| Logic & Brain Teasers Books |
1. The Big Book of Brain Games: 1,000 PlayThinks of Art, Mathematics & Science
2. Foodie Fight: A Trivia Game with Gameboard and Cards
3. My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles (Math & Logic Puzzles)
4. Maze: Solve the World's Most Challenging Puzzle
5. Roger von Oech's Ball of Whacks: A Creativity Tool for Innovators
6. Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars)
7. The Original Sudoku Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Page a Day Fun & Games Calendr)
8. Are You Smart, or What? A Bizarre Book of Games & Fun for Everyone
9. The Greatest Dot-to-Dot Book in the World, Book 3 (Greatest Dot-To-Dot Book in the World)
10. Sudoku Easy to Hard Presented by Will Shortz, Volume 3: 100 Wordless Crossword Puzzles (Sudoku Easy to Hard)
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Motown Remixed CD Giveaway Winners! Congratulations to the winners of the Motown Remixed CD giveaway - Michael Kelly, Jared Adler, Becca McNeely, Loura Caffey, and Paul Kerr...
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Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Millennium Stadium - Cardiff - 23 June 2004 With this being the first time I'd seen the Red Hot Chilli Peppers live, and my first time at a stadium concert, I had a few concerns about...
Three Imaginary Boys... Once again, The Cure have changed their lineup. Since the late 70's, The Cure have had an ever-evolving lineup with the exception of leadman Robert Smith and Simon Gallup. For the last decade they have also been joined by Jason...
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The Big Book of Brain Games: 1,000 PlayThinks of Art, Mathematics & Science
Authors: Ivan Moscovich. Paperback, 420 pagesPublisher: Workman Publishing Company Publication Date: 2006-07-30 Reviews :
About the original 1000 PlayThinks,Will Shortz of The New York Times said it best: “The most wide-ranging, visually appealing, entertaining, gigantic collection of brainteasers since Sam Loyd’s Cyclopedia of Puzzles almost a century ago.” Inside The Big Book of Brain Games, you will find an obsessive collection of 1,000 challenges, puzzles, riddles, illusions—originals as well as must-do classics—it’s like salted peanuts for the brain. With jampacked pages and a full-color illustration for each entry, the book, opened anywhere, is a call to action. (And it’s guaranteed to make you smarter.) Twelve basic categories include Geometry, Patterns, Numbers, Logic and Probability, and Perception. An easy-to-read key at the top of each game ranks its difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10, while indices in the back cross-reference the puzzles. (You’ll find the answers back there, too.)...
$22.95
New Price: $10
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Foodie Fight: A Trivia Game with Gameboard and Cards
Authors: Joyce Lock. Hardcover, 168 pagesPublisher: Chronicle Books Publication Date: 2007-09-06 Reviews :
Calling all food lovers! This addictive trivia game allows players to strut their culinary stuff and prove who is the smartest foodie of them all. With over 1,000 questions on topics ranging from culinary science and celebrity chefs to food history and exotic cuisine, each player is bound to get a full serving of food knowledge. But think fast, because the first player or team to fill in their game board wins! Includes:
- Deck of trivia cards
- Six game boards
- Color die...
$18.95
New Price: $10.68
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My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles (Math & Logic Puzzles)
Authors: Martin Gardner. Paperback, 96 pagesPublisher: Dover Publications Publication Date: 1994-11-01 Reviews :
Noted expert selects 70 "short" puzzles. The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and 67 more. Solutions included. ...
$4.95
New Price: $1.71
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Maze: Solve the World's Most Challenging Puzzle
Authors: Christopher Manson. Paperback, 48 pagesPublisher: Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks Publication Date: 1985-11-15 Reviews :
This is not really a book. This is a building in the shape of a book...a maze. Each numbered page depicts a room in the maze. Tempted? Test your wits against mine. I guarantee that my maze will challenge you to think in ways you've never thought before. But beware. One wrong turn and you may never escape!
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This is not one of those pencil mazes you worked on as a kid. The entire book is one addictive maze. Each page spread is a room leading to other page/rooms. Your goal is to find the shortest route to the center and back while solving the puzzle in the center room--if you can figure out what the puzzle is. But then, each room is a puzzle filled with clues to decipher. Read the text and examine the gorgeous illustrations carefully. Beware--not every clue can be trusted. If you're an online gamer, consider this a Web site you can carry wherever you go....
$10.95
New Price: $6.12
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Roger von Oech's Ball of Whacks: A Creativity Tool for Innovators
Authors: Roger Von Oech. Paperback, 96 pagesPublisher: Creative Whack Company Publication Date: 2006-09-05 Edition: 1st Reviews :
30 magnetic pyramid shaped pieces that act as building blocks! -- Are you stumped for ideas? Do you want a fresh perspective on a problem? -- This ball of magnetic pieces is proven to jump start your creativity and imagination. Based on the rhombic triacontahedron, this ball consists of 30 magnetic pyramid shaped pieces that act as building blocks for an unlimited number of uses. -- You can create inspiring shapes, challenge yourself to recreate patterns shown in the activity book, have fun forming new designs, and much more! -- Recommended ages 8 ...
