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Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 16
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling series, Mma Ramotswe must contend with her greatest challenge yet—a vacation!
Business is slow at the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, so slow in fact that for the first time in her estimable career Precious Ramotswe has reluctantly agreed to take a holiday. The promise of a week of uninterrupted peace is short-lived, however, when she meets a young boy named Samuel, a troublemaker who...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 21
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mma Ramotswe must balance family obligations with the growing needs of one of Charlie's pet projects in this latest installment in the cherished No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
Precious Ramotswe loves her dependable old van. Yes, sometimes it takes a bit longer to get going now, and it has developed some quirks over the years, but it has always gotten the job done. This time, though, the world--and Charlie--may be asking too much of it, for...
Author
Series
Corduroy mansions volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Literary agent Barbara Ragg has agreed to represent a man writing a book about his experiences hanging out with the Abominable Snowman. Terence Moongrove's residence has become the target of New Age cosmologists. And pint-sized terrier Freddie de la Hay is being recruited by MI6 to infiltrate a Russian spy ring.
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 1
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st Anchor Books ed.
Physical Desc
x, 325 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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 are Irene and her appealing son Bertie, who is the victim of his mother’s desire for him to learn the saxophone and italian–all at the...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 18
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Precious Ramotswe learns valuable lessons about first impressions and forgiveness in this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are approached by their part-time colleague, Mr. Polopetsi, with a troubling story: a woman, accused of being rude to a valued customer, has been wrongly dismissed from her job at an office furniture store. Never one to let an act of injustice...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 17
Language
English
Description
"Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective, is a little short on help. The co-director of the agency, Grace Makutsi, is busy with her own case, her client none other than their erstwhile assistant, Mr. Polopetsi, who has unwittingly involved himself in a pyramid scheme. The agency's other assistant, Charlie, may also need more help than he can offer, as he is newly embroiled in a romance with a glamorous woman about whom the others have...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (62 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inches.
Language
English
Description
""Precious Ramotswe has two new friends at school and they have the funniest and most resourceful pet you can imagine. But they are upset that their family's most valuable possession, their cow, has gone missing. Precious has a plan to find the missing animal but she needs the help of another in her search. Will she succeed and what obstacles will she face on her path?""-- http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 19
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When Mma Potokwane suggests to Mma Ramotswe that she run for a seat on the City Council, Mma Ramotswe is at first unsure. But when she learns about the proposed construction of the flashy Big Fun Hotel next to a graveyard, she allows herself to be persuaded. Her opponent is none other than Violet Sephotho, who is in the pocket of the hotel developers. Although Violet is intent on using every trick in the book to secure her election, Mma Ramotswe refuses...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 15
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café. But even "Miss 97 Per Cent" can't quite meet all the demands of running a business--not to mention those that a lightning strike makes on her building. Eventually, she'll have to accept all the help she can get--even if it comes from a...
Author
Series
Isabel Dalhousie mysteries volume 8
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Isabel and her fiancé know who they are and where they come from. But not everybody is so fortunate. Jane Cooper, a visiting Australian philosopher on sabbatical in Edinburgh, has more questions than answers. Adopted at birth, Jane is trying to find her biological father, but all she knows about him is that he was a student in Edinburgh years ago. When she asks for Isabel's help in this seemingly impossible search ... well, of course Isabel obliges....
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
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 20
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
224 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the latest book in the widely beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance but her inquiries will require an even more delicate touch than usual. Mma Ramotswe reconnects with an old friend who has been having problems with her daughter. Though Precious feels compelled to lend a hand, she discovers that getting involved in family affairs is always a delicate proposition. Mr. J.L.B....
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 16
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
391 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the microcosm of 44 Scotland Street, all of life's richness is found in the glorious goings-on of its residents. There's Domenica, whose anthropological training has honed her observations of her neighbors; Matthew, whose growing triplets are more than a handful; Bruce, whose challenge as ever is thinking of anything but himself; and Big Lou, who may just have found her shot at romance. And of course, there's young Bertie Pollock, whose starry-eyed...
Author
Series
Precious Ramotswe's first cases volume 3
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Staying with Aunty Bee at a safari camp in the Botswana countryside where a film crew is making a movie about a lion, nine-year-old Precious Ramotswe and her resourceful new friend Khumo use their detective skills to find the movie star lion when he goes missing.
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