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LEGARE STREET PR Book of Riddles and Five Hundred Home Amusements
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LEGARE STREET PR Book of Riddles and Five Hundred Home Amusements
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Chronicle Books After Dinner Amusements Riddle Me This
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University of Minnesota Press The Book of One Hundred Riddles of the Fairy
Book SynopsisReviving a lost classic of American fairy–tale literature Charles Godfrey Leland was one of the most popular American writers and artists of the nineteenth century, publishing more than twenty books of legends, fairy tales, humor, and essays. Today, however, he is a woefully underappreciated writer. Written, designed, and illustrated by Leland in 1892, The Book of One Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria is a forgotten classic and a small sample of his influential and experimental work. The Book of One Hundred Riddles of the Fairy Bellaria features the Scheherazade-like fairy goddess Bellaria: powerful and mysterious, courageous and clever, goddess of spring, flowers, love, fate, and death. In this story, Bellaria engages in a duel of wits with an evil king, a death match of one hundred riddles. Each riddle is spoken as a rhyme and illustrated by an original engraving in the arts and crafts style. This book is a beautiful reintroduction to Leland and his pioneering design.
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Rockridge Press The Big Book of Tricky Riddles for Kids: 400+
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HardPress Publishing The Home Friend a Weekly Miscellany of Amusement and Instruction
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Legare Street Press The Sociable or One Thousand and One Home Amusements
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Thames and Hudson Ltd Riddle of the Sphinx
Book SynopsisUnlock the mysteries of ancient Egypt as you navigate through puzzles and riddles, myths and magic, rhyme and reason from the twisting Nile to the enigmatic secrets of the Sphinx. On your journey, you will uncover the deep history of a land steeped in myth and magic, from the era of the great pyramid builders and gods of ancient Egypt to the dramatic invasion of Napoleon and the continuing allure of Egypt today. Along the way, you will encounter: Tongue-twisting anagrams Famous Egyptians past and present Gods and Goddesses, Pharaohs and Queens Word walls and wordsearches Scribal' ancient Egypt's answer to Wordle True-or-false trickery in an ancient doctor's surgery Bingo calls in the Valley of the Kings Pyramids of the world but can you recognize them all? Infused with Egyptology expertise, rich historical detail and featuring over seventy puzzles, games and quizzes of varying difficulty, this book is a treasure trove for quiz enthusiasts and budding Egyptol
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HardPress Publishing The Home Friend a Weekly Miscellany of Amusement and Instruction
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Popular Amusements For In And Out Of Doors Embracing Nine Books In One Volume
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LEGARE STREET PR Rational Amusement for Winter Evenings Or a Collection of Above 200 Curious and Interesting Puzzles and Paradoxes Relating to Arithmetic Geometry Geography c
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University Press of Southern Denmark Language of Riddles, Humor & Literature: Six
Book SynopsisThis is a selection of essays in stylistics by John M Dienhart (1939-2004) which are now collected for the first time. The essays investigate a variety of linguistic aspects of texts from different genres: from punning riddles and other kinds of humorous text to fictional prose and poetry. The essays are characterised by their pedagogical style and analytical insight and illustrate in an exemplary way how work in stylistics may simultaneously contribute to our understanding of a given text and of a particular linguistic phenomenon. John Dienhart was a dedicated linguist who loved his work and undertook all his projects with great commitment -- a commitment and enthusiasm which are unmistakably evident in the essays of this book.
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Scholastic Inc. I Spy Mystery A Book of Picture Riddles I Spy
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MT - University of Pennsylvania Press Annotated Collection of Mongolian Riddles
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Adventure Five The Riddle of the Christmas Star
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Creative Media Partners, LLC Popular Amusements For In And Out Of Doors Embracing Nine Books In One Volume
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Headline Publishing Group Battersea Dogs and Cats Home - Cat Puzzle Book:
Book SynopsisSupporting the work of Battersea Dogs and Cats HomeBattersea's Cat Puzzle Book is packed with fun-filled teasers dedicated to our furry feline friends.Puzzle your way through more than 100 cat-themed brainteasers.From crosswords to wordsearches, hidden codes to logic puzzles, you'll find more than 100 puzzles to challenge and entertain all cat lovers, from youthful kittens to old toms.
