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Detective Kubu mystery No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency 18 No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency 20 No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 21 No. 1 ladies' detective agency 17 No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 22 No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 23 No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 24 No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series (Recorded Books, Inc.)Summary: Follows Mma Ramotste, a recently bereaved woman, as she sets up the only woman-run Private Detective Agency in Botswana and her attempts to get it off the ground. She gets help from Mma Makutsi, her new secretary, and Mr. JLB Matekoni, the owner and super mechanic of the wonderful Speedy Motors. Mma Ramotste takes on cases, meets many new people who need her help - from a woman who thinks the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Home Box Office 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV NUMMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "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. 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2022
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3 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction McCall SmithCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M MCCSummary: Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s. When they decided to marry, just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa, it caused an international uproar. However, their passionate romance triumphed over every obstacle and changed the course of African history.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA UNISummary: The incredible story of a baby elephant who was born into a rescue camp in the wilderness of Botswana. When she is suddenly orphaned at one-month-old, it is up to the keepers who look after the herd to keep her alive. This one elephant's tale remains both intimate and epic, a journey of tragedy and triumph, because when her entire species faces extinction, one life means everything.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS 2017
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NALMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: Detective Grace Makutsi has domestic troubles involving her husband's furniture store and a friend's troubled son. She must turn to Mma Ramotswe and the formidable Mma Potokwani to set it right.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: As the temperature rises in Gaborone, Precious Ramotswe, founder of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, wonders whether the heat could be the reason that business is particularly slow. But then a distant cousin of Mma Ramotswe's comes to the agency with a plea for help and the ladies decide to pursue the issue together. Armed with Mma Ramotswe's circumspection and Mma Makutsi's sharp eye, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "Mr. J.L.B. Matekone is unsure about how to grow the successful Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors. When an old friend approaches him about a new business venture, Mr. Matekone would need to mortgage his property to pursue this endeavor. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi wonder what this will mean for his current business--as well as their own. And Botswana's premier detective agency agree to investigate...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: Hoping to reclaim a van that was featured in a possible prophetic dream, Precious and Grace find themselves helping an apprentice of Phuti Radiphuti, investigating a cattle poisoning, and considering Grace's possible marriage to Phuti.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction McCall-Smith 2011Copies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Stacks, Call number: MYS MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "Grace Makutsi's husband, Phuti, is in a bind. An international firm is attempting to undercut his prices in the office furniture market. Meanwhile, Mma Makutsi is approached by an old friend who has a troubled son. Grace and Phuti agree to lend a hand, but the situation is more than they can handle on their own. It will require not only all of their patience and dedication, but also the help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2022
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "In the latest book in the widely beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Precious Ramotswe takes on a case for a childhood acquaintance but her inquiries will require an even more delicate touch than usual. Mma Ramotswe reconnects with an old friend who has been having problems with her daughter. Though Precious feels compelled to lend a hand, she discovers that getting involved in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MCCLewin, Ted.
Summary: Recounts an expedition through the Moremi Wildlife Reserve in Botswana, describing the vegetation and wildlife, and culminating in the sighting of an African elephant herd.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 591.96 LEWMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "Precious Ramotswe learns valuable lessons about first impressions and forgiveness in this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are approached by their part-time colleague, Mr. Polopetsi, with a troubling story: a woman, accused of being rude to a valued customer, has been wrongly dismissed from her job at an...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, LLC 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction McCall-Smith 2017McCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: Staying with Aunty Bee at a safari camp in the Botswana countryside where a film crew is making a movie about a lion, nine-year-old Precious Ramotswe and her resourceful new friend Khumo use their detective skills to find the movie star lion when he goes missing.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "The delightful seventeenth installment of the ever-popular, perennially best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective, is a little short on help. The co-director of the agency, Grace Makutsi, is busy with her own case, her client none other than their erstwhile assistant, Mr. Polopetsi, who has unwittingly involved himself in a pyramid...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2016
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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction McCall-Smith 2016Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: While both Precious Ramotswe and Grace Makutsi are puzzled by prophetic dreams, life goes on at the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. Precious finds herself investigating a case of rural jealousy, while Grace inches closer to her wedding.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction McCall Smith 2011McCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "This latest installment of the beloved No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series finds Botswana's premier detective agency as busy as ever, with no shortage of sensitive situations requiring Mma Ramotswe's keen eye and discerning input. Through it all, Mma Ramotswe will demonstrate that there are solutions to all manner of difficulties, there to be discovered as long as one is led by kindness,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC MCC1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLE
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MCCStanley, Michael
Summary: "Recent university graduate David 'Kubu' Bengu joins the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department directly rather than via the normal route of a constable on the beat. This does not sit well with existing detectives. Shortly after he joins the CID, the richest diamond mine in the world is robbed of 100,000 carats of diamonds in transit. The robbery is well-executed and brutal. Police...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Stanley 2020McCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "Precious Ramotswe learns valuable lessons about first impressions and forgiveness in this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are approached by their part-time colleague, Mr. Polopetsi, with a troubling story: a woman, accused of being rude to a valued customer, has been wrongly dismissed from her job at an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2017
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Summary: Mma Ramotswe's attention is focused on a pesky disciplinary problem at her adopted daughter's school--while Grace Makutsi adjusts to wedded bliss and the famed Clovis Andersen arrives in Botswana looking for more than bush tea.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCCSummary: Experience the wildlife of the Okavango Delta, an oasis and lush paradise in Southern Africa that connects a wide array of creatures. Lions chase elephants, who chase hippos, who chase crocodiles.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV OKAMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: They say it takes a village to raise a child, but can Mma Ramotswe and the rest of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency come together to raise a pipsqueak pachyderm?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: Mma Ramotswe has a loving family, good friends, and a thriving business doing what she enjoys most: helping people. But her latest mystery is distinctly trickier than it initially appears.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCCMcCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: "Precious Ramotswe is back and, as usual, her plate is full! She's called in to tackle a mysterious disciplinary problem at her adopted daughter's school...Her infinitely trustworthy assistant, Grace Makutsi, is having trouble adjusting to wedded bliss, a problem to test even the formidable talents of Mma Ramotswe...And the estimable Clovis Andersen, author of The Principles of Private...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MCCCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction McCall-Smith 2012McCall Smith, Alexander
Summary: Precious Ramotswe and her chief associate co-director, Grace Makutsi, have worked together for many years. Together, they have solved numerous complex cases, seeing eye to eye on most professional matters. When a Canadian woman invokes their help in recovering memories of her early childhood in Botswana, differences of opinion arise between the two firm friends, and diplomacy is called for.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016