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- Birthday:
- August 24, 1948
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Alexander McCall Smith Amy Virshup's “Newly Released” column in today's New York Times features LA'S ORCHESTRA SAVES THE WORLD!
Newly Released - Books by Brad Parks, Ken Bruen, Julie Powell, Stan Jones, Katharine Weber and Alexa
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Books by Brad Parks, Ken Bruen, Julie Powell, Stan Jones, Katharine Weber and Alexander McCall Smith.
Alexander McCall Smith Did you miss AMS on NPR/WBUR’s On Point today? If so, click on the link to listen to the full interview, as Tom Ashbrook asks AMS about LA'S ORCHESTRA SAVES THE WORLD.
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We’ll talk with No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency author Alexander McCall Smith about his latest work, on wartime and music.
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Alexander McCall Smith The 12/9 issue of The Washington Post says LA'S ORCHESTRA SAVES THE WORLD is "crafted with the author’s usual wit, wisdom, and grace." Pick up your copy today!
Alexander McCall Smith Check out today's USA Today profile on AMS in advance of tomorrow's release of LA'S ORCHESTRA SAVES THE WORLD!
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Scottish writer Alexander McCall Smith, creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, owns way too many books.
Alexander McCall Smith Thanks to all for participating in the AMS LA'S ORCHESTRA SAVES THE WORLD signed chapter book contest! We had a winner within minutes of posting the questions. Stay tuned for more chances to win great prizes!
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WIN A SIGNED ORIGINAL CHAPTER BOOK OF LA’S ORCHESTRA SAVES THE WORLD!
The first person to answer the following four questions correctly will be mailed this one-of-a-kind keepsake in advance of the book’s publication on December 8. Email pantheonpublicity@randomhouse.com with your answers!
1) Name the second installm...ent of the Isabel Dalhousie series.
2) In THE CAREFUL USE OF COMPLIMENTS, Isabel is ousted as editor of the Review of Applied Ethics by Professor ____?
3) Who is Alexander McCall Smith’s favorite poet, whom he often quotes in his books?
4) The next installment of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB, goes on sale in ____ 2010 (which month?)
Alexander McCall Smith
WIN A SIGNED ORIGINAL CHAPTER BOOK OF LA’S ORCHESTRA SAVES THE WORLD!
The first person to answer the following four questions correctly will be mailed this one-of-a-kind keepsake in advance of the book’s publication on December 8. Email pantheonpublicity@randomhouse.com with your answers!
1) Name the second installm...ent of the Isabel Dalhousie series.
2) In THE CAREFUL USE OF COMPLIMENTS, Isabel is ousted as editor of the Review of Applied Ethics by Professor ____?
3) Who is Alexander McCall Smith’s favorite poet, whom he often quotes in his books?
4) The next installment of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB, goes on sale in ____ 2010 (which month?)
Alexander McCall Smith Read's Alexander McCall Smith's Wall Street Journal article "The Game That Trumps All Others" on how he loves bridge's endless rules, carping partners and mental challenges...
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The author of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series loves the endless rules, carping partners and mental challenges.
Alexander McCall Smith A fan sent this amazing papier-mâché Alexander McCall Smith likeness to Anchor Books' New York office. We couldn't resist photographing it before sending it to the author.
Alexander McCall Smith Looking forward to the "The No. Ladies Detective Agency" series on HBO next spring. Saw the pilot on BBC and Jill Scott is AMAZING as Precious Ramotswe!
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This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to “help people with problems in their lives.” Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefro...nt in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors.
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency received two Booker Judges’ Special Recommendations and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.
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Introducing Isabel Dalhousie the heroine of the latest bestselling series from the author of the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Isabel, the editor of the Review of Applied Ethics and an occasional detective, has been accused of getting involved in problems that are, quite frankly, none of her business.
In this first i...nstallment, Isabel is attending a concert in the Usher Hall when she witnesses a man fall from the upper balcony. Isabel can’t help wondering whether it was the result of mischance or mischief. Against the best advice of her no-nonsense housekeeper Grace, her bassoon playing friend Jamie, and even her romantically challenged niece Cat, she is morally bound to solve this case. Complete with wonderful Edinburgh atmosphere and characters straight out of a Robert Burns poem, The Sunday Philosophy Club is a delightful treat from one of our most beloved authors.
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Welcome to 44 Scotland Street, home to some of Edinburgh's most colorful characters. There's Pat, a twenty-year-old who has recently moved into a flat with Bruce, an athletic young man with a keen awareness of his own appearance. Their neighbor, Domenica, is an eccentric and insightful widow. In the flat below are Iren...e and her appealing son Bertie, who is the victim of his mother’s desire for him to learn the saxophone and italian–all at the tender age of five.
Love triangles, a lost painting, intriguing new friends, and an encounter with a famous Scottish crime writer are just a few of the ingredients that add to this delightful and witty portrait of Edinburgh society, which was first published as a serial in The Scotsman newspaper.
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