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It is 1919, and Niska, the last Oji-Cree woman to live off the land, has received word that one of the two boys she saw off to the Great War has returned. Xavier Bird, her sole living relation, is gravely wounded and addicted to morphine. As Niska...
When two English brothers arrive at a Barbados sugar plantation, they bring with them a darkness beyond what the slaves have already known. Washington Black – an eleven year-old field slave – is horrified to find himself chosen to live in the...
"My 2 1/2 year old granddaughter loved this book! Lots of belly laughs and wanted it read several times in a row."
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Charming and poignant, this collection is brimming with the flourishes of grace and humour that could only come from the pen of Alexander McCall Smith. While gathering material for a photography book about Edinburgh, Alexander McCall Smith found...