Puzzles and quizzes Books
Octopus Publishing Group The Grumpy Old Git’s Puzzle Book: Activities and
Book SynopsisWarning: this puzzle book may cause enjoyment and momentary loss of grumpiness The world has gone to hell in a handbasket and everyone around you is a fool. What you need is something to take your mind off it all. Grumble your way through these word searches, sudokus, crosswords, spot the differences, quizzes and mazes and you’ll find your crabbiness melting away – until you get stumped by a silly anagram, that is!
£9.49
Octopus Publishing Group The Train Lover's Puzzle Book: 200 Brain-Teasing
Book SynopsisAll aboard the puzzle train!This book is fully loaded with 200 railway-themed puzzles, perfect for aficionados as well as inquisitive commutersMore than just a means of transport, trains have changed the world. Across centuries and continents, they've been unstoppable. But when you're sitting back in your seat on a long rail journey, why not pause for a puzzle or two?From quick quizzes and riddles to more leisurely crosswords and sudoku, whether you're a locomotive obsessive or just enjoy the occasional trip, there's plenty in these pages to fire up your mental furnace and keep you going full steam ahead to the end of the line.Inside you will find a rich variety of puzzles, including these:- Find the names of world-famous locomotives within word searches- Shuffle the letters of anagrams to identify essential railway paraphernalia- Guess the meaning of some technical train-related terms- Figure out what happened during strange-but-true incidents from railway history
£11.69
Octopus Publishing Group The Retirement Puzzle Book: Activities and Games
Book SynopsisThis collection of verbal and visual challenges will help you stay sharp and stimulated as you embark on a new chapter in life Retirement is incredibly rich with possibilities - it's just a question of how to fill all that free time. Well, now that you've earned many an hour of peaceful freedom, how about a puzzle or two to prove you're still as clever as you always were? From quick-fire trivia questions to more leisurely crosswords and sudoku, whether you're a recent retiree, approaching the big day or have been enjoying your freedom for years, there's plenty in these pages to keep you busy and set your mind purring. Inside you will find a rich variety of puzzles for all tastes, including these:- Find a whole new set of hobbies within a raft of word searches- Spot the differences between various comical scenarios you might find yourself in- Shuffle a bunch of anagrams to locate some objects that could come in handy- Tackle the pictorial problems posed by a variety of rebus puzzles
£10.44
Octopus Publishing Group The Cat Lover's Puzzle Book: Brain-Teasing
Book SynopsisWhether you've established yourself as an elite cat parent or you simply love kitties and their quirks, this collection of cat-themed puzzles is certain to set your mind purring More than just ruling the world, cats rule our hearts and homes. When you deserve a rest from giving head-scritches, or if it's raining cats and dogs outside, why not press "paws" and enjoy a puzzle or two? From classic conundrums and quizzes to cryptic crosswords and sudokus, whether you choose to while away the hours or simply dip a paw in, there is plenty within these pages to keep your mind as agile as your favourite feline. Inside you will find a variety of puzzles, including:- Find the names of famous cats hiding within word searches - Spot the differences between snapshots of common cat habits - Solve the maze to reunite the kitten with its ball of wool - Answer trivia to learn about rare cat breeds
£11.69
Welbeck Publishing Group Mensa Brain Workout Pack
Book SynopsisThis interactive pack from the world''s leading brain brand contains everything you need to sharpen your mental agility while having fun. Inside are a series of puzzles, exercises and games especially devised to inspire new ways of thinking. The book is divided into a series of self-contained courses on one particular aspect of brain power, which then direct you to related games and activities included within the rest of the pack.Work through the whole pack and you will find yourself thinking quicker, solving problems more easily, being more creative, and best of all you will have had fun along the way!This pack contains: A 72-page book 120 cards used for a variety of different games A double-sided game board Playing counters Dice
£22.50
MX Publishing Sherlock Holmes Word Search Volume 1
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£10.63
Andrews UK Limited Harry Potter - The Ultimate Quiz Book: 400
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£7.99
Bonnier Books Ltd The Puzzle Murders
