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    Classic Recipes and Traditions

    "A wonderful book for those who love food - so much more than a cookery book, splendid though the recipes for food and drinks are. It is a book extolling the whole love and craft of cooking, social habits and customs of this country" -Hamish Coghill in Edinburgh Evening NewsThe Scots Kitchen, first published in 1929, gives a delightful account of eating and drinking in Scotland throughout the ages ... Read more

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  • In a Time of Distance

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    In a beautiful and transporting volume of poems, the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series takes us on a captivating journey from Africa to Greece, London to North America to Mumbai, and back home to Scotland, celebrating people, places, animals, and books.What matters most in life? For Alexander McCall Smith, it is friendship, love, and travel—the themes found throughout his ... Read more

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    Welcome to the insane and rarified world of Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld of the Institute of Romance Philology. Von Igelfeld is engaged in a never-ending quest to win the respect he feels certain he is due—a quest which has the tendency to go hilariously astray.In Portuguese Irregular Verbs, Professor Dr von Igelfeld learns to play tennis, and forces a college chum to enter into a duel ... Read more

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  • The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs

    Series Book 2 - Professor Dr von Igelfeld Series
    Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment – Book 2The Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment series slyly skewers academia, chronicling the comic misadventures of the endearingly awkward Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, and his long-suffering colleagues at the Institute of Romance Philology in Germany.Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies’ ... Read more

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  • Tiny Tales

    Stories of Romance, Ambition, Kindness, and Happiness

    It is often said that the best things in life come in small packages; anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection from the acclaimed author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight, accompanied by charming illustrations by Iain McIntosh.In Tiny Tales, Alexander McCall Smith explores ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances

    Series Book 3 - Professor Dr von Igelfeld Series
    Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment - Book 3The Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment series slyly skewers academia, chronicling the comic misadventures of the endearingly awkward Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, and his long-suffering colleagues at the Institute of Romantic Philology in Germany.Readers who fell in love with Precious Ramotswe, proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies’ ... Read more

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  • The Scots Kitchen

    Classic Recipes and Traditions

    The Scots Kitchen, first published in 1929, gives a delightful account of eating and drinking in Scotland throughout the ages, with definitive recipes for all the traditional national dishes.Cookery writer and broadcaster Catherine Brown describes the impact this pioneering book has had on the whole of Scottish cuisine and traces the fascinating life story of Marian McNeill herself. Notes explain ... Read more

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  • The Mystery of Meerkat Hill

    Illustrated by Iain McIntosh ...
    Series Book 2 - Precious Ramotswe Mysteries for Young Readers
    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 ... Read more

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  • The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case

    Series Book 1 - Precious Ramotswe Mysteries for Young Readers
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    Series Book 3 - Precious Ramotswe Mysteries for Young Readers
    A detective in the wild.Precious Ramotswe gets a very special treat. She gets a trip to visit her Aunty Bee at a safari camp. On her first day in camp, a new lion arrives. But this is no average lion: Teddy is an actor-lion who came with a film crew. When Teddy escapes, Precious and her resourceful new friend Khumo decide to use their detective skills to help track him. They will brave the wilds ... Read more

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