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Detectives in Togas 36 reviews
Henry Winterfeld
Odyssey Classics, 2002
Excellent book for reading aloud!
My kids really enjoyed this book. I read it aloud to them last year, when they were in 2nd & 3rd grade, as part of our study of ancient civilizations. The book is set in ancient Rome, but the children are essentially modern. My kids related to them much more than they did to, say, Laura and Mary Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie. Those girls were very much part of the pioneer era they ...
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The Fallacy Detective: Thirty-Six Lessons on How to Recognize Bad Reasoning, 2nd Edition15 reviews
Nathaniel Bluedorn, Hans Bluedorn
Christian Logic, 2002
Good reading on detecting bad reasoning
We bought this book to give our homeschooled son (10) an introductory course on critical thinking. The short (approx 4 pages average) chapters are cute and illustrate logical fallacies we all come across each day. My wife and son read one chapter a day. A set of questions at the end of the chapter allow you to test knowledge acquired from the chapter. The answers for all questions are at the end ...
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The Miracle at Speedy Motors: The New Novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series (No. 1 Ladies' ...58 reviews
Alexander Mccall Smith
Pantheon, 2008
Prizes little-noticed
We're all familiar with the big miracles: the little child as sole survivor of an airplane crash or the earthquake victim pulled alive from rubble a week after the event. Precious Ramotswe, however, is sensitive to the other kind, the little miracles with long-term meaning for family affairs. Founder of The Number One Ladies Detective Agency of Gabarone, Botswana, Precious has been rather ...
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The Kalahari Typing School for Men: More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency89 reviews
Alexander McCall Smith
Pantheon, 2003
Delightfully charming...
The Kalahari Typing School for Men by Alexander McCall Smith is a delightfully charming book and is just as good as the other books in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.
Taking place in Botswana, Precious Ramotswe runs the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency with the help of her assistant, Mma. Makutsi. They now share an office with the Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors company, owned by Mma. ...
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The Full Cupboard of Life (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, Book 5) 80 reviews
Alexander McCall Smith
Pantheon, 2004
Bring on the Cheerful ladies.
Great book. It seemed like a great conclusion to a wonderful series. I can't imagine what will happen next. But I will certainly be reading to find out.
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The Savage Detectives: A Novel 36 reviews
Roberto Bolano
Picador, 2008
You never really know where its going to take you
Its an awesome book that keeps you wondering whats going to happen next. The way the stories interweave and the dialogue between the characters is great. The translation was extremely fluid. Oh yeah and in case you haven't figured it out its not really a Detective novel but more like following a written documentary spanning 30 years piecing together the lives of a misfit poetry group from Mexico ...
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Tears of the Giraffe (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, Book 2)103 reviews
Alexander McCall Smith
Anchor, 2002
What's not to love???
Loved it! This author writes with clarity and passion such that I find myself immersed in his work. Truly a don't miss!
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The Good Husband of Zebra Drive (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)122 reviews
Alexander Mccall Smith
Anchor, 2008
Shaken up and put back together
If you have already read previous volumes in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, you are familiar with the main characters: Precious Ramotswe, Grace Makutsi, Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni, Charlie and the never-named "younger apprentice." This time around, though, everyone gets shaken up. Two of them leave their long-time occupations, only to return soon, but a bit wiser for their experience.
As ...
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The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency)396 reviews
Alexander Mccall Smith
Pantheon, 2005
Nice read - well written
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book 1)
Lovely read - no gimmicky stuff - just good old plain stories told from the perspective of Mma Ramotswe the Lady Detective.
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency 5-Book Boxed Set 12 reviews
Alexander Mccall Smith
Anchor, 2005
Tuddles
Book 1 started slow for me. I'm use to books taking place in the US so some of the words were hard to say but by the time I was through the 2nd chapter I was hooked. I read book 2 and that was great and am looking forward to starting on book 3.
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Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (Encyclopedia Brown)35 reviews
Donald J. Sobol
Yearling, 1985
An Old Favorite
Give this book to a winsome young boy and you might inspire a scientist. I loved this book as a boy and recently bought a copy for my nephew. I read it quickly before wrapping it. Wonderful stories even if they are a little dated. Enjoy!
