Toys, Puzzles & Games Books
Faber & Faber Big Questions From Little People Answered By
Book SynopsisWhy is the sea salty?How far away is space?Why can''t I tickle myself?Why can''t we live forever?Children ask the most interesting and challenging questions. But how are we supposed to answer them...?At last! Expert answers to those big questions children ask, with help from:Sir David AttenboroughHeston BlumenthalKate HumbleAlain de BottonPhilip PullmanDr Richard DawkinsBear GryllsDame Jacqueline WilsonJarvis CockerDame Kelly HolmesNoam ChomskyJessica EnnisDerren BrownMiranda HartTracey EminHarry HillA C GraylingDr Christian Jessenand many more!
£9.49
Laurence King Publishing Spot the Bot
Book SynopsisRoll the robot dice and find the bots on the board! These illustrated dice make up the legs, bodies, heads and antennae of 81 different robots for you to find on the board. Collect a counter for every robot you spot first; the player who collects the most counters wins. Who is the fastest? Who can focus their mind the most?
£19.19
Little, Brown Book Group Bridge for Complete Beginners
Book SynopsisLearn how to play bridge with this simple step-by-step guide.While good bridge classes are, of course, of great value, this book is itself the complete tutorial. It will help you to learn properly without other help and give you a solid foundation on which to start playing this absorbing game.Work at your own paceUnderstand the key basic principlesLearn about the Acol system of biddingDiscover how to play a hand, both as declarer and in defence
£8.99
Flame Tree Publishing Adult Sustainable Jigsaw Puzzle Jenny Zemanek
Book SynopsisPart of a new, exciting series of sustainable jigsaw puzzles with sturdy pieces. These high-quality, 1000-piece puzzles from Flame Tree are free of plastic packaging, made with FSC-certified paper and board, and feature powerful and popular works of art. Not suitable for children under 3 years due to small parts. Art by Jenny Zemanek.
£14.39
Orion Publishing Co Bridge is Fun
Book SynopsisAbout to go out and have a game of bridge? Just like an athlete needs to warm up before an important event, so a bridge player can improve performance by a warm-up of the little grey cells. Delve into this book, solve a problem or two, and you will be better placed to have a good game.The book contains more than 80 problems from recent tournaments, and covers constructive and competitive bidding, opening leads, defensive and declarer play. Working through the problems is bound to improve your game.You will also find the lighter side of bridge after each solution. Hopefully these will brighten your day if your session with your partner has not done so!
£8.99
HarperCollins Publishers Times 2 Jumbo Crossword 6 60 worldfamous
Book SynopsisQuiz your family at home with crosswords, puzzles and games.The Times2 Jumbo Crossword is a super-sized challenge for crossword lovers, selected by the Times2 Crossword Editor John Grimshaw.The Times2 Jumbo Crossword appears weekly in the Saturday edition of The Times.The Times2 Crossword editor, John Grimshaw, has selected 60 of the best crosswords from The Times to create this great collection. The puzzles offer the same challenge as The Times2 daily crossword but the larger grid packs an extra punch!The clues are also a little more testing than the daily times2 crossword, to stretch the crossword enthusiast just a bit further, and provide hours of entertainment.
£10.44
HarperCollins Publishers The Times Codeword 3
Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with word and number puzzlesThe Times2 popular daily puzzle is back, with a third volume of 150 utterly addictive codewords.The concept is simple. Each number represents a letter, so, starting with the solved letters, use your logic and vocabulary to reveal more letters, form words, and then crack the code!The Codeword series is so popular because you don't need any prior knowledge, unlike a crossword. You can just pick up a pen and get puzzling. It steadily increases your vocabulary, as the difficulty slowly grows as you progress through the book, and even though you'll be working your brain, it's the perfect way to unwind.
