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Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats
Автор: Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2006 Страниц: 80 Дата загрузки: 14 февраля 2008
   Harriet is invited to help her detective aunts, Thessalonika and Japonica, investigate serious cheating in the world of horse racing. Initially excited by this prospect, Harriet quickly begins to regret getting involved. Will Harriet overcome her fears and find out who is causing Mr Fetlock's horses to lose all their races? Hold on tight for this bumpy ride!
 
The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean
Автор: Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2006 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 мая 2009
   Harriet's invited to accompany her aunts, Thessalonica and Japonica to America. She's terribly excited, knowing very well that with two expert detectives for aunts, this is going to be no ordinary trip. She soon discovers, to her enormous surprise, that they're actually on their way to see her sixth aunt, Formica! And as if this weren't surprising enough, she finds out that Aunt Formica is a cowgirl, and the reason for their visit is to help her catch some rustlers that have been stealing cattle from her ranch. Harriet and her three aunts must move like greased lightening if they're to get on the trail of the slippery cattle thieves. It's time to saddle-up and yee-ha!
 
Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats
Автор: Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2007 Страниц: 66 Дата загрузки: 12 марта 2010
   Harriet Bean loves nothing more than a good mystery. And together with her five extraordinary aunts (Veronica, Harmonica, Majolica, and twins Japonica and Thessalonika), she is always ready to take on a new case. Harriet doesn't think twice when her mind-reading detective aunts Japonica and Thessalonika enlist her help in catching a cheat at the racetrack. After all, Harriet is just the right size to go undercover as a jockey. But when the plan takes an unexpected turn, Harriet finds herself in the saddle.
 
The Dog Who Came in from the Cold The Dog Who Came in from the Cold
Автор: Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2010 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 28 июня 2012
   Following on from the huge success of the «44 Scotland Street» series, Alexander McCall Smith has 'moved house' to a crumbling four-storey mansion in Pimlico — Corduroy Mansions. It is inhabited by a glorious assortment of characters: among them, Oedipus Snark, the first every nasty Lib Dem MP, who is so detestable his own mother, Berthea, is writing an unauthorised biography about him; and one small vegetarian dog, Freddie de la Hay, who has the ability to fasten his own seatbelt. (Although Corduroy Mansions is a fictional name, the address is now registered by the Post Office).
 
The Right Attitude to Rain The Right Attitude to Rain
Автор: Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2006 Страниц: 276 Дата загрузки: 16 апреля 2010
   The curious and intrepid editor of Edinburgh's Review of Applied Ethics returns, this time to ponder the philosophical implications of love. In this third outing for Isabel Dalhousie in the Sunday Philosophy Club series, her American cousin introduces her to Dallas bigwig Tom Bruce and his fiancée. Isabel cannot suppress her intuition that the girl is marrying Tom for his money, and begins snooping in spite of herself. Should Isabel say something — especially since Tom seems to have taken a fancy to her — or is she ethically obliged to mind her own romantic house, and her growing feelings for her friend Jamie?
 
Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
Автор: Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2006 Страниц: 144 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 2008
   One day, out of the blue, Harriet Bean's dad says to her, 'Your aunts would like to hear about that!' Harriet is shocked — this is the first time she's heard anything about any aunts, and suddenly, she has five of them! Naturally, she's very curious to meet them, especially as her dad has told her that they each have a rather special ability (apart from Aunt Majolica who's just extremely bossy). The trouble is, the family was split up years ago and they all lost touch with one another. Will Harriet be able to reunite her dad with his sisters and enable the family portrait that was started many years ago to finally be completed? She is determined, and starts her quest for the five missing aunts with a trip to the circus.
 
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
Автор: Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2014 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 28 марта 2017
   As Botswana awaits the familiar blessing of the rains and the resumption of the eternal cycle, seismic upheaval is taking place at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Not only is Mr J. L. B. Matekoni attempting to reform himself into a modern husband, but after her marriage to Phuti Radiphuti, Mma Ramotswe's challenging but irreplaceable associate Mma Makutsi has joyful news. With the arrival of an heir to the Double Comfort furniture empire and Mma Makutsi busy with motherhood, cobras and a senior aunt, Mma Ramotswe must grapple alone with tea-making, detective work and a new uncertainty. Disturbing developments over the will of a local dignitary, Edgar Molapo, point to fraud and a shocking family secret, while tracing the source of a smear campaign against the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, in which notorious troublemaker Violet Sephotho may or not have a hand, proves to require a keen eye and an open mind. But the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is resilient and adaptable, and change brings salutary lessons: that our enemies are not always obvious, that a snake under the bed may be an ally, and that a mother's love conquers all.
 
