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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TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group: 2002

Seller ID: RWARE0000013092

ISBN: 1400031354

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A clean softcover, no markings throughout, NOT an ex-library book: The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe -the engaging and sassy owner of Botswanas only detective agency. In Tears of the Giraffe Mma Ramotswe faces a new challenge: resolving a mothers pain for her son who is long lost on the African plains. Mma Ramotswes own impending marriage to the most gentlemanly of men, Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, the promotion of Mmas secretary to the dizzy heights of Assistant Detective, and the arrival of new members to the Matekoni family, all brew up the m...
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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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'LOVE OVER SCOTLAND: 44, SCOTLAND STREET, VOLUME 3'

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2007

Seller ID: RWARE0000023746

ISBN: 0349119716

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: With his characteristic warmth, inventiveness and brilliant wit, Alexander McCall Smith gives us more of the gloriously entertaining comings and goings at 44 Scotland Street, the Edinburgh townhouse. Six-year-old prodigy Bertie perseveres in his heroic struggle for truth and balanced good sense against his insufferable mother and her crony, the psychotherapist Dr Fairbairn, going as far as to make a short-lived bid for freedom on a trip to Paris with the Edinburgh youth orchestra. Domenica sets off on an anthropological odyssey with pirates in ...
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THE COMFORT OF SATURDAYS

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2009

Seller ID: RWARE0000023865

ISBN: 0349122520

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

A clean softcover, no markings throughout, NOT and ex-lib book: Isabel Dalhousie is a new mother and a connoisseur of philosophy; she'd rat her not be a sleuth. But when a chance conversation at a dinner party draws her into the case of a doctor whose career has been ruined, she cannot ign ore what may be a miscarriage of justice. Because for Isabel ethics are not theoretical at all, but an everyday matter of life and death. As she attempts to unravel the truth behind Dr Thompson's disgrace, Isabel' s patient intelligence is also required to deal with challenges in her own life. There is her...
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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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TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2008

Seller ID: RWARE0000026593

ISBN: 0349116652

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout, NOT an ex-lib edition: THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY introduced the world to the one and only Precious Ramotswe - the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana's only detecti ve agency. TEARS OF THE GIRAFFE, McCall Smith's second book, takes us furth er into this world as we follow Mama Ramotswe into more daring situations . .. Among her cases this time are wayward wives, unscrupulous maids, and the ch allenge to resolve a mother's pain for her son who is long lost on the Afri can plains. Indeed, Mma Ramotswe's own impending marriage to the most...
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IN THE COMPANY OF CHEERFUL LADIES

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥400.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2005

Seller ID: RWARE0000026596

ISBN: 034911742X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout, NOT an ex-lib edition.
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THE CAREFUL USE OF COMPLIMENTS: V. 4: AN ISABEL DALHOUSIE NOVEL

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2008

Seller ID: RWARE0000026926

ISBN: 034911806X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

In the fourth installment of this enchanting, beloved series, Isabel Dalhou sie, 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 h as an intriguing idea to pose to Isabel: marriage. But Isabel wonders if Ja mie is too young to be serious? And how would Cat respond? On top of these matters, the ambitious Professor Dove has seized Isabel's position as edito r of the Review of Applied Ethics. However, nothing it seems can dimini...
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FRIENDS, LOVERS, CHOCOLATE: AN ISABEL DALHOUSIE NOVEL

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Abacus: 2006

Seller ID: RWARE0000026948

ISBN: 0349119171

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

A read copy, but no markings throughout, spine unblemished, not an ex-lib e dition: Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is certain of where she stands. She can review a book called In Praise of Sin with panache and conviction, but real life is...well, perhaps a bit more challenging - particularly when it comes to her feelings for Jamie, a younger man who should have married her niece, Cat. Jamie's handsomeness leaves Isabel feeling distinctly uneasy, and ethically disturbed. 'I am a philosopher', she think...
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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 COMFORTS OF A MUDDY SATURDAY

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: Random House LCC US: 2009

Seller ID: RWARE0000032069

ISBN: 030747433X

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. Isabel's incandescent curiosity is piqued when she is asked to help a profe ssor of medicine who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud concerning a newly marketed drug. Would a doctor with a stellar reputation make such a simple but grave mistake? If not, what explains the tragic acci dent that resulted in the death of a patient? An investigation is in order, especially since a man's reputation is in jeo pardy, and a great deal of mon...
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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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THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO RAIN

By: Smith, Alexander McCall

Price: ¥500.00

Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP: 2006

Seller ID: RWARE0000036722

ISBN: 0316730912

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

The delectable new installment in the bestselling and already beloved adven tures 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 fiance's roving eye leads Isabel to believe that money may be the root of her love for Tom. But what, Isabel wonders, is the root of the interest Tom begins to show for Isabel herself? And she can't forget about her niece, Cat, who's busy falling for a man whom Isabel suspects of being an...
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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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Author:Alexander, Mccall Smith