Author:Alexander, Mccall Smith

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THE MINOR ADJUSTMENT BEAUTY SALON

By: Alexander, Mccall Smith

Price: ¥800.00

Publisher: LITTLE BROWN BOOK GROUP: 2013

Seller ID: RWARE0000050271

ISBN: 1408704323

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

THE SUNDAY PHILOSOPHY CLUB

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Little Brown:

Seller ID: RWARE0000010258

ISBN: 0316729566

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

The Herald 'Vintage McCall Smith, written with a characteristic twinkle in his eye and the graceful clarity of an aesthetically attuned lawyer.' The Herald 'Sets up Isabel Dalhousie as Edinburgh's latest, and most engaging investigator.' The Herald.
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THE DOG WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥600.00

Publisher: Abacus Software: 2011

Seller ID: RWARE0000021516

ISBN: 0349123217

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: 'A page-turner with many happy endings. Perfect,' - Daily Express 'A twisting plot line, told in McCall Smith's usual entertaining style, makes this a great read.' Waterstones Book Quarterly 'A great place to visit if you need cheering up,' - The Scotsman.
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THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING SEVEN. ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus Software: 2011

Seller ID: RWARE0000023744

ISBN: 0349123160

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Despite inhabiting a great city renowned for its impeccable restraint, the extended family of 44 Scotland Street is trembling on the brink of reckless self-indulgence. Matthew and Elspeth receive startling - and expensive - news on a visit to the Infirmary, Angus and Domenica are contemplating an Italian menage a trois, and even Big Lou is overheard discussing cosmetic surgery. But when Bertie Pollock - six years old and impatient to be seven - mislays his meddling mother Irene one afternoon, a valuable lesson is learned: that wish-fulfilment i...
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THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF SCONES: 44 SCOTLAND STREET 05

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2009

Seller ID: RWARE0000023745

ISBN: 0349121141

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: To the casual observer, the great enlightened city of Edinburgh, home of no-nonsense philosophers and cream teas, might appear immune to the rollercoaster of strong emotions. But at 44 Scotland Street, as Matthew and Elspeth embark on the risky enterprise of married love, the raffish portrait painter Angus Lordie has a premonition of disaster. And soon enough Irene Pollock is shocked to learn that her small son Bertie harbours a highly unsuitable ambition; the gloriously vain Bruce discovers a wrinkle and confronts rejection; and Angus finds hi...
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THE FULL CUPBOARD OF LIFE

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2008

Seller ID: RWARE0000026591

ISBN: 034911725X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout, NOT an ex-lib edition: Mma Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni at the end of the first book, is still engaged. She wonders when a day for the wedding will be named, but she is anxious to avoid putting too much pressure on her fiance. For indeed he has other things on his mind - notably a frightening request made of him by Mma Potokwani, pushy matron of the Orphan Farm.Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind. She has been approached by a wealthy lady - whose fortune comes from successful hair-braiding salons - and has...
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FRIENDS, LOVERS, CHOCOLATE

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Anchor Books: 2005

Seller ID: RWARE0000028085

ISBN: 030727683X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

THE LOST ART OF GRATITUDE: THE SUNDAY PHILOSOPHY CLUB 06. AN ISABEL DALHOUS IE NOVEL

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Random House USA: 2010

Seller ID: RWARE0000032068

ISBN: 0307741974

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Isabels son, Charlie, is now of an ageeighteen monthsto have a social life, and so off they go to a birthday party, where, much to Isabels surprise, she encounters an old adversary, Minty Auchterlonie, now a high-flying financier. Minty had seemed to Isabel a woman of ruthless ambition, but the question of her integrity had never been answered. Now, when Minty takes Isabel into her confidence about a personal matter, Isabel finds herself going another...
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THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥700.00

Publisher: Hachette Audio: 2003

Seller ID: RWARE0000033275

ISBN: 1405500018

Binding: Audio CD

Condition: Very Good

Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only - and finest - female private detective . Her methods may not be conventional, and her manner not exactly Miss Marp le, but she's got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side, not to menti on Mr J. L. B. Matekoni, the charming proprietor of Tlokweng Road Speedy Mo tors. And Precious is going to need them all as she sets out on the trail o f a missing child, a case that tumbles our heroine into a hotbed of st...
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THE GOOD HUSBAND OF ZEBRA DRIVE

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2008

Seller ID: RWARE0000033757

ISBN: 034911773X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. 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 afoot. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni wants be put in charge of a case involving an errant husband, and Mma Makutsi is considering leaving the...
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THE MINOR ADJUSTMENT BEAUTY SALON

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2015

Seller ID: RWARE0000035842

ISBN: 0349139288

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Modern ideas get tangled up with traditional ones in the latest intriguing installment in the beloved, best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency ser ies. Precious Ramotswe has taken on two puzzling cases. First she is approa ched by the lawyer Mma Sheba, who is the executor of a deceased farmer's es tate. Mma Sheba has a feeling that the young man who has stepped forward ma y be falsely impersonating the farmer's nephew in order to claim his inheri tance. Mma Ramotswe agrees to visit the farm and find out what she can abou t the self-professed nephew. Then the proprietor of the Minor Adjustm...
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ESPRESSO TALES

