Your mind, just like your body, needs regular exercise to stay in shape. Structured the same way as a good physical workout—in warm-up, training, cardio, and cool-down modes—this brain-training manual provides a definitive regimen to help you boost your mind to peak performance readiness. Flex your intellect with an exciting variety of engaging exercises scientifically designed to enhance your logic and reasoning skills, visual and lateral thinking, creativity, concentration, and more. Fun, familiar puzzles such as word searches and Sudoku will fire up your neurons, preparing you for more challenging and rewarding activities, such as long digit span tests, mental rotation games, and memory tasks. Go at your own pace and remember that practice makes progress. If you hit the wall, the puzzle key at the back of the book has all the answers.

This brand-new puzzle book contains over 100 brain games for 9-year-olds. From battleships and number pyramids to picture sequences and simple-loop games, it’s packed with activities to keep brains busy. Written by bestselling puzzle book author Gareth Moore, author of the chart-topping success Brain Games for Clever Kids. Also available in the series: 25 previous titles in the hit Clever Kids® series

This brand-new puzzle book contains over 100 brain games for 10-year-olds. From mazes and search-and-find challenges to number codes and futoshiki games, it’s packed with activities to keep brains busy. Written by bestselling puzzle book author Gareth Moore, author of the chart-topping success Brain Games for Clever Kids. Also available in the series: 25 previous titles in the hit Clever Kids® series

Clever kids can boost their word power with this fun-filled, vocab-building crossword puzzle book. Featuring over 100 crossword puzzles, this fun-packed book helps kids learn new vocabulary through word association. There are traditional themed crosswords and crosswords based on synonyms and antonyms, as well as crisscross-style challenges. Kids will love putting their word power to the test in a fun and engaging way, and learning new vocabulary to share with friends and family.

Crack over 90 devilishly puzzling cases in this hardboiled collection of crime conundrums. Written by internationally best-selling author Dr Gareth Moore, The Private Investigator Puzzle Book puts you in the shoes of a seasoned sleuth for hire, as you use every tool in your investigative arsenal to analyze crime scenes, identify suspects, decipher riddles and bring the city’s criminals to justice. As you venture into a dark and gritty criminal underworld in search of answers, you’ll test your wits in a variety of verbal and visual puzzles, spot the difference, code-cracking cryptograms, hanjie, sudoku and much more. Each scenario is unique, the stakes are high and it’s up to you to clean up the streets, one case at a time. Featuring dozens of mysteries, The Private Investigator Puzzle Book is a compelling collection of challenges that lets you channel your inner Dick Tracy or Philip Marlowe, and the ultimate puzzle book for fans of detective fiction.

Filled with over 90 Key Stage 2 curriculum-based exercises and puzzles, this workbook is the perfect way for kids to practise their times tables and support their learning at home. The book is split into 12 sections, each one focusing on a times table. Each section is filled with memory exercises, puzzles and zany illustrations to make learning times tables fun. Developed with an educational consultant and featuring puzzles, including mazes, dot-to-dots and picture games, created by bestselling author Dr Gareth Moore, author of the chart-topping Brain Games for Clever Kids. Also available: 9781780559247 Problem Solving Workbook for Clever Kids®

'A super book for children to enjoy as they puzzle their way through the challenges, which get harder as they progress through the book' - Parents in Touch ___________________ Brain Games for Clever Kids (R) is a fantastic bestselling puzzle book, brimming with memory, word and number workouts for the cleverest of kids! Including battleships and mind-bending spot the differences to Japanese puzzles including hanjie, kakuro, futoshiki, sudoku and lots more. Let the brain games begin! Clever Kids is a trade mark of Michael O'Mara Books Limited.

This brand-new puzzle book contains over 100 brain games for 8-year-olds. From spot the differences and sudoku challenges to mazes and picture codes, it’s packed with activities to keep brains busy. Written by bestselling puzzle book author Gareth Moore, author of the chart-topping success Brain Games for Clever Kids. Also available in the series: 25 previous titles in the hit Clever Kids® series

Kids can boost their brainpower with this fun and challenging visual puzzle book from the hugely successful Clever Kids® series. This book is packed with over 100 activities to challenge and strengthen young readers’ minds. The puzzle types target different key brain skills, including pattern recognition, critical and lateral thinking, and non-verbal reasoning. Each puzzle aims to boost focus and test mental agility. Some of the puzzles included are: Mental rotation and visualisation Fold-and-punch Silhouette match-ups Cube folding Shape counting Optical illusions Visual sequences Odd one out Illustrated in a fun and quirky style, this puzzle book will engage readers aged 8–12 who love solving problems and want to test their brains in new, creative ways.

Summon your inner Miss Marple and get ready to deduce whodunnit in this fiendish collection of crime puzzles from Dr Gareth Moore.

Mischief is afoot, and you’ve been summoned to stop it – pit your wits against nefarious criminals and solve a town-ful of mysteries. Put your Agatha Christie hat on and find out if you’re sharp enough to catch the criminals before they cause any more trouble.

