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Author
Series
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
232 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Paul Stuart, a renowned food writer, finds himself at loose ends after his longtime girlfriend leaves him for her personal trainer. To cheer him up, Paul’s editor, Gloria, encourages him to finish his latest cookbook on-site in Tuscany, hoping that a change of scenery (plus the occasional truffled pasta and glass of red wine) will offer a cure for both heartache and writer’s block. But upon Paul’s arrival, things don’t quite go as planned....
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 7
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
310 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
New parents Matthew and Elspeth must muddle through the difficulties of raising their triplets Rognvald, Tobermory and Fegus — there's normal sleep deprivation, and then there's trying to tell the children apart from one another. Angus and Domenica are newly engaged, and now they must negotiate the complex merger of two households. Domenica is also forced to deal with the return of an old flame, while Big Lou has begun the search for a new one,...
Author
Series
Portuguese irregular verbs volume 1
Publisher
Vintage Canada
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows eminent (if shamefully under-read) philologist Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld from a busman's holiday researching old Irish obscenities to a flirtation with a desirable lady dentist.
Author
Series
Portuguese irregular verbs volume 2
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Invited to lecture in America, von Igelfeld envisions a visit to California or New York. Instead, he finds himself at the University of Arkansas. Still, in von Igelfeld's view, one American state is very like the other. An expert philolgist, von Igelfeld prepares to deliver a talk on verbs, until he makes a grim discovery--he has been mistaken for a German master of veterinary science who has recently passed away.
Author
Series
Portuguese irregular verbs volume 3
Publisher
Vintage Canada
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Physical Desc
126 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Professor Dr. von Igelfeld suffers the slings of academic intrigue as a visiting fellow at Cambridge, and the arrows of outrageous fortune in an eventful Colombian adventure.
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 6
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
311 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The great city of Edinburgh is renowned for its impeccable restraint, so how, then, did the extended family of 44 Scotland Street come to be trembling on the brink of reckless self-indulgence? After seven years and five books, Bertie is — finally! — about to turn seven. But one afternoon he mislays his meddling mother Irene, and learns a valuable lesson: wish-fulfillment can be a dangerous business. Angus and Domenica contemplate whether to give...
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 4
Publisher
Center Point
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
495 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Six-year-old Bertie and artist Angus Lordie join forces to rescue Lordie's beloved dog Cyril from the pound in this fourth charming installment in the bestselling 44 Scotland Street series.
Author
Series
Portuguese irregular verbs volume 4
Publisher
Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
203 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Professor Dr. 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 towards...
Author
Series
Corduroy mansions volume 2
Publisher
Polygon
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
312 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
This was the mission upon which Freddie de la Hay now embarked. Wearing his new collar, in which a small transmitter had been expertly concealed, the obliging and urbane Pimlico terrier was put on a lead and taken downstairs . . . Freddie's new career had begun. He was now officially in the service of his country.
Author
Series
Corduroy mansions volume 3
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
261 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's back to Corduroy Mansions -- the slightly dilapidated but well-lived-in mansion block in London's hip Pimlico neighborhood. There's never a dull moment for the residents of Corduroy Mansions: Berthea Snark is still at work on her scathing biography of the only loathsome Liberal Democrat member of Parliament -- her own son, Oedipus; literary agents Rupert Porter and Barbara Ragg are still battling each other for first crack at the manuscript...
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 9
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
295 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
As summer blooms in Edinburgh's gardens and Bertie Pollock's birthday appears on the horizon, all at 44 Scotland Street is not cake and sunshine. 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....
Author
Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
213 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Precious Ramotswe is haunted by a dream in which she is driving her dear old white van. Grace Makutsi dreams that her 97 percent on the Botswana Secretarial College exam was a mistake. When Mma Ramotswe discovers that her van is actually still in use (and, of course, sets out to retrieve it), Mma Makutsi wonders whether her dream will turn out to be prophetic as well. They can only wait and see, but, in the meantime, one of Phuti Radiphuti's apprentices...
Author
Series
44 Scotland Street volume 10
Publisher
Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
282 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Excitement abounds when the revolving door of life brings fresh faces and hilarious new developments to the residents of 44 Scotland Street. Things are looking up for seven-year-old Bertie Pollock. The arrival of his spirited grandmother and the absence of his meddlesome mother who is currently running a book club in a Bedouin harem (don't ask) bring unforeseen blessings: no psychotherapy, no Italian lessons, and no yoga classes. Meanwhile, surprises...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Further adventures of the one and only Precious Ramotswe, the engaging and sassy owner of Botswana's only woman-owned detective agency, as she expands her business to take in the world of car repair and a beauty pageant.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Further adventures of Botswana's only lady detective, who, while preparing for her upcoming wedding, tries to help a mother grieving for her lost son.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 13
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
257 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Precious Ramotswe is back and, as usual, her plate is full! She's called in to tackle a mysterious disciplinary problem at her adopted daughter's school... Her infinitely trustworthy assistant, Grace Makutsi, is having trouble adjusting to wedded bliss, a problem to test even the formidable talents of Mma Ramotswe... And the estimable Clovis Andersen, author of The Principles of Private Investigation -- the No. 1 Ladies' prized manual -- has arrived,...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 14
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
242 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 15
Publisher
Pantheon
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A kindhearted brother and sister have taken in a woman known only as “Mrs.” — a woman with no memory of her name or of how she came to Botswana. And so it’s up to Precious Ramotswe and her new co-director, Grace Makutsi, to discover the woman’s identity. Meanwhile, motherhood proves to be no obstacle to Mma Makutsi’s professional success. As she settles into her role as partner at the agency, she also launches a new enterprise of her own:...
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