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lillyli-74 · 1 year
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She was made for untidy rooms and rumpled beds.
~Alexander McCall Smith
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araekniarchive · 2 years
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hello, can i request something about city living, if you haven't already done it yet? love your webs <3
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Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
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Ed Sheeran, The City
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Noor Unnahar, New Names for Lost Things; ‘Return’
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The Great Gatsby (2013) dir. Baz Luhrmann
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J. G. Ballard, High-Rise
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Alexander McCall-Smith, The Sunday Philosophy Club
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Olivia Laing, The Lonely City (via The Guardian)
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Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms
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Christopher Morley, Where the Blue Begins
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The Eternal Daughter (2022) by Joanna Hogg
Book title: The Full Cupboard of Life (2004) by Alexander McCall Smith
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ma-pi-ma · 1 year
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Qualche volta è più facile essere felice se non sai tutto.
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Alexander Mccall Smith
Bonjour
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mani-lea · 9 months
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Fictional women to aspire to #2
Precious Ramotswe
From The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Puts people in their place without being unkind or unfair.
Gives Mma Makutsi a promotion even when the Agency isn’t doing well.
Gives people a second chance.
Accepts people who are different, like Puso.
Marries the kindest man in Gaborone.
Doesn’t blame Mr J. L. B Matekoni when he adopts the children without telling her.
Stands up for people who can’t stand up for themselves.
Is proud of her traditional build.
Prioritises tea time.
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writerswritecompany · 2 years
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Quotable – Alexander McCall Smith
Find out more about the author here
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the-final-sentence · 2 years
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Mma Ramotswe smiled, but only to herself.
Alexander McCall Smith, from The Kalahari Typing School for Men
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zelihatrifles · 1 year
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in the company of cheerful ladies
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The senior detective of No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Mma Ramotswe is many things; she is optimistic, traditional in her manners and her build, but she is never what you can call inefficient. She can plan better than everyone, she makes mistakes, but she tackles them in the cleverest way possible, which makes her who she is - a hero of the town. Her assistant, Mma Makutsi may have obtained a startling 97% in the final examinations of her Secretarial College, but she would obtain more than 100% when it came to her human skills, and also her aphorisms. Meanwhile, you have people being slightly self-deceptive, especially when it came to sharing the good things in life, but not to anyone's disadvantage:
'That is true', said Mma Potokwani sadly. 'There are many temptations in this life, but cake is probably one of the biggest of them.'
The men in Alexander McCall Smith's novel are undeniably present, some of them good too, and some who threaten (or, rather, try) to steal the spotlight, but ultimately it's the ladies who take their firm positions there on the stage. So, you have feminism, conservatism and empathy all rolled into one sweet book, as I sure hope his other works are too!
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poniatowskaja · 1 year
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Von Igelfeld sat down in the reception room and picked up the first magazine he saw on the table before him. He paged through it, noticing the pictures of food and clothes. How strange, he thought - what sort of Zeitschrift is this? Do people really read about these matters? He turned a page and began to read something called the Timely Help Column. Readers wrote in and asked advice about their problems. Von Igelfeld’s eyes opened wide. Did people discuss such things in open print? How could anybody talk about things like that? He read a letter from a woman in Hamburg which quite took his breath away. Why did she marry him in the first place, if she knew that was what he was like? Such men should be in prison, thought von Igelfeld, though that was not what the readers’ adviser suggested. She said that the woman should try to talk to her husband and persuade him to change his ways. Well! thought von Igelfeld. If I wrote that column I would give very different advice. In fact, I should pass such letters over to the police without delay.
Alexander McCall Smith, Portuguese Irregular Verbs
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fuzzysparrow · 2 years
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Which British author wrote "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" series of books?
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"The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" is a series of novels by the British author Alexander McCall Smith. The series began in 1998, and by 2021 there have been 22 novels. The stories are set in Botswana where the main character Mma Precious Ramotswe established a detective agency using the inheritance money from her father. In each book, Mma Precious Ramotswe has a new mystery or crime to solve, but the stories focus just as much on her life, adventures, and the foibles of other characters.
Alexander McCall Smith was born in 1948 and raised by his British parents in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). After working as a Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh, McCall Smith became a fiction writer, starting with children's novels before moving on to "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency". He has since written several series of books, such as the "44 Scotland Street" series (2005-present), "The Sunday Philosophy Club" series (2004-present), and the "Professor Dr von Igelfeld Entertainments" series (1997-present).
In 2004, McCall Smith published the sixth book in "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency", which won him the Author of the Year award at the "British Book Awards". Later that year, McCall Smith began dramatising the series for radio, which ran until 2019. The first book was filmed for television in 2008, starring American actress Jill Scott (born 1972) as the main character.
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25.09.2022
A brief break from Tolkien with something for uni
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Hospitals were to her a memento mori in bricks and mortar; an awful reminder of the inevitable end that was coming to all of us but which she felt was best ignored while one got on with the business of life.
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (by Alexander McCall Smith)
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postersbykeith · 2 years
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darklingichor · 20 days
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The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party, by Alexander McCall Smith
I liked this one, but at first I thought it was going to go in a very different direction.
Our main case is that of a farmer with a lot of cattle, some of which were mutilated. This is a grievous crime both because of the cruelty to the animals and because cattle is a major way of measuring wealth.
Mma Ramotswe must figure out who did this and finds in the course of her investigation, that the list of suspects isn't short because her client is a jerk.
There is trouble at Speedy Motors because Charlie's antics seem to have gone too far this time and he may have a couple of mouths he is responsible to feed.
Mma Ramotswe is still pining over her tiny white van, which was replaced a couple of books back, but now seems to be haunting the town.
Mma Makutsi's wedding is fast approaching and preparations are being made.
I'll be honest, I was annoyed, at first, by the Charlie story line. It just seems so out of place, for these stories to have Charlie be a dead beat dad in the making. But the story did turn it around and Charlie seems to have grown up a fair amount.
The main case was interesting, I like it when Mma Ramotswe has to deal with an unlikable client, she has such a way about her that she is always honest, but has the way with words to make it sound perfectly polite even when she is dealing with someone she would rather not.
The van plot is just silly and delightful.
Mma Makutsi is starting to remind me of Lucy Riccardo. She's forever getting herself in to ridiculous situations and is always afraid to tell Puthi. The difference is that unlike Ricky, Puthi just shrugs and says oh well anytime Mma Makutsi ends up accidentally ruining something.
The pair finally get married and I loved their wedding, it was sweet and without drama.
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deepinkletterpress · 2 months
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January 2024 print of the month is a literary quote by mystery author Alexander McCall Smith.
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shayna365x · 4 months
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Saturday, 12/2/23. My husband stopped at the thrift shop today and I was very pleased!
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