Smith Alexander: 196 books
La's Orchestra Saves the World
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2009
A heart-warming stand alone novel about the life-affirming powers of music and company during a time of war, from the best-selling and beloved author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency.
When Lavender, La to her friends, moves to the Suffolk countryside, it’s not just to escape the London...
by Seán Alexander Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
The career of the French saint Vincent de Paul has attracted the attention of hundreds of authors since his death in 1660, but the fate of his legacy - entrusted to the body of priests called the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists) - remains vastly neglected. De Paul spent a lifetime working for...
The Holiest Lie Ever
Glorified by Myths, Mysticism, Symbolism, Rituals and Traditions.
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
The Holiest Lie Ever is made up of controversial material pertaining to religion and all the facts. It reveals the truth behind many religious aspects that have become distorted over time and predominantly focuses on Christianity. The material is both informative and insightful. This book is intended...
Writing bestselling children's books
52 brilliant ideas for inspiring young readers
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2007
Some people think that writing for kids is easy short books, no big words, non-existent attention spans and then fill in any gaps with pictures. But nothing could be further from the truth. Children are the harshest critics imaginable. Give a grown-up a copy of Ulysses to read and theyll pretend to...
Interpreting Clifford Geertz
Cultural Investigation in the Social Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2011
Theorist Clifford Geertz's influence extends far beyond Anthropology. This volume reflects the breadth of his influence, looking at Geertz as a theorist rather than as an anthropologist. To date there has been no impartial, comprehensive, and authoritative work published on this critical figure.
by Howard Schweber, David A Schultz, Henry L. Chambers Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2018
Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalia’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee a conservative counter-revolution that would reverse the liberal jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and which was continued to some extent under the Burger Court though...
Devolution and the Scottish Conservatives
Banal activism, electioneering and the politics of irrelevance
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
A unique ethnographic study of Party political activism exploring how Conservative Party activists who had opposed devolution and the movement for a Scottish Parliament during the 1990s attempted to mobilise politically following their annihilation at the 1997 General Election
Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community
Everything I Know about Relationships I Learned from Television
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Friends, Lovers, Co-Workers, and Community analyzes how television narratives form the first decade of the twenty-first century are powerful socializing agents which both define and limit the types of acceptable interpersonal relationships between co-workers, friends, romantic partners, family members,...
Studies in Culture Contact
Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other, how they reacted to that contact, and why it sometimes occurred peacefully and at other times was violent or catastrophic.
Studies in Culture Contact:...
by Elizabeth Milroy, Catharine Dann Roeber, Emily Mann
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2019
William Penn was an instrumental and controversial figure in the early modern transatlantic world, known both as a leader in the movement for religious toleration in England and as a founder of two American colonies, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. As such, his career was marked by controversy and contention...
by Alexander McCall Smith
Language: French
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Isabel Dalhousie, quadragénaire célibataire et financièrement indépendante, vit à Édimbourg où elle est rédactrice en chef de la très respectée Revue d'éthique appliquée. Elle préside aussi le club des philosophes amateurs qui se rassemble chez elle. Isabel s'intéresse à des problèmes...
Attrition in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Reasons, Implications, and Pathways Forward
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
With a focus on case studies of R&D programs in a variety of disease areas, the book highlights fundamental productivity issues the pharmaceutical industry has been facing and explores potential ways of improving research effectiveness and efficiency.
• Takes a comprehensive and holistic...
by Alexander McCALL SMITH
Language: French
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: French
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Precious Ramotswe et Grace Makutsi dans une nouvelle enquête qui pourrait bien les séparer...
Une jeune Canadienne ayant passé son enfance au Botswana demande aux dames détectives d'enquêter sur cette période de sa vie. Avec pour tout indice une photo, Precious et Grace tentent de retrouver...
Un gruppo di allegre signore
Un caso per Precious Ramotswe, la detective n° 1 del Botswana
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 21, 2013
«Il suo stile ha il pregio di essere chiaro, elegante e preciso. Le sue descrizioni trasportano il lettore nel bel mezzo del paesaggio del Botswana. Questa è arte che nasconde l’arte.» The Sunday Times«Mma Ramotswe: la Miss Marple africana.»The New York Times«La serie di Mma Ramotswe si è trasformata...