Bertie's guide to life and mothers
Record details
- ISBN: 9781490602929
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Physical Description:
8 sound discs (9 hr., 45 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
sound disc
sound recording - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2015.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from container. Compact disc. In container (17 cm.). "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie. |
Summary, etc.: | It's not that poor Bertie Pollock is wishing his life away, but having anticipated his seventh birthday for so long he's now longing to be eighteen. But before then there's a lot of living to do and Bertie is not alone amongst the residents of Scotland Street in trying to do just that--with mixed fortunes. |
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Subject: | Edinburgh (Scotland) Social life and customs Fiction Apartment houses Fiction Families Scotland Fiction |
Genre: | Audiobooks. Humorous fiction. |
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Available copies
- 4 of 4 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 2 of 2 copies available at Bridgeport Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | TCD McCall Smith (Text) | 34000076236322 | Adult Fiction CD | Available | - |
East Side Branch - Bridgeport | TCD McCall Smith (Text) | 34000076236330 | Adult Fiction CD | Recently Returned | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | CD BK MCCALL SMITH (Text) | 34014132895377 | Adult Book on CD | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | AB FIC MCCALLSMITH (Text) | 34026130956217 | Adult Fiction Audio Book | Available | - |
Author Notes
Bertie's Guide to Life and Mothers
Alexander McCall Smith was born on August 24, 1948 in Zimbabwe. He was a professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh, but he left in 2005 to focus on his writing. He has written over 60 books, including specialist academic titles including Forensic Aspects of Sleep and The Criminal Law of Botswana, short story collections including Portuguese Irregular Verbs, and children's books including The Perfect Hamburger. He is best known for the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. He also writes the Corduroy Mansions, Isabel Dalhousie and 44 Scotland Street series. He has received numerous awards, including The Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library Award and the 2004 United Kingdom's Author of the Year Award. His book, The Full Cupboard of Life, received the Saga Award for Wit in the United Kingdom. In 2007, he received a CBE for his services in literature. (Bowker Author Biography)