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Sweet and petite, this holiday-themed puzzle that looks like a box of ornaments. A clever, affordable way to give the spirit of the season! A little something to bring good cheer! This 150-Piece Mini Puzzle offers a magical activity for puzzlers. The puzzle features a variety of colorful ornaments and is tucked inside a box that looks like a wrapped holiday present. Share a little joy with this petite puzzle-perfect for puzzlers of all levels!
Part of an exciting series of sturdy, square-box 500-piece jigsaw puzzles from Flame Tree, featuring powerful and popular works of art. This new jigsaw will satisfy your need for a challenge, with the charming Fulfilment by Gustav Klimt. This 500-piece jigsaw is intended for adults and children over 13 years. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Finished Jigsaw size 490 x 360mm/19.3 x 14.2 ins. Includes an A4 poster for reference. Gustav Klimt is one of the best known artists of the Viennese Secession and the Art Nouveau movement. Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, his work became particularly appreciated and, by the early twenty-first century, his paintings, drawings and prints commanded some of the highest prices ever recorded for individual works of art.
Bring on the flowers with this 500 piece 2-sided puzzle from Galison, featuring photos by the talented Ashley Woodson Bailey. - Package: 11.5 x 8.5 x 1.5" - 500 double-sided pieces, one side glossy and one side matte - Complete puzzle: 24 x 18" - Includes insert with information about the artist and image
The ideal gift for su doku enthusiasts. Posing an even greater challenge than Fiendish Su Doku puzzles, this bumper collection of more than 360 puzzles is for hard-core Su Doku solvers. Selected from the pages of The Times these puzzles will keep even the most eager enthusiasts entertained for hours. Killer Su Doku, takes Su Doku to the next level. The puzzles use the same 9x9 grid but there is a double challenge. The aim is not only to complete every row, column and cube so that it contains the digits 1-9, it is also necessary to ensure that the outlined cubes add up to the same number. Puzzles in this collection are taken from Times Killer Su Doku Books 4, 5 and 6.
Reach for your trusty pen or pencil and tackle this bumper collection of word challenges at your leisure. Arranged in themes, they will provide a mental workout and relaxation therapy at the same time. How quickly can you find the words in the grid? You will find the solutions at the back of the book. Relax and give your brain a workout. Ideal for whiling away your time while travelling, on holiday or relaxing at home.
2 Piece Wrapped Box with Spot Gloss On Puzzle Image Box Size: 11.375 x 8.375 x 2"
John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed images from the past transports the viewer to another world. Featuring a nineteenth-century map used in an advertising campaign, The City of New York shows a long-lost Manhattan, the island bristling with docks and surrounded by boats, the city an impenetrable grid of squat brick and brownstone buildings punctuated by church steeples and tiny patches of green. And a mystery: The Brooklyn Bridge wouldn't be completed for another four years, yet it looks so real . . . Featuring: 750 full-color interlocking pieces Art print with puzzle image Finished puzzle is 18 7/8" x 26 3/8"
Home is where the heart is. This puzzle features an illustration from Dutch artist Lotte Dirks, and it is filled with her love for everything that grows and flourishes. As you piece it together, you may find your imagination drifting down a winding country lane, to a white picket fence with an open gate, to a yard where the flowers bloom and chickens range freely, to a special place where you can kick off your shoes and just be yourself. Featuring: 1,000 interlocking pieces Mini-poster (9 3/8" x 6 3/4") for reference or framing Completed puzzle size: 26 3/8" x 18 7/8"
Here comes the sun! Featuring an exclusive gouache illustration from American artist Anisa Makhoul, this puzzle celebrates the simple and uplifting art of the everyday: an empty Mediterranean olive oil tin filled with a handful of bright flowers in bloom. And with its visual challenges, like the blue patterned tabletop, it will leave you relaxed, satisfied, and in a calm state of mind once you have placed the final piece. Featuring: 1,000 interlocking pieces Mini-poster (6 3/4" x 9 3/8) for reference or framing Completed puzzle size: 18 7/8" x 26 3/8"
Would you like to improve your memory? To make your mind a bit sharper? To feel more on the ball? With these fun and testing exercises, you can control the natural power of your brain to increase your cognitive abilities, enhance your ability to learn new information and improve your memory at any age. The exercises in Improve Your Memory get progressively tougher throughout the book so you can plot your progress and see how you are improving. As well as learning about the brain and memory function, you will discover a range of over 200 number and creative puzzles to boost your recall so you'll never forget important dates, places and faces again.
