Smash It, Butterfingers!
Author: A. Khyrunnisa
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 2021-07
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780143450566
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Howzzat Butterfingers!
Author: Khyrunnisa A.
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2016-06-08
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 8184753926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWatch 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?
The World of Butterfingers: Adventure in Texas and Other Stories
Author: Khyrunnisa A.
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Published: 2023-05-22
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9357080716
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChaotic Butterfingers, aka Amar Kishen, and his misadventures return in this collection of 3-in-1 comics. From travelling to Texas to solving a shoe mystery to getting into trouble and then saving the day--Butterfingers does it all! Brand new baby shoes in a pile of garbage invite Amar and his friends to unravel the mystery of the missing baby. A trip to Texas and Amar's clumsiness take a rather unexpected turn to dizzying new heights! Disaster strikes when Amar is tasked to run a marathon with his school principal leaving everyone with a case of the giggles. So, drop everything and jump into this book . . . because where there's Butterfingers, there's bound to be fun, thrills and, of course, spills.
Of Course, It’s Butterfingers Again
Author: Khyrunnisa A
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Published: 2018-11-26
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9353053730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBang! 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.
The Indian Renaissance
Author: Sanjeev Sanyal
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9812818782
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIndia's recent economic performance has attracted world attention but the country is re-awakening not just as an economy but as a civilization. After a thousand years of the decline, it now has a genuine opportunity to re-establish itself as a major global power.In ?The Indian Renaissance?, the author, Sanjeev Sanyal, looks at the processes that led to ten centuries of fossilization and then at the powerful economic and social forces that are now working together to transform India beyond recognition. These range from demographic shifts to rising literacy levels, but the most important revolution has been the opening of mind and the changed attitude towards innovation and risk.This book is about how India found itself at this historic juncture, the obstacles that it still needs to negotiate and the future that it may enjoy. The author tells the story from the perspective of the new generation of Indians who have emerged from this great period of change.Published and distributed worldwide by World Scientific Publishing Co. except India, UK and North America
BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts
Author: Stella Parks
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2017-08-15
Total Pages: 645
ISBN-13: 0393634272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWinner of the 2018 James Beard Foundation Book Award (Baking and Desserts) A New York Times bestseller and named a Best Baking Book of the Year by the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, Bon Appétit, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Mother Jones, the Boston Globe, USA Today, Amazon, and more. "The most groundbreaking book on baking in years. Full stop." —Saveur From One-Bowl Devil’s Food Layer Cake to a flawless Cherry Pie that’s crisp even on the very bottom, BraveTart is a celebration of classic American desserts. Whether down-home delights like Blueberry Muffins and Glossy Fudge Brownies or supermarket mainstays such as Vanilla Wafers and Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream, your favorites are all here. These meticulously tested recipes bring an award-winning pastry chef’s expertise into your kitchen, along with advice on how to “mix it up” with over 200 customizable variations—in short, exactly what you’d expect from a cookbook penned by a senior editor at Serious Eats. Yet BraveTart is much more than a cookbook, as Stella Parks delves into the surprising stories of how our favorite desserts came to be, from chocolate chip cookies that predate the Tollhouse Inn to the prohibition-era origins of ice cream sodas and floats. With a foreword by The Food Lab’s J. Kenji López-Alt, vintage advertisements for these historical desserts, and breathtaking photography from Penny De Los Santos, BraveTart is sure to become an American classic.
Run, It's Butterfingers Again!
Author: Khyrunnisa A.
Publisher: Puffin
Published: 2017-05
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780143334170
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Everyone's favourite klutz, Amar Kishen, aka Butterfingers, has no problem getting into trouble ... and that's the problem! Follow his mad escapades as he becomes a human cannonball, rides a runaway horse, takes up karate, acts as a Martian, oversees the great fall of China, tumbles into a river and tries his hand at fencing--with hilarious consequences, of course!"--Page 4 of cover
Smash It, Butterfingers!
Author: Khyrunissa A.
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Published: 2021-07-26
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9354921302
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe latest edition in the wonderful Butterfingers series Smash It, Butterfingers! shows Khyrunnisa at her entertaining best. Having launched (and enjoyed) every one of his previous adventures, I was delighted to follow Amar's latest exploits, this time in a tale about badminton. An amusing, charming, rollicking children's story-and for adults too, for whom it should bring back glorious memories of the joy and trepidation of school sports tournaments. A marvellous, addictive writer at the height of her powers!' Shashi Tharoor Look out! It's Butterfingers again, and in smashing form! There's a lot going on in Green Park School. Ozymandias, a black cat, walks into classrooms and there's a buzz about a badminton tournament that is to be played on Friday the thirteenth. Sponsored by Brijesh K. Singh, an eccentric multimillionaire who loves badminton and hates superstitions, this tournament is good news for sports-crazy Amar Kishen, aka Butterfingers, and his friends. Badminton practice begins, but can it be smooth sailing with talk of scams, superstitions and suspicions? Butterfingers sure has a lot on his hands! Join Amar on his hilarious adventures as he defies luck with his madcap schemes. Let the game begin!
The Natural
Author: Bernard Malamud
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2017-08-24
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1446419126
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a book about heroism - of sorts. Roy Hobbs has an immense natural gift for playing baseball. He could become one of the great ones of the game, a player unmatched in his time - a hero. But his first hard-won big chance ends violently, at the hands of a crazy girl, and then it is years before he gets another shot. At last, in a few short seasons, or never, he must achieve the towering reputation that he feels is his right.
SMASH! The Rise of Indian Badminton
Author: Benedict Paramanand
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: 2020-10-20
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 1636067409
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBadminton has become a popular sport in India thanks to Prakash Padukone, Pullela Gopichand, Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu, Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa, Kidambi Srikanth, and a few others. Each of them has a riveting story. The author has tried to weave all their stories into a fascinating canvas. This book is about how Indian badminton emerged as a global powerhouse in over a decade; what’s gone into the making of several world champions; who all played pivotal roles, and much more. It also reflects on the current shortcomings that could slow down the rise of the sport and how they could be addressed. Anyone keen on learning the secrets of peak performance from Indian champions and their coaches; how to bounce back stronger from setbacks; how and how not to lead a team, will find this book appealing. I hope people learn a lot about the history of Indian badminton from this book, Jwala Gutta, Indian Doubles Champion