Book SynopsisTake on the role of hard-bitten detective and track down a brutal killer in The Puzzle Murders
£7.59
Atlantic Books Headscratchers: The New Scientist Puzzle Book
Book Synopsis'A fantastic and varied collection of problems authored by some of the best puzzle setters around' - Alex Bellos'A book of delightful puzzles. It's just as good as you'd expect.' - Tim Harford'A marvellous miscellany of mysteries' - Simon Singh'Hours of arguing and puzzling. I loved it.' - Matt ParkerThis highly engaging collection of 70 puzzles comes from the popular weekly column in New Scientist magazine. You'll find puzzles that are great for sharing with friends at a pub, problems drawn from real-life situations, games with intriguing strategies, and puzzles with such creative and whimsical storylines that they need to be explained to be believed. With the solutions you'll read the untold back stories behind the puzzles, and a fascinating exploration of related puzzles and mathematical ideas. You'll learn why a particular puzzle adaptation involved talking to an expert in sheep genetics, which solution was thought up by the BBC Radio 5 Drive team, and outside-the-box solutions to apparently straightforward challenges. This book is a must for any lover of puzzles or recreational mathematics.Trade ReviewA marvellous miscellany of mysteries -- Simon SinghThe ultimate collection of modern puzzles [...] Hours of arguing and puzzling. I loved it. -- Matt ParkerThe wonderful Rob Eastaway has a book of delightful puzzles out this week. It's just as good as you'd expect if you know his work. * Tim Harford *A fantastic and varied collection of problems authored by some of the best puzzle setters around. -- Alex Bellos * Guardian *Table of Contentsi: Introduction PART I: THE PUZZLES 1: Pub Puzzles: Puzzles you could do in the pub 1: Creative Addition 2: The H Coins Problem 3: The Book of Numbers 4: Late for the Gate 5: Bus Change 6: Darts Challenge 7: Evening Out 8: Caesar Cipher 9: Symmetric-L 10: Which Door? ii: Virtual(ly) Reality: Puzzles inspired by situations that really happened 11: Bone Idle 12: Sunday Drivers 13: League of Nations 14: Fastest Fingers 15: Reshuffling the Cabinet 16: Amveriric's Boat 17: Express Coffee 18: Seventh Time Lucky? 19: The Two Ewes Day Paradox 20: The Hen Party Dorm iii: All Things Considered: Puzzles featuring everyday objects 21: Cutting the Battenberg 22: A Jigsaw Puzzle 23: The Nine Minute Egg 24: Murphy's Law of Socks 25: Rearranging Books 26: Hidden Faces 27: Birthday Candles 28: Lightbulb Moment 29: BLOXO Cubes 30: Knight Numbers iv: Figuring It Out: Problems that need some calculation 31: Sum Thing Wrong 32: Car Crash Maths 33: Soccerdoku 34: All Squares 35: Squarebot 36: Christmas Gifts 37: Tightwad's Safe 38: The Card Conundrum 39: Martian Food 40: Diffy v: A Matter of Time.: Clocks, time and dates 41: Pieces of Eight 42: Which Flipping Year 43: Six Weeks of Seconds 44: Lara's Birthday 45: The Mountain Pass 46: A Well-Timed Nap 47: Triplet Jump 48: Half Time 49: Seeing Red 50: One of These Days vi: Mind Games: Games with intriguing strategies 51: Catch Up 5 52: Taking the Biscuit 53: A Mexican Standoff 54: My Fair Ladybug 55: Dungeons and Diagrams 56: Ant on a Tetrahedron 57: Chopping Board 58: Éclair-Voyance 59: The Goblin Game 60: Weather or Not vii: Eccentric Tales: Puzzles with peculiar characters 61: The Cake and the Candles 62: Vive la Différence 63: Diamonds are Forever 64: Changing the Guard 65: Yam Tomorrow 66: Blurri-Ness 67: No Time to Try 68: Paintings by Numbers 69: A Piazza of Dominoes 70: Trouble Brewing viii: PART II: Solutions, Back Stories and Commentary ix: PART III x: Hints xi: Contributor Biographies xii: Acknowledgments xiii: Notes
£13.49
Pitch Publishing Ltd Call Yourself a Hammers Fan?: The Ultimate West
Book SynopsisHow much do you really know about the club you love? You can find out by exploring the 1,000 questions set out in 100 categories that make up this West Ham quiz book. It s not often that books on football make reference to Inspector Morse, Dostoyevsky, Shredded Wheat, The Everly Brothers, Fawlty Towers, Catch-22 and EastEnders, but this one does! Try these for size: which West Ham United player in the 1980 FA Cup Final had already scored for another club in an earlier FA Cup Final? Which two players with West Ham United connections appeared in 43 games between them for Blackburn Rovers when they won the Premier League in 1994/95? And who is the only man to manage West Ham United in two different centuries? You will struggle to find anything as comprehensive as this eclectic collection. This quirky, challenging book is a must for West Ham fans of all ages, and you might not see anything quite like it again.
