Alexander McCall Smith (54 kníh)

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  Alexander McCall Smith 1. ženská detektívna kancelária

  Zanovité dcéry. Stratení manželia. Záletní partneri. Neobvyklí podvodníci. Ak máte problém, s ktorým vám nik nevie pomôcť, navštívte Precious Ramotsweovú, jedinú – a najlepšiu – botswanskú súkromnú detektívku. Možno nemá tradičné vyšetrovacie metódy a spôsobmi sa asi nepodobá slečne Marplovej, no nechýba jej zápal, vtip a intuícia. Navyše má po svojom boku pána J. L. B. Matekoniho, očarujúceho majiteľa autoservisu…

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  Alexander McCall Smith BERTIE PLAYS THE BLUES

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  Alexander McCall Smith Better Than Fiction EN

  Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher. A collection of original travel stories told by some of the world's best novelists, including Isabel Allende, Peter Matthiessen, Alexander McCall Smith, Joyce Carol Oates, Tea Obreht and DBC Pierre. Exhilaratingly varied in place, plot, and voice, these tales all share one common characteristic: They manifest a passion for the precious gifts that travel…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Blue Shoes and Happiness EN

  In this seventh installment in the internationally bestselling, universally beloved series, there is considerable excitement at the shared premises of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency and Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe’s office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals to Mma Ramotswe that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded there. And it looks as…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Blue Shoes and Happiness EN

  Ladies Detective Agency of Botswana might have expected life to grow more sedate. But the many problems that lead customers to Mma Ramotswe's door seem, if anything, to have multiplied, and no sooner has she settled her traditionally built person into the married state than she finds herself looking into several troublesome matters at once. There is, to begin with, a disturbing case of blackmail and theft from the…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Comfort of Saturdays EN

  Isabel Dalhousie is a new mother and a connoisseur of philosophy; she'd rather not be a sleuth. But when a chance conversation at a dinner party draws Isabel into the case of a doctor whose career has been ruined, she cannot ignore what may be a miscarriage of justice. Because for Isabel ethics are not theoretical at all, but an everyday matter of life and death. As she attempts to unravel the truth behind Dr…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Department of Sensitive Crimes: A detective Varg

  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo introduced us to 'Scandi noir'. Now, welcome to Alexander McCall Smith's world of Scandi blanc... Ulf Varg works in Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes. Like all Scandinavian detectives he has his issues. In his...

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  Alexander McCall Smith Emma EN

  Sometimes it takes time to discover who you really are. And for Emma Woodhouse the journey is only just beginning. After graduating, Emma returns home to Norfolk, where she plans to set up a design business. But that summer, as Emma begins to match-make various friends and neighbours, some important lessons about life and relationships await her…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Emma EN

  Beloved and bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith lends his delightful touch to Emma, the next book in The Austen Project. Prepare to meet a young woman who thinks she knows everything. Fresh from university, Emma Woodhouse triumphantly arrives home in Norfolk ready to embark on adult life with a splash. Not only has her sister, Isabella, been whisked away on a motorcycle up to London, but her astute governess,…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Full Cupboard of Life EN

  Mma Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni at the end of the first book, is still engaged. She wonders when a day for the wedding will be named, but she is anxious to avoid putting too much pressure on her fiance. For indeed he has other things on his mind - notably a frightening request made of him by Mma Potokwani, pushy matron of the Orphan Farm. Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind.…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Kalahari Typing School for Men EN

  Ex-CID. Ex-New York. Ex-cellent' reads the sign outside the Satisfaction Guarantee Detective Agency. Cephas Buthelezi certainly talks the talk, Precious discovers, but would he have the wherewithal to deal with her current case - a man who has been attacked by ostrich rustlers, and is eager to reassess his life? Meanwhile, there are difficulties at the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors, where one of the apprentices has…

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  Alexander McCall Smith La's Orchestra Saves the World EN