£7.59
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Beautiful Horses Coloring Book
Book SynopsisGo for a wild, creative ride with Beautiful Horses Coloring Book.Whether they are galloping across the plains or grazing in a field, there’s just something captivating about horses. If you love the freedom, energy, and majesty of horses, this coloring book is for you! Beautiful Horses Coloring Book features stunning designs of different horses, including stallions, ponies, mustangs, and trotters. Inside, you’ll find: More than 100 lovely designs to color Intricate meditative patterns on the back of each page Beautiful line-drawn art Unwind and relax with Beautiful Horses Coloring Book. Beginners and experienced artists alike will find hours of enjoyment in coloring these beautiful designs. Choose your colors and let your imagination run free.Chartwell Coloring Books is the ultimate coloring book series, encompassing designs of every kind. From intr
£7.59
HarperCollins Publishers The Times Codeword 8
Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles200 brand new compelling and addictive word and number puzzles from The Times. Appearing daily in the newspaper, Codeword is the cracking alternative to Su Doku and Crosswords.The concept is simple: each number represents a letter, so, starting with the solved letters, use your logic and vocabulary to reveal more letters, form words, and then crack the code!The Codeword series is so popular because you don't need any prior knowledge, unlike a crossword. You can just pick up a pen and get puzzling. It steadily increases your vocabulary, as the difficulty slowly grows as you progress through the book, and even though you'll be working your brain, it's the perfect way to unwind.
£7.59
Orion Publishing Co Basic Acol Bridge Flipper
Book SynopsisBridge is a superb card game, perfect for keeping your memory sharp, played by millions around the world.This Fast Fact Finder is a guide and summary to the basics of bridge for the beginner and novice player, enabling players to check quickly important points in bidding and play. It is designed to be used in conjunction with Basic Bridge and Acol Bridge Made Easy, both by Ron Klinger.''Many games provide fun, but Bridge grips you. It exercises your mind. Your mind can rust, you know, but Bridge prevents the rust from forming'' Omar Sharif
£7.59
Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Punderdome
Book SynopsisFrom the daughter-father duo that created Brooklyn''s beloved live pun competition, this “punderful card game” (Mashable) is perfect for friends and families. • One part game, one part conversation starter, you don''t need to be a pun master to master Punderdome: the goal is to make bad jokes and have fun along the way.• The prompter for the round draws two prompt cards from the deck, then reads the prompts to the rest of the group. The other players have 90 seconds to combine the two prompts into a single, groan-worthy pun. • When time is up, pun makers share their puns with the prompter, who awards the prompt cards to the player with the best pun. The winner then draws the next pair of prompt cards and the process repeats.• The first player to obtain 10 pairs of prompt cards wins the game.• Easy to play and enjoy in person or over video chat!Punderdome includes:• 200 double-sided cards (100 White and 100 Green)• 2 Mystery Envelopes with fill-in prize slips• 2 80-page pads for drafting puns• 1 instruction card and 1 pun example card• A stu-PUN-dous time for 3 or more players
£14.39
Dorling Kindersley Ltd How to Play Chess
Book SynopsisClaire Summerscale has played chess since the age of nine. She became the British girls under 11 and under 13 champion. Currently, she is the chairman of the Four Nations Chess League and a chess trainer. Formerly, she was the British Chess Federation Director of Women's International Chess and English Chess Federation Director of Junior Chess and Education.
£9.49
Thinkers Publishing A Practical Opening Repertoire for White Volume
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£28.79
Andrews McMeel Publishing Daily Brain Games 2026 DaytoDay Calendar
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£999.99
The School of Life Press Resilience Cards: become more confident in the
Book SynopsisWe often overestimate how fragile we are. In our nightmares, we assume that life would become impossible for us far earlier than it actually would. In reality, we could manage perfectly well with a lot less than we currently have. Not that we should want this to happen, of course: it’s simply that we could bear it. We forget our resilience in the face of risk and become unnecessarily timid. Our lives become dominated by a fear of losing things that we could in fact do without. This set of cards is designed to gently remind us that we are far stronger than we imagine. Examples 3 a.m. alone in bed is perhaps not the optimal moment at which to derive a true picture of reality. Wait – always – for the perspective of dawn. Things don’t need to be perfect; we are creatures eminently suited to ‘good enough’. It sounds heartless to say: ‘you’ll get over it’. But you will. The brain is designed to exaggerate troubles. We suffer more in our thoughts than in reality.