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Usborne Publishing Ltd 100 Childrens Word Puzzles and Games
Book SynopsisTest your word power with this entertaining collection of puzzles, from crosswords, wordsearches and riddles to anagrams, word sudoku and coded messages. Perfect for quiet times alone or playing with friends and family, with all the answers at the back of the book.
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Ripley Entertainment Inc Div of The Jim Pattison Group Ripley's Believe It or Not! Amusement Park Oddities & Trivia
Book SynopsisWith more than 350 stories inside its pages, and 50-plus original illustrations by Ripleys official cartoonist John Graziano, this book is dedicated to the bizarre, colorful, and entertaining universe of amusement parks, rides, and attractions.
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HarperCollins Publishers Big Book of Wordsearches 10
Book SynopsisReach for your trusty pen or pencil and tackle this bumper collection of word challenges at your leisure. Arranged in themes, they will provide a mental workout and relaxation therapy at the same time. How quickly can you find the words in the grid?You will find the solutions at the back of the book.Relax and give your brain a workout. Ideal for whiling away your time while travelling, on holiday or relaxing at home.
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Independently Published The BIG laugh Joke book for 13 year old kids
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LEGARE STREET PR Home Amusements
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Where Shadows Fall
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Headline Publishing Group Battersea Dogs and Cats Home - Dog Puzzle Book:
Book SynopsisSupporting the work of Battersea Dogs and Cats HomeBattersea's Dog Puzzle Book is packed with fun-filled teasers dedicated to our furry, four-legged friends.Puzzle your way through more than 100 dog-themed brainteasers.From crosswords to wordsearches, hidden codes to logic puzzles, you'll find more than 100 puzzles to challenge and entertain all dog lovers, from young pups to old hounds.
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HarperCollins Publishers Big Book of Wordsearches 6 300 themed
Book SynopsisReach for your trusty pen or pencil and tackle this bumper collection of word challenges at your leisure. Arranged in themes, they will provide a mental workout and relaxation therapy at the same time. How quickly can you find the words in the grid?You will find the solutions at the back of the book.Relax and give your brain a workout. Ideal for whiling away your time while travelling, on holiday or relaxing at home.
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Independently Published Riders of the Frontier
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Legare Street Press Endless Mirth and Amusement
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LEGARE STREET PR Rational Amusement for Winter Evenings Or a Collection of Above 200 Curious and Interesting Puzzles and Paradoxes Relating to Arithmetic Geometry Geography c
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Berghahn Books The Riddle of Intelligence
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Insight and Perspective The Riddle of the Viking Treasure
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Billiard Gods Productions Carom Billiards: Some Riddles & Puzzles: Half-Table Problems and Predicaments to Improve Your Reasoning and Competitive Skills
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LEGARE STREET PR Amusements in Mathematics
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Penguin Books Ltd The Penguin Book of the Undead Fifteen Hundred
Book SynopsisThe walking dead from 15 centuries haunt this compendium of ghostly visitations through the ages, exploring the history of our fascination with zombies and other restless souls. Since ancient times, accounts of supernatural activity have mystified us. Ghost stories as we know them did not develop until the late nineteenth century, but the restless dead haunted the premodern imagination in many forms, as recorded in historical narratives, theological texts, and personal letters. The Penguin Book of the Undead teems with roving hordes of dead warriors, corpses trailed by packs of barking dogs, moaning phantoms haunting deserted ruins, evil spirits emerging from burning