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2008

Seller ID: RWARE0000036759

ISBN: 0349119708

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

New York Times best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith, creator of the b eloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels, crafts the second irresistibl e installment in his Scotland Street series. Espresso Tales follows the cha rming and immensely popular 44 Scotland Street, as all the favorite residen ts of that Edinburgh address return.
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THE WORLD ACCORDING TO BERTIE

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2008

Seller ID: RWARE0000036762

ISBN: 0349120536

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive seria l novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy--just ask his mother. 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 away by the authorities, accused of being a serial biter. Unexpectedly, Domenica has offered to help free him. As usual, Big Lou is...
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FRIENDS, LOVERS, CHOCOLATE

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2006

Seller ID: RWARE0000036763

ISBN: 0349118043

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

In this delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith's bestselli ng 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 int eresting problem. He recently had a heart transplant and is suddenly haunte d by memories of events that never happened to him.The situation piques her insatiable curiosity: Could the memories be connected with the donor's dem ise? Naturally, Isabel's friend Jamie thinks it is none of Isabel's bus...
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THE LOST ART OF GRATITUDE: AN ISABEL DALHOUSIE NOVEL

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Anchor / Random House: 2010

Seller ID: RWARE0000036764

ISBN: 0349120544

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhous ie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. Whether investigating a case or a problem of philosophy, the ind efatigable Isabel Dalhousie, one of fiction's most richly developed amateur detectives, is always ready to pursue the answers to all of life's questio ns, large and small. The sensational sixth installment in the best-selling chronicles of the irr epressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie finds our inquisitive heroine and new m other racing two very troublesome people from he...
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44 SCOTLAND STREET. ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus Software: 2010

Seller ID: RWARE0000036766

ISBN: 0349118973

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

The story revolves around the comings and goings at No. 44 Scotland Street, a fictitious building in a real street in Edinburgh. Immediately recognisa ble are the Edinburgh chartered surveyor, stalwart of the Conservative Asso ciation, who dreams of membership of Scotland's most exclusive golf club. W e have the pushy Stockbridge mother, and her prodigiously talented five-yea r-old son, who is making good progress with the saxophone and with his Ital ian. Then there is Domenica Macdonald who is that type of Edinburgh lady wh o sees herself as a citizen of a broader intellectual world. In McCal...
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THE SUNDAY PHILOSOPHY CLUB

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥600.00

Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP: 2004

Seller ID: RWARE0000036896

ISBN: 0316728179

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good/Very Good

Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who uses her training to s olve unusual mysteries. She edits the Review of Applied Ethics - addressing such questions as 'Truth telling in sexual relationships' - & she also hos ts The Sunday Philosophy Club at her house in Edinburgh. Behind the city's Georgian facades its moral compasses are spinning with greed, dishonesty & murderous intent. Instinct tells Isabel that the young man who tumbled to h is death in front of her eyes at a concertl didn't fall. He was pushed. The Sunday Philosophy Club marks new territory - but familiar moral ground ...
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THE CAREFUL USE OF COMPLIMENTS

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Anchor: 2008

Seller ID: RWARE0000037259

ISBN: 1400077125

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

In excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlig hting. The spine remains undamaged. ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 4 Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhous ie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. Whether investigating a case or a problem of philosophy, the ind efatigable Isabel Dalhousie, one of fiction's most richly developed amateur detectives, is always ready to pursue the answers to all of life's questio ns, large and small. In the fourth installment of this enchanting, beloved series...
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TRAINS AND LOVERS: A NOVEL

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Anchor: 2013

Seller ID: RWARE0000037260

ISBN: 034580581X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: As New

As they journey by rail from Edinburgh to London, four strangers pass the t ime by sharing tales of trains that have changed their lives. A keen-eyed S cotsman recounts how he turned a friendship with a coworker into a romance by spotting an anachronistic train in an eighteenth-century painting. An Au stralian woman shares how her parents fell in love and spent their life tog ether running a railroad siding in the remote Outback. A middle-aged Americ an patron of the arts sees two young men saying goodbye in a train station and recalls his own youthful crush on another man. And a young English...
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THE FORGOTTEN AFFAIRS OF YOUTH

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Anchor: 2012

Seller ID: RWARE0000037277

ISBN: 0307739406

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

In excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlig hting. The spine remains undamaged. ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 8 Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhous ie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. Whether investigating a case or a problem of philosophy, the ind efatigable Isabel Dalhousie, one of fiction's most richly developed amateur detectives, is always ready to pursue the answers to all of life's questio ns, large and small. In this eighth installment in Alexander McCall Smith's capti...
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Author:Alexander, Mccall Smith