£9.49
Little, Brown Book Group The Mammoth Book of New IQ Puzzles
Book SynopsisNathan Haselbauer, President of the International High IQ Society, has painstakingly researched and designed this impressively varied collection of over 500 mind-bending puzzles to enable you to determine just how clever you are. This huge variety of maths, logic and word puzzles ranges from reasonably straightforward to fiendishly difficult. Each puzzle is clearly presented, though, and its solution is perfectly clear. In theory, each puzzle can be solved - in your head - in just a few minutes.Fully endorsed by the International High IQ Society, the fastest growing high IQ society in the world, this book represents the gold standard of IQ testing.Praise for Nathan Haselbauer:'The young New Yorker who's challenging the Old Guard of the IQ World' Observer
£12.28
Nash Pollock Publishing Games for Thinking
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£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Great Britons: 100 Pocket Puzzles: Crosswords,
Book SynopsisA brainy book about great Britons. Pitt your wits against 100 quick and fun word puzzles based on famous British figures. These crosswords, word wheels, codewords and brainteasers will delight puzzlers of all ages. 100 quick and fun word puzzles based on famous British people in a cute pocket-sized package. Whether you are a wordsearch wizard or a brainteaser buff, this is the perfect book to help exercise your brain! There are wordsearches, crosswords, word wheels, codewords and all manner of verbal brainteasers to test puzzlers of all ages. You don’t have to know all about great Britons or British history to enjoy these puzzles – in fact they’re a brilliant way to pick up lots of interesting trivia as you solve the clues. There are solutions at the back of the book if you get stuck. This is a great little gift for yourself or others; the perfect way to while away the odd spare minute.
£8.11
How2become Ltd Adult Puzzle Book: 100 Assorted Puzzles - Volume
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£8.99
Old Street Publishing Abject Quizzery: The Utterly depressing Quiz Book
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£8.54
Richardson Publishing The Daily Quiz Book Ireland edition
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£9.49
Black Spring Press CrimeBits 2 100 Opening Gambits for Great Thrillers Linked Mystery Puzzles
Book SynopsisVal McDermid is a best-selling Scottish crime writer, beloved in the UK and best known for her Wire in the Blood series, featuring clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill. She has sold over 19 million books to date across the globe.CrimeBits 2 will also include an afterword from Luca Veste who is the internationally best-selling author of eight novels and the host of the hit podcast Two Crime Writers and a Microphone.
£13.49
Jake Island Ltd The Lake District Puzzle Book
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£9.50
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Tangram Puzzle Book, The: A New Approach To The
Book SynopsisTHE TANGRAM is one of the oldest types of dissection puzzles in the world that originated from China. It traditionally requires the participant to arrange seven pieces (or 'tans') into a shape just by looking at the given silhouette.LEARN WHILE PLAYING The puzzles in this unique book are fresh, innovative and compelling. The puzzle pieces are building units for puzzles that boost mental dexterity with a variety of challenges from various fields of recreational mathematics. Come on and play with symmetry puzzles, cover-up puzzles and self-similarity puzzles to increase your skill and mental acuity!NEW PUZZLE DESIGNS To add variety and challenge, some of the puzzles may not use all seven pieces of the Tangram set, while others may use pieces from two or more sets.The authors utilize a creative twist in this collection that is different from classic Tangram puzzles: Most of the puzzles do not allow connections between the pieces unless they share a common edge. With this slight change to the rules, an entirely new universe of Tangram puzzles and challenges is unleashed to delight the puzzle solver!PROVIDES HOURS OF FUN The majority of the puzzles in this book are new and original. They range in difficulty to suit various levels of puzzle enthusiasts. Some selections are based upon famous classic puzzles while others are modified to stimulate and captivate the puzzlist as they have done for more than a thousand years!
£23.75
Independently Published 400 Numbricks Puzzles 8x8: Hard to Very Hard
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£8.99
Independently Published Straights Puzzle Books - 400 Easy to Master
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£9.49
Independently Published Flower Sudoku: 200 Medium Puzzles (Volume 10) One
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£7.99
Independently Published IMPARA IL BASCOLO GRAZIE ALLE PAROLE INTRECCIATE
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£12.99
PAUL LAMOND GAMES Star Wars Imperial TIE Interceptor 3D Puzzle
Book SynopsisStar Wars Imperial TIE Interceptor 3D Puzzle.
£31.45
PAUL LAMOND GAMES Star Wars Millennium Falcon 3D Puzzle
Book SynopsisStar Wars Millennium Falcon 3D Puzzle.
£52.80
PAUL LAMOND GAMES Star Wars
Book SynopsisStar Wars: The Mandalorian Sandcrawler 3D Puzzle.
£49.50
PAUL LAMOND GAMES Star Wars
Book SynopsisStar Wars: The Mandalorian Imperial Light Cruiser 3D Puzzle.