£16.32
Octopus Publishing Group The Countdown Puzzle Book Volume 1: A brand new
Book SynopsisAT LAST, A BRAND NEW COUNTDOWN PUZZLE BOOK THAT FANS OF THE SHOW CAN REVEL IN! Think you have what it takes to be a Countdown contestant?Do you enjoy playing along with the show at home?Do you know where the phrase 'The Full Monty' comes from?Whether you consider yourself an expert, or just want to play Countdown-themed challenges at your leisure, this is the perfect book for you. It contains over 750 number and word puzzles based on your favourite quiz show, including the opportunity to take on contestants on the show by challenging yourself to beat their score, and even speed rounds if you fancy more of a challenge. There are feature puzzles of themed letters rounds and conundrums, as well as special maths and letters challenges.Colin has provided his own teatime teasers under different categories, and for those who are amazed by Rachel's numerical agility there are black-belt maths challenges to see if you can solve those sums only she could manage on the show! Throughout are some of the best of Susie's fascinating 'Origins of Words' features. All in all, this is the ultimate book for all fans of Countdown!
£15.29
PAUL LAMOND GAMES Wheres Wally The Last Day of the Aztecs 1000pc
Book SynopsisWhere's Wally The Last Day of the Aztecs 1000pc Puzzle.
£14.81
Ebury Publishing How to Have Creative Ideas
Book SynopsisEverybody wants to be creative. Creativity makes life more fun, more interesting and more full of achievement, but too many people believe that creativity is something you are born with and cannot be learned.In How to Have Creative Ideas Edward de Bono - the leading authority on creative thinking - outlines 62 different games and exercises, built around random words chosen from a list, to help encourage creativity and lateral thinking. For example, if the task were to provide an idea for a new restaurant and the random word chosen was ''cloak'', ideas generated might be: a highwayman theme; a Venetian theme with gondolas; masked waiters and waitresses. Or, if asked to make a connection between the two random words ''desk'' and ''shorts'', readers may come up with: both are functional; desks have ''knee holes'' and shorts expose the knees; traditionally they were both male-associated items.All the exercises are simple, practical and fun, and can be done by anyoTrade ReviewThe master of creative thinking * Independent on Sunday *Edward doesn't just think. He is a one-man global industry, whose work is gospel in government, universities, schools, corporates and even prisons all over the world * Times 2 *Edward de Bono is a cult figure in developing tricks to sharpen the mind * The Times *Simple, practical and great fun. Best of its kind. * Management Today *Edward de Bono is a toolmaker, his tools have been fashioned for thinking, to make more of the mind * Peter Gabriel *
£13.49
Orion Publishing Co 10 More Ways to Improve Your Bridge
Book SynopsisBridge is played around the world - and often regarded as the best of all card games.''Many games provide fun, but Bridge grips you. It exercises your mind. Your mind can rust, you know, but Bridge prevents the rust from forming'' Omar SharifIn this book David Bird builds on TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR BRIDGE and presents ten further ways to increase success at the bridge table. In the area of bidding, the Jacoby 2NT convention is described - the most popular way nowadays of showing a strong major-suit raise and investigating slam possibilities. When bidding slams, it is critical to identify the presence or otherwise of the six key cards (the four aces and the king-queen of trumps) Roman Key-card Blackwood allows you to do this. Two important variations (Kickback Blackwood and Exclusion Blackwood) are explained. The Lebensohl convention is covered also, both when partner''s INT has been overcalled and when you are responding to a double of a weak-
£10.44
Orion Publishing Co Cardinal Sins
Book SynopsisThe fourth volume in the celebrated series of stories featuring the bridge-playing monks of St Titus. Vastly entertaining and brilliantly instructive.
