Alexander Smith: 196 books

The world has been witnessing a long unfolding process of urbanization that not only has altered the structural basis of society in terms of political economy, but has also symbolically relegated rural people and life to a secondary or deviant status through an ideology of urbanormativity. Both structural...

Written by a team of business and fi nance experts, Starting & Running a Business All-In-One For Dummies is a complete guide to every aspect of setting up and growing a successful business. Featuring straight-talking advice on everything from business planning and marketing, managing staff and...

An all-new, never-before-published original short novel by the bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, about a hapless American tourist’s larger-than-life comical trip to Ireland. Shortlisted for the 2015 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction Cornelius...

44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 3 **The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother.  ** This just...

CORDUROY MANSIONS - Book 3 **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. ** It...

Detective Ulf Varg from the Department of Sensitive Crimes is often called upon to investigate unusual matters. But rarely is he asked to conduct an inquiry on behalf of his own family. Is such a thing ethical? Adding to Ulf’s moral discomfort is the fact that he does not exactly see eye to eye...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities...

In these hilarious stories of perverse meetings, casual dates and romantic encounters, we are enthralled, saddened, inspired and surprised by the encounters we’re made privy to. McCall Smith, a master of the unexpected and a seamless storyteller, revels in offering us the quirky complications inherent...

44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 4 **The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother.  ** There...

In the first bilingual work on the reptiles and amphibians of the US–Mexico border, top herpetologists come together to describe the herpetofauna of the states of this region, which includes more than 600 species of toads, frogs, salamanders, turtles, sea turtles, alligators, lizards, snakes, and...

«Con Il Club dei filosofi dilettanti McCall Smith compie un salto di qualità narrativa, avvicinandosi allo spessore di Agatha Christie.» Il Sole 24 Ore«Uno scrittore meraviglioso, da leggere assolutamente.»The Guardian«Un indiscusso maestro del romanzo.» Publishers WeeklyTra la direzione della...

«Confortante come una cioccolata, caldo come una maglia di lana, questo romanzo è proprio quello che un medico consiglierebbe per le fredde serate invernali.» The Times su 44 Scotland Street «Uno scrittore meraviglioso, da leggere assolutamente.» The Guardian «Un indiscusso maestro...

«Con Il Club dei filosofi dilettanti McCall Smith compie un salto di qualità narrativa, avvicinandosi allo spessore di Agatha Christie.» Il Sole 24 Ore «Uno scrittore meraviglioso, da leggere assolutamente.» The Guardian «Un indiscusso maestro del romanzo.» Publishers Weekly Se...

«*Con Il Club dei filosofi dilettanti McCall Smith compie un salto di qualità narrativa, avvicinandosi allo spessore di Agatha Christie.*»Il Sole 24 Ore «*Uno scrittore meraviglioso, da leggere assolutamente.*»The Guardian «*Un indiscusso maestro del romanzo.*»Publishers Weekly...