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41) Facets of death
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"Recent university graduate David 'Kubu' Bengu joins the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department directly rather than via the normal route of a constable on the beat. This does not sit well with existing detectives. Shortly after he joins the CID, the richest diamond mine in the world is robbed of 100,000 carats of diamonds in transit. The robbery is well-executed and brutal. Police immediately suspect an inside job, but there is no evidence of...
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Staying with Aunty Bee at a safari camp in the Botswana countryside where a film crew is making a movie about a lion, nine-year-old Precious Ramotswe and her resourceful new friend Khumo use their detective skills to find the movie star lion when he goes missing.
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"Richly drawn stories about the lives of ordinary families in contemporary Botswana as they navigate love, relationships, tradition, caretaking and grieving in a rapidly changing world. A young widow who for a nearly a year wears mourning clothes in part as a warning to those who believe the old superstitions about bad luck following--even though she's unsure what the traditions mean or whether she is ready to meet the world without their protection....
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Twin explorers Gannon and Wyatt go to Botswana for an African safari, but a poacher has shot and wounded a lioness. As they set off to try to save the mother and her cubs, they encounter many of Africa's big animals. Based on real-life brothers, this series is supported by video, photos, and more stories found online at travelswithgannonandwyatt.com.
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Full cupboard of life: Mma Ramotswe has been engaged to Mr. J.L.B Matekoni for quite some time, and still they have no weeding date. But she doesn't want to be too pushy, for Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni has much on his mind. Mma Potokwani, who runs the orphan farm, has tricked him into a parachute jump to benefit charity.
In the company of cheerful ladies: Handling a busy case load at The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and contending with an intruder in...
54) The sunbird
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Dr Kazin stumbles on the archaeological discovery of a lifetime. Beneath the red cliffs of Botswanaland, a magnificent civilization is buried. The magic of uncovering a lost culture is harshly interrupted by the violence of terrorists, love, intrigue and the breathtaking secrets of the centuries.
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Precious Ramotswe is Botswana's one and only lady private detective. Her cases include women who suspect their husbands are cheating on them; a father worried that his daughter is sneaking off to see a boy; a missing child who may have been killed by witchdoctors to make medicine; and a doctor who sometimes seems highly competent but sometimes seems to know almost nothing about medicine.
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No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency volume 21
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They say it takes a village to raise a child, but can Mma Ramotswe and the rest of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency come together to raise a pipsqueak pachyderm?
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Blue shoes and happiness: A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswe's office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals to Mma Ramotswe that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded there. And it looks as though Aunty Emang, the advice columnist in the local newspaper, may not be what she seems.
The good husband of Zebra Drive: Detective Precious Ramotswe has her hands full with her assistant's resignation, as well as a set of cases...
58) The Delta
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"Assassin-for-hire Sonja Kurtz is on the run. Kurtz, an ex-soldier turned mercenary, is given a high profile job--to kill the president of Zimbabwe. But it's a set up, the assassination attempt fails, Kurtz has been burned and her exfiltration plan are in ruins. Kurtz now heads for her only place of refuge, the Okavango Delta in the heart of Botswana. Determined to lay low and take it easy, Sonja discovers that her beloved Delta is on the brink of...
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