In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea.
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 9780307377197
Category: Fiction
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Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea. Under the endless skies of Botswana, there is always something Mma Ramotswe can do to help someone and here she finds herself assisting a woman looking for her family. The problem is the woman doesn't know her real name or whether any of her family members are still alive. Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi is the recipient of a beautiful new bed that causes more than a few sleepless nights. And, at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has come under the influence of a doctor promising a miracle cure for his daughter's medical condition, which Mma Ramotswe finds hard to accept. Nonetheless, Precious Ramotswe handles these things in her usual compassionate and good-natured way, while always finding time for a cup of red bush tea.
In the ninth installment of this infinitely enjoyable and bestselling series, Precious Ramotswe is doing what she does best–solving crimes and taking care of business: her own and everybody else’s.
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Knopf Canada
ISBN: 0307371700
Category: Fiction
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In the ninth installment of this infinitely enjoyable and bestselling series, Precious Ramotswe is doing what she does best–solving crimes and taking care of business: her own and everybody else’s. Investigating her latest case, Mma Ramotswe has to trek to a game preserve, where she rediscovers the breathtaking beauty of her beloved Botswana. She is there to uncover the truth about an elderly American traveller whose safari proved to be his last journey. What she discovers is a surprise to everyone concerned. Meanwhile, problems are also brewing back at the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency: Mma Makutsi has instituted the Complaint Half Hour in order to air her grievances–which works well for her until Mma Ramotswe decides to institute her own version. And life is no less complicated at Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, where Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni–Mma Ramotswe’s estimable husband–has suddenly decided to mortgage the garage. But without a doubt–and after several cups of bush tea–Precious Ramotswe will make sure, as only she can, that everything turns out as it should. From the Hardcover edition.
Precious Ramotswe investigates two very different cases--the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important government official, and the moral character of the finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest.
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 9781400031368
Category: Fiction
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Precious Ramotswe investigates two very different cases--the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important government official, and the moral character of the finalists of the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest.
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Author: John Carswell
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786730529
Category: Travel
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In the summer of 1974, against the backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War, ceramics expert and Morgan sports car enthusiast John Carswell set off with his young family from their home in Beirut on an expedition across Asia and the Middle East. Their mode of transport was their beloved motor car, a Morgan 4/4 four seater, named 'Speedy'. Following in the steps of Ibn Battuta, their destination was the Maldives, where Carswell hoped to find evidence of the Chinese blue and white pottery which he was researching. The family travelled via Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, from where they sailed to Bombay (Mumbai). What followed was an extraordinary journey across the length of India to Sri Lanka and from there to the Maldives. Speedy Motor tells, with wit and sparkle, the trials and tribulations of one family car over several decades in the Middle East and latterly Europe. When the family were forced to flee Beirut during the Civil War, Speedy temporarily fell into the hands of Hizbollah but years later 'he' was reunited with his family in England. John Carswell's vivid account of a unique expedition and a much-loved car provides a vibrant portrait of a region in the grip of change.
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Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 1591589142
Category: Biography & Autobiography
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Even down to its well-set Georgian townhouses, Edinburgh is a hymn to measure and harmony. But on Scotland Street, domestic accord is in short supply. Matthew and Elspeth welcome three new arrivals, though the joys of multiple parenthood are somewhat lost due to sleep deprivation and the difficulties of telling their brood apart. Angus and Domenica are to marry, and Domenica has ambitious and disturbing plans for their living arrangements, especially when it appears that Antonia, in Italy recuperating from Stendhal Syndrome, may not return. And little Bertie, feeling blue, puts himself up for adoption on eBay. Can Edinburgh's most deliciously dysfunctional residents forsake discord and learn to dance to the same happy tune?
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Alexander continues this theme later, sitting at a coffee shop in Gaborone's
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The Miracle at Speedy Motors , Pantheon ( New York , NY ) , 2008 . Series novels
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ISBN: 9780787688035
Category: Biography & Autobiography
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Series covers individuals ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers. Entries cover: personal life, career, writings and works in progress, adaptations, additional sources, and photographs.
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... Cheerful Ladies Blue Shoes and Happiness The Good Husband of Zebra
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Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0345804473
Category: Juvenile Fiction
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Precious wants to be a detective when she grows up. She is always practicing at being a detective by asking questions and finding out about other people’s lives. There are two new students in her class, a girl called Teb and a boy called Pontsho. She learns that they are brother and sister, and—even more exciting—that Pontsho has a clever pet meerkat named Kosi. One day, Teb and Pontsho’s family’s cow disappears. Precious helps them look for clues to find the cow. But getting the cow back home will require some quick thinking and help from an unexpected source.
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Botswana cuisine, Botswana films, Botswana media, Botswana music, Languages of Botswana, National symbols of Botswana, Religion in Botswana, Sport in Botswana, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Tswana language, English language, Taa language, Bushmen healing and rock art, Ju hoansi, Khoekhoe language, Shona language, Culture of Botswana, Hoan language, Music of Botswana, !Kung language, G wi language, The Kalahari Typing School for Men, Northern Ndebele language, Freedom of religion in Botswana, Hinduism in Botswana, Naro language, In the Company of Cheerful Ladies, Botswanan cuisine, Yeyi language, Kalanga language, Blue Shoes and Happiness, Crazy Safari, The Gods Must Be Crazy II, Herero language, The Full Cupboard of Life, Tuu languages, Lozi language, Tsoa, Botswanan art, Botswana National Broadcasting Board, Tears of the Giraffe, Kx'a languages, Flag of Botswana, Fatshe leno la rona, Sotho-Tswana languages, Bemba language, Morality for Beautiful Girls, Tea Time for the Traditionally Built, Media of Botswana, Kxoe language, The Good Husband of Zebra Drive, Shwa language, The Miracle at Speedy Motors, Serowe Stadium, Kx au ein, Mbukushu language, Gciriku language, Badimo, The Double Comfort Safari Club, G ana language, Kuhane language, Islam in Botswana, Kgalagadi language, Public holidays in Botswana, Presidents' Day, National Library Service of Botswana. Excerpt: English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria. Following the economic, political, military, scientific, cultural, and colonial influence of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from the 18th century, via the British Empire, and of the United States since the mid-20th century, it...
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Miracle at Speedy Motors : The New Novel in the No. 1 Ladies ' Detective Agency
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Precious Ramotswe continues to give aid and enjoy the simple pleasures of life
in the ...
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Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.
... a speedy motor car doubtless would have made the daily trip in a quarter of the
time consumed by the old fashioned coach ; time would have been lacking then
for a close observation of that picturesque countryside whose rich coloring was ...
Author: Mercedes C. Barbarrosa
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