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Boost your brainpower with the puzzles in Brain Boosters: Beginner Puzzles. This selection of over 200 illustrated, full colour conundrums has been designed to help train your mind no matter how much free time you've got to spare. There's a plethora of puzzles including Sudoku, logic sequences, riddles, latin squares, visual teasers, maths challenges and more. Exercise your mind whether you've got just five minutes or an hour, with puzzles growing slowly from basic to medium level of difficulty. Who said exercise couldn't be fun?
'I find it impossible to believe you will not love this book' - Daniel Radcliffe The Ministry of Quizzes is the must-buy gift book for quiz solvers and puzzlers, from David Gentle, author of On the Tip of My Tongue. Perfect for fans of the GCHQ Puzzle Book, Bletchley Park Brainteasers, and The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book. Deep in the heart of Whitehall, up an unnoticeable side road, is an office block. Unremarkable on the outside, inside it buzzes and bustles with activity. Civil servants are hard at work, researching, compiling, cross-checking. Facts and trivia, questions and puzzles. This is the Ministry of Quizzes. This small but essential government department serves the nation's needs on all matters relating to quizzes, puzzles and general knowledge trivia. Now, for the first time, their work can be revealed. The Ministry of Quizzes features an ingenious and irresistible mixture of over 200 quizzes and puzzles to be played solo or with family and friends. Not everyone is convinced this government department actually exists. But how else could we explain such a copious and comprehensive collection of diverse, devious and distracting questions and brainteasers?
Supporting the work of Battersea Dogs and Cats Home Battersea's Cat Puzzle Book is packed with fun-filled teasers dedicated to our furry feline friends. Puzzle your way through more than 100 cat-themed brainteasers. From crosswords to wordsearches, hidden codes to logic puzzles, you'll find more than 100 puzzles to challenge and entertain all cat lovers, from youthful kittens to old toms.
Hungry Plants 500 Piece Family Puzzle from Mudpuppy features wonderful illustrations of flytraps and other carnivorous plants. Mudpuppy puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. * 500pc puzzle: 20 x 20", 51 x 51 cm * Box: 8 x 8 x 2", 20 x 20 x 5 cm * Ages 8-99 * Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic inks. * All Mudpuppy products adhere to CPSIA, ASTM, and CE Safety Regulations
Times flies when you're having fun! Travel along with Bill and Ted as they journey through time to save their history grade...before they're history. Search for the iconic duo and their guide, Rufus, in fully-illustrated scenes from the fan-favorite film, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. Can you find Bill and Ted philosophizing with Socrates in Ancient Greece? Looking for Napoleon at the Waterloo Water Park? Searching for love in medieval England? Wreaking havoc at the San Dimas Mall? After you locate Bill and Ted in each scene, party on with a bonus puzzle! Rufus is also located in each image holding a letter of the alphabet. Find all the letters, then unscramble them to reveal a very special message from Bill and Ted themselves. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure characters and images (TM) & (c) 1989, 2020 Creative Licensing Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey characters and images (TM) & (c) 1991, 2020 Creative Licensing Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
This interactive pack from the world's leading brain brand contains everything you need to sharpen your mental agility while having fun. Inside are a series of puzzles, exercises and games especially devised to inspire new ways of thinking. The book is divided into a series of self-contained courses on one particular aspect of brain power, which then direct you to related games and activities included within the rest of the pack. Work through the whole pack and you will find yourself thinking quicker, solving problems more easily, being more creative, and best of all you will have had fun along the way! This pack contains: A 72-page book * 120 cards used for a variety of different games * A double-sided game board * Playing counters * Dice
When you need to unwind, the last thing you want is to have to wrap your head around an intricate new puzzle type. Overworked and Underpuzzled: Puzzles to Unwind is the puzzle book for you. With 200 all-time favourite puzzles, you'll have all the fun of puzzling, and still be able to decompress after a long day. Conundrum favourites included inside are crosswords, logic grids, jig words, Sudoku, spot the difference, riddles and more, and each challenge has been designed at a level to massage your mind when you need it most.
Most popular Russian puzzle book ever published. Marvelously varied puzzles ranging from simple "catch" riddles to difficult problems. Lavishly illustrated with clear diagrams and amusing sketches. Edited for English-readers, while retaining warmth and charm of original. Inexpensive edition of first English translation. Introduction by Martin Gardner. 425 line illustrations. Solutions.
Test your wits against 210 difficult previously unpublished killer sudoku puzzles in the first book in the new Guardian puzzle book series. The Guardian's killer sudoku puzzles are enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of people every day. While only a minimal level of mathematical knowledge is needed, all of your logical reasoning will be required to solve these brand-new puzzles. The puzzles have been designed to increase in difficulty as the book progresses, meaning this book can be enjoyed by novice and master alike.
Marvel at the unearthly beauty of the celestial dragon as you complete this 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Illustrated in ravishing detail and printed in majestic GOLD FOIL, this puzzle will transport you to another world.
*** Get stuck into this brand new jumbo collection of wordsearches from the Daily Mail. With more than 300 themed puzzles to choose from, this is the perfect activity book that will provide hours of leisure and entertainment. Relaxing and enjoyable, Daily Mail Big Book of Wordsearch 1 contains grids with 20 or more words to discover, and themes as diverse as authors, boardgames and weather conditions. So what are you waiting for? Grab your most trustworthy pen and get hunting!
