The Mammoth Book of Secret Codes and Cryptograms

by Elonka Dunin
The Mammoth Book of Secret Codes and Cryptograms
Author: Elonka Dunin
Publisher: Running Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-04-12
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780786717262
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Secret messages, encoded predictions, cryptic clues — never have cryptogram puzzles been so popular, fueled by phenomena like The Da Vinci Code and Bible Code. From award-winning cryptographer and game developer Elonka Dunin, here is a major new collection of brain teasing cryptograms and other enciphered challenges to satisfy every level of puzzle aficionado. The Mammoth Book of Secret Codes and Cryptograms contains over 400 encoded puzzles, ranging from easy substitution puzzles and messages or quotations in code where each letter stands for another, to fiendishly difficult ciphers. This book also includes helpful tips and pointers, plus famous unsolved real-world cryptograms like the Dorabella cipher, Kryptos fourth section, Zodiac killer ciphers, Linear A, and Rongorongo script to ensure that the challenge never ends.

The Mammoth Book of Logical Brain Games

by Gareth Moore
The Mammoth Book of Logical Brain Games
Author: Gareth Moore
Publisher: Orbit Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-02-04
Genre: Logic puzzles
ISBN: 9781472120311
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The ultimate compilation of line- and loop-drawing logical puzzle mazes, covering a wide range of types. It has everything from twists on the classic maze through to variants on the multimillion-download app 'Flow Free' (also known as 'Number Link'), and a range of Japanese-influenced puzzles such as Slitherlink, Hanjie and Futoshki. Fun and addictive, these labyrinthine puzzles offer a fantastic mental workout. Each one is presented in a range of sizes, difficulties and with variations in the solving rules, making this the definitive collection of logical puzzle mazes.

Mammoth Book of Codeword Puzzles

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Mammoth Book of Codeword Puzzles
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Publisher: Robinson
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2020-02-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781472145055
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The Mammoth Book of Codeword Puzzles is a truly bumper collection of these hugely popular puzzles - also known as codewords, cipher crosswords and cipher word puzzles. There are also some fun variations in the form of dropouts, keywords, coded quotes and long diversions. In a codeword puzzle, each grid is made up of numbered squares, with each number corresponding to a letter of the alphabet. A few letters are given, but the rest must be discovered by using logic and word power to crack the code. HOURS OF STIMULATING PUZZLE FUN!

The Mammoth Book of New IQ Puzzles

by Nathan Haselbauer
The Mammoth Book of New IQ Puzzles
Author: Nathan Haselbauer
Publisher: Running Press Adult
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2010-03-09
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780762437245
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The variety of math, logic, and word puzzles range from reasonably straightforward to fiendishly difficult in this comprehensive collection. Fully endorsed by the International High IQ Society, this book represents the gold standard of IQ testing.

The Mammoth Book of Chess

by Graham Burgess
The Mammoth Book of Chess
Author: Graham Burgess
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 1052
Release: 2022-03-03
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1472146190
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'A terrific work that is particularly suited for those from beginner to club player' JOHN WATSON, The Week in Chess The fully revised and updated award-winning, bestselling, classic chess book by FIDE Master and chess world-record holder, Graham Burgess. Comprehensive and clear, this fully revised and updated fourth edition of Graham Burgess's bestselling chess classic is an invaluable guide to help any player progress to good club level and better. It provides a complete guide to the main chess openings along with hundreds of test positions for players at every level. This new edition includes: Expanded and updated sections on playing online chess and using computers. A complete and detailed guide to all the main chess openings. Hundreds of new training exercises for players of all standards. Courses in tactics, attacking strategy, combinations and endgames. Analysis of some of the greatest games ever played. Information and advice on club, national, and international tournaments. A comprehensive A-Z glossary of chess terminology. Practical advice and information for further study. New sections on endgame studies and problems, with all examples from 2020 or 2021.

The New Mammoth Book of Seek-A-Word

by Richard B. Manchester
The New Mammoth Book of Seek-A-Word
Author: Richard B. Manchester
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780884862109
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Over 400 pages of word-search puzzles keep readers entertained for hours.

The Penguin Book of Puzzles

by Gareth Moore
The Penguin Book of Puzzles
Author: Gareth Moore
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2017-11-02
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0718188616
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Want to keep your brain active and in trim? Challenge your mind with The Penguin Book of Puzzles . . . From the riddles of the ancients to puzzles that perplex the greatest minds of today, The Penguin Book of Puzzles is a glorious compendium of conundrums from throughout history. These challenges will require all the reader's wits to solve, but range from the easy to the brain-bending and are suitable for novice and veteran puzzlers alike. There is something here to suit every taste, including crosswords, mathematical challenges, word games and logic conundrums, but also some intriguing types of puzzles that have been unearthed from centuries gone by. Hours of fun await you in this timeless and entertaining miscellany of puzzlement. ____________ A Sumerian Riddle (circa 18th Century) There is a house. The blind enter it and then come out seeing. What is that house? ____________ A Charade I have wings, yet never fly - I have sails, yet never go - I cant keep still, if I try, Yet forever stand just so. ____________

The Mammoth Book Of Brain Games

by Gareth Moore
The Mammoth Book Of Brain Games
Author: Gareth Moore
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2014-04-17
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1472111877
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A fun programme - featuring logic, observation, number and word puzzles, in categories such as reasoning, concentration and speed - that will help to build new brain skills in just a few minutes each day. At the end of each week, a 're-thinking' page features a range of suggestions and ideas to help improve your memory and unleash your creativity, challenging you to make better use of your brain in your daily life. An exceptionally wide range of content - 78 entirely different types of puzzle, none of which repeats within a quarter of a year - provides the novelty that helps a brain to thrive, while puzzles of the same type are carefully arranged in order of increasing difficulty through the book. A scoring system helps to keep you motivated as you improve week by week, with the final page of each week's puzzles offering you the chance to calculate your brain rank as another way to keep pushing yourself. Praise for The Mammoth Book of Fun Brain Training: 'The puzzles are fresh and lively' - Will Shortz