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Excellent Women (Virago Modern Classics)

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Review One of the finest examples of high comedy ― Lord David Cecil I don't think I've ever before recommended a novel as one that everybody will...

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Colours of all the Cattle

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THE NINETEENTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES The one with the election . . . When Ramotswe enters politics to oppose ...

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The Enigma of Garlic

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The latest in the hugely popular 44 Scotland Street series from the worldwide bestselling author, Alexander McCall Smith It's the most anticipated...

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Blue Shoes And Happiness

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Now that she is finally and happily married to her long-term suitor Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, Mma Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency of Botswa...

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McCall Smith: Sweet Remnants of Summer

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The latest installation in the beloved Isabel Dalhousie series 'Cosy and effortlessly charming' Herald 'Delightful' Sunday Telegraph 'Humorous a...

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McCall Smith: Fatty O'Leary's Dinner Party

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It takes a lot to get under the skin of Cornelius 'Fatty O'Leary, but then there is a lot of skin to get under. The heroically proportioned Fatty c...

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Love in the Time of Bertie (44 Scotland Street)

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Book Description The latest warm hearted instalment in the 44 Scotland Street series Product Description The latest in the hugely popular 44 Sco...

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The Revolving Door of Life (44 Scotland Street): A 44, Scotland Street Novel

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About the Author Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over eighty books on a wide array of subjects, including the award-winning The No.1 Ladie...

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The Good Husband Of Zebra Drive (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) Book 8

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As winter turns to spring across the red earth, acacia trees and slow green rivers of Botswana, all is not quite as it should be on Zebra Drive, ho...

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The Double Comfort Safari Club: 11 (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) Book 11: The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 11

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THE ELEVENTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES The one with the difficult aunt . . . The no. 1 lady detectives of Botswan...

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The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) Book 16: Mma Ramotswe 16

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Mma Ramotswe is not one to sit about. Her busy life as the proprietress of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency gives her little time for relaxation. ...

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McCall Smith: Novel Habits of Happiness (Isabel Dalhousie Novels)

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Isabel Dalhousie is one of Edinburgh's most generous (but discreet) philanthropists - but should she be more charitable? She wonders, sometimes, i...

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McCall Smith: Bertie Project

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Bertie's respite from his overbearing mother, Irene, is over. She has returned from the middle-east, only to discover that her son has been exposed...

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The Miracle At Speedy Motors: No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency 09

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THE NINTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES The one with the poison pen letter . . . For the first time in her career as...

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The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (Isabel Dalhousie Novels) Book 9

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As a mother, wife, employer and editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, Isabel Dalhousie is aware that to be human is to be responsible. So when a ...

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Unusual Uses For Olive Oil (Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld)

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Life is so unfair, and it sends many things to try Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, author of Portuguese Irregular Verbs and pillar of the I...

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Tea Time For The Traditionally Built (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency) Book 10: The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 10

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It is a troublesome fact on which even Mma Ramotswe and her assistant Mma Makutsi agree: there are things that men know and ladies do not, and vice...

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McCall Smith: Distant View of Everything

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Product Description Recently distracted by the arrival of her and Jamie's second son, Magnus, Isabel Dalhousie - philanthropic editor of the Revi...

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McCall Smith: 44 Scotland Street

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The story revolves around the comings and goings at No. 44 Scotland Street, a fictitious building in a real street in Edinburgh. Immediately recogn...

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McCall Smith: House of Unexpected Sisters (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)

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THE EIGHTEENTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES The one with the other Mma Ramotswe . . . The dismissal of an employee ...

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Sands of Shark Island

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After successfully thwarting a dastardly plan to steal rare marine animals from the sea around the Scottish island of Mull, Ben and Fee MacTavish f...

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From a Far & Lovely Country

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McCall Smith: Precious & the Zebra Necklace

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Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here, i...

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McCall Smith: Precious & the Zebra Necklace

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Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here, i...

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The Stellar Debut of Galactica MacFee

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The Private Life of Spies: 'Spy-masterful storytelling' Sunday Post

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During WW2 there was a rumour that German spies were landing by parachute in Britain, dressed as nuns... Conradin Muller was an unusual spy. He wa...

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The Forever Girl

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Clover has loved James for as long as she can remember, since before she knew what what love was. But fate seems determined to keep them apart. As...

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In The Company of Cheerful Ladies (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series) Book 6

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THE SIXTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY SERIES The one where Mma Makutsi finds a dancing partner . . . Although Mma Ramotsw...

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The Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf

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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 dil...

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The Limpopo Academy Of Private Detection (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series Book 13)

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The Private Life of Spies

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During WW2 there was a rumour that German spies were landing by parachute in Britain, dressed as nuns... 'Spy-masterful storytelling' Sunday Post ...

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The Sweet Remnants of Summer (Isabel Dalhousie Novels)

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Review The moral centre of the novel is stated with restraint and elegance... For all its gentle humour, this latest novel shows Alexander McCall ...

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Sunshine on Scotland Street (44 Scotland Street): A 44 Scotland Street Novel, Book 8

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Scotland Street witnesses the wedding of the century of Angus Lordie to Domenica Macdonald, but as the newlyweds depart on honeymoon Edinburgh is i...

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The Talented Mr Varg: A Detective Varg novel

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The second book in Alexander McCall Smith's new DETECTIVE VARG series . . . 'Reading the novel feels like a form of meditation . . . There is muc...

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The Second Worst Restaurant in France (Paul Stewart 2)

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Paul Stewart has returned to Scotland to continue his successful career. His agent and girlfriend, Gloria, has arranged for him to write The Philos...

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McCall Smith: Akimbo & the Baboons

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Product Description Akimbo is excited to have his cousin, Kosi, visit him on the game reserve where he lives. And when a visiting scientist invite...

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McCall Smith: Quiet Side of Passion

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THE TWELFTH INSTALLMENT OF THE MUCH-LOVED ISABEL DALHOUSIE SERIES It is summer in Edinburgh and Isabel Dalhousie is once again caught between 'gos...

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Akimbo & the Baboons

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Product Description Includes brilliant baboon facts! Akimbo loves his life in Africa and the animals that live there. In this newest Akimbo story,...

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