Puzzles category: 626 books
The Pocket Book of Frame Games
Hundreds of Mind-Bending Word Puzzles from the King of Brain Teasers!
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2006
Frame games, as seen in USA WEEKEND magazine and read by more than 48,000,000 people in 600 newspapers weekly, are an extremely popular and amusing form of word puzzle that represent a famous phrase, song, person, place, or movie. By looking at the way the letters are formed and where they are placed...
Solve it Like Sherlock
Test Your Powers of Reasoning Against Those of the World's Most Famous Detective
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
If you’ve always fancied yourself a bit of a Sherlock Holmes, there’s no better way to test yourself than against these ingenious puzzles. In this intriguing book, Stewart Ross presents 25 new Sherlock Holmes cases and challenges you to pit your powers of deduction against those of the Great Detective....
by Nancy Temple Rodrigue
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
HIDDEN MICKEY ADVENTURES in WDW Magic Kingdom® Hidden Mickey Quests - Scavenger Hunts - Find Hidden Mickeys - for ALL Ages. From the author of the acclaimed Hidden Mickey series. EXPLORE WALT DISNEY WORLD'S MAGIC KINGDOM® IN A WHOLE NEW WAY See your favorite Park with a new set of eyes! GAMES,...
Dante's Infernal Puzzle Collection
100 hellishly difficult riddles, cryptic conundrums and merciless enigmas.
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here… Dante's Infernal Puzzle Collection is a superb, original book filled with riddles, conundrums and brainteasers inspired by the epic poem the 'Divine Comedy'. The reader must pit their wits against Satan himself on their quest to make it through all nine circles...
by Nancy Temple Rodrigue
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
HIDDEN MICKEY ADVENTURES in Disneyland® Hidden Mickey Quests - Scavenger Hunts - Find Hidden Mickeys - for ALL Ages. From the author of the acclaimed Hidden Mickey series. EXPLORE DISNEYLAND® IN A WHOLE NEW WAY See your favorite Park with a new set of eyes! GAMES, PUZZLES and CHALLENGES AWAIT...
The Middle Earth Puzzle Collection
Riddles & Enigmas inspired by Tolkien's World
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The world that J R R Tolkien created was hugely rich in characters, places and history, while overcoming problems and solving puzzles are recurring themes in his work: in one of the key scenes of The Hobbit, Bilbo and Gollum indulge in a lengthy riddle competition. Enthralling curiosities and challenging...
by Will Shortz
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Chronicle Books is pleased to continue the Puzzlemaster Deck line with this new deck from acclaimed NPR Puzzlemaster Will Shortz, crossword puzzle editor for the New York Times. Packed with 75 verbal brainteasers each, this deck will challenge all who enjoy wordplay. None of the puzzles require pen...
by Peter M. Higgins
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
What can you do with your maths? You can use it to thoroughly understand all manner of things that cannot be dealt with in any other way. This book serves up a variety of problems and shows how mathematics answers them. Topics range from cracking codes to the persistence of recessive genes; from logic...
A Muse and a Maze
Writing as Puzzle, Mystery, and Magic
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
With his characteristic genius for finding connections between writing and the stuff of our lives, Peter Turchi ventures into new and even more surprising territory. In A Muse and a Maze, Turchi draws out the similarities between writing and puzzle-making and its flip-side, puzzle-solving. As he teases...
by Brecher, Erwin; Gerrard, Mike
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Are there rainbows on the moon? How do you walk on fire? How do you get an egg into a bottle? Can you float a battlship in your bath?The answers to these and many more puzzles, queries and curios - all of which have a base in real-world science - are to be found inside the pages of this wonderful title.
Puzzle-based Learning
An introduction to critical thinking, mathematics, and problem solving
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
What is missing in most curricula - from elementary school all the way through to university education - is coursework focused on the development of problem-solving skills. Most students never learn how to think about solving problems. Besides being a lot of fun, a puzzle-based learning approach also...
Can You Solve My Problems?
Ingenious, Perplexing, and Totally Satisfying Math and Logic Puzzles
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Puzzle lovers, rejoice!
Bestselling math writer Alex Bellos has a challenge for you: 125 of the world’s best brainteasers from the last two millennia.
Armed with logic alone, you’ll detect counterfeit coins, navigate river crossings, and untangle family trees. Then—with just a...
How to Solve a Rubik's Cube
The Easy Solution to The Rubik's Cube, A Beginner's Guide to Solving This Puzzle, Quick and Easily! (3x3 Cube) (Rubix) (2nd Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Solve a Rubik’s Cube and Impress Your Friends!
Inside How to Solve a Rubik’s Cube, you’ll discover simple, easy-to-understand instructions for wrapping your brain around this fascinating and intriguing puzzle. Even if you’re a complete beginner, you can easily solve one of the world’s top-ranked...
by James Pitts
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
Mindbending Sudoku is a short, simple and no-fuss little book which contains not just puzzles of all levels, but hints and tips on how to solve them. Easy to fit in a pocket or bag, and great for travelling, it contains all the puzzler needs, especially if you're looking for some extra help with the...