Smith Alexander: 196 books
by Alexander McCall Smith
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
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...
by Alexander McCall Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
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...
by William S. Cohen, Janet Langhart Cohen, Enola Gay Aird
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2009
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...
by Alexander McCall Smith
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
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...
by Alexander McCall Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
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...
A Complete History of the Lives and Robberies of the Most Notorious Highwaymen, Footpads, Shoplifts and Cheats of Both Sexes
Previously published 1719 and 1926
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
A Complete History of the Highwaymen discloses the most secret and barbarous murders, unparalleled robberies, notorious thefts and unheard of cheats, setting them in a true light and exposing them to public view for the common benefit of mankind. The accounts and confessions are drawn from imprisoned...
by Randall D. Babb, Thomas C. Brennan, Alexander Cruz
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
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...
Le affascinanti manie degli altri
Un caso per Isabel Dalhousie, filosofa e investigatrice
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 2, 2014
«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...
44 Scotland Street
Una storia del 44 Scotland Street
Language: Italian
Release Date: October 31, 2012
«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...
Il piacere sottile della pioggia
Un caso per Isabel Dalhousie, filosofa e investigatrice
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 1, 2014
«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...
L'arte perduta della gratitudine
Un caso per Isabel Dalhousie, filosofa e investigatrice
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 19, 2013
«*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...
Amici, amanti, cioccolato
Un caso per Isabel Dalhousie, filosofa e investigatrice
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 19, 2013
«*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...
L'uso sapiente delle buone maniere
Un caso per Isabel Dalhousie, filosofa e investigatrice
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 19, 2013
«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 WeeklyIsabel Dalhousie, riflessiva...
by Alexander McCall Smith
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 3, 2012
«Uno scrittore meraviglioso, da leggere assolutamente.»The Guardian«Un indiscusso maestro del romanzo.» Publishers WeeklyLa favola tradizionale africana riscritta dall'autore di Le lacrime della giraffa. McCall Smith dimostra ancora una volta la sua straordinaria abilità di narratore e tutto il suo amore per l'Africa. Un libro che Mma Ramotswe tiene sempre sulla scrivania!