Featuring 10 scenarios, each scenario opens with a scene setting and notes made in the notebook of the investigator which lead you through a series of puzzles to the denouement.

With all kinds of puzzles, from sudoku to hanjie and word searches to ciphers, this book will put your wits to the test – so get your Agatha Christie on, grab a cup of tea and a pencil and get ready to snuggle up with this perplexing collection of cosy crime puzzles.

The perfect book for any adult who loves to challenge their brain but also craves a creative outlet that allows them to use the artistic and inventive side too. Featuring over 120 fantastic puzzles, mazes, dot-to-dots, crosswords, spot the difference, hanjie, sudoku and more, as well as colouring pages, The Adult Activity Book truly lives up to its name and presents a variety of puzzles and activities that will help boost your brain power. Apart from enhancing the brain, you will find that taking time for yourself and concentrating on an activity has real therapeutic benefits too, as it allows you to recharge your batteries and better cope with the stresses we all face every day. All the activities increase in difficulty as you work through the book, and all you need are pens and pencils to get stuck in – so challenge your brain to ever-harder puzzles or kick back and relax with bit of creative colouring.

The newest addition to the Perfect Pocket Puzzles series. Take a break with over 150 brand new word search puzzles by internationally bestselling author Dr. Gareth Moore. This chic pocket-sized word search puzzle book is perfect both to entertain you when you’re out and about or for when you’re relaxing at home. Either way, working through these classic word searches will give you a moment to unwind and breathe. Filled with over 150 new word searches, all you need is to grab a pen and enjoy this gentle workout for the mind. Also available: Perfect Pocket Puzzles: Crosswords (9781789294187) Perfect Pocket Puzzles: Word Searches (9781789294200) Perfect Pocket Puzzles: Sudoku (9781789294194) Perfect Pocket Puzzles: Codewords (9781789296075)

Give your brain a workout with these entertaining and challenging puzzles. Hugely popular around the world, Sudoku requires no linguistic or mathematical knowledge, but challenges your logic and reasoning skills. These all-new puzzles, arranged in order of difficulty, will test and entertain Sudoku novices and experts alike. Easy to learn but trickier to master, these puzzles help you to keep your brain healthy by giving it a regular workout. The perfect companion for the work commute, holidays or rainy afternoons, here are over 200 puzzles just waiting to test you.

Sit back, sharpen a pencil and sharpen your brain! A wonderfully simple yet strangely elegant puzzle, Sudoku provides hours of captivating fun. Arranged through different levels of difficulty, Sudoku 3 provides you with a clear progression as you work your way through the book (with all the answers in the back, if you get stuck!) Exercise your mind, challenge your logic skills and enjoy the satisfaction.

Kids of all ages will love to lose themselves in this bumper book of mazes. With hundreds of twists and turns, the a-mazing mazes get increasingly tricky, from simple, square mazes to brain-boggling 'bridge' labyrinths across four levels of difficulty. This pocket-sized book is the perfect travel companion and is sure to delight kids and adults alike. Featuring a stylish new cover design, this title is now part of the `Buster Puzzle Books' series. Other books in the series: 9781780555027 The Kids' Book of Mazes 2 9781780554402 The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 1 9781780554341 The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 2 9781780554419 The Kids' Book of Crosswords 1 9781780554334 The Kids' Book of Crosswords 2 9781780555010 The Kids' Book of Sudoku 1 9781780555034 The Kids' Book of Sudoku 2 9781780555058 The Kids' Book of Dot to Dot 1 9781780555041 The Kids' Book of Puzzles 1

REVISE 11+ is the smart choice for 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning preparation. This Assessment Book: Provides realistic exam practice so that learners can apply their skills Promotes independence with comprehensively demonstrated answers Prepares for 11+ exams by offering the volume of practice that tutors and teachers recommend. Preparation is more than just this Assessment Book! The REVISE 11+ series supports learners for every step of the journey. All titles in the series are fully integrated and work together to provide the best support for the 11+. Introduce key skills with the REVISE 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice Book 1. Take the next step with REVISE 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice Book 2. Consolidate learning with the REVISE 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Ten-Minute Tests.

Featuring 12 striking animal portraits to complete, Animetrics is an innovative new 'colour by numbers' sticker book with more than 1,400 stickers. The numbered shapes on each page can be filled with corresponding stickers to create intricate and stunning geometric artworks. Animetrics is the ultimate sticker-by-numbers challenge for children and adults alike. Coming soon (Christmas 2018): 9781780555867 Geometrics

The fates of nations, outcomes of wars and general sweep of history have often hinged upon the deciphering of devilishly difficult codes and devious deceptions by spymasters.

In Spydle, The National Archives and Britain’s leading puzzle masterminds, Dr Gareth Moore and Laura Jayne Ayres, have drawn on five centuries of British spycraft and cryptography to compile an unputdownable history of real-life codebreaking and espionage through a series of addictive puzzles.

Using original documents, maps, ciphers, plans, letters and telegrams from plots and espionage relating to Mary, Queen of Scots, the Gunpowder Plot, Mata Hari, Agent Zigzag and dozens more, Spydle’s puzzles are based on real codes and conundrums.

