Of Course, It’s Butterfingers Again


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Bang! Thump! Crash! Who's the wizard of the woeful, the foremost lord of the foul-up, the bumbling baron of blunders? Of course it's Butterfingers! Even when Amar Kishen-better known as Butterfingers-isn't stumbling through misadventures, he sure has disaster tailing him every step of the way. And now that he's back, his 'brilliant' ideas land him in trouble (as usual), whether it's messing around with an Egyptian mummy, dropping a watch in a swimming pool, playing cricket with an all-girls team or saving a rock star's life. Join the irrepressible Butterfingers in this exciting and enjoyable instalment of side-splitting short stories.




Howzzat Butterfingers!


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Watch out! With Butterfingers around, nothing and no one is safe!Amar Kishen, nicknamed Butterfingers, can send books, balls, bats, people, anything flying! When school term begins, the Green Park Under 15 cricket team, of which Butter is the vice captain, is determined to win the Colonel Nadkarni Under 15 Inter-School Limited Overs Cricket Trophy. Practice begins in earnest, but disasters soon follow. Will Amar's team win the coveted trophy and save the school’s grounds? Or will it slip from their grasp like a classic Butterfingers catch?




Clean Bowled! Butterfingers


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A new adventure with Butterfingers! What Amar, aka Butterfingers, really wants is to hold a cricket match to honour the memory of Colonel Nadkarni. Meanwhile, the principal wants the teachers of Green Park School to be more healthy and active. And so, Amar playfully writes a proposal for the teachers of the junior and senior schools to play a match against each other—which actually gets accepted. What follows is a roller-coaster ride of adventure, intrigue and madness! Entertaining, uplifting and hilarious, this third novel featuring the beloved character, Butterfingers, will delight readers both old and new.




George's Story


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The true story of how George, the eleventh child born to Swiss immigrants in the mountains of Colorado grew up, experiencing the rugged life of hunting and fishing for food and the enjoying the care and nurturing of a large and loving family. He was tthe only one graduating from the eighth grade in Marble, Colorado and finished high school in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. He gained great experience working in a variety of jobs before being drafted into the US Army. He spent two years in the field artillery, much of it in Korea during the Korean War, rising from Private to Sergeant First Class. Using the GI Bill, he graduated from the University of Colorado with a BS Degree in Civil Engineering. He spent 38 years in key engineering positions with the California Department of Water Resources, the US Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, the State Water Contractors and the World Bank. He is a rigistered Professional Civil Engineer in California and Texas. He is now retired in McKInney, Texas.







Boys' Life


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Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.







After the Crash


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'Riveting! Bussi spins psychological suspense at its finest with this consuming tale of one child, two families, and the dark secrets that define us all. Clear your schedule; this book is worth it!' - Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Crash & Burn and Find Her On the night of 22 December 1980, a plane crashes on the Franco-Swiss border and is engulfed in flames. 168 out of 169 passengers are killed instantly. The miraculous sole survivor is a three-month-old baby girl. Two families, one rich, the other poor, step forward to claim her, sparking an investigation that will last for almost two decades. Is she Lyse-Rose or Emilie? Eighteen years later, having failed to discover the truth, private detective Crédule Grand-Duc plans to take his own life, but not before placing an account of his investigation in the girl's hands. But, as he sits at his desk about to pull the trigger, he uncovers a secret that changes everything - then is killed before he can breathe a word of it to anyone . . .




The Handbook of Law Firm Mismanagement


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They say that you learn from your mistakes and no law firm in the world has had a greater learning opportunity than Fairweather, Winters & Sommers. In an effort to help others, the firms senior partner, Stanley Fairweather, has put together this collection of memos, reports of meetings and miscellanea which it is hoped will be found useful by lawyers getting to grips with management. Also available, Advanced Law Firm Mismanagement'.'




Atlantic Monthly


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