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Pianos and Flowers
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
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In these stories, inspired by long-lost photographs, the lives of the people in the frame are imagined and then explored, layer by layer. What must have it like to be them? We share the lives of three sisters, brought up in Penang. We hear of what happened to them, and to their Chinese neighbours caught in the tides of war. We see a group of small boys in a Glasgow slum, their young lives stunted by poverty, and hear how life worked out in contrasting ways for them. We follow a young woman's search for love in the unlikely realm of Egyptian antiquities.
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Pianos and Flowers
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 4 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 2021-01-19
- Language: English
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The Quiet Side of Passion
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
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Isabel Dalhousie grapples with complex matters of the heart as she tries to juggle her responsibilities to friends, family, and the philosophical community. With two small boys to raise, a mountain or articles to edit for the Review of Applied Ethics, and the ever-increasing demands of her niece, Cat, who always seems to need a helping hand at the deli, Isabel barely has any time for herself. Her husband, Jamie, suggests acquiring extra help, and she reluctantly agrees.
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Losing the Plot?
- By Anon on 2020-11-25
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The Quiet Side of Passion
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 12
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 2018-07-31
- Language: English
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The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 14
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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Precious Ramotswe has taken on two puzzling cases. First, she is approached by the lawyer Mma Sheba, who is the executor of a deceased farmer’s estate. Mma Sheba has a feeling that the young man who has stepped forward may be falsely impersonating the farmer’s nephew in order to claim his inheritance. Mma Ramotswe agrees to visit the farm and find out what she can about the self-professed nephew. Then the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon comes to Mma Ramotswe for advice.
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The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 14
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 14
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 2013-11-05
- Language: English
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The Joy and Light Bus Company
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 22
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni attends a course hosted by the local chamber of commerce entitled “Where Is Your Business Going?”. But rather than feeling energized, he comes back in low spirits, unsure how to grow the already venerable and successful Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. Then an old friend from school approaches him about a new business venture that could be just the ticket. When it turns out he will need to mortgage his property in order to pursue this endeavor, Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi wonder what this will mean for his current business - as well as their own.
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ams does it afain
- By Yoga Glo on 2021-11-21
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The Joy and Light Bus Company
- No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 22
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 22
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 2021-11-16
- Language: English
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The Novel Habits of Happiness
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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From a small town outside Edinburgh comes the news that a young boy has been recounting vivid recollections of a past life: a perfect description of an island off the coast of Scotland that he couldn't possibly know and a house there where he claims to have spent his former life. When the boy's mother asks Isabel to investigate his claims, she feels she must - of course! - help them learn the truth, and she and her husband, Jamie, set off for the island.
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Read the Series!
- By Tea leaf on 2021-11-13
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The Novel Habits of Happiness
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 10
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 2015-07-29
- Language: English
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The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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From the author of the phenomenally successful, New York Times best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency mystery series, comes this spellbinding collection of African folktales from Zimbabwe and Botswana.
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The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
- Narrated by: full cast
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2004-12-30
- Language: English
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Chance Developments
- Stories
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie, Jamie Jackson, John Keating, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
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It is said that a picture may be worth a thousand words, but an old photograph can inspire many more. In this beguiling book, Alexander McCall Smith casts his eye over five chanced-upon photographs from the era of black-and-white photography and imagines the stories behind them. Who were those people, what were their stories, why are they smiling, what made them sad?
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Chance Developments
- Stories
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie, Jamie Jackson, John Keating, Davina Porter, Graham Rowat
- Length: 5 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2016-07-12
- Language: English
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The Sweet Remnants of Summer
- Isabel Dalhousie, Book 14
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Isabel accepts an invitation to serve on the advisory committee of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery but soon finds herself swept up in an all-too-familiar dilemma. David is the grandson of a Scottish clan chief and is supportive of Scottish nationalism. But his fervent beliefs are threatening family harmony, especially because his sister Catriona's socialist views put her at odds with her brother. When their mother, Laura, a fellow committee member, asks Isabel to intervene, she tries to demur. But Isabel can't help but intercede.
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Excellent reader
- By Tea leaf on 2022-08-15
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The Sweet Remnants of Summer
- Isabel Dalhousie, Book 14
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 14
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 2022-07-19
- Language: English
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The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Charlotte Parry
- Length: 2 hrs
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Nine-year-old Harriet Bean can't believe her ears. She has aunts - five of them! Why has her absent-minded father never mentioned them before? Armed with a faceless family portrait and musty old clues, Harriet begins the quest for her long-lost aunts. But are her detective skills sufficient to track down muscular Veronica.
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The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
- Narrated by: Charlotte Parry
- Series: Harriet Bean, Book 1
- Length: 2 hrs
- Release date: 2008-10-24
- Language: English
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The Lost Art of Gratitude
- An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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When Isabel bumps into Minty Auchterlonie for the first time in years, she is skeptical (again) of Minty's integrity. But Minty mentions the bank where she works is having internal troubles, and Isabel must determine, once and for all, if Minty can be trusted.