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
Автор: Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2014 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 2016
   As summer blooms in Edinburgh's gardens and Bertie Pollock's birthday appears on the horizon, all at 44 Scotland Street is not cake and sunshine. Newlywed Angus Lordie has been booked by his bride into what he must not call the loony bin; Bruce's first encounter with hot wax brings more anguish than he bargained for; and Bertie's birthday dreams of scout camp and a penknife look set to be replaced by a game of Royal Weddings and a gender-neutral doll. But fate, an amorous Bedouin and the Dubai Tourist Authority conspire to transport Bertie's mother Irene to a warmer — if not a better — place, and once again in Scotland Street the triumph of human kindness over adversity gives cause for celebration.
 
44 Scotland Street 44 Scotland Street
Автор: Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2005 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 2009
   The story revolves around the comings and goings at No. 44 Scotland Street, a fictitious building in a real street in Edinburgh. Immediately recognisable are the Edinburgh chartered surveyor, stalwart of the Conservative Association, who dreams of membership of Scotland’s most exclusive golf club. We have the pushy Stockbridge mother, and her prodigiously talented five-year-old son, who is making good progress with the saxophone and with his Italian. Then there is Domenica Macdonald who is that type of Edinburgh lady who sees herself as a citizen of a broader intellectual world. In McCall Smith’s hands such characters retain charm and novelty, simultaneously arousing both mirth and empathy. 44 Scotland Street is vintage McCall Smith, tackling issues of trust and honesty, snobbery and hypocrisy, love and loss, but all with great lightness of touch. Clever, elegant and funny, this is a novel that provides huge entertainment but which is underpinned by the moral dilemmas of everyday life and the characters’ struggles to resolve them.
 
Blue Shoes and Happiness Blue Shoes and Happiness
Автор: Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2007 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 2009
   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 Botswana might have expected life to grow more sedate. But the many problems that lead customers to Mma Ramotswe's door seem, if anything, to have multiplied, and no sooner has she settled her traditionally built person into the married state than she finds herself looking into several troublesome matters at once. There is, to begin with, a disturbing case of blackmail and theft from the Government catering college. Then, while on an errand for her husband to the Mokolodi Game Reserve Mma Ramotswe is seconded to investigate an unpleasant atmosphere that may be down to witchcraft, or something worse. There are sinister goings-on at a health clinic to be looked into, not to mention any number of small wrongs to be righted along the path to detective triumph. And all the time Mma Ramotswe has weighty questions of a philosophical nature to consider, such as whether it is right to find happiness in small things, such as a new pair of blue shoes, a slice of cake, or a red sunset over the Kalahari.
 
Friends, Lovers, Chocolate Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
Автор: Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2006 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 2009
   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 thinks, 'but I am also a woman’. And more disturbance is in store. When Cat takes a break in Italy, Isabel agrees to run her delicatessen. One of the customers, she discovers, has recently had a heart transplant and is now being plagued by memories that cannot be rationally explained and which he feels do not belong to him. Isabel is intrigued. So intrigued that she finds herself rushing headlong into a dangerous investigation. But she still has time to think about the things that possess her — things like love and friendship, and, of course, temptation. The last of these comes in many forms — chocolate, for example, or seductive Italians…
 
Penguin Readers 3: The No: 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (+ Audio CD) Penguin Readers 3: The No: 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Жанр: Pearson Издательство: Pearson Год: 2008 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 2010
   Precious Ramotswe is a kind, warm-hearted and large African lady. She is also the only female private detective in Botswana. Her agency the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency is the best in the country. With help of her secretary, Mma Makutsi, and her best friend, Mr JLB Matekoni, she solves a number of difficult problems. A missing husband, a missing finger and a missing child she will solve these mysteries in her own special way.
 
Tears of the Giraffe (+ Audio CD) Tears of the Giraffe (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Жанр: Pearson Издательство: Pearson Год: 2008 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 2010
   The second exciting story from The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Precious Ramotswe is now known as Botswana's first and only lady detective and has many cases. She's looking for a young American who disappeared ten years ago. Will she finally marry Mr JLB Matekoni?
 
