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Grab bag mad libs (Mad Libs)
Authors: Roger Price. Leonard Stern. Paperback, 48 pagesPublisher: Price Stern Sloan Publication Date: 1996-07-16 Reviews :
The idea is simple. Someone asks for a part of speech and players call out their ideas to fill in the blanks. In the end, you have a story reeling from one laugh-out-loud sentence to another. That's what you call Mad Libs, the world's zaniest, craziest word game. Played alone or with friends, Mad Libs have kept readers in stitches for over 35 years. Fun for the whole family!...
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365 Mind-Challenging Cryptograms
Authors: Trip Payne. Paperback, 144 pagesPublisher: Sterling Publication Date: 2001-12-31 Reviews :
There's one for every day of the year--but do you really have enough willpower to limit yourself to solving just a single cryptogram at a time? They're simply too much fun! What makes these special is that all these quotations come from a celebrity who celebrated a birthday on that particular day. (So, you'll probably jump right to the one who shares yours.) If you've never solved a cryptogram--sentences in code, where each letter stands for another--you'll get directions and hints at the start.
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The Mensa Book of Words, Word Games, Puzzles & Oddities
Authors: Abbie F. Salny. Hardcover, 160 pagesPublisher: Galahad Publication Date: 2000-07 Reviews :
Shocking origins! Altered meanings! Wild abuses of language! Who knew English was so full of fascinating surprises? For word lovers, these quizzes and games by Mensa member extraordinaire Dr. Abbie Salny will be a pure delight…and illuminating, too. She delves into the sometimes-unexpected etymology of a variety of words and reveals how they came to have their present meanings, examines derivations, and analyzes the frequently misunderstood, mispronounced, and misused. Then, she gathers them all into brain-teasing puzzles designed to test and improve the solver’s vocabulary. For anyone seeking a bon mot or le mot juste, here’s the place to find it! ...
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The Bronx Bombers Fan Word Search (New York Yankees)
Authors: Michael Norton. Paperback, 128 pagesPublisher: Reedy Press Publication Date: 2008-04-01 Reviews :
The Bronx Bombers Word Search is packed with 90-plus word search puzzles containing seek-and-finds on nearly every New York Yankee that donned the pinstripes. An index of the All-Time Yankee Roster is featured at the back of the book. Creative puzzles abound. Find your favorites in puzzles like Yankee Style, Only the Great Ones, Strictly Southpaws, and Some of Mr. Steinbrenner s Boys....
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Making the Alphabet Dance: Recreational Wordplay
Authors: Ross Eckler. Paperback, 277 pagesPublisher: St Martins Pr Publication Date: 1997-07 Reviews :
The editor of Word Ways magazine presents hundreds of intriguing manipulations of the alphabet which radically reinterpret the way in which words are seen. Alphabetical mind-benders and conundrums illustrate the intricacies of letter-play with examples ranging from acrostics and palindromes to word worms and isograms....
This is the most mesmerizing book on wordplay to come along in years. Ross Eckler examines such eternal logological favorites as anagrams, palindromes, and word squares, as well as words that play in other ways. Here are words with all letters in alphabetical order, novels written without the letter "e," and dozens of ways to transform one word into another. Take "heathery," for example. How many times can you delete one letter and have a new word remaining? Or consider "add." What happens when you shift each letter one place down the alphabet? How about eight places? If you love words, this masterpiece is irresistible....
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Getting to Know You
Authors: Rob Wiens. Paperback, 100 pagesPublisher: Trafford Publishing Publication Date: 2006-07-06 Reviews :
A book containing 500 questions designed to spark conversations and help keep them going....
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Pat Sajak's Trivia Challange (Pat Sajak)
Authors: Pat Sajak. Paperback, 190 pagesPublisher: Triumph Books (IL) Publication Date: 2006-10-18 Reviews :
Pat Sajak's Trivia Challenge is an all-new book from game show host Pat Sajak and his team of experts at Pat Sajak Games. Trivia Challenge is based on Pat's Internet game featuring fun trivia questions and a game show-like wagering system, resulting in a great play experience. Players see the question and then the possible answers ant then wager on whether or not they'll get the correct answer. Players score positive points for correct answers and lose points for incorrect answers. Pat Sajak's Trivia Challenge is a fun single-player experience, but it can also be used to play games with multiple players. The book featurees instructions for both single-player and mutli-player Pat Sajak Trivia Challenge games....
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Smart Games: Wizard Workout Word Games: Superchallenging Wordplay, Strategy, and Perception Puzzles (Smart Games)
Authors: The Editors of Smart Games Inc. Spiral-bound, 128 pagesPublisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Publication Date: 2004-04-01 Reviews :
This critically acclaimed collection of word puzzles ranging from satisfyingly simple to fiendishly difficult will challenge and delight would-be word wizards. Word Melt, Scramblegrams, Word Hunter, Crossed Words and Word Blocks puzzles are presented one to a page, but the puzzler has more to do than just fill in the blanks. Many of the puzzles have more than one solution, and the puzzler gets points depending on how many steps it takes to arrive at the answer. Recent scientific research recommends that people play challenging games to keep their minds sharp. These books are personal trainers for the hungry hordes of fanatic puzzlers....
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The 2nd New Mammoth Book of Seek-A-Word
Authors: Richard Manchester. Paperback, 416 pagesPublisher: Bristol Park Books Publication Date: 2000-10-30 Reviews :
Seek-a-words are one of the most popular pastimes on earth. This hefty new collection of 200 will keep fans busy for months to come. It's brimming with all-new up, down, forward, backward, and diagonal puzzles that will sharpen the eye and the wit....
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Simon and Schuster Crossword Puzzle Book #249: The Original Crossword Puzzle Publisher (Simon & Schuster Crossword Puzzle Books)
Authors: John M. Samson.
Spiral-bound, 64 pages
Publisher: Fireside
Publication Date: 2006-04-11
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