$35
New Price: $23.1
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Twenty three years ago today... The Cocteau Twins (featuring Liz Frasier, Will Heggie and Robin Guthrie) released their debut album Garlands on the definitive album label 4AD. They took their name from an early obscure Simple Minds song of the same name. The band officially...
High Flying Birds In late 1965, the Northeast experienced it's first major "Blackout", Sandy Kofax won the Cy Young Award and the World Series with Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Beatles released what some would call their most cohesive and intimate album--"Rubber Soul"....
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Mensa 365 Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Original Page a Day Calendars)
Authors: Abbie F. Salny. Calendar, 370 pagesPublisher: Workman Publishing Company Publication Date: 2008-06-15 Edition: Pag Reviews :
Are your neurons up to the task? Featuring a year of brainy challenges from puzzle master Abbie F. Salny, 365 Brain Puzzlers is the ever-more-popular calendar endorsed by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society. Push your gray matter with hundreds of word and number puzzles: Crisscross Saws, Tom Swifties, Gigantiwords, Palindromes, Puzzling Prices, Cubic Chaos, and this conundrum: Ellie is 33 years old today. This is three times as old as Sophie was when Ellie was as old as Sophie is now. How old is Sophie? Give up? (Answer: 22). Answers are on the reverse side of each page....
$11.99
New Price: $7.76
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The Original Sudoku Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Page a Day Fun & Games Calendr)
Authors: Calendar, 320 pagesPublisher: Workman Publishing Company Publication Date: 2008-06-15 Edition: Pag Reviews :
The Original Sudoku Calendar is on the up-and-up. Because these puzzles, printed in lively full color, are simply the best you'll find anywhere. From Nikoli, the Japanese publisher that invented Sudoku, they are completely handmade—which means every puzzle is like a mind game between you and its creator. Nikoli's grids have an elegance that computer-generated puzzles don't; they strike the perfect balance of challenge and solvability. The calendar features easy puzzles each weekend, with progressively more difficult ones over the course of the week....
$12.99
New Price: $7.72
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Are You Smart, or What? A Bizarre Book of Games & Fun for Everyone
Authors: Pat Battaglia. Paperback, 112 pagesPublisher: Intl Puzzle Features Publication Date: 2001-07-27 Reviews :
Are You Smart, or What? is the most entertaining book of word games, ever! It combines clever challenges and surprising answers with playful innovations to both amaze and amuse readers of all ages. All puzzles are concise and uncomplicated. They are about ordinary words and things that everybody knows about so the entire family can enjoy them....
$9.949999999999999
New Price: $5.25
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The Greatest Dot-to-Dot Book in the World, Book 3 (Greatest Dot-To-Dot Book in the World)
Authors: David Kalvitis. Paperback, 48 pagesPublisher: Monkeying Around Publication Date: 2002-08-21 Reviews :
Continuing in the tradition of Books 1 and 2, The Greatest Dot-to-Dot Book in the World Book 3 is the third in a series of connect-the-dot books which stand apart because of their complexity and variety. As in Books 1 and 2, there are traditional dot-to-dots as well as unique innovations and variations for those who can count into the hundreds and follow simple instructions. Readers will appreciate the fact that you can't tell what the images are before you start as well as the playful challenges that maintain excitement throughout this book of all new puzzles. This fun and relaxing book will entertain young and old alike! Ages 8-adult....
$6.95
New Price: $3.24
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Sudoku Easy to Hard Presented by Will Shortz, Volume 3: 100 Wordless Crossword Puzzles (Sudoku Easy to Hard)
Authors: Will Shortz. Paperback, 128 pagesPublisher: St. Martin's Griffin Publication Date: 2005-10-01 Edition: 1st Reviews :
THE HOTTEST CRAZE IN PUZZLES!
From puzzlemaster and New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz comes sudoku, the new “wordless crossword” puzzle that’s taking the world by storm! Once you start, you won’t want to stop. These addictive puzzles are easy to understand---just fill the grid with numbers according to the few simple rules---but incredibly fun and engaging to complete. You don’t need any mathematics knowledge: Just supply a pencil and an inquisitive mind.
This brand-new collection features original sudoku ranging from effortlessly easy to devilishly difficult, along with an introduction from Will Shortz that explains these fascinating puzzles and how to solve them. Plus, the last five bonus puzzles in the book are giants---more than 50 percent larger and correspondingly more fun to solve! If you’re a crossword fan, a fan of logic puzzles, or just a puzzle lover in general, you will be engrossed and delighted with sudoku!
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80's Music Album Cover Quiz Test your knowledge of 80's music album covers with this fun and fast game....
ariel-x - The Victoria Inn - Derby - 30 November 2004 Well, this was unexpected. For two reasons. Reason number one was that I made it to the venue in time to see the support band
Keith Urban Concert Review - Columbus, OH AboutCountry's Sue Bauman went to Keith Urban's Columbus, OH show on October 5, 2005. Read her review of the show, complete with photos....
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