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Alexander McCall Smith
In the last few years, the profile of Alexander ‘Sandy’ McCall Smith has reached stratospheric levels, largely due to the success of the The No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency stories. The stories, set in Botswana in Southern Africa, feature the intuitive and generous Mma Ramotswe and her small but successful private detective agency. The No.Ladies’ Detective Agency novels won the CWA Dagger in the Library award in 2004. Alexander McCall Smith has also won the SAGA Award for Wit in 2003.
McCall Smith was born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), but moved to Scotland to study law. Later he moved to Botswana to set up a new law school at the University of Botswana. McCall Smith now lives in Edinburgh with his wife and children, where he is professor of Medical Law at Edinburgh University.
He has written over 50 books, including fiction, children’s books, and textbooks on medical ethics and law. The Isabel Dalhousie series, starting with The Sunday Philosophy Club, is set in Edinburgh.
Among Alexander McCall Smith’s newest books are The Double Comfort Safari Club and The Careful Use of Compliments. He is also the co-founder of an amateur orchestra called ‘‘The Really Terrible Orchestra”.
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BOOKS BY Alexander McCall Smith
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School Ship Tobermory
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La’s Orchestra Saves the World
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Tiny Tales
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Your Inner Hedgehog: A Professor Dr von Igelfeld Entertainment
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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies
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The Careful Use of Compliments
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Precious and the Monkeys
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No Rest for the Dead
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Looking for Mrs. Livingstone
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In a Time of Distance: And Other Poems
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How to Raise an Elephant
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Trains and Lovers: The Heart’s Journey
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Alexander Mccall Smith’s Marvellous Mix-Ups
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Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party
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The Bubblegum Tree
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The Akimbo Adventures
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The Sands of Shark Island
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Akimbo and the Crocodile Man
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The Comfort of Saturdays: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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Max Champion and the Great Race Car Robbery
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The Chocolate Money Mystery
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Tiny Tales
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The Quiet Side of Passion
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Precious and Grace
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Tears of the Giraffe
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The Talented Mr Varg: A Detective Varg novel
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A Time of Love and Tartan
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One City
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Sunshine on Scotland Street
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The Perfect Hamburger
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The Cleverness of Ladies
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Akimbo and the Elephants
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Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill
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Trains and Lovers: The Heart’s Journey
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The Careful Use of Compliments: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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School Ship Tobermory
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Mma Ramotswe’s Cookbook
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The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
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The Full Cupboard of Life
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The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
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To the Land of Long Lost Friends
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The Forgotten Affairs of Youth: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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A Distant View of Everything
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Heavenly Date and Other Flirtations: And Other Flirtations
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The Charming Quirks of Others: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Cafe
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The Miracle at Speedy Motors
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A Distant View of Everything
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The Banana Machine
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Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams
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The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds
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The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon
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Scottish Printed Books 1508 – 2008
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The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
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What W. H. Auden Can Do for You
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The Bertie Project
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The Colours of all the Cattle
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The Revolving Door of Life: A 44 Scotland Street Novel
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The Charming Quirks of Others: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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Hari and His Electric Feet
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A Gathering: A Personal Anthology of Scottish Poems
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Akimbo and the Baboons
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Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
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A Distant View of Everything
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Sunshine on Scotland Street
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The Lost Art of Gratitude: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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Chance Developments: Unexpected Love Stories
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The Bertie Project: A 44 Scotland Street Novel
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Precious and the Zebra Necklace: A New Case for Precious Ramotswe
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Espresso Tales: The Latest from 44 Scotland Street
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A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh
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No 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency: BBC Radio Casebook: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
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The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency: v. 4: Kalahari Typing and Admirer
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Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer
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Precious and Grace
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The Comfort of Saturdays: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
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The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Cafe
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In a Time of Distance: And Other Poems
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Max Champion and the Great Race Car Robbery
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The Popcorn Pirates
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Bertie Plays the Blues
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Corduroy Mansions
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Family Rights: Family Law and Medical Advance
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The Comfort of Saturdays: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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The Revolving Door of Life
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Trains & Lovers: The Heart’s Journey
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The Joke Machine
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Love Over Scotland
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The World According to Bertie
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The Kalahari Typing School for Men
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Precious and the Puggies: Precious Ramotswe’s Very First Case
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The Bursting Balloons Mystery
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The World According to Bertie
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A Time of Love and Tartan
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Teacher Trouble
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The Dog Who Came in from the Cold
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The Double Comfort Safari Club
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The Muscle Machine
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Quartet in Autumn: Picador Classic
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Akimbo and the Lions
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My Italian Bulldozer
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The Sands of Shark Island: A School Ship Tobermory Adventure: Book 2
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Max Champion and the Great Race Car Robbery
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Blue Shoes and Happiness
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Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
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The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean
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The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean
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Noah Wild and the Floating Zoo
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The Case of the Vanishing Granny
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Precious and the Zebra Necklace: A New Case for Precious Ramotswe
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Family Rights: Family Law and Medical Advance
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The Great Clown Conundrum
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The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection
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Who Built Scotland: A History of the Nation in Twenty-Five Buildings
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Love Over Scotland
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The Right Attitude to Rain: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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Kidnapped: Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751
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Tiny Tales
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The 2 1/2 Pillars of Wisdom
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The Colours of all the Cattle
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Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
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Who Built Scotland: 25 Journeys in Search of a Nation
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Corduroy Mansions
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Looking for Mrs. Livingstone
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Bertie’s Guide to Life and Mothers
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La’s Orchestra Saves the World
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The Novel Habits of Happiness
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Morality for Beautiful Girls
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The Sunday Philosophy Club
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The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency: v. 1: ‘The Daddy’ and ‘The Bone’
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Precious and the Zebra Necklace
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The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes
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A Work of Beauty: Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh
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The Unbearable Lightness of Scones
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The House of Unexpected Sisters
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The Comfort of Saturdays: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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Chance Developments: Unexpected Love Stories
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Bertie Plays the Blues
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The Right Attitude to Rain: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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Bertie’s Guide to Life and Mothers: A Scotland Street Novel
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel
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The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency: v. 6: Return of Note and the Ceremony
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The Double Comfort Safari Club
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Young Precious: The Collected Adventures
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Harriet Bean and the League of Cheats
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The Double Comfort Safari Club
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The Department of Sensitive Crimes: A Detective Varg novel
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The Quiet Side of Passion
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The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
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A Promise of Ankles: A 44 Scotland Street Novel
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Precious and the Mischief at Meerkat Brae: A Young Precious Ramotswe Case
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The Forever Girl
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Dream Angus: The Celtic God of Dreams
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Precious and the Zebra Necklace: A New Case for Precious Ramotswe
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The Importance of Being Seven
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Unusual Uses for Olive Oil: A Von Igelfeld Novel
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The Race to Kangaroo Cliff
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Stories of Love
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Good Dog Lion
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The Case of the Vanishing Granny
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The Forever Girl: A Novel
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44 Scotland Street
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High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic
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The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency
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The Sands of Shark Island: A School Ship Tobermory Adventure
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Emma
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The House of Unexpected Sisters
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A Conspiracy of Friends
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The Importance of Being Seven
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Precious and the Mystery of Meerkat Hill: A New Case for Precious Ramotwse
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Symposium
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