carcasses in the form of crows, and zombies with pestilential breath. Spanning from the Hebrew scriptures to the Roman Empire, the Scandinavian sagas to medieval Europe, the Protestant Reformation to the Renaissance, this beguiling array of accounts charts our relationship with spirits and appaTrade Review“The scariest stories you’ll read this Halloween were written 1,000 years ago. This wonderfully fun and creepy anthology, lovingly curated by Scott Bruce, . . . is ideal for anyone fond of zombies, ghosts, ghouls, ancient horrors, and dread warnings from beyond the grave. . . . Along with Penguin’s Book of Ghost Stories and Book of Witches, it completes a sort of trilogy of spookiness that is wickedly entertaining, accessible, and surprisingly informative.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer"A marvelous treasury of ghostdom. It’s exactly what I wanted to read. Scott Bruce has done a great job of assembling these accounts of the uncanny, and I know I shall keep it close by my bed for a long time." —Philip Pullman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Golden Compass“This exceptionally well-curated compilation shows that the wide variety of accounts of the undead have been rampant in literature long before the Gothic era. . . . Bruce has chosen selections from numerous cultures, including ancient Greece, Anglo-Norman England, and medieval Scandinavia. . . . He presents the contents with an enthusiasm that makes these . . . works accessible to the casual reader.” —Publishers Weekly“It succeeds well as an education in how stories of wandering spirits have reflected throughout history common human anxieties about death, the disposal of mortal remains, and the fate of the soul [and] how these fears have changed through the ages and the ways in which otherworldly accounts have been used to address them.” —Library Journal
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Shadow Ascendant
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LEGARE STREET PR Geometrical Amusements
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Copper Canyon Press,U.S. The Book of Questions
Book Synopsis A best-selling volume of Pablo Neruda''s poetry in an English-Spanish edition. Pablo Neruda is one of the world''s most popular poets, and in The Book of Questions, Neruda refuses to be corralled by the rational mind. Composed of 316 unanswerable questions, these poems integrate the wonder of a child with the experiences of an adult. By turns Orphic, comic, surreal, and poignant, Neruda''s questions lead the reader beyond reason into realms of intuition and pure imagination. This complete translation of Pablo Neruda''s El libro de las preguntas (The Book of Questions) features Neruda''s original Spanish-language poems alongside William O''Daly''s English translations. In his introduction O''Daly, who has translated eight volumes of Pablo Neruda''s poetry, writes, "These poems, more so than any of Neruda''s other work, remind us that living in a state of visionary surrender to the elemental questions, free of the quiet desperation of clinging too tightly to answers, may be our greatest act of faith." When Neruda died in 1973, The Book of Questions was one of eight unpublished poetry manuscripts that lay on his desk. In it, Neruda achieves a deeper vulnerability and vision than in his earlier work-and this unique book is a testament to everything that made Neruda an artist. "Neruda''s questions evoke pictures that make sense on a visual level before the reader can grasp them on a literal one. The effect is mildly dazzling [and] O''Daly''s translations achieve a tone that is both meditative and spontaneous." --Publishers Weekly Pablo Neruda, born in southern Chile, led a life charged with poetic and political activity. He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the International Peace Prize, and served as Chile''s ambassador to several countries, including Burma, France, and Argentina. He died in 1973. II. Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress? Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Who hears the regrets of the thieving automobile? Is there anything in the world sadder than a train standing in the rain? XIV. And what did the rubies say standing before the juice of pomegranates? Why doesn''t Thursday talk itself into coming after Friday? Who shouted with gleewhen the color blue was born? Why does the earth grievewhen the violets appear?
