Ever since Arthur Conan Doyle created the pipe-smoking, deer stalkered character, Sherlock Holmes, he has become a part of popular culture for generations, and here every aspect of the legendary detective is investigated. Brimming with strange and amusing facts, Sherlock Holmes explores this timeless character and the continuation of impact it has had on audiences today. Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects makes it the perfect book to dip in to. The amazing and extraordinary facts series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide-range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.

Piece together the world of Jane Austen in this exciting new 1000 piece jigsaw, inspired by the life and works of the prolific author. Featuring a wide cast of Jane Austen's contemporaries and characters, take a tour of Austen's world from the rolling hills of Derbyshire, via Hampshire and Lyme Regis, to the golden stone of the Bath skyline as your build this puzzle. All of your favourites are hiding in this busy and engaging scene, waiting to be found by you! From Mr Darcy walking the grounds of Pemberley, to Anne Eliot enjoying a seaside escape, discover hidden gems as you make this puzzle and enjoy the final scene. The perfect challenge for Janeites, or anyone who loves a good jigsaw, this puzzle full of whispered intrigues, harmonious weddings and proposals is sure to delight. The World of Jane Austen is the second in Laurence King's new series of jigsaw puzzles, following The World of Shakespeare, and includes a pull-out poster full of fun Austen facts

If you love classic logic puzzles, you know how hard it is to find good ones. Thankfully, the folks at "mental_floss"--the popular trivia magazine--have come to the rescue with a topnotch book of 72 puzzles that will flex your logical reasoning to the max. Each puzzle comes with a grid to mark your deductions, so put on your thinking cap and start solving. And don't worry if you have to erase your answers; the high-quality paper won't rip

'Utterly fascinating' Daisy Goodwin, Sunday Times Benjamin Franklin took daily naked air baths and Toulouse-Lautrec painted in brothels. Edith Sitwell worked in bed, and George Gershwin composed at the piano in pyjamas. Freud worked sixteen hours a day, but Gertrude Stein could never write for more than thirty minutes, and F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in gin-fuelled bursts - he believed alcohol was essential to his creative process. From Marx to Murakami and Beethoven to Bacon, Daily Rituals by Mason Currey presents the working routines of more than a hundred and sixty of the greatest philosophers, writers, composers and artists ever to have lived. Whether by amphetamines or alcohol, headstand or boxing, these people made time and got to work. Featuring photographs of writers and artists at work, and filled with fascinating insights on the mechanics of genius and entertaining stories of the personalities behind it, Daily Rituals is irresistibly addictive, and utterly inspiring.

For centuries logic puzzles have entertained, inspired an educated kids of all ages Studies have shown that these engaging 'brain teasers' provide unsurpassed benefits to the body and mind, increasing manual dexterity, mathematical abilities and overall intellectual agility. "Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles" provides plans and instructions for crafting 18 of the most popular manual puzzles. Projects range from traditional 'out together / take apart' games like pentominoes and soma cubes to more sophisticated 'unlocking' head-scratchers, such as the Burr and Heart Box puzzles. Readers will also learn specialised cutting, drilling, sanding, gluing and finishing techniques that make crafting wooden puzzles possible.

Just when you thought it was safe to pick up a pencil

Killer Su Doku is based on the original Su Doku grid, with the same rules and numbers--1 to 9--but with an added deadly twist. This time there is an element of arithmetic involved and there are few, if any, clues. The aim is to not only complete every row, column, and cube so that it contains the digits 1 to 9, but to also fill in the outlined cubes so they add up to the same number.

Hints to solve the puzzle are hidden in the joined squares where only one combination of numbers applies. In the case of joined squares, if the printed number is 3, it should be 1 and 2 that go into the squares. Likewise, in the case of three joined squares, if the printed number is 6, the only combination possible is 1, 2, and 3.

To add one final fiendish level, each puzzle also has a time worked out by its Japanese creators so you can try to beat the clock.

You know a pile of poo when you see one. But what about when the poo is carefully concealed in an everyday scene? With great artistry and mischievous glee, bestselling author Hugh Jassburn has created a selection of entrancing visual puzzles to keep you entertained whenever you need a comfort break. Whether you're scanning a busy beach or scoping out a city street, there's a dump to be discovered on every spread of this highly amusing search-and-find book.

Warning: this puzzle book may cause enjoyment and momentary loss of grumpiness The world has gone to hell in a handbasket and everyone around you is a fool. What you need is something to take your mind off it all. Grumble your way through these word searches, sudokus, crosswords, spot the differences, quizzes and mazes and you’ll find your crabbiness melting away – until you get stumped by a silly anagram, that is!

Every day our numerical skills are tested in different ways, from shopping to budgeting and bill paying. But not everyone is comfortable with numbers. "The Complete Book of Fun Maths" is designed to build up confidence with maths through a series of progressively more challenging tests and puzzles. There is a hints section in case you get stuck and a complete set of answers at the back of the book so you can check how you are doing.

"The Complete Book of Fun Maths" starts with a gentle workout in an introductory 'limbering-up session', and then builds into a comprehensive programme via a range of puzzles and tests on 'lateral thinking', 'fun with numbers', 'logic puzzles', 'geometric puzzles' and 'numerical IQ tests', among others. Soon you will be handling all kinds of maths puzzles with complete confidence!

