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The Kalahari Typing School for Men
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- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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Precious Ramotswe's comfortable existence as the only detective in Botswana is suddenly rattled when the Satisfaction Guaranteed Detective Agency opens, and its brochure proclaims, "Don't take any chances! Entrust your enquiries to a MAN!" As if the development isn't enough, Mma Ramotswe has also taken on two difficult cases, one of which hits close to home. But with wisdom on her side, Mma Ramotswe figures to crack both cases and upstage her competition.
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The Kalahari Typing School for Men
- More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 4
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 2003-11-21
- Language: English
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The Second-Worst Restaurant in France
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Timothy Ackroyd
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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Renowned cookbook writer Paul Stuart, renewed and refreshed from his time in Tuscany, has returned to Scotland to work on his new book. Writing, though, is complicated by Paul's changed domestic circumstances. His editor and new girlfriend, Gloria, has moved in with him despite not being specifically invited, and she's brought her two rather demanding Siamese cats. When Paul's cousin, Chloe, suggests Paul visit her in the French countryside, Paul jumps at the chance. However, once he arrives, he finds his fortunes tangled up with the infamous local restaurant.
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Way leads on to way
- By miracle books on 2024-01-02
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The Second-Worst Restaurant in France
- Narrated by: Timothy Ackroyd
- Series: Paul Stewart, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 2019-07-16
- Language: English
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
- The Sunday Philosophy Club, Book 2
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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In this delightful second installment in Alexander McCall Smith's best-selling new detective series, the irrepressibly curious Isabel Dalhousie, editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, gets caught up in an affair of the heart, this one a transplant.
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A Great Second Outing
- By CasyK on 2023-07-09
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
- The Sunday Philosophy Club, Book 2
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 2005-09-21
- Language: English
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Unbearable Lightness of Scones
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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Precocious six-year-old Bertie joins the scouts to escape his mother, Matthew learns to handle the challenges of marriage, and Domenica deals with loneliness. Even four-legged Cyril gets in on the action, finding himself a bit of canine romance.
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Politics or Polemic ? Stories or Springboard ?
- By Dara on 2018-12-12
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Unbearable Lightness of Scones
- Narrated by: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 5
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 2010-01-05
- Language: English
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The Double Comfort Safari Club
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
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Alexander McCall Smith’s internationally best-selling and award-winning series starring Botswana’s leading lady detective continues with this 11th charming tale. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi travel to the Okavango Delta to visit a safari lodge beset by unexplained events. There they are awestruck by the breathtaking scenery, but also troubled by the region’s many difficulties—not the least of which is the occasional grumpy hippopotamus.
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Great series!
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-11-21
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The Double Comfort Safari Club
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 11
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 2010-04-20
- Language: English
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Love Over Scotland
- A 44 Scotland Street Novel
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
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Internationally best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith, creator of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels, offers the third installment from his popular Scotland Street series. The endearing denizens of 44 Scotland Street soldier on, both domestically and across the globe, in this entertaining mosaic that is filled with the author's trademark wit and charm.
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My favourite author for coping with pandemic stress
- By LM on 2021-04-28
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Love Over Scotland
- A 44 Scotland Street Novel
- Narrated by: Robert Ian MacKenzie
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 3
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2007-11-05
- Language: English
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To the Land of Long Lost Friends
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 20
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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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 one of his clients asks for help evicting an unwanted houseguest who turns out to be the man's own brother. Elsewhere, Charlie and Fanwell are also involved in tricky matters of the heart, as Queenie-Queenie, Charlie's girlfriend, seems to have transferred her affections to Fanwell.
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Lacks the charm of previous books
- By Debbie Krueger on 2020-05-06
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To the Land of Long Lost Friends
- No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 20
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 20
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-22
- Language: English
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Love in the Time of Bertie
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 15
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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Life for Bertie seems to be moving at a pace that is rather out of his control. In Drummond Place gardens, it seems that Olive has their future together all planned out. Meanwhile, upstairs at 44 Scotland Street, Bertie’s father Stuart is powerless to stop overbearing Irene and her motion for Bertie to travel to Aberdeen on a three-month secondment.
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Another wonderful Scotland Street story.
- By Amazon Customer on 2022-12-25
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Love in the Time of Bertie
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 15
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 15
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 2022-02-22
- Language: English
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The Importance of Being Seven
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
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Perhaps best known for his No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, #1 New York Times best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith delights fans around the world with his warmhearted 44 Scotland Street novels. In the series’ sixth entry, the residents of 44 Scotland Street grapple with problems both trivial and severe, but none so great as when six-year-old Bertie Pollock - who longs to be seven - mislays his mum and learns a valuable lesson about wish fulfillment.
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The Importance of Being Seven
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 6
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 2012-08-21
- Language: English
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The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
- The Complete BBC Radio Series
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: full cast, Janice Acquah, Nadine Marshall, and others
- Length: 26 hrs and 12 mins
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The complete BBC Radio adaptations of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency featuring Botswana's only female private detective agency, run by the irrepressible Precious Ramotswe. Based on the hugely popular novels and brought to life with music and full casts, these evocative productions return us to Botswana, where Precious has more mysteries to solve.
