These complicated conundrums provide an amazing brain workout. To solve a lateral-thinking problem you have to throw out assumptions, think out of the box, and look at the clues from a new perspective. It’s all a matter of training the brain to think more creatively. Here’s an example of one tricky little mystery: A foreign visitor to London wanted to ride up the escalator at the subway station, but did not do so. Why? Could you guess the reason is that he saw a sign saying “Dogs must be carried”—and he didn’t have a dog! At first, you may think you don’t have all the information needed to arrive at the answers, but persist and you’ll find the answers to them all.

Lateral Logician

Humor & Entertainment

Harshman, Edward J.

Sloane, Paul

MacHale, Des

Puzzles & Games

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

A truck driver goes three blocks in the wrong direction down a one-way street...without breaking the law! How can that be? That's just one of the many brain bafflers, knotty problems, mind teasers, and tricky tactics that will have you scratching your head and puzzling it out. Warm up on a few easy ones...but then be very prepared to use your smarts. Give this little conundrum your best shot: Laura won a prize in a raffle. It had been donated by a woman's clothing store. "Great!" she exclaimed happily. "I know just the person to share it with!" What did she win? Happy solving. Answers: 1. The truck driver was walking. 2. The prize was a pair of gloves. Laura only had one arm, and she knew someone else who was in the same situation. 96 pages, 23 b/w illus., 4 x 5.

Pocket Puzzlers: Brain Teasers

Children's Books

Summers, George J.

Steinwachs, Robert

GARDNER, MARTIN

Activities, Crafts & Games

Sterling

A man writes the same number, and nothing else, on 20 sheets of paper. Why? To figure this out--and hundreds of other mind-bending lateral puzzles, too--you'll have to really fire up your brain and imagination. At first, it may not seem as if there's enough information to come up with a solution. But look more closely; there's always more than meets the eye. Check your assumptions, ask good questions, retune your mind, separate the facts from the red herrings, and the answers will come.

Classic Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Main Street

These complicated conundrums provide an amazing brain workout. To solve a lateral-thinking problem you have to throw out assumptions, think out of the box, and look at the clues from a new perspective. It’s all a matter of training the brain to think more creatively. Here’s an example of one tricky little mystery: A foreign visitor to London wanted to ride up the escalator at the subway station, but did not do so. Why? Could you guess the reason is that he saw a sign saying “Dogs must be carried”—and he didn’t have a dog! At first, you may think you don’t have all the information needed to arrive at the answers, but persist and you’ll find the answers to them all.

Lateral Logician: 300 Mind-Stretching Puzzles

Main Street Pr

Written by a spinal-cord injury survivor, this how-to book is an attempt to provide women emerging from rehabilitation, after a major injury or disabling event, with guidance on how to seek dating and romance with men.Doctors and therapists are generally very good at addressing areas of function after someone has undergone a disabling calamity. But the last question, that of personal attractiveness, tends to be ignored.This book is an attempt to provide that awkward piece of missing information for the involuntarily alone woman.

Seduction Instruction for the Physically Nonstandard Woman

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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