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The Ultimate Fitness Planner
A Guide to Achieving Your Health and Fitness Goals
2022
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The Ultimate Fitness Planner is a comprehensive guide to help you set and achieve your health and fitness goals. It includes a wide range of tools and resources to help you stay motivated and on track, including:A daily planner with space to track your workouts, meals, and progressA comprehensive overview of different types of exercise and how to incorporate them into your routineTips and t...
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
A No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel (1)
2003
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor, and the occasional cup of tea.This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tel...
Lockdown
Escape from Furnace 1
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- Escape from Furnace
2009
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Book one in the internationally bestselling Escape from Furnace series that has captivated millions of readers worldwide. A teenager must survive the nightmarish horrors of a deadly underground prison in this fast-paced and terrifying read that’s perfect for fans of The Maze Runner.“A thrill ride that will leave the audience wanting more . . . Downright terrifying.” —VOYA (on Solitary)“Fresh and ferocious....
2025
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"Dreamthorp" by Alexander Smith is a reflective and poetic exploration of life, nature, and the human experience. The book is structured as a series of essays that delve into the beauty of the world around us, capturing the essence of rural life and the changing seasons. Smith's lyrical prose invites readers to contemplate their surroundings and find solace in the simplicity of everyday moments. His observations are both profound and accessible, making the work resonate with anyone seeking...
A Song of Comfortable Chairs
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (23)
2022
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In this latest installment in the beloved No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series, Grace Makutsi encounters a pair of quandaries that will require all of her and Mma Ramotswe’s cleverness and generosity to resolve.Mma Grace Makutsi’s husband, Phuti, is in a bind. An international firm is attempting to undercut his prices in the office furniture market. Phuti has always been concerned with quality and comfort, but this new firm seems interested only in profits. To mak...
They Create Worlds
The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry, Vol. I: 1971-1982
2019
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They Create Worlds: The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry, Vol. 1 is the first in a three-volume set that provides an in-depth analysis of the creation and evolution of the video game industry. Beginning with the advent of computers in the mid-20th century, Alexander Smith’s text comprehensively highlights and examines individuals, companies, and market forces that have shaped the development of the video game industry around the world. Volume one, place...
44 Scotland Street: The First Five Novels
44 Scotland Street; Espresso Tales; Love Over Scotland; The World According to Bertie; The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
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- 44 Scotland Street Series
2017
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One of Alexander McCall Smith’s bestselling series and the funniest, 44 Scotland Street is the world's longest-running serialized novel and continues to be published weekly in The Scotsman newspaper for three months of each year.The 44 Scotland Street series is truly heart-warming, terribly funny and filled with the day-to-day lives of the residents of 44 Scotland Street, a converted Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh. The first five novels chronicle the epis...
The World According to Bertie
A 44 Scotland Street Novel (4)
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- 44 Scotland Street Series
2010
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**44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 4The 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.**There is never a quiet moment on 44 Scotland Street. In The World According to Bertie, Pat deals with the reappearance of Bruce, which has her heart skipping—and not in a pleasant way. Angus Lordie's...
44 Scotland Street
A 44 Scotland Street Novel (1)
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- 44 Scotland Street Series
2010
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Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith brings all the warmth of his extraordinary No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency books and the Sunday Philosophy Club series to this witty novel chronicling the lives of the residents of 44 Scotland Street in Edinburgh. Originally serialized in The Scotsman, 44 Scotland Street is an international sensation.When twenty-year-old Pat rents a room from handsome and cocky Bruce, she inherits some delightfully colourful neighbo...
The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (14)
2013
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In the latest book in the beloved, bestselling series of mysteries set in Botswana, Mma Ramotswe is asked to help the proprietor of the Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon, who is having trouble with her business. The salon has suffered some unfortunate events, including mistakenly using face creams that burn the skin. Could someone be trying to put them out of business? Meanwhile on the home front, successful career woman Mma Makutsi is going to have a baby. But in Botswana--a land where family...
The Second-Worst Restaurant in France
A Paul Stuart Novel (2)
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- Paul Stuart Series
2019
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In this delightful sequel to the bestselling comedic novel My Italian Bulldozer, Paul Stuart's travels taie him to a French village, where the local restaurant's haute cuisine leaves a lot to be desired.Renowned Scottish cookbook writer Paul Stuart is hard at work on his new book, The Philosophy of Food, but complicated domestic circumstances, and two clingy cats, are making that difficult.So when Paul's cousin Chloe suggests that he join ...
The Miracle at Speedy Motors
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (9)
2009
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In the ninth installment of this infinitely enjoyable and bestselling series, Precious Ramotswe is doing what she does best–solving crimes and taking care of business: her own and everybody else’s.Investigating her latest case, Mma Ramotswe has to trek to a game preserve, where she rediscovers the breathtaking beauty of her beloved Botswana. She is there to uncover the truth about an elderly American traveller whose safari proved to be his last journey. What she discovers is a surp...