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The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
- The Complete BBC Radio Series
- Narrated by: full cast, Janice Acquah, Nadine Marshall, Claire Benedict, Joseph Marcell, Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 26 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 2023-01-05
- Language: English
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The Woman Who Walked In Sunshine
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Business is slow at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, so slow in fact that for the first time in her estimable career Precious Ramotswe has reluctantly agreed to take a holiday. The promise of a week of uninterrupted peace is short-lived, however, when she meets a young boy named Samuel, a troublemaker who is himself in some trouble. Once she learns more about Samuel's sad story, Mma Ramotswe feels compelled to step in and help him find his way out of a bad situation.
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The best yet!
- By LK on 2021-11-03
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The Woman Who Walked In Sunshine
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 16
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 2015-10-27
- Language: English
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The Enigma of Garlic
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 16
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
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It's the most anticipated event of the decade—Big Lou and Fat Bob's wedding—and everyone is invited! But the relative peace and tranquillity of 44 Scotland Street is about to be disrupted. Domineering Irene is set to return for a two-month stay, consigning young Bertie to a summer camp. Not content with that, she somehow manages to come between the enigmatic nun, Sister Maria-Fiore dei Fiori di Montagna, and her friend, the hagiographer, Antonia Collie.
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The Enigma of Garlic
- 44 Scotland Street, Book 16
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 16
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 2023-04-11
- Language: English
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The Perfect Passion Company
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Amy Alexander
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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As the new manager of the Perfect Passion Company, Katie’s mission is to help the lonely hearts of Edinburgh. With the assistance of her amiable and handsome office neighbor, William, she finds herself using a personal touch to find matches for the city’s lovelorn citizens. When an airline pilot comes to her looking for a woman to take care of him, Katie sends him to cooking school. The case of a hotelier with a particularly overbearing mother may require a delicate two-pronged approach.
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The Perfect Passion Company
- Narrated by: Amy Alexander
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 2024-02-13
- Language: English
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The Revolving Door of Life
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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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 installment in this popular series, now running in its ninth season in The Scotsman. Anything could happen to Bertie and the gang....
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The Revolving Door of Life
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 10
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2016-02-09
- Language: English
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The Full Cupboard of Life
- More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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New York Times best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith's critically acclaimed No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series continues in this engaging book that won the first ever Saga Award for Wit, given to the wittiest British book of the year.
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The Full Cupboard of Life
- More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 5
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 2004-05-12
- Language: English
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A Time of Love and Tartan
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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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. Meanwhile, Matthew, her boss at the art gallery, attracts the attention of the police after a misunderstanding at the local bookstore. Whether caused by small things such as a cup of coffee and a book, or major events such as Stuart's application for promotion and his wife Irene's decision to pursue a PhD in Aberdeen, change is coming to Scotland Street.
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Scotland Street Rocks
- By Jacqueline Carey on 2023-05-23
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A Time of Love and Tartan
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 12
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 2018-02-06
- Language: English
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Espresso Tales
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
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Between glances in the mirror, vain Bruce contemplates a new career as a wine merchant. His troubled flatmate, Pat, finds himself looking for true love at a nudist picnic. Precocious Bertie, now six years old, prepares for kindergarten despite the horror of being forced to wear pink overalls. Meanwhile, his domineering mother, Irene, and his psychologist, Dr. Fairbarn, struggle with dark secrets as Bertie plots his rebellion against them.
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Espresso Tales
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 2
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 2006-12-26
- Language: English
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Bertie Plays the Blues
- A 44 Scotland Street Novel, Book 7
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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Domestic bliss seems in short supply at 44 Scotland Street. Over at the Pollocks', dad, Stuart, is harbouring a secret about a secret society and Bertie is feeling kind of blue. Having had enough of his neurotic hot-housing mother, he puts himself up for adoption on eBay. Will he go to the highest bidder or will he have to take matters into his own hands? Will the lovelorn Big Lou find true love on the Internet? And will Angus Lordie and Domenica make it up the aisle? Catch up with all your favorite faces down in 44 Scotland Street as we follow their daily pursuit of a little happiness.
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sweet story!
- By hopi on 2022-04-10
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Bertie Plays the Blues
- A 44 Scotland Street Novel, Book 7
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 7
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 2013-10-08
- Language: English
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The Bertie Project
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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Bertie's respite from his overbearing mother, Irene, is over. She has returned home from the Middle East, only to discover that her son has been exposed to the worst of evils: cartoons, movies, and even carbonated beverages. But the one who should be most concerned is her unfortunate husband, Stuart, upon whom her wrath is about to descend.
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The Bertie Project
- Narrated by: Robert Ian Mackenzie
- Series: 44 Scotland Street, Book 11
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 2017-02-07
- Language: English
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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Written by: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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Readers everywhere have become entranced by the New York Times best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, from acclaimed author and award-winning wit Alexander McCall Smith. Each charming book in the series is a masterpiece of comic subtlety and a window for viewing the distinctive culture and landscape of Botswana.
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Well-done!
- By Allison Townsend on 2022-01-24
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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Series: The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 6
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 2005-05-10
- Language: English
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