04507cam a2200469 4500 233422926 TxAuBib 20150605120000.0 ||||||s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780307386397 0307386392 B000PDZFK2 Amazon 53024982-699c-4a10-9702-8d48f63548f5 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 110384 114902 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948- Espresso Tales [Libby eBook] : 44 Scotland Street Series, Book 2. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2644kB. Format: OverDrive Adobe PDF eBook, Filesize: 3188kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><b>44 SCOTLAND STREET - Book 2</b><br /> <br /> <b>The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious boy--just ask his mother.</b><br /> <br /> Back are all our favorite denizens of a Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh. Bertie the immensely talented six year old is now enrolled in kindergarten, and much to his dismay, has been clad in pink overalls for his first day of class. Bruce has lost his job as a surveyor, and between admiring glances in the mirror, is contemplating becoming a wine merchant. Pat is embarking on a new life at Edinburgh University and perhaps on a new relationship, courtesy of Domenica, her witty and worldly-wise neighbor. McCall Smith has much in store for them as the brief spell of glorious summer sunshine gives way to fall a season cursed with more traditionally Scottish weather.</p> <p>Full of McCall Smith's gentle humor and sympathy for his characters, <i>Espresso Tales</i> is also an affectionate portrait of a city and its people who, in the author's own words, "make it one of the most vibrant and interesting places in the world."</p><br /> <br /> <i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>. "This soulful, sweet collection of stories will make you feel as though you live in Edinburgh, if only for a short while, and it's a fine place to visit indeed. . . . Long live the folks on Scotland Street.". HTML:<i>New Orleans Times-Picayune</i>. "Irresistible. . . . Smith has rendered another winner, packed with the charming characters, piercing perceptions and shrewd yet generous humour that have become his cachet.". HTML:<i>Chicago Sun-Times</i>. "It's possible the novels of Alexander McCall Smith have been invented as a cunning antidote to the accelerations of modern times.". HTML:<i>The Globe and Mail</i>. "McCall Smith shows an Austen-like sensitivity to the interactions of daily life.". HTML:<i>The Gazette</i> (Montreal.) Humor (Fiction.) Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-05 20:00:03. http://camellia.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=53024982-699c-4a10-9702-8d48f63548f5 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/530/249/82/EspressoTales44ScotlandStreetSeriesBo9780307386397.epub Excerpt (Adobe PDF eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=53024982-699C-4A10-9702-8D48F63548F5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe PDF eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/530/249/82/EspressoTales44ScotlandStreetSeriesBo9780307386397.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=53024982-699C-4A10-9702-8D48F63548F5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/530/249/82/EspressoTales44ScotlandStreetSeriesBo9780307386397.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=53024982-699C-4A10-9702-8D48F63548F5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/530/249/82/EspressoTales44ScotlandStreetSeriesBo9780307386397.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=53024982-699C-4A10-9702-8D48F63548F5&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)