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Thorough, systematic introduction to serious cryptography, especially strong in modern forms of cipher solution used by experts. Nihilist, grille, U. S. Army, key-phrase, multiple-alphabet, Gronsfeld, Porta, Beaufort, periodic ciphers, and more. Simple and advanced methods. 166 specimens to solve - with solutions.
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Do you like to play head games? Do brain teasers tickle your mind? Well if yes then test your mathematical skills with Mathemagic Puzzles & Brain Drainers. Puzzles and Brain teasers are fun ways to get students enjoying and thinking about maths. The think smart puzzles in this book are designed to sharpen the creativity and problem solving skills and challenge and entertain the students likewise. The book is loaded with perplexing puzzles for every...
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I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.
Edgar Allan Poe
Try not to go insane as you enter the world of master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, with this fascinating collection of cunning puzzles and curious riddles. The ground-breaking master of mystery and horror Edgar Allan Poe was fascinated by puzzles and codes, as well as being the inventor of detective fiction. So, you will need your wits about you, as you hone your own skills...
64) Thoth's Tangram
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The Tangram has seven pieces. If you take the square piece to have an area equal to one, then the area of all the pieces is eight. The Tangram is not unique, but one of many variations - many being ancient. One of note is Archimedes' Stomachion. The Tangram Book by Jerry Slocum makes a persuasive case that its origin is Chinese dating to around 1800; the book also provides an excellent history of the Tangram. For those interested, another good book...
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My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere.
-Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of the Four.
Pit your wits against the greatest detective of them all with this collection of fiendish and hugely entertaining puzzles and enigmas. Some involve riddles, some plays on words, and some rely on mathematical principles. Use your powers of logical...
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The noted expert and longtime author of Scientific American's Mathematical Games column selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles. Enthusiasts can challenge their skills with such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, Bronx vs. Brooklyn, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Complete solutions included.
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Noted mathematician T. H. O'Beirne leads readers through a delightful maze of problems and solutions that are as artfully formed as any great poem or melody. Most require little mathematical knowledge, just careful logic and a playful imagination. Each chapter presents a series of thematically related brainteasers: difficult journeys featuring unlikely passengers and inadequate transport; geometric paradoxes; pouring liquid puzzles; cube and color...
68) 75 Mind Bogglers
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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 or paper, making them perfect for playing while standing in line, commuting to work, or hanging out with friends.
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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 or paper, making them perfect for playing while standing in line, commuting to work, or hanging out with friends.
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For many years, you have heard about puzzles such as CrossWord, WordSearch, Trivia, WordFit, Maze, and Sudoku. These CrossNumber puzzles differ from the usual types of crossword puzzles, acrostics, cryptograms, and logic puzzles. They are based on elementary mathematics and logic. To be successful in solving them, you should use your logic and wits, not your luck! These puzzles can be easily translated into other languages, as their composition is...
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Sharpen Your Sleuthing Skills with These Super Brain-Strainers
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A burglar robs many homes throughout the day. At the last house, he breaks in through the back door. This house has more valuables than any of the other houses, and nothing is there to stop him from taking them, but he doesn't take anything. How come?
Put on your detective hat and prepare to solve the best mindbenders from the popular puzzle book series One-Minute Mysteries....
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Pit your wits against the greatest detective of them all with this collection of fiendish and hugely entertaining puzzles and enigmas. Featuring the original Sherlock Holmes illustrations by Sidney Paget and George Hutchinson, it contains a great mix of conundrums to keep the most ardent puzzle and Sherlock fan entertained and challenged.
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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 in relation to the other letters, you can piece together a solution. These artfully constructed brainteasers are a favorite among teachers, travelers,...
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�2017
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"The galaxy is counting on you! Hit the hyperdrive and search through eight busy Star Wars scenes. Think you've defeated the First Order? Blast to the back of the book for more Look and Find adventure! Includes scenes and creatures from Star Wars: The Last Jedi"--Back cover.
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Devised by devious genius Tom Cutler, The Pilot Who Wore a Dress is a fiendish collection of riddles, mysteries and puzzles to test and tease your brain. Here's a simple one to get you started: four bodybuilders are huddling together in the street, under a small ladies' umbrella, yet after 20 minutes not one of them has got wet. How is this possible? Separated into original brainteasers and timeless conundrums, plus locked-room head-scratchers and...
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Ready player novels volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 23
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Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous and addictive than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize....
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Solving puzzles can be murder when a PI and a crossword editor join forces to catch a killer in the first novel of Nero Blanc's fiendishly clever crossword mystery series Playboy Thompson C. Briephs has just been found strangled in his bed. The police believe the Newcastle Herald crossword editor, a scion of a blue-blooded New England family, died from kinky sex gone wrong. But cop-turned–private investigator Rosco Polycrates thinks there's a...
80) Happy Halloween!
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Illustrations and easy-to-read text invite children to explore pictures of Halloween characters and animals, seeking to identify objects, colors, numbers, and more.
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