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ESSEX HUNDRED PUBLICATIONS The Riddle of Boudica
Book SynopsisThis book takes a new look at Queen Boudica, war leader, wife and mother and tries as best as possible to disentangle the facts as known from the heritage and mythology that has grown up the around the ill-fated rebellion nearly 2000 years ago.Reprinted 2023Table of Contents8 Some Useful Definitions 9 list of Illustrations 10 English and Roman Place Names 11 Tribal Territories 13 English Tribal Leaders 14 Principal Romans 17 Introduction 21. What we Know? 24 What’s in a Name? 27 Before the Romans. 29 Setting the Scene, Julius Caesar 32 The Romans are back 39 The New Governor 41 King Prasutugus and the Iceni 43 The Roman Campaign in Wales 46 The Coming Storm. 48 The Final Straw 50 Blood and Fire 53 Planning for the worst 56 Boudica’s Nemesis 64 The Final Battlefield? 70 Aftermath 73 Did Boudicas’s revolt achieve anything? 75 How do we know what we know? 78 Unearthing the Evidence 79 Finding the bodies 79 Were Colchester, St Albans and London completely destroyed during the uprising? 82 Boudicca’s Assault on London 89 Communication 89 How many rebels were there? 91 Heritage, Legacy and Mythology 98 Film and Television 99 Conclusion 100 The What if? Question 100 Who were the Druids 104 About the author 105 Places of Interest 105 Selected Bibliography 109 Index 114 Essex Hundred Publications
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Thames and Hudson Ltd The Book of the Dead in 1000 Pieces
Book SynopsisJen Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in San Francisco. She studied Archaeology and Anthropology, with a focus on Egyptology, at Cambridge University before becoming an editor of history and archaeology books. Good Wives and Warriors are a collaborative duo based in London. They divide their time between designing large-scale installations for fine art settings and undertaking illustration commissions from a range of clients, including the BBC and Urban Outfitters.
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Usborne Publishing Ltd Usborne Book and Jigsaw Diggers and Cranes
Book SynopsisThis book and jigsaw gift box is loaded with nearly 30 of the biggest, loudest, most powerful diggers and cranes. The brightly illustrated and informative book describes what each machine can do and gives statistics for its top speed, size, weight and power. It comes with a 49-piece jigsaw puzzle that young children will love putting together.
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LEGARE STREET PR Five Hundred Useful and Amusing Experiments in Chemistry and in the Arts and Manufactures
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Buddy and Barney Ltd 9781912544868
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HarperCollins Publishers Dr Seuss A Classic Treasury 5 of Dr Seuss
Book SynopsisThe perfect gift five of Dr. Seuss' best-loved tales in one attractive book.A wonderful gift, featuring five of the hilarious classics that made Dr. Seuss one of the best-loved children's authors:The Cat in the HatThe Cat in the Hat Comes BackGreen Eggs and HamFox in SocksHow the Grinch Stole ChristmasWith his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranking among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors, Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide.
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Independently Published The U.S. Presidents Joke Book: A Joke, Riddle, and Fact Book for Kids: A fun, educational approach for children to learn historical facts reinforced by clean jokes
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Legare Street Press Cassells Book of Indoor Amusements Card Games and Fireside Fun With Numerous Illustrations
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HarperCollins Publishers Big Book of Su Doku 10
Book SynopsisA bumper collection of easy, medium and difficult Su Doku puzzles to test your mental dexterity, powers of logic and deduction. You will find 100 easy, 100 medium and 100 hard puzzles in this latest collection so you can gauge your progression through the difficulty levels. Are you ready for the test?You will find the solutions at the back of the book.Keep your mind sharp and test your powers of deductive reasoning. Ideal for whiling away the time while travelling, on holiday or relaxing at home.
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De Gruyter The Muse at Play: Riddles and Wordplay in Greek and Latin Poetry
Book SynopsisIn May 2011, a conference on riddles and word games in Greek and Latin poetry took place at the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of Warsaw. The conference was intended as an open forum where specialists working in different fields of classical studies could meet to discuss the varied manifestations of riddles and other technopaegnia - both terms being understood broadly to encompass the full range of play with language in classical antiquity, in keeping with the use made of the two terms in ancient and early modern theoretical discussions. This volume offers revised versions of the papers presented during the conference. Contributions by scholars from Europe and the USA treat a number of interconnected topics, including: ancient and modern attempts to formulate a definition of the riddle; poetic games at Greek symposia; experimentation with language in late classical poetry; riddles in the book cultures of the Hellenistic age and late antiquity; the functions of word games carved in stone, written on papyrus, or inscribed on the wall as graffiti; authors famed for their obscurity, such as Heraclitus and Lycophron; wordplay in Neo-Latin poetry; oracles, magic squares, pattern poetry, palindromes and acrostichs.
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Can of Worms Press What Ho P. G. Wodehouse on Childhood
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