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Скачать книгу (размер 1 325 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 261) Аннотация: Mma Ramotswe, normally a sound and peaceful sleeper, finds her slumbers disturbed by a dream of a tall man beneath an acacia tree. But she is not quite ready to discover what this vision may portend. Soon even Mma Makutsi, now in the first flush of married bliss, has to admit that untoward things are occurring around the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, not least with the construction of her new…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie is a philosopher who also uses her training to solve unusual mysteries. Isabel is Editor of the Review of Applied Ethics — which addresses such questions as 'Truth telling in sexual relationships' — and she also hosts The Sunday Philosophy Club at her house in Edinburgh. Behind the city's Georgian facades its moral compasses are spinning with greed, dishonesty and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Scotland Street witnesses the wedding of the millennium of Angus Lordie to Domenica Macdonald, but as the newlyweds depart on honeymoon Edinburgh is in disarray. Recovering from the trauma of being best man, Matthew lurches into the arms of a Dane called Bo, while Cyril eludes his dog-sitter and embarks on an odyssey involving fox-holes and the official residence of a cardinal. Narcissist Bruce…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher she is certain of where she stands. She can review a book called In Praise of Sin with panache and conviction, but real life is... well, perhaps a bit more challenging — particularly when it comes to her feelings for Jamie, a younger man who should have married her niece, Cat.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Even down to its well-set Georgian townhouses, Edinburgh is a hymn to measure and harmony. But on Scotland Street, domestic accord is in short supply. Matthew and Elspeth welcome three new arrivals, though the joys of multiple parenthood are somewhat lost due to sleep deprivation and the difficulties of telling their brood apart. Angus and Domenica are to marry, and Domenica has ambitious and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Happy with her husband-to-be and beloved son, Isabel Dalhousie has feelings about parenthood that grow more tender daily. So when Jane, a visiting academic adopted and sent to Australia as a baby, asks for help in tracing her Scottish origins, she cannot refuse. However, habitually upright Isabel finds herself beset by temptation — for instance, to be suspicious of Professor Lettuce's latest…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Life is so unfair, and it sends many things to try Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, author of Portuguese Irregular Verbs and pillar of the Institute of Romance Philology in the proud Bavarian city of Regensburg. There is the undeserved rise of his rival (and owner of a one-legged dachshund), Detlev Amadeus Unterholzer; the interminable ramblings of the librarian, Herr Huber; and the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The thirteenth novel in the wonderful No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, from master storyteller Alexander McCall Smith.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: As well as its advantages, there are drawbacks to the enlightened village that is twenty-first-century Edinburgh, where every Saturday night ears burn at dinner parties across the city, and anyone requiring the investigative abilities of a philosophical soul knows where to find her. Jillian McKinlay — wife of a trustee of an illustrious school — is the latest petitioner; she asks Isabel to look…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Welcome to Corduroy Mansions in Pimlico: a temple of Arts and Crafts architecture, with comforting, weathered brickwork and frankly frivolous dormer windows, it is home to a delightfully eccentric cast of Londoners.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: 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.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Following on from the huge success of the 44 Scotland Street series, Alexander McCall Smith has 'moved house' to a crumbling four-storey mansion in Pimlico — Corduroy Mansions. It is inhabited by a glorious assortment of characters: among them, Oedipus Snark, the first ever nasty Lib Dem MP, who is so detestable his own mother, Berthea, is writing an unauthorised biography about him; and one…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Welcome to Corduroy Mansions in Pimlico: an Arts and Crafts beauty with comforting weathered brickwork and frankly frivolous dormer windows, it is home to some delightfully eccentric Londoners. In the top flat lives William, with his wastrel son and an ex-vegetarian dog named Freddie de la Hay. Four lively young women share the first floor, including twinset-and-pearls Caroline, vitamin-addict…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The eighth instalment of Alexander McCall Smith`s wonderful No.1 Ladies` Detective Agency series.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The fourth novel in the hugely popular Sunday Philosophy Club series.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: The third novel in Alexander McCall Smith's irresistibly charming series about the residents of 44 Scotland Street.

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Akimbo loves his life in Africa. He loves living in the great game reserve where his father is ranger. He is able to see all sorts of wonderful animals. But he doesn't see many snakes — they usually slither away when he gets close. But then his Uncle Peter asks if Akimbo would like to visit his snake park and Akimbo jumps at the chance!

Скачать книгу (размер 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 140) Аннотация: A man with a tree growing out of his head? A woman with children made of wax? A bird that can be milked? With more stories from his original celebration of African folktales, The Girl Who Married A Lion , let Alexander McCall Smith once again take you to a land where the bizarre is everyday and magic is real.

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Precious Ramotswe is the only female private detective in Botswana. Her agency — the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency — is the best in the country. She solves a number of difficult — and sometimes dangerous — problems. A missing husband, a missing finger and a missing child — she will solve these mysteries in her own special way.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Precious Ramotswe, that cheerful Botswanan private investigator of traditional build, is now married to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni of Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. The Agency is busy, but Mma Ramotswe cannot ignore the plea which is made by a woman who comes to her with a tale of particular misfortune. Unfortunately, her attempts to help are interrupted by a close encounter between her tiny white van and…