£49.50
ALL JIGSAW PUZZLES Mike Jupps I Love Autumn 1000 Piece Puzzle
Book SynopsisIt's time for the Autumn fair and everyone has gathered at the Setting Sun pub to enjoy the celebrations. Maybe too many pints of cider have been consumed as the party is getting out of hand, with a masterpiece mistakenly chucked on the bonfire and fireworks shooting here there and everywhere.
£22.79
ALL JIGSAW PUZZLES Northamptonshire Historical 1610 Map 1000 Piece
Book SynopsisOriginally sourced by renowned English cartographer John Speed (1552-1629) who published an atlas called 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' in 1610. His maps themselves were of high quality and gained a great reputation for being among the best county maps. The finished 1000 piece jigsaw measures 66 x 50cm and comes with a Free colour guide print inside the box.
£22.79
ALL JIGSAW PUZZLES Kent Historical 1610 Map 1000 Piece Puzzle
Book SynopsisOriginally sourced by renowned English cartographer John Speed (1552-1629) who published an atlas called 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' in 1610. His maps themselves were of high quality and gained a great reputation for being among the best county maps. The finished 1000 piece jigsaw measures 66 x 50cm and comes with a Free colour guide print inside the box.
£22.79
ALL JIGSAW PUZZLES Pembrokeshire Historical 1610 Map 1000 Piece
Book SynopsisOriginally sourced by renowned English cartographer John Speed (1552-1629) who published an atlas called 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' in 1610. His maps themselves were of high quality and gained a great reputation for being among the best county maps. The finished 1000 piece jigsaw measures 66 x 50cm and comes with a Free colour guide print inside the box.
£22.79
ALL JIGSAW PUZZLES Cambridgeshire Historical 1610 Map 1000 Piece
Book SynopsisOriginally sourced by renowned English cartographer John Speed (1552-1629) who published an atlas called 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' in 1610. His maps themselves were of high quality and gained a great reputation for being among the best county maps. The finished 1000 piece jigsaw measures 66 x 50cm and comes with a Free colour guide print inside the box.
£22.79
Dover Publications Lady Dovers Regency Riddles
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£12.74
Union Square & Co. Trivia Cryptograms
Book SynopsisHours of good nerdy fun! I was spellbound as NCXRRDTR on the HRKZMC of BHQBD! Ken Jennings, Jeopardy! host and champion* Crack the code and unlock a world of fun trivia in this thrilling cryptogram puzzle book! Packed with 300 cryptogram puzzles that reveal fascinating facts, you'll enjoy hours of mind-bending challenge with the ultimate pay-off: trivia! Get ready to exercise your brain and discover intriguing tidbits of knowledge along the way with theTrivia Cryptogramspuzzle book by Stanley Newman. What are trivia cryptograms? Cryptogramsare word puzzles that feature encrypted sentences solvers must decipher to reveal a message. Within the sentence or phrase, each letter is consistently replaced with a new letter (for instance, Star Wars might be encoded as THIS LISTwhere A's have been replaced with I's, R's have been replaced with S's, and so forth). The solving process forcryptogram puzzlesexercises both sides of the brain, as logic and letter patterns come into play in tandem.
£10.25
Thames and Hudson Ltd The Big Biodiversity Puzzle
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£17.33
Quarto Publishing PLC The Chess Lovers Puzzle Book
Book Synopsis365 chess-themed puzzles – one to solve every day of the year.
£11.69
Galison Wendy Gold USA State Flowers 1000 Piece Puzzle
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£16.32
Galison Mudpuppy Gray Malin The Winter Holiday 500 Piece Double
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£19.80
Galison Mudpuppy Better Together 1000 Pc Puzzle
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£16.19
Galison WellTrained Dogs 500 Piece Family Puzzle
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£12.35
Galison Mudpuppy Art of the Cheeseboard 1000 Piece MultiPuzzle
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£21.25
Brass Monkey An Urgent Message 1000 Piece Panoramic Puzzle
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£19.55
Galison Michael Storrings Celebrate The USA 500 Piece Foil Puzzle
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£18.22
Chartwell Books Large Print Word Search
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£9.49
Tuttle Publishing Chili Peppers of the World 1000 Piece Jigsaw
Book SynopsisThe jigsaw puzzle for hot pepper lovers! Featuring photographs of the Chili Peppers of the World. 1,000 pieces High quality design & easy to handleFinished puzzle is 29 x 20 inchesIncludes a full-color A3 sized Poster (11.75 x 16.5 inch) for referenceFeatures a chart of photographed peppers, along with their English and scientific names
£17.99
Tuttle Publishing Origami Made Easy Kit
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£7.97
Tuttle Publishing Asian Rainforest Wildlife 1000 Piece Jigsaw
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£9.11
Tuttle Publishing Origami Fun for Kids Kit
£7.97