"Sudoku For Dummies, " Volume 2 will offer 240 original and addictive puzzles including new circular and 16 x 16 puzzles to add new dimensions to game play and keep the most avid Sudoku fan entertained. Of the 240 puzzles, 220 are the popular 9x9 puzzles, 10 are 16 x 16, and 10 are circular puzzles. Within each of these categories there are Easy, Tricky, Tough and Diabolical puzzle ratings; and each puzzle is clearly identified with the rating. More than just a listing of puzzles, "Sudoku For Dummies, " Volume 2 features a chapter explaining how to solve puzzles and the strategies involved. Additionally, readers receive all puzzle solutions in the back of the book. Finally, "Sudoku For Dummies," Volume 2 includes a brief history of Sudoku (or Su Doku) for those interested. Descriptions of the newer types of puzzles are listed below. Circular Sudoku (10 included: 3 Easy, 3 Tricky, 2 Tough, and 2
Diabolical) 16 x 16 Sudoku (10 included: 3 Easy, 3 Tricky, 2 Tough, and 2
Diabolical)
The Official Utterly Addictive Number-Placing Puzzle Spring has sprung You'll have more than just hours of entertainment with these all-new Difficult level Su Doku brain-teasing puzzles that are sure to please. Su Doku engages your mind, improves your concentration, and helps you stay mentally fit. With 150 brand-new puzzles to complete, you'll become a Su Doku master in no time
Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles The latest volume in the hugely popular Killer Su Doku series from the puzzle suppliers to The Times, featuring the highest-quality puzzles with an extra element of arithmetic. This addition to the successful Times Killer Su Doku series will test your skills to the limit, adding the challenge of arithmetic and taking Su Doku to a new and even deadlier level of difficulty. The puzzles use the same 9x9 grid as Su Doku but with an added mathematical challenge. The aim is not only to complete every row, column and cube so that it contains the numbers 1-9, it is also necessary to ensure that the outlined cubes add up to the same number as well. With 200 new Moderate, Tricky, Tough and Deadly Killer Su Doku puzzles, there is no chance to ease yourself in with simple puzzles. For those who like to live dangerously and push beyond their mental comfort zone, steel yourself for The Times' next, terribly tough instalment.
Are you fluent in emoji? Test out your emoji-translating skills with The Emoji Puzzle Challenge. With over 200 emoji-based puzzles on films, music, geography, sports, and history to name a few, work your way through these funny and colourful enigmas. Think you can work out what the plot of Forrest Gump is when it's told in emoji form? What about the lyrics to Lady Gaga's Papparazzi? The Emoji Puzzle Challenge is the perfect gift for any emoji-mad member of your family, which last time we looked up from our smartphone, was everyone.
Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles Specially compiled to provide the most devilishly difficult challenge, Ultimate killer Su Doku 3 is the only volume for Su Doku enthusiasts who need a puzzle that really tests their mettle. Prepare yourself for the toughest Su Doku challenge there is. These diabolically difficult Ultimate Killer Su Dokus will really put your brainpower to the test as you warm up with the 100 Deadly Killer puzzles before steeling yourself to take on the 20 Extra Deadly Su Dokus. Are you ready for the challenge? The Times Ultimate Killer Su Doku 3 is not for the faint-hearted. The puzzles use the same 9x9 grid as a regular Su Doku, but have an extra mathematical element that makes them a real challenge. The aim is not only to complete every row, column and cube so that it contains the digits 1 to 9, but also to make sure that the outlined sections, called cages, add up to the number given in each cage. If you survived the first two collections of Ultimate Killer Su Doku, then you might be ready to take on the third. Warning: Not suitable for amateur puzzlers.
Take Care by Posh is a series of beautiful pocket-sized books that
invite you to practice small moments of self-care through mindful
activities, inspirational words, and thought-provoking journal prompts.
"""Deals in a very entertaining way with problems in normal life related to mathematics, luck, coincidence, gambling.""" ? The Independent (London) Why do your chances of winning the lottery increase if you buy your ticket on Friday? Why do traffic lights always seem to be red when you?re in a hurry? Is bad luck just chance, or can it be explained? The intriguing answers to these and other questions about the curiosities of everyday life can be found in this delightfully irreverent and highly informative book. Why Do Buses Come in Threes? explains how math and the laws of probability are constantly at work in our lives, affecting everything we do, from getting a date to catching a bus to cooking dinner. With great humor and a genuine love for the subject, Rob Eastaway and Jeremy Wyndham present solutions to such conundrums as how fast one should run in the rain to stay dry and who was the greatest sportsman of all time.Discover the mathematical explanations for the strange coincidence of two. Presidents dying on July 4, the uncanny ""accuracy"" of horoscopes, and other not-so-coincidental coincidences. Eastaway and Wyndham also reveal how television ratings work, which numbers are more likely to be big winners in the lottery, and why bad things, just like buses, always seem to happen in threes. Whether you have a degree in astrophysics or haven't touched a math problem since high school, this book sends you on a fascinating journey through the logic of life where Newton's laws explain bar fights, exploding rabbit populations, and why showers always run either too hot or too cold. Why Do Buses Come in Threes? is a delightfully entertaining ride that reveals the relevance of math in absolutely everything we do. |
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