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 Akseli Gallen-Kallela's Lake Keitele. Produced in collaboration with the National Gallery, 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. Akseli Gallen-Kallela was born in Pori in western Finland in 1865. As a child he developed a deep love of the Finnish countryside. From 1878 he enrolled in drawing classes in Helsinki, and like many art students at the time, he continued his training in Paris. Gallen-Kallela maintained an international outlook throughout his career and exhibited widely in the major cities of Europe. His Lake Keitele pictures, painted between 1904 and 1906, fuse diverse international trends such as painting outdoors directly in front of the subject, and the decorative abstraction of Symbolism.
After surviving Tonegawa's dastardly schemes set outside of the hotel tower, Kaiji was let inside the building for what may be one last chance to pay off his debts. But while his last two tests were partially physical and emotional, this new game is a test of wills. E-Card is a simple card game but when played against someone who says he can read minds, it may be an impossible game to win at consistently! Kaiji has gone too far now, so he'll literally put his body on the line as payback!
New York Times Bestselling Property! For twenty-five years, Magic Eye has fascinated children and adults alike worldwide with its amazing 3D images. New York Times best-selling Magic Eye 3D optical illusions are back with all-new images. Through Magic Eye's patented 3D technology, viewers can find a full-color image on each page, with a smaller black-and-white image of the "hidden" scene in the back of the book to help solve each optical illusion.
'Great fun. Railway travel without leaving your armchair!' Chris Tarrant A jam-packed puzzle and trivia book about Britain's iconic railways. The Big British Railway Puzzle Book is a must-buy gift book for puzzle book fanatics, train and travel enthusiasts, history buffs, and the people up and down the country who love their heritage and their regional identity! Featuring a treasure trove of puzzles about railways and locomotives, using maps, old routes and tracks, original posters and all things that delight train lovers, the book also includes mind-boggling brainteasers, navigational tests, word games, code-crackers, anagrams, crosswords, mathematical conundrums and more. As well as having over 100 mind-bending puzzles, the book also contains historical facts and figures, trivia and introductions to each section authored by Dr Thomas Spain, a research associate at the National Railway Museum, about the history of the British Railways. From the National Railway Museum in York!
All the fun of Portico's bestselling Strangest series, now in quiz form! Test your football knowledge with this handy book, packed with fun and challenging quiz questions based around the weirdest events from more than a century of football history. Quiz categories include: Outlandish scorelines Freaky weather Unfeasible goals Animals on pitches Cup madness Streakers Football's great eccentrics International antics Whether you're testing your friends, practising for pub quizzes or just reading it in an armchair, this book will take your football knowledge to a whole new level. Word count: 30,000 words.
Today's the day Bear hosts his picnic! Featuring stunning artwork of a woodland picnic, this jigsaw puzzle will open your eyes to new ways of seeing the natural world around you. Be amazed, piece by piece, as the wonders of Bear's world unfold. Including a poster which can be used as an aid to complete the puzzle and features twenty things to spot.
From the bestselling author of MYSTIC MONDAYS TAROT comes the MYSTIC MONDAYS PORTABLE PUZZLE, a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring Grace Duong's eye-catching artwork. With colorful images of the major arcana - the most impactful cards in the tarot - this puzzle encourages moments of meditation, connection, and personal empowerment. A lovely gift for modern mystics and the spiritually curious, the puzzle comes in a beautiful fabric pouch perfect for trips and gatherings with friends.
Part of an exciting series of sturdy, square-box 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles from Flame Tree, featuring powerful and popular works of art. This new jigsaw will satisfy your need for a challenge, with Jenny Zemanek's Classics Cascade. This 1000 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 735 x 510mm/29 x 20 ins. Includes an A4 poster for reference. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Jenny Zemanek is a lifelong lover of all things creative. What started with happy scribbles at a young age grew into a pursuit of photography and graphic design before she found a home with illustration and hand-lettering. Jenny revels in the joys of small decorative details, finding ways to add personality to her work.
This popular aspect of practical art takes on a whole new dimension with this superb collection of over 120 intriguing visual puzzles. The wide-ranging themes include landmarks of the world (Mount Rushmore), iconic buildings (the White House, St Peter's Basilica), classic vehicles (from cars, trucks, and bikes, to aircraft and ships), works of art (Munch's "The Scream"), the animal kingdom (huskies pulling a sled), sport (scrum down), and iconic scenes from history and literature (Dr. Frankenstein's laboratory).
Prepare yourself to take on the challenge that is Telegraph Killer Sudoku 1. The ultimate test of logic, these demanding puzzles will put your mind through its paces. 200 killer sudoku grids allow you to hone your puzzling skills on your commute, during your leisure time or whenever you have a spare minute!
Take a break from the day to think about the good things in life while sharpening your brain. Each puzzle is filled with words sure to bring a smile....from wonders in the garden to the comforts of a cozy kitchen to the delight of a child's laughter. Look up, down, backwrard, forward, and diagonally to discover a treasury of words that will leave you with positive, happy thoughts.
Martin Gardner has entertained the world with his puzzles for decades and inspired countless mathematicians and scientists. As he rounds out another decade, his colleagues are paying him tribute with this special collection that contains contributions from some of the most respected puzzlemasters, magicians and mathematicians, including: - John H. Conway - William R. Gosper - Ed Pegg, Jr. - Roger Penrose - Raymond Smullyan - Peter Winkler And of course there is something from the orignal puzzlemaster himself, Martin Gardner. |
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