Use this and other books in "The IQ Workout Series" as a fun and informative way of testing, assessing and expanding your brainpower. These books are suitable for anyone from 18 to 80 who wants to put themselves to the test. Ken Russell and Philip Carter have written over 100 books on all aspects of testing, puzzles and crosswords.

Take a moment to unwind with this activity book, packed with calming puzzles, breathing exercises and colouring pages The wonderful thing about mindfulness is there are so many ways to practise it, and it's no surprise that colouring and puzzle-solving have become favourite relaxation techniques for many. Filled with suitably soothing activities designed to focus your attention and free your mind of worry, this book contains 177 therapeutic puzzles, as well as breathing exercises, colouring pages and positive mantras to help you find your zen. Discover crosswords, mazes, word searches, dot-to-dots and much more, each providing the perfect break from your day-to-day hassles. And it's not just stress relief - solving puzzles is also believed to improve your memory, increase productivity and boost your mood. If you've had a long day, The Mindfulness Activity Book may be just what you need to wind down, allowing you to become fully absorbed in the present moment.

More than 150 word search puzzles.

Sum-thing big is on the horizon Kakuro puzzles (also known as cross sums) are like a combination of crosswords and sudoku: each clue in the grid tells you the sum of the digits in its answer, and just like sudoku, digits are never repeated within an answer. From this simple premise, extremely challenging puzzles can be constructed, and that’s just what Conceptis Puzzles has done for these collections, which each contain 72 supersized kakuro, offering massive solving pleasure for the brave souls who love tackling such challenges.

This collection of verbal and visual challenges will help you stay sharp and stimulated as you embark on a new chapter in life Retirement is incredibly rich with possibilities - it's just a question of how to fill all that free time. Well, now that you've earned many an hour of peaceful freedom, how about a puzzle or two to prove you're still as clever as you always were? From quick-fire trivia questions to more leisurely crosswords and sudoku, whether you're a recent retiree, approaching the big day or have been enjoying your freedom for years, there's plenty in these pages to keep you busy and set your mind purring. Inside you will find a rich variety of puzzles for all tastes, including these: Find a whole new set of hobbies within a raft of word searches Spot the differences between various comical scenarios you might find yourself in Shuffle a bunch of anagrams to locate some objects that could come in handy Tackle the pictorial problems posed by a variety of rebus puzzles

Craving some puzzle time but always on the go? No problem! Just Take It With You! This Friday volume of the new Take It With You series features 200 difficult New York Times crossword puzzles. Each page is removable, so you can sit back and solve wherever you go. Features: - 200 challenging Friday puzzles - Perforated pages and convenient travel size - Edited by crossword legend Will Shortz

Award-winning designer, illustrator, and creative director Michael Storrings highlights the ultimate winter experience in New York City featuring snow, a lit Christmas tree and holiday shoppers in Michael Storrings Snowfall on Park Avenue 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. * 1000 pieces, Ribbon cut * Box: 11.25 x 8.25 x 2", 286 x 210 x 51mm * Puzzle Size: 27 x 20", 686 x 508 mm * Includes Puzzle Insert * Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic inks

Do you love putting jigsaws together, but don't have the room to spread out all the pieces? Do you like to complete your jigsaws over a few sittings, but don't like leaving jigsaw pieces spread out over your coffee table or living-room floor? The Jigsaw Sorter is the perfect accessory for you!

With six 185mm x 190mm stackable trays, you can sort your pieces by colour, shape or any way you'd like. You can also store up to 1000 pieces of your unfinished jigsaw to ensure none of them go astray.

• Secure stackable trays for storing in-progress jigsaws
• Capacity for up to 1000 jigsaw pieces

A Sherlock Holmes Escape Book: The Adventure of the Tower of London is a unique form of puzzle book, in which the reader must solve the riddles to escape the pages. The fourth title in this ingenious series of Sherlock Holmes Escape Books, The Adventure of the Tower of London is an exhilarating combination of escape room, puzzle book and adventure story. Inspired by the urban craze for escape rooms, where players tackle puzzles while trapped in a locked room, it is an escape room in the form of a locked book, filled with codes, ciphers, riddles and red herrings, and a clever Code Wheel set into the cover. In the latest adventure in the series, readers will take on the role of the world's foremost consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes. Holmes's nemesis Moriarty has locked Sherlock's friend, the musician Odon von Mihalovic, with the CrownJewels in a cage in Tower Bridge the night before a special ceremony is due to be held for the Queen. Holmes and Watson are themselves trapped in the nearby Tower of London by Moriarty, and they must work through the night and against the clock to find and free Odon from the cage to prevent him being disgraced in the ceremony the following morning. Combines riddles, logic puzzles, timed challenges, mathematical brain-teasers, maps and mazes.

Craving some puzzle time but always on the go? No problem! Just Take It With You! This Saturday volume of the new Take It With You series features 200 of the week's most difficult New York Times crossword puzzles. Each page is removable, so you can sit back and solve wherever you go. Features: - 200 tough Saturday puzzles - Perforated pages and convenient travel size - Edited by crossword legend Will Shortz

More than 150 word search puzzles.

Galison's Plant Cafe 1000 Piece Puzzle is perfect for the plant lover in your life or as a present for yourself! Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage. * 1000 pieces, Ribbon Cut * Puzzle Size: 27 x 20", 686 x 508 mm * Box Size: 11.5 x 8.5 x 2", 292 x 216 x 51 mm * Minimal Puzzle Dust * Includes Puzzle Insert * Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic inks