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Tears of the Giraffe
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Alexander McCall Smith
In her second outing (following THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY), Precious Ramotswe tries to help a women whose son disappeared into the plains years earlier, while also dealing with a number of changes at the agency and in her personal life.
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Morality for Beautiful Girls
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Alexander McCall Smith
Precious Ramotswe, whom the New York Times has called "the Miss Marple of Botswana," finds herself involved in yet another murder when an important government figure is poisoned just as Precious is trying to concentrate on the Miss Beauty and Integrity Contest--and on the rather odd doings of her fiancé, Mr J.L.B. Matekoni.
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The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
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Alexander McCall Smith
For Mma Ramotswe, there is rarely a dull moment, and in her newest round of adventures, the same certainly holds true. One thing above all else is keeping her occupied--her estimable husband has been hinting that he intends to do something special for their adopted daughter.
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Kalahari Typing School for Men
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Alexander McCall Smith
Now that the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is established, its founder, Precious Ramotswe, can look upon her life with pride. But life is never without its problems, as she discovers in this fourth book in a series the "Los Angeles Times" calls "thoroughly engaging and entertaining."
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The Miracle at Speedy Motors
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Alexander McCall Smith
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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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
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Alexander McCall Smith
Precious Ramotswe lives to help people, a predilection that directs her to embark on a career as a private detective. It proves to be a remarkably prescient notion as upon opening the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, she is inundated with cases--including tracking down a missing boy who appears to have been kidnapped by witchdoctors.
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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
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Alexander McCall Smith
This time around, the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself overly beset by problems. She is busier than usual at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, when a strange intruder in her house forces her to confront a painful secret from her past.
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The Full Cupboard of Life
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Alexander McCall Smith
Mma Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Botswana is hired to determine which of Mma Holonga's prospective husbands is truly interested in her, and not her money. Meanwhile, Mma Ramotswe wonders when her own wedding to Mr J.L.B. Maketoni will take place.
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Blue Shoes and Happiness
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Alexander McCall Smith
This newest entry in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series continues the adventures of Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's leading, and only, female private detective. Her personal life, busy agency, and unusual cases are always fascinating--and highly entertaining.
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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies: The New Novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series
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Alexander McCall Smith
This time around, the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself overly beset by problems. She is busier than usual at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, when a strange intruder in her house forces her to confront a painful secret from her past.
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Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
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Peter Allison
A hilarious, highly original collection of essays based on the Botswana truism: only food runs! Allison presents the guides-eye view of living in the bush, confronting the worlds fiercest terrain of wild animals, and managing herds of gaping tourists.
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Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
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Alexander McCall Smith
The 10th installment of the bestselling The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel series finds Precious Ramotswe in personal need of her own formidable detection talents.
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The Dobe Ju/'Hoansi
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Richard B Lee
This classic study of the !Kung San, foragers of the Dobe area of the Kalahari Desert, described changes that have come, as recently as 1991, to the Kung rituals, beliefs, social control, marriage and kinship. It documents their emerging determination to take hold of their own destiny - despite exploitation of their habitat and relentless ...
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Nisa: The Life and Words of a !Kung Woman
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Marjorie Shostak (Photographer)
Through a series of interviews that span several decades, this title follows a Kung woman named Nisa through childhood, puberty, sexual awakening, marriage, and motherhood, as she learns much about life in Africa's Kalahari Desert.
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Twenty Chickens for a Saddle: The Story of an African Childhood
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Robyn Scott
An exquisitely rendered portrait of Africa, and of childhood, written by an astonishing new talent, "Twenty Chickens for a Saddle" is a funny, moving memoir that follows Scott's adventures growing up in Botswana in a loving but eccentric family.
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Cry of the Kalahari
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Mark Owens
After spending seven years in the Kalahari Desert, the authors provide a beautiful documentary examining wildlife in the Kalahari. Their adventure is the focus of a National Geographic special for television airing in January insert.
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Mating
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Norman Rush
A comedy of manners featuring two Americans in 1980s Botswana. As the story runs its course through the shifting sands and turns of mating, the woman (who tells the story) and the man she pursues turn their world inside out. The novel won the "Irish Times"-Aer Lingus International Fiction Prize.
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The Old Way: A Story of the First People
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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
One of the world's most influential anthropologists reevaluates her long and illustrious career by returning to her roots--and the roots of life as revealed in human evolution.
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Mission: Op-Center 09
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Tom Clancy, General (Creator), Jeff Rovin, Steve R Pieczenik (Creator)
When a priest is kidnapped by African militiamen who demand all Catholic missionaries leave Botswana, the Vatican urges Op-Center to investigate. The real purpose of the crime is revealed to be a plan to destabilize the government and seize the nation's diamond mines. With Striker out of commission, Op-Center must reinvent itself and heads into ...
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Sunbird
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Wilbur Smith
A photograph and a curse are the only clues Dr Ben Kazin has before he stumbles on the archaeological discovery. Beneath the red cliffs of Botswanaland a civilization has remained buried for millennia. But the magic of uncovering a lost culture is interrupted by the violence of terrorists, love, intrigue and the secrets of centuries.
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Nisa: Kung Woman
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Marjorie Shostak
Through a series of interviews that span several decades, this title follows a Kung woman named Nisa through childhood, puberty, sexual awakening, marriage, and motherhood, as she learns much about life in Africa's Kalahari Desert.
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When rain clouds gather
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Bessie Head
A poverty-stricken village in the heart of rural Botswana is a haven to the exiles gathered there. When a political refugee from South Africa joins forces with an English agricultural expert, the time-honoured subsistence-farming method and old ways of life are challenged.
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The Girl Who Married a Lion and Other Tales from Africa
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Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith was born in what is now Zimbabwe and grew up hearing stories that so enchanted him, he passed them along to his own children. He now shares them in this jewel of a book.
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The Miracle at Speedy Motors
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Alexander M Smith, Lisette Lecat (Narrator)
Precious Ramotswe visits a game preserve to uncover the truth about an elderly American traveler whose safari proved to be his last journey. What she discovers is a surprise to everyone concerned. Unabridged. 7 CDs.
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The Lost World of the Kalahari
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Laurens Van Der Post
An account of the author's grueling, but ultimately successful, journey in 1957, through Africa's remote, primitive Kalahari Desert, in search of the legendary Bushmen, the hunters who pray to the great hunters in the sky.
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