£12.34
The School of Life Press Table Talk: spark meaningful and revealing
Book SynopsisA meal with friends is only ever as good as the questions we ask one another. Too often, we fall back on polite but not so inspired staples: ‘Have you got anything special planned for the weekend?’ ‘What do you do?’, and so on. But there are better kinds of questions - questions that work like magic keys that open up our hearts, draw out our memories and prompt our latent reserves of generosity, fun and interest. This pack collects 80 of these sorts of questions to ensure a meal together can be at once meaningful, entertaining and touching. Laid out on placecards, the questions gently and charmingly pull our fellow diners towards the sort of topics that matter most to our deeper selves - and help us get the most out of one another... Questions Include: What do other people not understand about you? What do you worry about in the middle of the night? Which three adjectives capture important things about you? When you feel upset, how - ideally - would you like to be comforted?
£15.30
Pan Macmillan Macmillan Alice Pack of Cards
Book SynopsisLewis Carroll was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Born in 1832, Dodgson was a mathematics tutor at Christ Church College, Oxford, where he met Alice Liddell, daughter of the dean, and inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The book and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, have delighted children the world over for 150 years.Sir John Tenniel, born in 1820, was already a renowned illustrator and political cartoonist when he was invited to produce illustrations for Alice. His exquisite engravings for the two Alice books are among the most iconic and best loved images in the world.
£8.80
Adams Media Corporation Sudoku Rush
Book SynopsisTest your skills, beat the clock, and take your puzzling to the next level with these challenging timed puzzles, perfect for any puzzler who likes to race the clock. Sudoku Rush is not just a collection of puzzles, it's a test of speed and mental agility. This book offers nearly 200 timed challenges that turn puzzling into a pulse-pounding experience. Whether you're a novice or an expert, Sudoku Rush has puzzles for all difficulty levels so you can test your skills, train your speed solving, and take on larger feats with more challenging puzzles. Each level of difficulty comes with suggested solving times, and every puzzle has space to record your timed triumphs. This unique format encourages competitive puzzle-solving, making it more than just a puzzle book! With solutions for each puzzle at the back of the book, you can ensure you're accurate as well as speedy. So grab a pencil and a stopwatch and get ready to tackle some speed puzzles.
£6.99
Quality Chess UK LLP Conceptual Rook Endgames Workbook
Book SynopsisRook endgames are the most frequently occurring endgames, as well as one of the most exciting and challenging areas of chess. In 2023, Quality Chess published Theoretical Rook Endgames by GM Sam Shankland and its sister volume Conceptual Rook Endgames by GM Jacob Aagaard a dazzling dyad of domination in endgame literature. This book tops off the triumphant trio by presenting 208 instructive exercises of varying difficulty, testing and reinforcing the reader's skill and understanding. Conceptual Rook Endgames Workbook will skyrocket your endgame abilities, whether used as a standalone workbook or as the last step in the Aagaard-Shankland Rook Endgames trilogy.
£14.39
Quality Chess Mastering Chess Exchanges
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£25.08
Gambit Publications, Ltd PCO Practical Chess Openings
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£24.75
Dover Publications Inc. Modern Chess Strategy Dover Chess
Book SynopsisThe use of the queen, the active king, exchanges, pawn play, the center, weak squares, more. Often considered the most important book on strategy. 298 diagrams.
£999.99
Penguin Putnam Inc Hoyles Rules of Games 3rd Revised and Updated
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£15.30
Orion Publishing Co Ron Klinger Answers Your Bridge Queries MASTER
Book SynopsisRon Klinger's international reputation as one of the world's leading bridge teachers means that large numbers of players seek his solutions to bridge problems. The answers create a veritable treasury of bridge wisdom.
£8.99
Michael O'Mara Books Ltd Think You Know It All Pub Quiz
Book SynopsisBoasting hours of fun - and playable by yourself, or with friends, at home, or in the pub, Think You Know It All: Pub Quiz will entertain and challenge in equal measure, with a series of perfectly pitched pub quizzes, crafted by Inquizition founder Alex Douglas.