Packed with fiendish puzzles covering over 500 years of espionage, could you be a code-cracking spymaster and untangle history’s most cryptic mysteries?

Play Spydle to find out . . .

From the creators of the hugely popular Kids' Book of Crosswords 1 and Kids' Book of Wordsearches 1, this new addition to the series has over 150 puzzles to complete. Addictive, fun and conveniently compact, this book of crosswords will provide hours of entertainment. From bestselling brain-training and puzzle book author Gareth Moore, The Kids' Book of Crosswords 2 will test word power and keep boredom at bay. The Kids' Book of Crosswords 2 is part of a colour-coded set of crosswords and wordsearches, bound to keep kids occupied for hours at a time. Also available in the Buster Puzzle Book series: 9781780554419 The Kids' Book of Crosswords 1 9781780554402 The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 1 9781780554341 The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 2 9781780555003 The Kids' Book of Mazes 1 9781780555027 The Kids' Book of Mazes 2 9781780555010 The Kids' Book of Sudoku 1 9781780555034 The Kids' Book of Sudoku 2 9781780555058 The Kids' Book of Dot to Dot 1 9781780555041 The Kids' Book of Puzzles 1

Kids can pit their wits against over 150 wordsearches in this brilliant little book from bestselling brain-training and puzzle book author, Gareth Moore. Portable, additive and satisfying, The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 1 will provide children with hours of fun and help develop their vocabularies. Also available: (9781780554341) The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 2 The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 1 is a reprint of The Kids' Book of Wordsearches (2011). Repackaged with a new cover design, it makes up a set of four colour-coded crossword and wordsearch books. Also available in the Buster Puzzle Book series: 9781780554341 The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 2 9781780554419 The Kids' Book of Crosswords 1 9781780554334 The Kids' Book of Crosswords 2 9781780555003 The Kids' Book of Mazes 1 9781780555027 The Kids' Book of Mazes 2 9781780555010 The Kids' Book of Sudoku 1 9781780555034 The Kids' Book of Sudoku 2 9781780555058 The Kids' Book of Dot to Dot 1 9781780555041 The Kids' Book of Puzzles 1

REVISE 11+ is the smart choice for 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning preparation. This book of Ten-Minute Tests: Provides additional exercises for regular and repeated practice, including homework Enables learners to perfect skills through increased volume and time-focused sessions Supports learners with topics matched to the Revise 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice Books Develops confidence for 11+ exams by focusing on the important skills. Preparation is more than just these Ten-Minute Tests! The REVISE 11+ series supports learners for every step of the journey. All titles in the series are fully integrated and work together to provide the best support for the 11+. Introduce key skills with the REVISE 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice Book 1. Take the next step with REVISE 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice Book 2. Get exam-ready with REVISE 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Assessment Book.

A simple yet effective brain-boosting programme featuring over 150 puzzles to solve.

Do you want to improve your brain power but don’t know where to start? This simple four-week plan will show you how. Bestselling author Dr Gareth Moore brings together the best brain-training puzzles in this easy-to-follow mental workout, which will improve your cognition, memory and recall as you solve the puzzles.

Each week, Dr Gareth Moore will introduce you to a new set of puzzles, which will push your mental agility and help to increase your brain function. Featuring an explanation on how the puzzles work, alongside tips and tricks to help you make lasting change and increase your brain’s neuroplasticity, this is a puzzle programme for anyone who wants to stay sharp.

Put some fun into your puzzling with these clever games, specially designed to give your brain a workout while also making you smile! It's common knowledge that a brain workout is essential for keeping your mind on top form but often the puzzles we turn to can seem like very hard work. With Brain Games for Adults, internationally renowned puzzle expert Dr Gareth Moore presents a huge variety of puzzles – from cryptic codes to logic puzzles, number puzzles to feats of memory – that will challenge you and help boost your IQ. With different types of puzzles, all timed and all evolving in levels of difficulty as you work through the book, that challenge will continue as you progress and build your skills. From the author of the bestselling children's puzzle book series, Brain Games For Clever Kids®

Solve intriguing and challenging puzzles based on the world-renowned British Museum collection. The Rosetta Stone, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Assyrian reliefs, the Lewis Chessmen: many mysteries of the past are found within the walls of the British Museum, home to some of the most magnificent treasures in the world. Now you can learn more about its famous artefacts as you work your way through this beautifully designed, generously illustrated puzzle book. Created by the internationally renowned puzzle expert Dr Gareth Moore, this enticing mix of general knowledge, brainteasers, word games, crosswords and decipherment challenges offers a wealth of insight into the Museum’s widely varied collection. The puzzles are arranged in six thematic sections: the British Museum, Everyday Living, Bestiary, Myth and Magic, the Written Word, and Treasure. Additional facts about the Museum and its objects are provided throughout the book, affording readers a wider understanding of the role of the Museum today. Making history accessible to all, and with new insights for general readers, this richly entertaining book is perfect for puzzlers and armchair historians everywhere.