The No: 1 Ladies' Detective Agency The No: 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Автор: Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2005 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 27 сентября 2010
   This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to “help people with problems in their lives.” Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors. The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency received two Booker Judges’ Special Recommendations and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.
 
The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean
Автор: Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2007 Страниц: 88 Дата загрузки: 18 марта 2010
   When harriet rean discovers that she has yet one more lost aunt—a cowgirl named Formica—she jumps at the chance to join her two detective aunts as they help Aunt Formica catch a band of devious cattle rustlers. But the Wild West carries dangers all its own ... A perfect choice for young readers, this charming mystery from bestselling novelist Afexander McCall Smith will keep kids guessing—and laughing—from the first clue to the last. «Combines humor and intrigue. . . . Smith adds ample comic twists to keep kids entertained. Publishers Weekly
 
Miracle at Speedy Motors Miracle at Speedy Motors
Автор: Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2009 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 26 мая 2012
   It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous letter, she is compelled to reconsider her unconquerable belief in a kind world and good neighbours. While she ponders the identity of the letter-writer Mma Ramotswe has a further set of problems to solve, both professional and personal. There is an adopted child's poignant search for her true family, and Mr J. L. B. Matekoni's pursuit of an expensive miracle for their own foster daughter Motholeli. With these latest developments on Tlokweng Road, Alexander McCall Smith reveals with all his brilliant storytelling skill that there are very few troubles that cannot be solved with kindness, and very few dry seasons that do not end with welcome rain.
 
The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
Автор: Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2009 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 22 марта 2012
   In the fabulous new installment in the best-selling adventures of Isabel Dalhousie, Isabel is asked to help a doctor who has been disgraced by allegations of scientific fraud concerning a newly marketed drug. Our ever-curious moral philosopher finds her interest piqued. Would a doctor with a stellar reputation make such a simple but grave mistake? If not, what explains the tragic accident that resulted in the death of a patient? Clearly, an investigation is in order, especially since a man's reputation is in jeopardy. Could he be the victim of someone else's mistake? Or perhaps he has been willfully deceived by a pharmaceutical company with a great deal to gain. Not every problem prompts an investigation (take, for example, her ongoing struggle with her housekeeper, Grace, over the care of Isabel's infant son, Charlie), but, as we've seen, whatever the case, whatever the solution, Isabel's combination of spirit, smarts, empathy, and unabashed nosiness guarantees a delightful adventure.
 
Akimbo and the Elephants Akimbo and the Elephants
Автор: Жанр: Egmont Издательство: Egmont Год: 2005 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 мая 2008
   When Akimbo sees what poachers do to the elephants on his game reserve, he is determined to stop them. There's only one way to do it, and that's to become an elephant hunter himself! But it's going to take strength and courage, and will involve facing danger... A thrilling African adventure from a best-selling author.
 
The Perfect Hamburger The Perfect Hamburger
Автор: Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2005 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 мая 2008
   If Joe could remember what he had thrown into the mixing-bowl, he knew that his hamburger could revive his friend Mr Borthwick's ailing business and drive other fast-food store off the high street. A great opening announcing the perfect hamburger is arranged — but will Joe find the ingredients.
 
Blue Shoes and Happiness Blue Shoes and Happiness
Автор: Жанр: Daedalus Books Издательство: Daedalus Books Год: 2006 Страниц: 227 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 2008
   In this latest installment in the internationally best-selling, universally beloved series, there is considerable excitement at The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe's office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded there. And Botswana has a new advice columnist, Aunty Emang, whose advice is rather curt for Mma Ramotswe's taste. All this means a lot of work for our heroine and her inestimable assistant, Grace Makutsi, and they are, of course, up to the challenge. But there's trouble brewing in Mma Makutsi's own life. When Phuti Radiphuti misses their customary dinner date, she begins to wonder if he is having second thoughts about their engagement. And while Mma Makutsi may be able to buy that fashionably narrow (and uncomfortable) pair of blue shoes, it may not buy her the happiness that Mma Ramotswe promises her she'll find in the simpler things — in contentment with the world and enough tea to smooth over the occasional bumps in the road.
 

 

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