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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.
Are you ready for the World Cup? It's time to warm up for another
roller coaster ride... Calling all footie fanatics! Put your
knowledge of the beautiful game to the test with this quiz book,
packed full of puzzles, stats and little-known facts. Whether it's
chatting to a mate on a pre-match pub trip or to keep calm during a
tense half time in front of the TV, every football fan loves a bit
of trivia. Use this fact-packed quiz and puzzle book to gen up on
World Cup legends such as Ronaldo and Messi and prepare to impress
your friends with your fantastic football knowledge. Featuring
brain-teasing puzzles, tricky true-or-false questions and hilarious
"what happened next?" scenarios, this quiz book is guaranteed to
keep you entertained until the final whistle. Have a go at guessing
the top ten most expensive football players Discover who scored the
worst-ever World Cup own goal Find out which World Cup match saw
the same player booked three times Prepare yourself for penalties
with stats on perfect shootouts and miserable misses
Vasily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944) was one of the great pioneers
of abstract art. To him, art was a means of expression in which
what one actually sees and what one feels are blended, rather than
a phenomenon of perception. teNeues NYC Stationery keeps up with
fun and games at home with our museum-quality printed 500-Piece
Puzzles. Packaged in durable, compact boxes, our 500-Piece Puzzles
feature full-colour artwork, expertly-printed with nontoxic inks on
sturdy, puzzle greyboard.
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 View of Oyster Bay by Tiffany Studios. 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. Tiffany was highly skilled in jewellery design,
ceramics, enamels, and metalwork but he is best known for his
beautiful stained-glass designs. Using opalescent glass in a
variety of colours and textures, he created a stunning range of
jewel-like Art Nouveau works.
Supersized word search fun! Everything is bigger in The Everything
Easy Large-Print Word Search Book, Volume 6--the letters, the
clues, the grids--and especially the fun! Each of these brand-new
puzzles 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--and exercising your mind!
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced puzzler, you'll enjoy
the satisfaction of quickly solving these entertaining word
searches.
This book contains scores of intriguing puzzles and paradoxes from
Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice in Wonderland, whose interests
ranged from inventing new games like Arithmetical Croquet to
important problems in symbolic logic and propositional calculus.
Written by Carroll expert and well-known mathematics author Martin
Gardner, this tour through Carroll's inventions is both fun and
informative.
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 Angela Harding's 'Marsh Owl'. 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. Now includes an A4 poster for reference.
Angela Harding has lived in Rutland in the UK since 1988. She first
arrived as Artist in Residence at Uppingham School and been
inspired by the British Countryside that surrounds there ever
since. She has a love for familiar garden birds and makes quick
scribbles when she sees them out in the w ild, so that she can
develop them into formal designs in her studio. One of Angela's
favourite places to visit in the UK is the Suffolk coast. She spent
some time at Snape, where golden reed beds roll out for miles
towards the sea. Angela and her husband were lucky enough to see a
beautiful barn owl hunting there, which inspired this original
print.
For more than fifty years, the quiz show has thrived on American
television and radio. From "Pot o' Gold" and "The $64,000 Question"
to "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy," quiz and game programs have
entertained and informed millions of Americans, promoted and sold
untold quantities of products, generated fortunes for their
creators and producers, and filled the pockets of a multitude of
jackpot winners. In this volume, Thomas DeLong offers the first
in-depth history of quiz and game formats available in print. He
describes how mass communications transformed the old parlor
guessing games into enormously popular features on radio and
television and examines their impact on American society and the
consumer marketplace. DeLong also explores their decline in the
wake of the quiz scandal inquiry of the late 1950s and their
subsequent revival as new shows on daytime TV that began to build
up a loyal following.
"Quiz Craze" is enhanced by the recollections, insights, and
anecdotes of many who brought the quiz show genre to listeners and
viewers. Producers, directors, gamemakers, writers, emcees,
panelists, and advertisers have added their first-hand observations
on the inner workings and widespread influence of quiz show
programming. Former contestants and their families offer
reminiscences from shows such as "To Tell the Truth," "What's My
Line?," "Name That Tune, " and many others. DeLong also draws on
the resources of key organizations in the broadcast field, archival
records, and published media reports to demonstrate the
extraordinary popularity of the game show format.
The adventure begins here for puzzle enthusiasts, as they embark on
an expedition to discovering word fun and entertainment in this
puzzle book that can be easily transported to any real-life places
of exploration. 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.
150 Large-Print Word Search Puzzles! Peace of Mind Bible Word
Search combines brain-building fun with the truths and promises of
scripture. Thanks to large, boldface print, puzzle enthusiasts
young and old can enrich their free time finding words from Bible
verses that include the names of Jesus. From Prince of Peace to
Immanuel, Bread of Life to Messiah, each themed word find is a
chance for readers to reflect on the love, grace, and sovereignty
of Christ while finding satisfaction in solving a puzzle. Keep your
brain sharp, your eyes at ease, and your heart full of God's Word!
Enjoy 150 word search puzzles based around Biblical themes
Highlights some of the most treasured passages and themes of the
Bible Large, bold print prevents eye strain while you test your
Bible knowledge! Complete answer key included You may find that
you're committing each verse to memory as you complete the puzzle!
Clean, fun, and just challenging enough, this book is a perfect
gift for the puzzler in your life.
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 beautiful John James Audubon: 'A Pair of Magpie Jays' from The
Birds of America. 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. The ornithologist John James
Audubon is best remembered for his influential book The Birds of
America, which included over 400 beautiful artworks. This image was
a collage created by Lady Hertford, who owned Temple Newsam House
in Leeds, England. Lady Hertford cut the images from Audubon's book
and applied them to the hand-painted Chinese wallpaper in her
drawing room. The result was a stunning room filled with a mixture
of Audubon's birds and the original Asian garden birds that
featured on the wallpaper. The two birds on the left here are
Audubon's depictions of Columbia Jays, now known as Black-throated
Magpie Jays.
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