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This book discusses drink and drug abuse and what short term and long term effects are likely as a result of use and abuse.

Paperback:

9780333482971 | Macmillan Educ Ltd, January 5, 1990, cover price $13.05 | About this edition: This book discusses drink and drug abuse and what short term and long term effects are likely as a result of use and abuse.

Product Description: This is a collection of 27 tales demonstrating the variety of traditional African folk tales. From animal fables to mysterious forces residing in the landscapes all the the tales manifest the very particular magic of Africa's spiritual roots: a sense of unity with the environment...read more

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9780940793736 | Interlink Pub Group Inc, March 1, 1998, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: This is a collection of 27 tales demonstrating the variety of traditional African folk tales.

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Product Description: Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies' detective agency in Botswana. In Tears of the Giraffe she tracks a wayward wife, uncovers an unscrupulous maid, and searches for an American man who disappeared into the plains many years ago...read more

Paperback:

9780349122199 | Gardners Books, March 5, 2009, cover price $13.15 | also contains Tears Of The Giraffe | About this edition: Precious Ramotswe is the eminently sensible and cunning proprietor of the only ladies' detective agency in Botswana.
9780748662739 | Polygon, August 1, 2001, cover price $12.95

Miscellaneous:

9781400077670 | Anchor Books, December 16, 2003, cover price $14.00 | also contains Tears Of The Giraffe

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781405500029 | Abridged edition (Gardners Books, November 13, 2003), cover price $25.00 | also contains Tears Of The Giraffe | About this edition: Adjoa Andoh is the reader for this Mma Ramotswe audiobook.

Prebinding:

9780613647908 | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2004, cover price $26.90 | About this edition: Irrepressible sleuth Precious Ramotswe searches for a young man who vanished many years ago on the African plains, while dealing with her engagement to Mr.

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Product Description: Used - Like New

Paperback:

9781408865880 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, January 1, 2004, cover price $9.25 | About this edition: Used - Like New

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Worrying about her upcoming marriage, Precious Ramotswe is confronted by the challenges of running her No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and an investigation into the would-be suitors of a wealthy woman to determine if any are fortune hunters.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781405500111, titled "The Full Cupboard of Life" | Abridged edition (Gardners Books, May 6, 2004), cover price $27.15 | also contains The Full Cupboard Of Life, The Full Cupboard of Life | About this edition: Worrying about her upcoming marriage, Precious Ramotswe is confronted by the challenges of running her No.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781405500104, titled "The Full Cupboard of Life" | Abridged edition (Gardners Books, May 6, 2004), cover price $25.00 | also contains The Full Cupboard Of Life | About this edition: In this fifth in the '#1 Ladies Detective Agency' series, read by Adjoa Andoh, Mma Ramotswe has weighty matters on her mind.

Prebinding:

9781417742981 | Turtleback Books, January 1, 2005, cover price $24.45 | About this edition: Worrying about her upcoming marriage, Precious Ramotswe is confronted by the challenges of running her No.

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Is there anything funny about German professors? This cassette features the endless mishaps of the inimitable Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld - the first title in a trilogy from the author of 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781405500609 | Gardners Books, August 5, 2004, cover price $23.20 | also contains Portuguese Irregular Verbs | About this edition: Is there anything funny about German professors?

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781405500593 | Gardners Books, August 5, 2004, cover price $21.65 | About this edition: Is there anything funny about German professors?

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Product Description: In the newest addition to the universally beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, the charming and ever-resourceful Precious Ramotswe finds herself overly beset by problems. She is already busier than usual at the detective agency when added to her concerns are a strange intruder in her house on Zebra Drive and the baffling appearance of a pumpkin...read more

Miscellaneous:

9780375423574 | Anchor Books, April 19, 2005, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: In the newest addition to the universally beloved No.

The inhabitants of the Popcorn Islands lead a peaceful and comfortable existence - that is, until pirates attack Captain Foster's ship. So Lucy, Hermione and Sam offer to accompany the captain and his dog Biscuit on the next trip to keep a lookout for danger. Will three children - and one small dog - defeat the greediest gang of pirates?

Paperback:

9780747580546 | New edition (Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, October 3, 2005), cover price $7.70 | About this edition: The inhabitants of the Popcorn Islands lead a peaceful and comfortable existence - that is, until pirates attack Captain Foster's ship.

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Wayward daughters. Missing Husbands. Philandering partners. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only female private detective.

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9781405501125 | Abridged edition (Gardners Books, November 3, 2005), cover price $87.15 | About this edition: Wayward daughters.

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A tale involving madness and mayhem.

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9780747580393 | New edition (Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, July 3, 2006), cover price $8.30 | About this edition: A tale involving madness and mayhem.

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No matter how hard Annie tries, she just cannot do even the simplest sums. It's so embarrassing! When she goes to the shops, she can't work out how much money to hand the shopkeeper, and she always gets 0 for her maths homework. This book presents a story of an ordinary girl who suddenly develops extraordinary talents.

