Impossible mission: try not to laugh!Former jester Malfred Murd's fate has taken yet another unexpected bounce. Quicker than you can say "Utmost Secret", our unlikely hero is reunited with his magpie advisor... his two greatest frenemies... and the woman who's best at breaking his heart... for an international espionage mission with a foppish, Foolish twist.Exotic locales. Sensuous strangers. The cover persona Agent Murd was born to play. All these and more...

Onetime jester Malfred Murd has risen about as high as a Fool can go. But it will all be for nothing- unless he can pull off the world's toughest trick!Heavy is the head that wears the jingle-bell hat: our favorite funnyman is now the face of a whole country... and striving to bring about world peace, even as a Phantactive doomsday device looms on the horizon.And a big bam boom isn't the only threat facing Fred. He's also dealing with a daffy Dictator, cl...

Jester. Juggler. Joker. Jerk. Malfred Murd might be talented, but he's undeniably abrasive— and he's pushed the limits of humor right into a ditch.Sacked from his cushy gig on the Royal island, Fred is left playing bootleg shows in dirtwater towns where crowds are scarce and meals are sparse. His only fan is an infuriatingly optimistic magpie who thinks he's helping when he steals a bag full of shinies.But the bag belongs to the ruler of a Tekologically adv...

INSIDIOUS INTRIGUE!Reluctant hero Malfred Murd emerges onto a brand-new stage, set with yet more trouble.Following the events of FOOL'S PROOF, Malfred's patron has rewarded him with a town of his very own. Proud of the job he's done ridding it of petty crime— and yearning to earn the love of a certain maddeningly untouchable Lady— he agrees to a task that's outrageous even for him: turning undercover cop, out to bust the biggest, scariest mob boss in a grea...

Onetime jester Malfred Murd has risen about as high as a Fool can go.But it will all be for nothing— unless he can pull off the world's toughest trick!Heavy is the head that wears the jingle-bell hat: our favorite funnyman is now the face of a whole country... and striving to bring about world peace, even as a Phantactive doomsday device looms on the horizon.And a big bam boom isn't the only threat facing Fred. He's also dealing wit...

Mildly magical. Fiercely funny!Jester. Juggler. Joker. Jerk. Malfred Murd might be talented, but he’s undeniably abrasive— and he’s pushed the limits of humor right into a ditch.Sacked from his cushy gig on the Royal island, Fred is left playing bootleg shows in dirtwater towns where crowds are scarce and meals are sparse. His only fan is an infuriatingly optimistic magpie who thinks he’s helping when he steals a bag full of shinies....

This volume retraces Carl Lutz’s diplomatic wartime rescue efforts in Budapest, Hungary, through the lens of Jewish eyewitness testimonies. Together with his wife, Gertrud Lutz-Fankhauser, the director of the Palestine Office in Budapest, Moshe Krausz, fellow Swiss citizens Harald Feller, Ernst Vonrufs, Peter Zürcher, and the underground Zionist Youth Movement, Carl Lutz led an extensive rescue operation between March 1944 and February 1945. It is estimated that Lutz and his team of rescue...

In a village in the midst of farm country, Orbán pumps gas and repairs automobiles. But in his spare time he provides other services as well, to men who are willing to pay for their pleasures. At first, Orbán isn’t too happy when he discovers he has a competitor. But then the rustic entrepreneur finds a way to turn the situation to his advantage. Repeatedly, he demonstrates that he’s the best auto mechanic ever!

Originally published in 1997, Bacskai's powerful ethnography portrays the political, religious, and individual forces that came to bear on the Orthodox Jewish tradition as it struggled for survival in the aftermath of the Holocaust in Hungary. Jews who returned to their homes eagerly reestablished their close-knit community lives. However, they were greeted with hostility and faced daily prejudice. Following the fall of Hungarian democracy, the number of Orthodox Jewish congregations drama...