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Pit your wits against all manner of cunning criminals as you attempt to solve the fiendish mysteries within. As you put your skills of deduction and problem-solving to the test you'll be guided by three inimitable assistants, the insightful Inspector Parnacki, the curious Miss Mary Miller, and the persistent Joshua Cole.
If you're a puzzle fan looking for a thrilling treat, or a mystery lover who fancies themselves a detective extraordinaire this...
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Follow in the footsteps of the Codebreakers and establish whether you have the puzzle solving skills needed to have worked at wartime Bletchley Park.
This collection of challenging and satisfying IQ puzzles forms part of a series of books produced by the Bletchley Park Trust. During World War Two, Bletchley Park was the workplace for thousands of people whose job it was to read the encrypted messages of its enemies. Towards the end of 1941, a crossword...
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This colorful book takes kids on a journey that introduces numbers and counting. In a style reminiscent of the works of Peter Max, the visual adventure portrays numbers in action, starting with one ship and advancing to ten jugglers. Along the way, the flamboyant graphics in this mathematical puzzle book portray dogs, butterflies, flowers, and other fanciful images.
304) Among the Missing
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When retired homicide cop Thomas Blake finds an abandoned Mercedes in a lagoon area, he traces the car to an Adam Barker, who happens to be missing from his top secret research work at Argonne Laboratories, and from his home in Lake Forest, Illinois. As Blake investigates further, he suspects Barker's disappearance is the result of foul play. Meanwhile, Jack Logan, an ex-friend of Barker's, receives a cryptic message asking Logan to help Barker's...
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" Brain Teasers, Fun Puzzles, and Engaging Stories for Clever Kids " is a delightful book filled with brain-teasing puzzles, captivating stories, and engaging games that will keep kids entertained and challenged for hours on end.This book has a wide range of logic puzzles, lateral thinking problems, riddles, and word games, all with amusing tales that will capture children's imaginations and inspire their creativity. The puzzles are designed to be...
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This collection of intriguing and challenging codebreaking puzzles forms part of a series of books produced by the Bletchley Park Trust. During World War Two, Bletchley Park was the workplace for thousands of people whose job it was to read the encrypted messages of its enemies. Towards the end of 1941, a crossword puzzle competition was organised by The Daily Telegraph. The challenge was to complete the puzzle in under twelve minutes. A number of...
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Why do card tricks work? How can magicians do astonishing feats of mathematics mentally? Why do stage "mind-reading" tricks work? As a rule, we simply accept these tricks and "magic" without recognizing that they are really demonstrations of strict laws based on probability, sets, number theory, topology, and other branches of mathematics. This is the first book-length study of this fascinating branch of recreational mathematics. Written by one of...
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Fully updated for season 7, the Big Bang Theory Quiz Book is a fun selection of original questions (and answers!), comprehensively covering all facets of the classic original series! As a fun family game it will separate the Sheldon's from the Wheaton's and the Leonard's from the Kripke's, and is a fantastic way to enjoy the show even more.
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Perfect for Sudoku fans, the rules for these 100 logic puzzles are simple, and the math is easy. But, the puzzles get harder and harder!
Once you match wits with area mazes, you'll be hooked! Your quest is to navigate a network of rectangles to find a missing value.
Just Remember:
• Area = length × width
• Use spatial reasoning to find helpful relationships
• Whole numbers are all you need. You can always get the answer without using fractions!
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This is, quite simply, the best and most popular puzzle book ever published in the Soviet Union. Since its first appearance in 1956 there have been eight editions as well as translations from the original Russian into Ukrainian, Estonian, Lettish, and Lithuanian. Almost a million copies of the Russian version alone have been sold. Part of the reason for the book's success is its marvelously varied assortment of brainteasers ranging from simple "catch"...
312) Star Trek: Enterprise - The Ultimate Quiz Book: Questions From the Voyages of the First Enterprise
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The Star Trek:Enterprise Quiz Book is a fun selection of original questions (and answers!), comprehensively covering all facets of the TV series! As a fun family game it will separate the Archer's from the Xindi, the T'Pol's from the Klingons, and is a fantastic way to enjoy Enterprise even more.
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The Star Trek Quiz Book is a fun selection of original questions (and answers!), comprehensively covering all facets of the classic original series! As a fun family game it will separate the Kirk's from the Gorn, the Spock's from the red shirts, and is a fantastic way to enjoy Trek even more.
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Eleven-year-old Chester and his classmate Skye, tasked with a complex puzzle-solving mission, discover the key to their spy assignment is to stop a heist, but cracking the code could mean finding out things are not always what they seem.
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"When young attorney Becky Balwin hires Cora Felton to accompany her to New York City to meet a new client in his penthouse apartment, the Puzzle Lady jumps at the chance. Cora is just coming off a bad breakup, and finding out that Chief Harper testified at a parole hearing for a killer she helped put away, has her feeling old. But when she and Becky arrive at the apartment, they find the man is dead. There's a puzzle on his chest, and a prowler is...
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"The annual Christmas Game is afoot at Endgame House, the Armitages' grand family home. This year's prize is to die for -- deeds to the house itself -- but Lily Armitage has no intention of returning. She hasn't been back to Endgame since her mother died twenty-one years ago, and she has no intention of claiming the house that haunts her dreams. Until, that is, she receives a letter from her aunt promising that the game's riddles will give her the...
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Can You Solve This?
Some would call me a drunkard, since I am always drinking, but I am never thirsty. When I am alive, I don't breathe and am cold, if not colder than death. What am I?
Karen J Bun is back with more riddles and this time they are the best of the "What Am I?" riddles.
This book is ideal for both adults and children, and can be used in schools, on training courses, as an after-dinner game and as a great way to entertain any small...
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Young children are natural problem solvers and always looking for answers, especially when it involves animals. Guess What: Flashy Friends: Goldfish provides young curious readers with striking visual clues and simply written hints. Using the photos and text, readers rely on visual literacy skills, reading, and reasoning as they solve the animal mystery. Clearly written facts give readers a deeper understanding of how the goldfish lives. Additional...
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