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If you're looking for a book which is fun and at the same time
informative about Lancashire then this is the one for you. If you
want to sit down and read it from cover to cover you will be
fascinated by the things you did not know about this amazing part
of England. On the other hand, if you just want something to dip
into on the train or bus or to read for five minutes in bed before
you fall asleep, this book will also do the job. Did you know for
instance that in Wigan, Eccles cakes used to be called 'slow
walking cakes' because they were offered to mourners at funerals?
Or that that St Walburge's Church in Preston was named after the
Patron Saint of people suffering from rabies? Thought not.
Artist Ben Gilles describes his work as a composition of nature,
metamorphosis, light, color, collage, collaboration, juxtaposition,
repetition, excitement, evolution, manipulation, music, television,
improvisation, participation, and seduction. The Butterfly Blooms
144 Piece Wood Puzzle from Galison features a richly colored
illustration of flowers and butterflies. 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. *
Box Size: 7 x 7 x 1.75 ", 178 x 178 x 44 mm * Puzzle Size: 8.75 x
8.75 ", 222 x 222 mm * 144 Wood Pieces * Foil Stamped Box *
Includes Puzzle Insert with Puzzle Image
The vast majority of sudoku puzzles that are labeled "hard,"
"expert," "challenger," are not really all that difficult. And in a
surprising number of cases, they are downright easy. In the
"Absolutely Nasty Sudoku" books, you will find puzzles truly worthy
of the lable "hard." The puzzles increase in difficulty throughout
the four books in the series. It ranges from the basic and
intermediate puzzles and techniques at Level No. 1, to the most
advanced techniques at Level No. 4, along with puzzles that require
multiple advanced techniques each time.
Give your logic skills a workout with the brilliant Sudoku puzzles
in this book, put together by puzzle master Dr Gareth Moore. Forget
your worries, pick up a pen and focus on these challenging
brain-teasers.
John Derian is an artist and designer whose work with printed
images from the past transports the viewer to another world. Now
Derian expands his beautiful line of puzzles, wrapping paper,
notebooks, notepads, and stickers with three all-new 1,000 piece
puzzles, each featuring mesmerizing 19th-century artwork sourced
from old and rare books. Featuring: 1,000 full-color interlocking
pieces Art print with puzzle image Finished puzzle is 26 3/8" x 18
7/8
Lateral thinking can help you transform your ability to generate
ideas, unlock the creative potential of your team and make your
organization more innovative. With a lively, energetic and
practical approach, The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills
will teach you dynamic, up-to-date techniques to unleash the
creative energies of your people and show you how to put the
techniques to work immediately. Lateral thinking can turn your
organization around and make you a better leader. In The Leader's
Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills, highly acclaimed author, trainer
and presenter Paul Sloane demonstrates how the lateral leader
develops the vision, culture and processes that transform a regular
business into an innovation hothouse. This book is packed with
real-life examples, practical methods and lateral thinking
exercises that you can put to work today.
This book challenges your power of observation. Two or more
pictures that seemingly are identical are presented on the same
page, but subtle changes have been made to one of the pictures. The
pictures are images of historical, popular and culturally relevant
landmarks, venues, and location from around the world.
Not every problem has an obvious solution. Utilize the power of
lateral thinking to think imaginatively and creatively to tackle
everyday problems in a new, fresh way. Lateral thinking is about
re-thinking your approach to problem solving and using an indirect
method to come up with innovative results. But how easy is it to do
it? In Lateral Thinking for Every Day, acclaimed writer Paul Sloane
clearly explains how you can benefit from using a lateral thinking
approach. Using inspiring examples from great lateral thinkers
including Lady Gaga, Elon Musk and Tim Berners-Lee, this collection
of practical tips, techniques, examples and challenges is
guaranteed to help you deploy powerful reasoning techniques, become
more persuasive and convincing and to come up with fresh solutions
to creative challenges.
Jonathan Adler is a design company that creates luxe and livable
interiors and chic products that are synonymous with modern
American glamour. The Jonathan Adler Bargello 1000 Piece Panoramic
Puzzle includes the wonderfully bright Bargello theme from Adler's
successful Now House Infinity line. Galison puzzles are packaged in
matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage.
* 1000 Pieces, Ribbon Cut * Box: 14 x 5 x 2.75", 355 x 127 x 70mm,
Puzzle: 39 x 14", 990 x 356mm * Includes Puzzle Insert with Puzzle
Image * Minimal 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.
Fun Trivia Questions and Answers for Brainiacs "A fun collection of
facts that will leave you full of information you never knew you
needed to know!" Sophie Stirling, author of We Did That? #1
Bestseller in Reference, Puzzles, Trivia, Curiosities &
Wonders, Popular Culture The world is full of things you didn't
know, things you thought you knew, and things you never knew you
never knew. From the eponymous podcast comes Your Brain on Facts.
Train your brain. So what if you picked up some historical
inaccuracies (and flat-out myths) in history class. Your Brain on
Facts is here to teach and reteach readers relevant trivia. It
explains surprising science in simple language, gives the
unexpected origins of pop culture classics, and reveals important
titbits related to current issues. A brain food boost. Get ready
for trivia night done right. Inside, find true facts, strange
facts, and just plain weird facts. Your Brain on Facts features fun
trivia questions and answers, offering science, art, technology,
medicine, music, and history trivia to brainiacs everywhere. Inside
discover weird facts and just plain useless fun facts like: What's
the language of the stateless nation in the Pyrenees mountains
Where the world-changing birth control pill was tested Who wrote
lyrics for the Star Trek theme song that were never used If you
enjoyed Interesting Stories for Curious People, Stuff You Should
Know, The Book of General Ignorance, The Best Bar Trivia Book Ever,
The World's Greatest Book of Useless Information, or The Book of
Unusual Knowledge, you'll have a blast with Your Brain on Facts.
