Portuguese irregular verbs series
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2005, c2003
Edition
1st Anchor Books ed.
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology, engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he feels is due, learns to play tennis, and forces a college chum to enter into a duel.
Author
Series
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st Anchor Books ed.
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Professor Von Igelfeld is chased by widows aboard a Mediterranean cruise ship who want to marry him; and, mistaken for a veterinarian, he begins practicing the science without a license and performs a problematic operation on a friend's dachshund.
Author
Series
Portuguese irregular verbs series volume 4
Description
Alexander McCall Smith continues to delight audiences with the hilarious adventure Unusual Uses for Olive Oil. When colleagues take issue with von Igelfeld's bachelor status, his friend Ophelia Prinzel endeavors to find him a good woman. Soon, the professor is on the path to romance with the charming widow Frau Benz - and it seems his true worth may finally be recognized.
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Series
Description
Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld and his colleagues at the University of Regensburg's Institute of Romance Philology pride themselves on their unwavering commitment to intellectual excellence. They know it is their job to protect a certain civilized approach to the scholarly arts. So when a new deputy librarian, Dr. Hilda Schreiber-Ziegler, threatens to drag them all down a path of progressive inclusivity, they are determined to stop her in...