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Unearth the magic of Garden Quartz and explore your inner landscape. As described in Maia Toll's book The Illustrated Crystallary, Garden Quartz's crystalline structure holds evidence of time passed and experiences lived. Through the intricate lines of artist Kate O'Hara's illustration, this puzzle invites you to see the layers that have shaped you. As you place each piece, watch Garden Quartz emerge and discover the worlds alive within.
Established in 1970 by Tricia Guild, Designers Guild designs and produces fabrics, wallcoverings, upholstery, and more all over the world. The Designers Guild Tourangelle 750 Piece Shaped Puzzle features the gorgeous Tourangelle Peony uniquely die-cut and contoured around this magnificent bouquet. The finished puzzle will need plenty of display time once completed! Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. * 2 Piece Wrapped Box with Spot Gloss On Puzzle Image * Box Size: 11.375 x 8.375 x 2", 289 x 213 x 51 mm * Finished Shaped Puzzle Size: 16.25 x 26", 413 x 660mm * 750 Random Cut Pieces * Minimal Puzzle Dust
Reminisce and relax withmore than 100 1980s-themedword search puzzles.
This collection for adult puzzlers will keep you thoroughly entertained
remembering the movies, TV shows, toys, and fads from the 80s. Search
vertically, diagonally, forward, and backward in pursuit of hidden
words. Then use the search words to discover the theme for each puzzle.
Colors of the Moon 500 Piece Puzzle from Galison highlights the colors of the full moon, documented by astrophotographer Marcella Julia Pace from different locations in her native Italy, over a 10-year period. Red or yellow moons often indicate a moon being seen near the horizon. Blue-colored moons are rarer and can indicate a moon seen through the atmosphere carrying larger dust particles. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. * 500 Pieces, Ribbon Cut * Box: 8 x 8 x 1.5", 203 x 203 x 41mm, Puzzle: 20 x 20", 508 x 508 mm * Includes Color Puzzle Insert with Puzzle Image * Virtually No Puzzle Dust * Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic inks.
For more than twenty-five years, Martin Gardner was "Scientific American's" renowned provocateur of popular math. His yearly gatherings of short and inventive problems were easily his most anticipated math columns. Loyal readers would savor the wit and elegance of his explorations in physics, probability, topology, and chess, among others. Grouped by subject and arrayed from easiest to hardest, the puzzles gathered here, which complement the lengthier, more involved problems in "The Colossal Book of Mathematics," have been selected by Gardner for their illuminating; and often bewildering; solutions. Filled with over 300 illustrations, this new volume even contains nine new mathematical gems that Gardner, now ninety, has been gathering for the last decade. No amateur or expert math lover should be without this indispensable volume; a capstone to Gardner's seventy-year career.
*** Pitcherwits returns with another bumper collection of puzzles! Put your deductive skills to the test with this collection of over 300 puzzles from Professor Rebus. Part crossword and part pictogram, Pitcherwits are the Daily Mail's post popular and addictive puzzle. Perfect for a quiet evening or lazy morning, this absorbing compilation is the ultimate companion for puzzle lovers.
Lose yourself in these fast and frantic crosswords, perfect for any spare moment in the day. With 150 brand-new puzzles, The Telegraph Quick Crosswords 9 will entertain eager enthusiasts and beginners alike. Test your general knowledge and vocabulary, whether at home or on-the-go. The perfect puzzle compilation for quick-fire crossword fans.
Award-winning designer, illustrator, and creative director Michael Storrings highlights a perfect day in Palm Beach featuring the Flagler Museum in Michael Storrings A Sunny Day in Palm Beach 1000 Piece Puzzle. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. An insert of the full puzzle image is also included.
There's something hiding among us: an elusive cryptid is prowling our city streets. The evidence is clear but, without definitive proof, the scientific community will never believe you. There's nothing else to be done - you must track down this cryptid yourself! Play as a determined Scientist manipulating heat, movement, and sonic sensors to scan the city, identify your quarry's true location, and capture them. Or take the role of a Cryptid, snaking your way through the shadows and back alleys of the metropolis that surrounds you, eliminating all evidence of your existence as you go, desperately avoiding capture. Emerging victorious in this high stakes cat-and-mouse chase, played out across a sprawling urban landscape, will require all your ingenuity and foresight. Cryptid: Urban Legends is a tense asymmetric game of competitive deductive reasoning for two players from the creators of Cryptid. Players: 2 Ages: 14+ Playing Time: 20-40 minutes Contents: 41 cards, 10 plastic cubes, 9 plastic discs
Fuel your passion for puzzling with this bumper book of quick crosswords from the UK's most popular quality newspaper. With a wide variety of fun clues and over 300 crosswords, this book is guaranteed to keep you entertained in any spare moments.
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 Silver Birches by Tom Thomson. 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. Thomas John Thomson was a Canadian artist active in the early 20th century. During his short career he produced roughly 400 oil sketches on small wood panels along with around 50 larger works on canvas. His works consist almost entirely of landscapes depicting trees, skies, lakes, and rivers.
Brains will feel the burn with this fantastic puzzle book that stretches and flexes the mind. For more than 40 years, millions of newspaper readers have delighted in solving the daily Jumble(R), which appears in hundreds of national papers and in these puzzle books that offer hours of challenging wordplay and fun. Each page features a series of mixed-up words coupled with a cartoon clue, and one letter from each word is used to form the answer to the puzzle.
