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Return to Nisa

Return to Nisa
  • Author(s): Marjorie Shostak
  • Location(s): Botswana
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1989

The story of two women-one a hunter-gatherer in Botswana, the other an ailing American anthropologist-this powerful book returns the reader to territory that Marjorie Shostak wrote of so poignantly in the now classic Nisa: The Life and Words of...

Saturday Is for Funerals

Saturday Is for Funerals
  • Author(s): Unity Dow
  • Location(s): Botswana
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 2000

In the year 2000 the World Health Organization estimated that 85 percent of fifteen-year-olds in Botswana would eventually die of AIDS. In Saturday Is for Funerals we learn why that won’t happen. Unity Dow and Max Essex tell the...

Singing Lizards

Singing Lizards
  • Author(s): Evadeen Brickwood
  • Location(s): Botswana
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Bridget Reinhold is not exactly the adventurous type, but when her sister Claire disappears in Southern Africa, nothing can keep her in England. Bridget launches herself into the search in Botswana and hits one obstacle after the other. Soon,...

Tales of Tenderness and Power

Tales of Tenderness and Power
  • Author(s): Bessie Head
  • Location(s): Botswana
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Contemporary

This is an anthology of stories, personal observations and historic legends. It reflects the author’s fascination with Africa’s people and their history as well as her identification with individuals and their conflicting emotions.

The Cleverness of Ladies

The Cleverness of Ladies
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): Botswana
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

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...

The Colours of all the Cattle

The Colours of all the Cattle
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): Botswana
  • Genre(s): Crime

When Mma Potokwane suggests to Mma Ramotswe that she run for a seat on the Gaborone City Council, Mma Ramotswe is unsure until she learns that developers plan to build the flashy Big Fun Hotel next to a graveyard....

The Drowning Lesson

The Drowning Lesson
  • Author(s): Jane Shemilt
  • Location(s): Botswana
  • Genre(s): Psychological Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It’s our son, Sam . . . someone took him. Please help us’ Emma hoped that she and her family would return from their year abroad closer, with memories to last a lifetime. Instead, they returned minus one child....

The Full Cupboard Of Life

The Full Cupboard Of Life
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): Botswana
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Mma Ramotswe, who became engaged to Mr J.L.B. Matekoni at the end of the first book, is still engaged. She wonders when a day for the wedding will be named, but she is anxious to avoid putting too much...

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive

The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): Botswana
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma  Ramotswe—with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi—navigates her cases and her...

The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Cafe

The Handsome Man’s De Luxe Cafe
  • Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
  • Location(s): Botswana
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency often helps people find things they have lost. But they have never had to help a client find herself—until now, in this latest installment of Alexander McCall Smith’s best-selling and beloved series. A...

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