About this title: In the ninth mystery of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe visits a game preserve to uncover the truth about an elderly American traveler whose safari proves to be his last journey.
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Description: Good. Purchasing this item supports Pierce County libraries. Thriftbooks and PCL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780375424489ISBN:0375424482
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Ex-library. Excellent clean tight hardcover; tape on end boards under DJ not visible; plain white sensor in on inside back cover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 214 p. No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (Hardcover), 9. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780375424489ISBN:0375424482
Description: New in new dust jacket. 2008 1st Edition. Perfect dust jacket. Great hard covers. Very clean inside copy. Never read. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 214 p. No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (Hardcover), 9. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780307277466ISBN:0307277461
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. VG+ Just a tiny bit of wear to covers, gently thumbed. Unmarked, spine is uncreased, excellent condition overall. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Gale Cengage
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9781597227193ISBN:1597227196
Description: Good. Used item may show library stamps, stickers and marks. Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780375424489ISBN:0375424482
Description: Very Good-Used in None as Issued jacket. / 9780375424489. Like new. Minimal shelfwear. No markings. Pages are clean and bright. Binding is tight. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780375424489ISBN:0375424482
Description: New in new dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 214 p. No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Large Print Pr
Date Published: 2009-03-10
ISBN-13:9781594133183ISBN:1594133182
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781594133183. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780349119953ISBN:0349119953
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 256 pages. * the ninth book in the no. 1 ladies' detective agency series; little, brown are publishing in hardback (Paperback) read more
Edition: First edition. First U.S. Edition, first printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780375424489ISBN:0375424482
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Book is clean and tight without marks or tears. Looks unread. There is a small bump at the top pages and spot on the half title page, just a dot. hardcover. read more
"How does he do it? I laughed out loud. I got teary and this is book 9. Only a truly gifted writer could keep a series like this going and going so well. I take my hat off to him. Have you seen the trailer for the HBO special? It looks dang awesome! Wish I had cable!
My fav quotes: Page 252 A person facing death may suddenly find that he is looking at some humdrum object in his room, and seeing its beauty.
179 Such lives were quietly and correctly led to the very edge of the grave; lives of caution and respectability, with few high points and moments of excitement. (me!)
131 Spirits who have passed on: She did not think that those who were late, or the ancestors themselves, would wish punishment upon us, no matter what our transgressions. It was far more likely that there would be love, falling like rain from above, changing the hearts of the wicked; transforming them."
"After the disappointment of the previous book, I was delighted to discover that McCall Smith returned to a simpler and more enjoyable theme for this one: that of family, friendship, and love. I am still finding myself a bit irritated by his dialogue tags in which he tells us how the character responds, before showing us in the dialogue, e.g.: Mma Ramotswe didn't like this. "I must say I disapprove..."
But the relationships - central to this series and particularly, I think, to this book, are so beautifully drawn. Mma Ramotswe's affection for her husband, and their love for their adopted children; Mma Makutsi's fiancee's conviction that he is the luckiest man on earth for her love; the client who desperately longs for family. And when McCall Smith describes Botswana so evocatively through the eyes of those who love the land - the hopes for rain and the gratitude when it comes, the grazing cattle, the network of family - I can forgive all his repetitive dialogue tags."
"I love these books. I can't remember the last time I've been so pleased with a series -- I feel like every time I pick up a new book it's like continuing a conversation with old friends.
This book was one of the better ones. Sometimes I think these books are simple, but then I'll come across a passage in which Mma Ramotswe imagines seeing her father again in the "place that was Botswana but not Botswana, that place of gentle rain and contented cattle." Mma Ramotswe is at her positive, optimistic best in this book, reminding us how grateful we should be every day.
Usually I find myself rushing through books. With the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books I try to read as slowly as possible, because I'm always so sad when the book is done and I've got to leave these lovely people and this lovely country for a while."
"This was one of my favorites of the series. I am not a big detective story reader, but I have enjoyed the mysteries of day to day life that are presented as detective cases, often open to attention and curiosity rather than force and violence. There is always a compassion for people and their failings while really enjoying their good points, which are small daily affairs rather than big, blockbuster qualities...but these are the ones that really make a difference in life.
Many have written that reading these books is like taking a vacation and there is definitely a breath of fresh air that blows through my life when I touch down in Botwana with Mma Ramotse."
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