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The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party (No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #12) by Alexander McCall Smith
$30.00 NZD
Category: Crime and thriller | Series: The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency 12 | Reading Level: very good
As the countdown to Mma Makutsi's wedding begins, all is not as it should be at the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency. While investigating unpleasant occurrences on a southern cattle-post, Mma Ramotswe, always on the side of the weak against the strong, has reason to reflect on Rule No.3 of The Principles o ...Show more
The Spaghetti Tangle by Alexander McCall Smith
$14.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
A highly inventive and entertaining tale about the joys of spaghetti!John and Nicky have never eaten spaghetti before and would give anything for the occasional bowl of chips or piece of chocolate cake. But they live with their rather strange and grumpy aunt who insists upon the most uncompromising of h ...Show more
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
$35.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Isabel Dalhousie Ser.
Introducing the new series from the international bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books -- the Sunday Philosophy Club series is set in Edinburgh, Scotland, and stars Isabel Dalhousie, editor of The Review of Applied Ethics and part-time detective. Isabel enjoys wading through th ...Show more
The Sunday Philosophy Club by Alexander McCall Smith
$30.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Isobel Dalhousie | Reading Level: good
Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who also uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. Isabel is Editor of the Review of Applied Ethics - which addresses such questions as 'Truth telling in sexual relationships' - and she also hosts The Sunday Philosophy Club at her house in Edinburgh. ...Show more
The Sweet Remnants of Summer (#14 Isabel Dalhousie) by Alexander McCall Smith
$37.99 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels Ser.
Our favorite moral philosopher is caught up in a delicate dispute between members of a prominent family as her husband, Jamie, is dragged into his own internecine rivalry. Isabel accepts an invitation to serve on the advisory committee of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, but soon finds herself s ...Show more
The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds (Dalhousie #9) by Alexander McCall Smith
$37.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Isabel Dalhousie Novels
As a mother, wife, employer and editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, Isabel Dalhousie is aware that to be human is to be responsible. So when a neighbour brings her a new and potentially dangerous puzzle to solve, once again Isabel feels she has no option but to shoulder the burden. A masterpiece pai ...Show more
Time of Love and Tartan (44 Scotland Street #12) by Alexander McCall Smith
$25.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: 44 Scotland Street Ser.
The latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith's perennially popular and irresistibly charming 44 Scotland Street series. When Pat accepts her narcissistic ex-boyfriend Bruce's invitation for coffee, she has no idea of the complications in her romantic and professional life that will follow. Meanw ...Show more
To the Land of Long Lost Friends (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency #20) by Alexander McCall Smith
$35.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | Reading Level: 1 Fiction
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. Matekoni finds himself embroiled in familial drama as well, when ...Show more
What W. H. Auden Can Do for You by Alexander McCall Smith
$29.99 NZD
Category: Non-fiction general
Bestselling novelist Alexander McCall Smith's charming account of how the poet W. H. Auden has helped guide his life — and how he might guide yours tooWhen facing a moral dilemma, Isabel Dalhousie — Edinburgh philosopher, amateur detective, and title character of a series of novels by best-selling autho ...Show more
Your Inner Hedgehog: A Professor Dr von Igelfeld Entertainment by Alexander McCall Smith
$37.99 NZD
Category: Fiction and NZ Fiction | Series: Professor Dr Moritz-Maria Von Igelfeld Ser.
In the latest entertaining and hilarious Professor Dr Dr Moritz-Maria Von Igelfeld novel, our hopelessly out-of-touch hero is forced to confront uppity librarians, the rector of the university and a possible hostile takeover, all while trying to remain studiously above it all. Professor Dr Moritz-Maria ...Show more