  With a failed marriage behind her, La — short for Lavender — moves to the Suffolk countryside on the eve of the Second World War to nurse her broken heart. Lonely and at a loss, a friend encourages her to bring the villagers and the men from the local airbase together by forming an amateur orchestra. One of her musician recruits is Feliks, a handsome and enigmatic Polish refugee. A friendship begins to blossom…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Labutí boh lásky

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  Alexander McCall Smith Labutí bozk lásky

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  Alexander McCall Smith Love Over Scotland EN

  With his characteristic warmth, inventiveness and brilliant wit, Alexander McCall Smith gives us more of the gloriously entertaining comings and goings at 44 Scotland Street, the Edinburgh townhouse. Six-year-old prodigy Bertie perseveres in his heroic struggle for truth and balanced good sense against his insufferable mother and her crony, the psychotherapist Dr Fairbairn, going as far as to make a short-lived bid…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Morality for beaufiful girls

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  Alexander McCall Smith No.1 Ladies Detective Agency EN

  A highly original 'detective' novel with unique setting and characters, this is the first of four 'Botswana' titles are both beautiful and charming.

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  Alexander McCall Smith Písařská škola v Kalahari CZ

  Paní Ramotswe, majitelka První dámské detektivní kanceláře ve státě Botswana, tentokrát na návrh své asistentky, paní Makutsi, absolventky Botswanské školy pro sekretářky, úspěšně rozšíří pole svého působení o školu psaní na stroji pro muže. Kromě toho se paní Ramotswe v pracovním i osobním životě potýká se spoustou dalších nečekaných situací. Jednak se poprvé setká s konkurencí, když se přímo v jejím bydlišti,…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Precious and Grace

  Precious and Grace is a story about life at Botswana's leading No. 1 Ladies' detective agency.

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  Alexander McCall Smith První dámská detektivní kancelář CZ

  První díl z úspěšné série detektivních příběhů zachycuje období, kdy sympatická Precious Ramotswe zakládá první ženskou detektivní agenturu v Gaborone, hlavním městě Botswany. Nejenže se dokáže vypořádat s podvodníky, najít zmizelého manžela nebo zkrotit neposlušné dcery ustaraných rodičů, ale nabídne nám také pohled do duše národa, jenž obývá oblast na prahu pouště Kalahari. Když se Precious nakonec vrhne po…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Škola pod plachtami CZ

  Školu, do které chodí sourozenci Ben a Fee by jim jistě kdekdo záviděl. Je totiž na moři, na palubě plachetnice jménem Tobermory! Jednoho dne se u lodi objeví filmový štáb a Ben dokonce dostane nabídku zahrát si ve filmu jako komparzista. Pak si ale všimne divných věcí a pojme podezření. Jde skutečně o filmaře, nebo je natáčení jen zástěrkou pro něco nekalého? Ben, Fee a jejich přátelé tomu rozhodně musí přijít na…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Škola pod plachtami

  Školu, do ktorej chodia súrodenci Ben a Fee, by im určite kadekto závidel. Je totiž na mori, na palube plachetnice menom Tobermory! Jedného dňa sa pri lodi objaví filmový štáb a Ben dokonca dostane ponuku zahrať si vo filme ako komparzista. Potom si však všimne čudné veci a nadobudne zvláštne podozrenie. Ide naozaj o filmárov alebo je nakrúcanie iba zásterkou pre niečo nekalé? Ben, Fee a ich priatelia rozhodne musia…

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  Alexander McCall Smith Srdce africké krásky CZ

  3. díl populární botswanské detektivní série s rázovitou detektivkou, paní Ramotswe. Paní Ramotswe musí vyřešit několik ošemetných situací - pan J.L.B. Matekoni má finanční problémy v práci, je třeba se postarat o nově nabyté sirotky a navíc musí být prověřena morálka kandidátek na Miss Botswana. Nezbývá než svěřit některý případ do rukou spolupracovnice, paní Makutsi. Vše se nakonec v dobré obrátí.

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  Alexander McCall Smith Sunday Philosophy Club EN

  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 murderous intent.…

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