when she discovers an intruder in her house on Zebra Drive—and perhaps even more... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2006
Price: $13.95
In this latest, widely praised addition to the beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself faced with new challenges—and intriguing surprises.
Precious is busier than usual at the detective agency when she discovers an intruder in her house on Zebra Drive—and perhaps even more... Read more >
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The Full Cupboard of Life
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2005
Price: $13.95
In the fifth book in the prodigiously successful series, traditionally built, eminently sensible Mma Precious Ramotswe continues her enterprise at the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Gaborone, Botswana, a country that is indeed fortunate.
Still engaged to the estimable Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe understands that she should not put too... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2005
Price: $13.95
In the fifth book in the prodigiously successful series, traditionally built, eminently sensible Mma Precious Ramotswe continues her enterprise at the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency in Gaborone, Botswana, a country that is indeed fortunate.
Still engaged to the estimable Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe understands that she should not put too... Read more >
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 29, 2006
Price: $13.95
In this delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s bestselling detective series, the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie gets caught up in a highly unusual affair of the heart.
When Isabel is asked to cover for vacationing Cat at her delicatessen, Isabel meets a man with a most interesting problem. He recently had... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: August 29, 2006
Price: $13.95
In this delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s bestselling detective series, the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie gets caught up in a highly unusual affair of the heart.
When Isabel is asked to cover for vacationing Cat at her delicatessen, Isabel meets a man with a most interesting problem. He recently had... Read more >
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The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $7.99
Meet Mma Ramotswe, the endearing, engaging, simply irresistible proprietress of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, the first and only detective agency in Botswana. With persistent observation, gentle intuition, and a keen desire to help people with the problems of their lives, she solves mysteries great and small for friends and... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $7.99
Meet Mma Ramotswe, the endearing, engaging, simply irresistible proprietress of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, the first and only detective agency in Botswana. With persistent observation, gentle intuition, and a keen desire to help people with the problems of their lives, she solves mysteries great and small for friends and... Read more >
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44 Scotland Street
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2005
Price: $15.00
Welcome to 44 Scotland Street, home to some of Edinburgh's most colorful characters. There's Pat, a twenty-year-old who has recently moved into a flat with Bruce, an athletic young man with a keen awareness of his own appearance. Their neighbor, Domenica, is an eccentric and insightful widow. In the flat below... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: June 14, 2005
Price: $15.00
Welcome to 44 Scotland Street, home to some of Edinburgh's most colorful characters. There's Pat, a twenty-year-old who has recently moved into a flat with Bruce, an athletic young man with a keen awareness of his own appearance. Their neighbor, Domenica, is an eccentric and insightful widow. In the flat below... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Careful Use of Compliments
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $13.95
In the fourth installment of this enchanting, beloved series, Isabel Dalhousie, who is now a mother, returns to investigate an irresistible puzzle in the art world.
Isabel Dalhousie—the nosiest and most sympathetic philosopher you are likely to meet—now has a son, Charlie, whose doting father Jamie has an intriguing idea to pose... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $13.95
In the fourth installment of this enchanting, beloved series, Isabel Dalhousie, who is now a mother, returns to investigate an irresistible puzzle in the art world.
Isabel Dalhousie—the nosiest and most sympathetic philosopher you are likely to meet—now has a son, Charlie, whose doting father Jamie has an intriguing idea to pose... Read more >
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The World According to Bertie
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $13.95
The latest completely charming installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series.
There is never a quiet moment on 44 Scotland Street. In The World According to Bertie, Pat deals with the reappearance of Bruce, which has her heart skipping—and not in a pleasant way. Angus Lordie's dog Cyril has been taken... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: November 11, 2008
Price: $13.95
The latest completely charming installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series.
There is never a quiet moment on 44 Scotland Street. In The World According to Bertie, Pat deals with the reappearance of Bruce, which has her heart skipping—and not in a pleasant way. Angus Lordie's dog Cyril has been taken... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Right Attitude to Rain
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2007
Price: $13.95
The delectable new installment in the bestselling and already beloved adventures of Isabel Dalhousie and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace.
When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce – a bigwig at home in Texas – several confounding situations unfurl at once. Tom’s young fiancée’s roving eye leads... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2007
Price: $13.95
The delectable new installment in the bestselling and already beloved adventures of Isabel Dalhousie and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace.
When friends from Dallas arrive in Edinburgh and introduce Isabel to Tom Bruce – a bigwig at home in Texas – several confounding situations unfurl at once. Tom’s young fiancée’s roving eye leads... Read more >
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $13.95
Meet Mma Ramotswe, the endearing, engaging, simply irresistible proprietress of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, the first and only detective agency in Botswana. With persistent observation, gentle intuition, and a keen desire to help people with the problems of their lives, she solves mysteries great and small for friends and... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 10, 2009
Price: $13.95
Meet Mma Ramotswe, the endearing, engaging, simply irresistible proprietress of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, the first and only detective agency in Botswana. With persistent observation, gentle intuition, and a keen desire to help people with the problems of their lives, she solves mysteries great and small for friends and... Read more >
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 26, 2005
Price: $6.99
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to “help people with problems in their lives.” Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 26, 2005
Price: $6.99
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to “help people with problems in their lives.” Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront... Read more >
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Love Over Scotland
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $13.95
The third installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved 44 Scotland Street series is sure to delight his many fans.
This just in from Edinburgh: the complicated lives of the denizens of 44 Scotland Street are becoming no simpler. Domenica Macdonald has left for the Malacca Straits to conduct a perilous anthropological... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2007
Price: $13.95
The third installment in Alexander McCall Smith’s beloved 44 Scotland Street series is sure to delight his many fans.
This just in from Edinburgh: the complicated lives of the denizens of 44 Scotland Street are becoming no simpler. Domenica Macdonald has left for the Malacca Straits to conduct a perilous anthropological... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Espresso Tales
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: July 11, 2006
Price: $14.00
Alexander McCall Smith’s many fans will be pleased with this latest installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series.
Back are all our favorite denizens of a Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh. Bertie the immensely talented six year old is now enrolled in kindergarten, and much to his dismay, has been... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: July 11, 2006
Price: $14.00
Alexander McCall Smith’s many fans will be pleased with this latest installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series.
Back are all our favorite denizens of a Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh. Bertie the immensely talented six year old is now enrolled in kindergarten, and much to his dismay, has been... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Portuguese Irregular Verbs
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2004
Price: $11.95
Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2004
Price: $11.95
Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2004
Price: $11.95
Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2004
Price: $11.95
Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, now have new cause for celebration in the protagonist of these three light-footed comic novels by Alexander McCall Smith. Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