Paperback:

9780747580409 | New edition (Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, July 3, 2006), cover price $8.50 | About this edition: No matter how hard Annie tries, she just cannot do even the simplest sums.

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A collection of short stories focusing on romantic encounters from the author of THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY

Paperback:

9781841954271 | Canongate Books Ltd, September 6, 2003, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: This collection of stories covers perverse meetings, casual dates, and romantic encounters.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781405501484 | Abridged edition (Gardners Books, January 4, 2007), cover price $23.55 | also contains Heavenly Date And Other Flirtations | About this edition: A collection of short stories focusing on romantic encounters from the author of THE NO.

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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.

Paperback:

9780739378298 | Large print edition (Random House Large Print, October 18, 2011), cover price $20.00
9781405881982 | Gardners Books, March 4, 2008, cover price $11.85 | also contains No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
9781405837590 | Gardners Books, March 23, 2006, cover price $18.55 | also contains No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | About this edition: Precious Ramotswe is the only female private detective in Botswana.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781405687874 | Gardners Books, July 10, 2008, cover price $23.70 | also contains No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | About this edition: THE NO.
9781405677578, titled "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" | Gardners Books, January 7, 2008, cover price $24.25 | also contains No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
9781405677547 | Gardners Books, April 2, 2007, cover price $20.80 | also contains No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | About this edition: Features two stand-alone BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas adapted by Alexander McCall Smith.
9781405500012 | Abridged edition (Gardners Books, November 13, 2003), cover price $25.75 | also contains No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency | About this edition: Adjoa Andoh is the reader for all five Mma Ramotswe audiobooks.

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Product Description: Life is good for Mma Ramotswe as she sets out with her usual resolve to solve people's problems, heal their misfortunes, and untangle the mysteries that make life interesting. And life is never dull on Tlokweng Road. A new and rather too brusque advice columnist is appearing in the local paper...read more

CD/Spoken Word:

9781419375361 | Recorded Books, June 30, 2007, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: Life is good for Mma Ramotswe as she sets out with her usual resolve to solve people's problems, heal their misfortunes, and untangle the mysteries that make life interesting.

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Product Description: 44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 4 The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother...read more

Paperback:

9780307387066 | Anchor Books, November 11, 2008, cover price $15.00

Miscellaneous:

9780307455222 | Anchor Books, November 11, 2008, cover price $15.00

CD/Spoken Word:

9781405503303 | Abridged edition (Gardners Books, October 20, 2007), cover price $25.75

Library:

9781602853737 | Large print edition (Center Point Pub, January 1, 2009), cover price $33.95 | About this edition: 44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 4 The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy—just ask his mother.

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Features caricatures of the famous and the unknown, including: Adam Smith, James Hutton, Vincent Lunardi in his balloon, Lachlan McBain, a roasting jack vendor, Lord Monboddo, the skating minister, Robert Johnston and Sibilla Hunt, the most corpulent shopkeepers in Edinburgh, Margaret Sutter, a hawker of salt, Deacon Brodie, and, Henry Dundas.
By Alexander McCall Smith (foreword by)

Hardcover:

9781841586588 | Ill edition (Birlinn Ltd, November 1, 2007), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Features caricatures of the famous and the unknown, including: Adam Smith, James Hutton, Vincent Lunardi in his balloon, Lachlan McBain, a roasting jack vendor, Lord Monboddo, the skating minister, Robert Johnston and Sibilla Hunt, the most corpulent shopkeepers in Edinburgh, Margaret Sutter, a hawker of salt, Deacon Brodie, and, Henry Dundas.

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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.

Hardcover:

9781597227193 | Large print edition (Wheeler Pub Inc, May 2, 2008), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: In the ninth mystery of the No.
9780316030076 | Gardners Books, March 3, 2008, cover price $27.05 | also contains The Miracle at Speedy Motors, The Miracle at Speedy Motors

Paperback:

9780307277466 | Reprint edition (Anchor Books, March 10, 2009), cover price $14.95 | also contains The Miracle at Speedy Motors, The Miracle at Speedy Motors
9780349119953 | Gardners Books, February 5, 2009, cover price $14.40 | also contains The Miracle at Speedy Motors, The Miracle at Speedy Motors

CD/Spoken Word:

9781405503518 | Abridged edition (Gardners Books, March 3, 2008), cover price $25.75 | also contains The Miracle at Speedy Motors | About this edition: "Miracle At Speedy Motors" Abridged Audio Book On (5) CD's.

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Product Description: Isabel Dalhousie is back, in the latest installment of this enchanting, already beloeved, best-selling series.In addition to being the nosiest and most sypathetic philosopher you are likely to meet, Isabel is now a mother. Charlies, her newborn son, presents her with a myriad wonders of a new life, and doting father Jamie presents her with an intriguing proposal: marriage...read more

Paperback:

9780349118062 | Gardners Books, August 7, 2008, cover price $14.40 | About this edition: Isabel Dalhousie is back, in the latest installment of this enchanting, already beloeved, best-selling series.

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