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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency)80 reviews
Alexander Mccall Smith
Anchor, 2006
Mystery and Laugh Out Loud Funny
O Boy! Want some mystery? Good clean humor? No violence? Precious Ramotswe, a traditionally-built woman without apology, and her pals are here for us. She and her assistant, Grace (who gets advice from her colorful designer shoes), are very entertaining and many times, laugh-out-loud funny. I read the entire Ladies' Detective series in a couple of weeks. The books average about 200+ pages ...
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The Clue of the Left-Handed Envelope/The Puzzle of the Pretty Pink Handkerchief: Third-Grade Detectives #1-2 ...2 reviews
George E. Stanley
Aladdin, 2004
Outstanding mysteries that make kids want to read...
George Stanley's Third Grade Mysteries are interesting stories that kids want to read. Two lines in The Puzzle of the Pretty Pink Handkerchief are particularly interesting for parents and teachers. They are...
"Mr. Merlin's third-grade class was special. They were known as the Third-Grade Detectives." If classrooms were only as good as the one that Stanley describes, we wouldn't have any ...
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Today Show Book Club #8)1 review
Alexander McCall Smith
Anchor, 2003
Ladies Detective Agency
This series of books is about a Botswanan Lady Detective. They are very well written and entertaining. You can read them in a day. You will be hooked after the first one. AMS makes his characters come to life. You will be enchanted with Botswana and feel you have been there.
Excellent to pass around to friends. Please keep them coming!!
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Batman: Detective7 reviews
Paul Dini, Royal McGraw
DC Comics, 2007
Batman back to Basics.
This is a collection of stories from the "One Year Later" portion of DC's continuity. The collection contains 6 separate story's from the pages of Detective Comics.
What makes this book special is that you don't need to have read the last 10 years of DC TPBs to fully understand and enjoy the story.
It brings Batman back to his roots, not sulking around rehashing his psyche, but solving crimes ...
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The Medical Detectives (Plume)20 reviews
Berton Roueche
Plume, 1991
Deadly fogs, horrible diseases, and brilliant medical detectives
Berton Roueché wrote for the "New Yorker" magazine for almost half a century, and was winner of the 1950 Albert Lasker Medical Journalism Award. His many volumes on physicians and medical detectives, including this book, were collected from his articles in the "New Yorker."
"The Medical Detectives" volume II is great bedtime reading, because the good guys, i.e. physicians and epidemiologists ...
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Art Fraud Detective15 reviews
Anna Nilsen
Kingfisher Books Ltd, 2005
fun problem solving puzzle to introduce art to kids
This book was a lot of fun for my son and I. Readers are told that four gangs of forgers have replaced most of an art museum's paintings, and only we can help figure out which are real and which are forged. Using a magnifying glass, you compare 8" by 5" four color paintings to 4" by 4" originals, looking for changes (such as missing items or objects with different coloration). This allows you ...
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The Diet Detective's Calorie Bargain Bible: More than 1,000 Calorie Bargains in Supermarkets, Kitchens, ...3 reviews
Charles Stuart Platkin
Pocket, 2008
This review is for the Kindle ed.
This is a handy book, and in Kindle format even more so. I carry my Kindle in my bag, so this book, among others is always with me. Since I eat out a lot that is very handy. The Kindle is lighter and thinner the the print edition of the book, so this is one book that becomes more useful because it is on Kindle. It has information of grocery store products and a huge number and variety of ...
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The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Box Set: "The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" "Tears of the Giraffe" ...18 reviews
Alexander Mccall Smith
Anchor, 2003
The NO. 1 Ladies Detective Agenc Box Set
I love the box set . It is a great gift for any young adult or adult. I have finished " The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency" and really enjoyed it. I would recommend these books to anyone.
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ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE (Ace Ventura Movie Novelizations)146 reviews
Marc Cerasini
Random House Books for Young Readers, 1995
A Carrey Classic
This is the movie that sky rocketed Jim Carrey's career. Pet Detective, Ace Ventura is on the case when the Miami Dolphin mascot,Snowflake goes missing. The adventure leads Ace from a football stadium to an insane asylum! The jokes are fast and wacky (just what we expect from Jim Carrey) and the story is solid and followable. With Courtney Cox at his side, Jim Carrey made this an instant classic!
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