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The Lost Art of Gratitude
- An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 6
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2009-09-22
- Language: English
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The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case
- Book 1
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 55 mins
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Have you ever said to yourself, "wouldn’t it be nice to be a detective"? This is the story of an African girl who says just that. Her name is Precious. When a piece of cake goes missing from her classroom, a traditionally built young boy is tagged as the culprit. Precious, however, is not convinced. She sets out to find the real thief. Along the way she learns that your first guess isn’t always right. She also learns how to be a detective.
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The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe's Very First Case
- Book 1
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Series: Precious Ramotswe Mysteries, Book 1
- Length: 55 mins
- Release date: 2012-04-03
- Language: English
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Trains and Lovers
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
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In the words of Alexander McCall Smith: "You feel the rocking of the train, you hear the sound of its wheels on the rails; you are in the world rather than suspended somewhere above it. And sometimes there are conversations to be had, which is what the overarching story in this collection is all about. It is a simple device: people brought together entertain one another with tales of what happened to them on trains. It takes place on a journey I frequently make myself and know well, the journey between Edinburgh and London. It is best read on a train, preferably that one."
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Great storytelling
- By Roberta W on 2023-02-21
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Trains and Lovers
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2013-06-11
- Language: English
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La's Orchestra Saves the World
- A Novel
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Emily Gray
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
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In 1939, Lavender flees London to escape the German bombs and her shattered marriage. Settling in a small town, she pulls together a makeshift orchestra to help cope with the times.
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La's Orchestra Saves the World
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Emily Gray
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2009-12-08
- Language: English
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A BBC Christmas Collection
- 30 Festive Dramas and Stories
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith, Rachel Joyce, Charles Dickens, and others
- Narrated by: Nikesh Patel, Meera Syal, Stephen Fry, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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Christmas is the perfect time to curl up with a good story, and this cracking collection brings you 30 wonderfully diverse tales inspired by this most special of seasons. From Santa Claus, gift-giving and family gatherings, to an unexpected encounter in a snowstorm and an alternative take on the Nativity, they're sure to get you in the festive mood.
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A BBC Christmas Collection
- 30 Festive Dramas and Stories
- Narrated by: Nikesh Patel, Meera Syal, Stephen Fry, Rebecca Front, Stephanie Cole, Tamsin Grieg, Michelle Fairley, Niamh Cusack, Robert Lindsay, James Fleet, Nina Sosanya, full cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 2022-12-01
- Language: English
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The Careful Use of Compliments
- An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Award-winning New York Times best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith, creator of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels, delivers the fourth tale from his charming Isabel Dalhousie series, featuring the highly ethical and plucky protagonist. She's now a mother, but has an uncertain relationship with her son's father. She must also deal with academic politics and, of course, a mystery: did a Scottish painter drown, commit suicide or fall victim to a murder plot?
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The Careful Use of Compliments
- An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 4
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2007-09-17
- Language: English
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Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm
- Written by: Stella Gibbons, Alexander McCall-Smith - introduction
- Narrated by: Emma Handy
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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The title story tells of a typical Christmas at the farm before the coming of Flora Poste. It is a parody of the worst sort of family Christmas: Adam Lambsbreath dresses up as Father Christmas in two of Judith's red shawls. There are unsuitable presents, unpleasant insertions into the pudding and Aunt Ada Doom orders Amos to carve the turkey, adding: 'Ay, would it were a vulture, 'twere more fitting!'
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Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm
- Narrated by: Emma Handy
- Series: Cold Comfort Farm
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2022-04-07
- Language: English
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Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
- A 44 Scotland Street Novel
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
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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.
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Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
- A 44 Scotland Street Novel
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 9
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2015-02-17
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar
- Creating Humans: Ethical Questions Where Reproduction and Science Collide
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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In this course, we will discuss the moral aspects of human reproduction. We will discuss various influences on reproduction as well as the scientific advances in reproductive technology. At the end of this course we will not have arrived at answers to the various questions raised, but instead will have provided a base for us to consider the issues at hand and a desire to pursue more study in the important aspects of creating humans.
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The Modern Scholar
- Creating Humans: Ethical Questions Where Reproduction and Science Collide
- Narrated by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2008-08-14
- Language: English
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Unusual Uses for Olive Oil
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
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Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, author of the highly regarded Portuguese Irregular Verbs (200 LTD copies sold!) and a pillar of the Institute of Romance Philology in the proud Bavarian city of Regensburg, finds that life is very difficult these days. His academic rival (and owner of a one-legged dachsund) Detlev-Amadeus Unterholzer has been winning undeserved recognition. With help from the matchmaking Ophelia Prinzel, he stumbles toward a romance with Frau Benz, a charming widow who owns her very own Schloss and a fleet of handsome cars.
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Unusual Uses for Olive Oil
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Series: Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, Book 4
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 2012-12-26
- Language: English
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The Pavilion in the Clouds
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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It is 1938 and the final days of the British Empire. In a bungalow high up in the green hills above the plains of Ceylon, under a vast blue sky, live the Ferguson family: Bella, a precocious eight-year-old; her father Henry—owner of Pitlochry, a tea plantation—and her mother Virginia. The story centres around the Pavilion in the Clouds, set in the idyllic grounds carved out of the wilderness. But all is not as serene as it seems. Bella is suspicious of her governess, Miss White’s intentions.
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The Pavilion in the Clouds
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 2022-12-13
- Language: English
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