The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
by Alexander McCall Smith

Meet Mma Ramotswe, the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging proprietor of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. With her mission to "help people with problems in their lives," she sets up shop in her native Botswana and is immediately called upon to sort out various problems from a wayward daughter to a missing 11-year-old boy. Good thing Mma Ramotswe, with her undeniable wit and charm, is up to the challenge.

Soon to be a feature-length TV movie on HBO from The Weinstein Company/New Africa Films, starring Jill Scott, Anika Noni Rose, Lucian Msamati, Idris Elba, David Oyelowo, Colin Salmon, and John Kani, and directed by Anthony Minghella. Screenplay by Richard Curtis and Anthony Minghella.

Read an excerpt and interview with the author, print our free Reading Group Guide, read Alexander McCall Smith's Guide to the World of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, and visit the official Web site.
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The Road
by Cormac McCarthy

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food--and each other.

Soon to be a major motion picture from Dimension Films/The Weinstein Company, starring Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, and Guy Pearce, and directed by John Hillcoat from a screenplay by Joe Penhall. Coming in Spring 2009.

Read an excerpt and print our free Reading Group Guide, and visit the official movie site at www.theroad-movie.com.
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