£11.69
Quality Chess UK LLP Tigers Chaos Theory
Book SynopsisHave you ever admired an amazing game of chess, simultaneously thinking I could never play like that? In Tiger's Chaos Theory, you will find a different perspective, treating extraordinary play and creativity as a learnable skill. Thinking outside the box is a stock phrase of the commentators; champions expand their box. GM Tiger Hillarp Persson is renowned as one of the most creative and original thinkers in chess - attributes he developed through targeted study. Tiger shares how to map patterns and navigate the outrageous, using games and ideas that helped him expand his creative approach. Tiger's Chaos Theory will take you on an inspirational journey, featuring concepts such as extreme Hecatomb sacrifices, Houdini-style pawn breakouts and even becoming another player at the board. With thought-provoking chess content, amusing anecdotes and candid reflections on the author's games and career, this book is unmissable.
£999.99
White Star 1984
Book Synopsis1984 by George Orwell in the Novel Escapades series offers engaging activities, providing hours of immersive entertainment with quizzes, puzzles, and creative exercises for literature enthusiasts.
£12.34
Quality Chess Powerhouse Pawn Sacrifices
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£27.16
Ebury Publishing The Official Doctor Who Puzzle Book
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£15.29
Dorling Kindersley Ltd Dungeons Dragons The Book of Dragons
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£24.00
Continental Sales Strategic Play with 1 E4
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£20.85
Laurence King The World of Norse Mythology
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£18.35
Thunder Bay Press Gilmore Girls Word Search and Coloring Book
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£9.12
Bonnier Books Ltd Connections
Book SynopsisPerfect for fans of logic games, this interactive book features 500 challenging puzzles.Find the link between four words from a group of sixteen to solve each mind-bending puzzle - but watch out for red herrings!A take on popular deduction puzzles for fans of daily online games, this book features challenges ranging from easy, medium to hard and extreme. Turn to the back of the book to discover the link and find the answer.
£8.54
Union Square & Co. Mrs. Dalloway 500Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
Book SynopsisStored in a keepsake box that opens like a book, Malika Favre's stunning cover art from Union Square and Co.'s Signature Classics edition of Mrs. Dalloway is adapted herewith extra elements to make for a better solving experienceinto a charming 500-piece jigsaw puzzle for fans of both Malika's graphic art and lovers of classic literature.
£18.35
Chronicle Books 50 MustRead Books of the World Bucket List
Book Synopsis Do you lose yourself in Pride & Prejudice? Sail the oceans with Life of Pi? Feel every emotion of Beloved? Return to youth with Charlotte’s Web? Then this jigsaw puzzle inspired by iconic novels is made for you! As you connect 1000 pieces to complete the 50 Must-Read Books Bucket List from Ridley's Games, you'll uncover 50 titles from across various genres to inspire your next trip to the bookstore. With stunning illustrations that represent timeless greats and modern classics set against the backdrop of a cosy reading nook, this perfect gift for bookworms offers a bucket list of essential stories you’ll be desperate to read — if you haven’t already! Created for the bibliophile or puzzle lover, this jigsaw comes in giftable packaging, and measures H27.6 x W21.7 in / H70 x W55 cm when it’s finished. It’s so beautiful, you’ll want to fr
£999.99
Galison Happy Hanukkah Countdown Puzzle Set
Book SynopsisCOUNTDOWN PUZZLE – Celebrate all 8 nights of Hanukkah with our Happy Hanukkah Countdown Puzzle Set. Open the cover flap to find 8 perforated windows, each with a 48-piece mini puzzle inside. A double-sided insert provides an image reference for each mini puzzle. BRIGHT AND BOLD ARTWORK – This Happy Hanukkah Countdown Puzzle features the cutest dogs partaking in Hanukkah customs like making latkes, playing dreidel, and of course lighting the menorah! Children will have a great time putting together these adorable paw-nukkah puzzles every night of the holiday! PERFECT FOR GIFTING – This Happy Hanukkah Countdown puzzle is a fun way to introduce children to the customs and traditions of Hanukkah. Each piece is made of sturdy greyboard and is brightly colored to engage young children's senses and encourage screen free playtime. The puzzle is designed to develop problem solving skills, spatial reasoning, and hand-eye coordination, all while
£16.19
Pan Macmillan The Fantasy Puzzle Book
Book SynopsisDr Gareth Moore is the internationally bestselling author of a wide range of brain-training and puzzle books for both children and adults, including The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book, The Whodunnit Puzzle Book, Anti-stress Puzzles, The RHS Gardeners Quiz and Puzzle Book, Brain Games for Clever Kids, Lateral Logic and Extreme Mazes. His books have sold over a million copies in the UK alone and have sold in 35 different languages. He is also the creator of online brain-training site BrainedUp.com and runs the daily puzzle site PuzzleMix.com.Laura Jayne Ayres is a puzzle writer and researcher. After studying Linguistics at the University of Cambridge, she worked as a playwright before joining Dr Gareth Moore's puzzle team. Books that she has worked on include Hacked!: The Cyber Crime Puzzle Book, The Great British Puzzle Book, The Perfect Crime Puzzle Book, The Nautical Puzzle Book and The Ordnance Survey Kids' Adventure Book.
