From the Guardian's very own puzzle master, Puzzle Ninja is a new collection following the bestselling Can You Solve My Problems? The puzzle masters of Japan create the world's most satisfying puzzles. Each has a distinctive style but what unites them is their megawatt brains and the beauty of their hand-crafted puzzles, which will challenge and sharpen the mind. Alex Bellos has collected over 200 of their most ingenious puzzles, rated easy to excruciating, and introduces over twenty new types of addictive problems to solve. Can you beat the puzzle masters to become a puzzle ninja?

Well-Trained Dogs 500 Piece Family Puzzle from Mudpuppy features fun illustrations of dogs working out at the gym! 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

200 of the easiest New York Times crossword puzzles, perfect for beginners Why stress out when you could take it easy? Here's another great big volume of easy breezy New York Times crossword puzzles to pass the time. Like its popular predecessors, this collection features: - 200 Monday and Tuesday puzzles - The easiest crosswords published in The New York Times - Big grids for easy solving

Some questions you never think to ask. Others, you didn't know you didn't know. And some facts are so surprising they cry out for answers.

What can a president actually do? Why do cities sink into the ground? Why is Australia seemingly invulnerable to recessions? Why do people in couples do more housework than singletons? The brilliant minds of the Economist collect these questions. Individually, they might seem bite-sized and inconsequential, but taken together they can reveal a whole new world.

Challenge your brain with these enjoyable puzzles. 100 puzzles from The Times adapting the cryptic puzzle for those with a hectic lifestyle and schedule. Ideal for those starting out with cryptic crosswords, and those who'd like to tackle the main puzzle but feel daunted, or who can perhaps only solve a handful of clues. Appearing Monday to Friday in the puzzle pages of Times2, this crossword has a reduced 13x13 grid size and reduced difficulty too, the intention being to encourage people to take their first steps in tackling cryptic crosswords. And also to cater for those of us who have limited time to devote to our favourite pastime and need a ready-made set of puzzles that are solvable in a short space of time.

SUDOKU: The hotter-than-hot puzzle phenomenon that everyone wants to play! Sudoku's everywhere these days, and winning millions of converts worldwide. And why not? It's irresistibly good brainteasing entertainment, the rules are simple (even when the particular game isn't), and it requires no math skills...just logic. Sterling has a book for everyone eager to get in on the game, no matter what level. There are puzzle collections to keep sudoku lovers occupied for hours, guides to strategy for the perplexed, series that take solvers from novice to expert, and compilations packaged in fun shapes. "The new international craze!"--"The New York Times " "Puzzle fans are playing the numbers with sudoku...the underlying complexity is what attracted millions worldwide."--"USA"" Today" "People are wild about it..."--Sherry Stern of the "Los Angeles Timees"

A wittily illustrated collection of incredible facts, perfect for lovers of strange-but-true trivia What a weird and wonderful world we live in. Countries banning letters of the alphabet, the accidental teabag, and have you ever wondered how much horsepower a horse actually has? Well, you'll be amazed and amused by the revelations and illustrations inside this book of fascinating facts - I shit you not. From bestselling author and professional brain-teaser Hugh Jassburn, this quick-fire collection of unbelievable truths includes such insights as: A strawberry is not technically a berry, but a banana is There are twice as many kangaroos in Australia as people Baby tiger sharks eat each other in the womb until only one or two sharks are born 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 A superb addition to anyone's bedside table or bathroom library, this book could help you win at your next quiz or at least give you a bunch of fun facts to spout when you're out and about.

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.

Wintry Cats 500 Piece Puzzle from Galison playfully depicts your favorite feline friends in cozy and colorful scarves. 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.

Quiz your family at home with crosswords, puzzles and games. The Times2 Jumbo Crossword is a super-sized challenge for crossword lovers, selected by the Times2 Crossword Editor John Grimshaw. The Times2 Jumbo Crossword appears weekly in the Saturday edition of The Times. The puzzles offer the same challenge as The Times2 daily crossword but the larger grid packs an extra punch! The clues are also a little more testing than the daily times2 crossword, to stretch the crossword enthusiast just a bit further, and provide hours of entertainment.

