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Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers by Alexander McCall Smith
$40.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: 44 Scotland Street #9
Once more, we catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith. With customary charm and deftness, Alexander McCall Smith gives us another instalment in this popular series, now running in its ninth season in The Scotsman. Anything could happen to B ...Show more
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers (#9 44 Scotland Street) by Alexander McCall Smith
$28.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: 44 Scotland Street Ser.
It's not that poor Bertie Pollock is wishing his life away, but having anticipated his 7th birthday for so long he's now longing to be 18. But there's a lot of living to do and Bertie isn't alone amongst the residents of Scotland Street in trying to do just that - with mixed fortunes.
Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith
$30.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency 7 | Reading Level: good-very good
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 ...Show more
Blue Shoes and Happiness (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #7) by Alexander McCall Smith
$40.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency S.
Blue Shoes and Happiness brings more adventures for Precious Ramotswe and her fine assistant Mma Makutsi, including an encounter with a cobra, a sinister blackmail plot and a rather tight-fitting pair of blue shoes, as well as plenty more bush tea and Botswana skies.
Bubblegum Tree by Alexander McCall Smith
$14.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Billy, Nicola and Mr Gopal are off to India in a flying boat to solve a baffling mystery! The gum that comes from the wonderful bubblegum trees that grow in the Indian jungle has not been delivered for two months. Without this secret ingredient, there'll be no more Gopal's Best Pink Bubblegum, and even ...Show more
Calculator Annie by Alexander McCall Smith
$16.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
No matter how hard Annie tries, she just cannot do even the simplest sums. It's so embarrassing! When she goes to the shops, she can't work out how much money to hand the shopkeeper, and she always gets 0 for her maths homework. That is, until Annie goes to sleep with a calculator under her pillow, and ...Show more
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith
$48.00 NZD
Category: World fiction
From the author of the global best-seller, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, comes a brand new serial novel set in the heart of London. 'Corduroy Mansions is the affectionate nickname given to a genteelly crumbling mansion block in London's vibrant Pimlico. This is the home patch of - among others - a ...Show more
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith
$55.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Corduroy Mansions
Following on from the huge success of the 44 Scotland Street series, Alexander McCall Smith 'moved house' to London's Pimlico and into his brand new daily novel, Corduroy Mansions. The building itself - described in a guide to the architecture of the area as 'a building of no interest whatsoever' - ...Show more
Corduroy Mansions by Alexander McCall Smith
$30.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Corduroy Mansions Ser. | Reading Level: very good
CORDUROY MANSIONS - Book 1 In the Corduroy Mansions series of novels, set in London's hip Pimlico neighborhood, we meet a cast of charming eccentrics, including perhaps the world's most clever terrier, who make their home in a handsome, though slightly dilapidated, apartment block. Corduroy Mansions is ...Show more
Doughnut Ring by Alexander McCall Smith
$16.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
Jim and his friends are upset to hear that their school janitor's car has been stolen, and just before he's due to retire too. So Jim comes up with a bright idea for a way to help raise money to buy a new car: selling doughnuts. They start by making their own very delicious doughnuts to sell, but run in ...Show more
Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith
$23.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Canons Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Dream Angus comes to you at night and bestows dreams. Just the sight of him may be enough to make you lose your heart, for he is also the god of love, youth and beauty.In this mesmerising retelling of the Celtic myth, Alexander McCall Smith unites dream and reality, leaving us to wonder: what is life bu ...Show more
Dream Angus : Myth of Celtic Eros (Myth Series) by Alexander McCall Smith
$27.00 NZD
Category: World fiction | Series: Text Myth Ser.
This novel is based on the myth of the Celtic god Angus who carries dreams to people while they sleep. Woven into Angus's story, are 5 contemporary fables, exquisite short stories in which dreams play a pivotal narrative role. Angus is present in all of these stories because the dreams themselves shape ...Show more