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Tickets are selling fast for the Sir Alexander McCall Smith – the best-selling author of the No 1 Ladies Dectective series – ...

Alexander McCall Smith — overachiever, master of the understatement — sounds a bit apologetic as he explains that he has lost track of the number of books he’s written. “I actually really stopped ...

Alexander McCall Smith, read by Lisette Lecat, Recorded Books, eight CDs, 8.5 hrs., $34.99 ISBN 978-1-4498-0613-2 Fans of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency mysteries will be delighted with this ...

Edited by Don George and Samantha Forge. Lonely Planet, $15.99 trade paper (318p) ISBN 978-1-74360-360-4 From Cold War Yugoslavia to modern-day Yemen, Lonely Planet’s latest collection of nonfiction ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith’s Edinburgh-set Isabel Dalhousie series of novels — also known as the “The Sunday Philosophy Club” series — is being brought to the small screen.

Alexander McCall Smith was a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh when he published his debut novel, "The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency," in 1998 at age 50. Randy Eli Grothe / 2005 ...

McCall Smith, the wife of NASCAR Cup Series driver Zane Smith, gave her followers quite the show last week. McCall and Harrison Burton’s fiance Jenna Petty dazzled in chic outfits for their ‘girls’ ...

Alexander McCall Smith — overachiever, master of the understatement — sounds a bit apologetic as he explains that he has lost track of the number of books he's written. "I actually really stopped ...