Sharpen your pencil and get ready to boost your brain with this brand-new numbers game. To solve each puzzle, fill the 16 cells with the numbers 1 to 16 using each number only once. Each puzzle has just one solution, and uses math you learned in grade school: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The games, which all call for logic, imaginative thinking, intuitive elimination, and sheer persistence, are grouped in three categories, and range from relatively simple to super-challenging. The author's spirited instructions and sample puzzles walk you through the basics; clues for some puzzles provide what might be necessary encouragement. With 14 bonus puzzles aimed at children and those who want to start with the ultra-easy, these 150 puzzles will keep you thinking whether you're a student honing your math skills, a puzzle-lover looking for a challenge, or someone who just wants to get those brain synapses snapping!

Here's a delightful treat for nature-lovers of all ages: a puzzle based on the artwork of bestselling Caldecott Honor Award winner Brendan Wenzel. From the blue whale to the lionfish, the pangolin to the panda, over 300 animals, many of them endangered, are depicted in joyous, exuberant detail. With images drawn from the critically acclaimed picture book Hello Hello, this 500-piece puzzle is a dazzling feast for the eyes that encourages everyone to delight in nature's amazing diversity.

Enter the world of bewitching botanicals with California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica). This puzzle features the intricate lines and lush colors of illustrator Kate O'Hara art and highlights poppy's rich symbolism. As described in Maia Toll's best-selling book The Illustrated Herbiary, poppy opens her petals in daylight and closes them when night comes, resurrecting herself each morning after deep relaxation and rest. Experience the restorative powers of poppy as you place each piece and watch her come into bloom.

Fiendish and inimitable, Boatman is widely regarded as one of Britain's most challenging and innovative compilers of cryptic crosswords. In this book, you'll find fifty of his puzzles from the Guardian, with an additional bonus crossword that was first published online in the Genius slot. So much more than a puzzle book, here Boatman tells the story in his own words behind the development of each crossword: how he thought of the theme, the ideas that didn't make it into print and the unlikely coincidences that emerged afterwards. You'll discover his working methods and the lively relationship between setter and editor, be able to enjoy extra teaser clues and hear from the solvers who took the time to comment on the puzzles when they were first published. All the crosswords in this collection have been freshly typeset to make solving them an even greater joy, with full solutions and explanations of all the wordplay.Expect many hours of pleasure here, whether you're coming to Boatman's puzzles for the first time, looking for older pieces you may have missed in print, rediscovering half-forgotten favourites or returning to try again with a few that may have defeated you the first time round.

Collected over several years by Peter Winkler, of Bell Labs, dozens of elegant, intriguing challenges are presented in Mathematical Puzzles. The answers are easy to explain, but without this book, devilishly hard to find. Creative reasoning is the key to these puzzles. No involved computation or higher mathematics is necessary, but your ability to construct a mathematical proof will be severly tested--even if you are a professional mathematician. For the truly adventurous, there is even a chapter on unsolved puzzles.

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.

Who's Hiding in the Jungle? will have the whole family in stitches! Pick a card, any card! With one landscape card and one animal card, there will only ever be one animal that features on both. From wild cats to camouflaged reptiles, can you be the first to find the concealed animal in amongst the jungle scenery? Featuring Caroline Selmes's delightful animal illustrations and jungle scenes. Caroline Selmes is also the illustrator of Dinosaur Bingo, Jungle Bingo and the popular I Saw It First! series. FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY: this easy-to-play game is suitable for children aged 4+ for hours of family fun FAST-PACED MATCHING GAME: with one landscape card and one animal card, accelerate your reaction speed as you spot the animal that appears on both CAPTIVATING ILLUSTRATIONS: beautifully illustrated animals and jungle scenes

This is the perfect book for anyone planning to host a pub quiz with their family and friends, either at home or in the pub! There are 10,000 questions over more than 300 individual quizzes in this superb book. There is a wealth of fascinating information on a huge variety of subjects - perfect for quiz aficionados and amateurs alike, as it is divided by both difficulty level and subject matter. Many of the quizzes are themed, along the classic lines of music, sport, geography, politics and entertainment, but there are also more specialist subjects such as Gardening, The Olympics, Medicine and Health and Festivals. Pot-luck quizzes with a mix of all subjects are also included to keep you on your toes. Finally, a section at the rear of the book gives tips and advice on how to host your own quiz at home, the pub, or any place keen quizzers congregate. So, whether quiz master or quiz taker, this is the book for you.

Sure to be a challenge for the puzzle enthusiast, the Cosmic Lights 500 Piece Puzzle portrays the mysterious vastness of space. Galison puzzles are packaged in stylish matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. - Package: 8 x 8 x 2" - Complete puzzle: 20 x 20"