Would you say thank you for a bad haircut? How do you feel about surprise parties? Have you ever cheated in an exam? Based in the fascinating science of personality, these 100 multiple-choice cards provide playful insights into how (and why) our day-to-day decisions define who we are. Play alone or with your partner, friends or colleagues to discover the unique make-up of your personality and how it can help you thrive. BASED IN THE FASCINATING SCIENCE OF PERSONALITY, so you can unlock a unique reading PLAY ALONE OR WITH FRIENDS as you get to know yourself and others in a whole new light WRITTEN BY AN EXPERT in behavioural science, Dr Sanna Balsari-Palsule PhD
Piece together the world of the genius that is Frida Kahlo in this art history jigsaw puzzle that tells the story of her life, her art and her career. Taking centre stage is Frida herself surrounded by iconic elements of her life. Woven into the bustling Mexican scene are a huge cast of contemporary extras, from Kahlo’s family and famous friends, as well as her various exotic pets. Those with a keen eye will also spot many references to her art and the tragedies and triumphs of her career. For those just discovering Kahlo the included poster guides the puzzler along the journey with facts about the 25 references found in the jigsaw. Known for her self-portraits and representation of her Mexican heritage, the colourful scene in this puzzle conveys the spirit of Kahlo and her world. Travel through the medical traumas, family, love and loss that encapsulated Kahlo’s life and discover the surrealist artist in a new light. With 1000 pieces and a keepsake poster, The World of Frida Kahlo is an art puzzlers dream. Included references:
Enjoy entertaining, easy-to-solve, and easy-to-read puzzles with The Everything Big Book of Easy Large-Print Crosswords. Everything is bigger in The Everything Big Book of Easy Large-Print Crosswords--the clues, the numbers, the grids--even the answers! And each of these brand-new crosswords helps you improve vocabulary, memory, and problem-solving skills. With clues ranging from beloved books and classic TV shows to favorite foods and popular vacation spots, these light and easy puzzles are perfect for taking a break--without having to use a dictionary! Beginners and experienced puzzlers will enjoy the satisfaction of quickly solving these entertaining crosswords.
If you're logofascinated, you are literally spellbound by language.; This surprising compendium of 1,000 facts about words, language and etymology is here to inspire your curiosity and delight in discovery. In Word Drops, you can delve into a smattering of unexpected connections and weird juxtapositions, stumble upon a new or remarkable word, or learn of many a bizarre etymological quirk or tall tale.; - Did you know that the bowl made by cupping your hands together is called a gowpen?; - And speaking of bowls, the earliest known reference to bowling in English dates from 1555, when bowling alleys were banned by an Act of Parliament.; - And that ties in nicely with the fact that the English called the Germans 'Alleymen' during the First World War.; - But in Navajo, Germany is called Beesh Bich'ahii Bikeyah-or 'metal cap-wearer land'.; Word Drops is a language fact book unlike any other, its linguistic tidbits all falling together into one long interconnected chain just like the example above with each fact neatly 'dropping' into place beside the next.; What's more, throughout, footnotes are used to give some informative and intriguing background to some of the most bizarre facts, covering everything from traditional Inuit games to the origin of the Bellini cocktail, from the precise length of one 'jiffy' to what the Romans thought hoopoe birds ate, and from what to expect on a night out with Dr Johnson to Samuel Pepys's cure for a hangover. Want to know the longest palindrome in Morse code, or who The Great Masticator was? Curious to know what Norwegian steam is, or what a jaaaar is? The answers are all here.; For all of the logofascinated among us, this is an immensely pleasurable and unpredictable collection that is guaranteed to raise eyebrows (the literal meaning, incidentally, of supercilious).
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, featuring artist Nel Whatmore's "A Million Shades". This 1000 piece jigsaw is intended for adults and children over 13 years. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Now includes an A4 poster for reference. Nel Whatmore is a fine artist, well known for her floral paintings and abstracts. As with many of her paintings, A Million Shades was built up over several months, until Nel was happy with the final piece. A contemporary colourist, her paintings are both expressionist and evocative. She seeks t o constantly explore mediums and their ability to convey emotion. Her work i s varied, with landscapes and skyscapes featuring alongside still life and floral works, which encapsulate her interest in expressionist painting. She expresses her love of flowers not only through her fine art, but also her textile designs, and regularly exhibits her work at the Chelsea Flower Show.
Hundreds of new word searches from puzzlemaster Charles Timmerman! Pencil puzzlers and word search enthusiasts will be delighted by The Everything Giant Book of Word Searches, Volume 9. The latest collection from puzzlemaster Charles Timmerman is packed with more than 300 brand-new word search puzzles that feature fun and engaging themes, including: Literature Popular culture Nature History Geography Entertainment Puzzlers also get a great mental workout: word puzzles help to improve memory, vocabulary, and problem-solving skills. This giant collection is the perfect companion for word search fans who can't get enough of these fun and engaging puzzles.
Hundreds of word lists, arranged thematically, to help with solving cryptic and quick crossword clues. The lists are sorted alphabetically and by length, and provide an invaluable reference for all crossword solvers. A must for all crossword solvers, the lists have been compiled from Collins thesaurus database under the direction of Anne Bradford. Hundreds of useful word lists covering a wide range of subjects, with each one sorted by length and then alphabetically, to give maximum help with solving crossword clues. Solvers can locate words by subject, spotting the word they need to complete their crossword grids quickly: the perfect companion volume to Bradford's Crossword Solver's Dictionary.
The elephant is the world's largest land mammal. Elephant tusks are teeth, not horns. Elephants sleep up to 8 hours a day. Can you spot the odd fact out? Pull a card and ask the other players to identify which of three pieces of trivia is not actually true! With trivia challenges ranging from history to pop culture to geography and more, these cards will put your knowledge to the test. |
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