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(0)Alexander McCall Smith
Author
Series
Publisher
Abacus
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
There are times when ladies must use all their wisdom and good sense to face life's problems and mysteries. Mma Ramotswe, owner of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, keeps her wits about her as she looks into why the country's star goalkeeper isn't saving goals.
124) Precious and Grace
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 17
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing Large Print
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Helping Mr. Polopetsi with an entanglement in a pyramid scheme and Charlie with a dubious romance, an unassisted Precious Ramotswe tackles the case of a young Canadian woman who would find a long-lost acquaintance from her Botswana childhood"--
Author
Series
Akimbo series volume 5
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Akimbo and his cousin Kosi accompany a scientist into the African bush to study the behavior of a troop of baboons.
130) Boing boing
Author
Publisher
Picture Squirrels
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When there's a race to run, a high shelf to reach, or someone to rescue, boing boing boing. Here come's Springy Jane!
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 15
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2014
Language
English
Description
Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe. But even "Miss 97 Per Cent" can't quite meet all the demands of running a business--not to mention those that a lightning strike makes on her building. Eventually, she'll have to accept all the help she can get--even if it comes from a completely...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2004
Language
English
Description
Discusses various moral aspects of human reproduction, from methods of conception to methods of ending a pregnancy. Explores the moral, cultural, legal and political influences on reproduction, and discusses the scientific advances in reproductive technology.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A Child's Garden of Verses is one of the best-loved classic poetry books for children ever written. The world-famous illustrator Michael Foreman complements these classic and beloved verses with illustrations as luminous and clear as Stevenson's own word pictures"--
134) Kidnapped
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Young David Balfour, left in poverty when his father dies, goes to his uncle, Ebenezer, for assistance. He soon finds himself kidnapped and on board a ship, headed for a life of slavery. With the help of daring rebel Alan Breck, David escapes, only to get mixed up in a desperate adventure, suspected of murder and hunted across the Scottish moors.
Author
Series
Cold Comfort Farm series volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Available for the first time since its original publication more than fifty years ago, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm is a charming collection whose hilarious title story features Christmas dinner with the Starkadders before Flora's arrival...These lively tales will delight anyone who loves Stella Gibbons and her signature wit."--Back cover.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
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 man who has turned up at her door is not her father, to...
140) The meerkats
Publisher
Distributed by Genius Products, Llc
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
An inspiring look at how one family's connection to each other and their surroundings is a model of resilience and fortitude for us all. The story features the coming of age of a young meerkat pup, Kolo, growing up in the Kalahari desert.