£13.49
St. Martin's Griffin The New York Times Will Shortz Presents Kenken
Book SynopsisKenKen has quickly become the successor to sudoku that the world''s been waiting for! KenKen became the first puzzles to be printed in the daily editions of the New York Times next to its famous crossword puzzle. This New York Times edition of KenKen contains 300 easy to hard 4x4 and 6x6 size puzzles, with How to Solve instructions and an introduction by puzzlemaster Will Shortz. The puzzles use all four mathematical operations and increase in difficulty, like they do in the New York Times.
£12.60
Orion Publishing Co 5Card Major Stayman MASTER BRIDGE
Book SynopsisAn original and exciting book for all senior intermediate and expert players who would like to refine their technique when bidding One No-Trump.
£9.49
Chronicle Books 50 MustWatch Movies Bucket List 1000Piece Puzzle
Book Synopsis As you piece together this 1000-piece 50 Must-Watch Movies Bucket List puzzle from Ridley's Games, you'll uncover 50 classic titles from various genres to inspire fun family movie nights at home. Featuring beautiful illustrations inspired by classic and blockbuster films like Ghostbusters, Parasite, Lord of the Rings, and West Side Story, this great gift for movie lovers offers a bucket list of incredible films to watch after piecing it together! Perfect for the cinephile or puzzle lover, it comes in giftable packaging. Made using 80% recycled materials and 20% FSC paper. Printed using soy inks.
£16.20
Thinkers Publishing The Modernized SemiSlav
Book SynopsisThe Semi-Slav Defense transcends its classification as a mere defensive response to 1.d4. It embodies a dynamic and multifaceted system that offers Black not only solidity in defense but also active counterplay and strategic flexibility. Here''s why the Semi-Slav is more than just a defense: Rather than passively defending, the Semi-Slav allows Black to counterattack in the center and on the flanks. Moves like ...e6-e5 and ...c6-c5 often lead to sharp, tactical positions where Black can seize the initiative. By delaying the development of the knight to f6, Black achieves a solid pawn structure with pawns on d5, e6, and c6. This structure provides a firm foundation for Black''s pieces and restricts White''s options for pawn breaks. The Semi-Slav leads to strategically rich positions with multiple pawn breaks and piece maneuvers. Both sides must navigate intricate plans, making it a fertile ground for cre
£28.79
Thinkers Publishing Delchevs Practical Opening Manual Volume 1
Book SynopsisWhat does it take to become an expert in opening preparation?How can we learn the secret methods which allow the top players to dominate everyone else in the opening?Books can hardly be useful in this regard because modern books on openings, regardless of the level of the author, are very standard and straightforward. The title of this book claims to answer this question. Your author will then back up his claim with proof in the form of analysis from a strong engine. You are then left to decide whether or not to include these ideas in your opening repertoire.What is missing is some sort of guidance and advice relating to what sorts of tournaments and against what sorts of players this idea should be employed. Moreover, every one of you has likely noticed that even the best opening idea still has a relatively short life span and can hardly be used in more than a few games. So far I have published about 10 books on openings and for me it is not a problem to publish another 10 or even mor
£30.60