From sitcoms to the nightly news--a TV-themed puzzle for everyone!
Even the most dedicated couch potato will want to turn off the TV
and try these entertaining and challenging word search puzzles.
Puzzlemaster Charles Timmerman gives you oversized puzzles that
cover every topic, from classic favorites to the newest shows, and
from sitcoms to police procedurals. Whether you're a pencil
puzzler, word search enthusiast, or just looking for a fun and
engaging way to spend some time, you'll be delighted by The
Everything Large-Print TV Word Search Book. Test your TV IQ with
themes like: TV stars Family dramas Television through the years
Animated shows Sports on TV Soap operas Award-winning television
Plus, word search puzzle are good for you! Word puzzles help
improve memory, vocabulary, and problem-solving skills, and they
give you a great mental workout. This is the perfect collection for
TV aficionados and word lovers alike.
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?
Did you know? The town of Wincanton is twinned with a place that
does not exist. William Gibbs of Tyntesfield House made his fortune
by importing bird droppings from Peru. A song by 'Scrumpy and
Western' singer Adge Cutler was banned by the BBC for being too
raunchy. Nine villages in Somerset are known as the 'Thankful
Villages'. From seaside to countryside and villages to towns,
Somerset is a county where it's difficult to separate history and
mystery. This fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of places, people
and trivia reveals all sorts of answers to questions you might have
wondered about - and some you didn't. The facts, stats and
anecdotes will surprise even those familiar with this beautiful and
historic county.
Game Night 1000 Piece Puzzle from Galison features colorful twists
to the classic games we all know and love for a fun and challenging
puzzling experience. 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. * 1000 pieces, Ribbon Cut *
Box Size: 8 x 8 x 2.5", 203 x 203 x 63 mm, Puzzle Size: 27 x 20",
686 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.
This book challenges your power of observation. Two or more
pictures that seemingly are identical are presented on the same
page, but subtle changes have been made to one of the pictures.
'This is a fascinating book ... it will no doubt be a great source
of entertainment around many a dinner table' - She Magazine
______________________________ A Sunday Times top-ten title in 2008
and a bestseller ever since, I Used to Know That has continued to
delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school
days. I Used to Know That is an ideal and accessible reference
guide for adults wanting to brush up on their lost knowledge - or
prepare for a pub quiz! If you've forgotten the capital city of
Chile; the basics of osmosis; how to solve a quadratic equation;
who wrote the famous poem about daffodils; the use of a conjunction
or the number of continents in the world, I Used to Know That is
guaranteed to provide all the answers.
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.
'An entertaining book we can all enjoy... highly informative and
amusing.' Daily Mail 'Full of valuable insight...this is a
must-read for those looking to nail their next interview.'
Publishers Weekly How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck? explores the
new world of interviewing at A-list employers like Apple, Netflix
and Amazon. It reveals more than 70 outrageously perplexing riddles
and puzzles and supplies both answers and general strategy for
creative problem-solving. Questions like: Today is Tuesday. What
day of the week will it be 10 years from now on this date? How
would you empty a plane full of Skittles? How many times would you
have to scoop the ocean with a bucket to cause sea levels to drop
one foot? You have a broken calculator. The only number key that
works is the 0. All the operator keys work. How can you get the
number 24? How many dogs have the exact same number of hairs?
From Eastenders to Dr Who, Desert Island Discs to Monty Pyton, The
Office to Peaky Blinders, test your knowledge of the history of the
BBC and all your favourite programmes with this OFFICIAL puzzle
book. From casual quizzers to trivia obsessives, everyone will love
this light-hearted and fun book of puzzles and quzzes, released to
mark the 100th birthday of the oldest and most famous broadcasting
company in the world. Learn about the organisation's history, from
its beginnings right up until the present day, discovering all
about its fantastic programmes, from comedy, drama and news to
soaps, quiz shows and documentaries, along the way. Catch up with
your favourite shows, stars and characters and learn about the
history of the BBC on the way. You'll find long-standing, iconic
series like Dr Who, Eastenders, The Archers or Desert Island Discs
as well as cutting-edge dramas such as I May Destroy You and Peaky
Blinders. There are also classic comedies like Monty Python, Fawlty
Towers and Dad's Army as well as genre-changing hits like The
Office or Fleabag. Each spread includes a lively, brief history
together with puzzles that will suit all levels of knowledge and
skill, making this title the perfect book for everyone to to enjoy.
Over its hundred years the BBC has been at the heart of family
entertainment and information, known throughout the world for the
quality of its output. Packed with history, facts, puzzles, and
images of favourite stars and programmes, this is the perfect gift
for Christmas and beyond!
Great for puzzlers whose eyesight is imperfect, this title presents
super-sized sudoku that equals super-sized fun! Each 8X10 page
features just one puzzle and each puzzle features large numbers and
ample space for writing in the possibilities. This is literally the
next big thing in sudoku.
The twelve signs of the zodiac take on cosmic sparkle and shimmer
on this gold foil embellished puzzle. Puzzle insert includes fun
astrological facts Astrology 1000 Piece Foil Puzzle includes an
insert with interesting astrological facts. Galison puzzles are
packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse,
and storage.
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