Got a minute? Then have we got a puzzle for you! These short, no-pencil puzzles demand that you shift your brain into high gear because 60 seconds are all you have to solve them. And what a wide mix: vowel exchanges, where sentences feature back-to-back words with a change in just one vowel; rhyme time; hard-letter hangpersons; flowery show song titles; names and initials; and so much more. Give these "Repeaters" a try: these are words that begin with a letter or a combination of letters that immediately repeat (aardvark, for example, or murmuring).

One-Minute Brainteasers: Official American Mensa Puzzle Book

Humor & Entertainment

Stillson, Alan

Puzzles & Games

Puzzlewright

Go first class! All these top-of-the-line crosswords appeared in Attaché, the official magazine of US Airways, and come from the minds of the greatest puzzlemakers around. The hosts of The New York Times Crossword Web Forum did the compiling and editing, and included such high-flying crossword luminaries as Mike Shenk, The Wall Street Journal's Crossword Editor Maura Jacobson, crossword writer for New York; and Merl Reagle, whose puzzles are syndicated throughout the U.S. Each crossword features a theme to pique your interest: "Go Places" tests your knowledge of global geography...and more. You might say "Coloring" displays many shades of meaning. "Sew What?" will have you on pins and needles (and maybe in stitches, too). And the answers to those special thematic questions are often in the form of puns or other wordplay, just to make the puzzles a little harder...and a lot more fun!

First-Class Crosswords

"We never grow tired of good news how come' mysteries of this kind....These story brainteasers are often solved in groups...with solvers asking yes-or-no questions of the puzzle poser (the one holding this book, perhaps). A novel feature of this volume is a Clues' section containing sample questions and answers, allowing you to play along solitaire."--Games World of Puzzles. 96 pages, 24 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

Great Lateral Thinking Puzzles

Arts & Photography

Sloane, Paul

MacHale, Des

Photography & Video

"...hours of fun and an excellent gift idea for almost anyone."--The Cryptogram. "...these 400 simple substitution ciphers reveal clever or humorous quotations from 250 famous personalities, past and present, real and fictional. They include Groucho Marx, Woody Allen, Mark Twain, David Letterman, Winston Churchill, Lucille Ball and Archie Bunker....Clues are available in two sections....Solutions for all cryptograms are at the back....This inexpensive paperback will provide hours of fun and is an excellent gift idea for almost anyone."--Cryptologia.

Challenging Cryptograms

Nash, Helen

"An imaginative collection of 300 simple substitution ciphers with word divisions, based on the sayings of 30 of the world's greatest thinkers, writers and philosophers. In addition to challenging your brain, these cryptograms will provide food for thought with meaningful messages from Einstein, Shaw, Whitman, Disraeli, Gandhi, Santayana and 24 others. Each one is also depicted in an original full-page drawing. Brief tips for solving cryptograms are provided for neophytes, and answers are in the back of the book, if needed."--Cryptologia.

Clever Cryptograms

Louise B. Moll

Jim Sharpe

Children's Books

Join Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in solving problems, dilemmas, and mysteries they encounter while trying to apprehend the infamous Professor Moriarty and other fiendish felons. Plots are uncovered, murderers revealed, liars unmasked, and goods recovered through the completion of delightfully illustrated logic puzzles, codes, anagrams, number puzzles, and whodunits.

Baker Street Puzzles

Teen & Young Adult

Bullimore, Tom

Literature & Fiction

Tricky Lateral Thinking Puzzles

"A man writes the same number, and nothing else, on 20 sheets of paper. Why?" "A man went around the world in a ship. Yet he was always in sight of land. How come?" These are examples of lateral thinking puzzles. You're given a statement about a situation that you have to use as a starting point to arrive at a particular explanation or solution. Often there can be many possible scenarios to explain the puzzle, but the challenge is that you have to find the "right" answer. Typically the puzzles contain insufficient information for you to immediately figure out the solution (clues are provided). When you get stuck, attack the problem from a new direction--think laterally! Not only are these puzzles fun, they also help to develop skills in questioning, deduction, logic, and, of course, lateral thinking. Answers: It's January and he is writing the date of the year on all the checks in his checkbook to avoid putting last year's date by mistake; He was an astronaut in a space ship. 96 pages, 25 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

Classic Brainteasers

"From math, science, and logic puzzlers to word games to what's-wrong-with-this-picture challenges. Cartoon illustrations give the book pick-me-up appeal, but it's the games themselves that will keep readers going as they match wits with Gardner, challenge their friends, or simply read along and look up the answers in the back."--Booklist.

GARDNER, MARTIN

"...a good one, thanks to its clear, concise descriptions. With more than 500 pages, it covers some 250 games, which are arranged in four categories--general card games, gambling games, solitaires, and children's games--and usefully indexed by the number of players."--Games. 512 pages (all in 2-color), 4 1/16 x 5 1/4.

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Card Games

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Even the most attentive audiences will fall for these card tricks! A master entertainer shares his secrets for presenting them with flair. Many are his own invention, and none needs any complicated sleight of hand. Tricks are organized by category, including Prediction, Four Aces, Spelling People's Names, and Clock Tricks. Amaze even yourself as you master tricks like Double Detection, Invisible Turnover, Jealousy, Poison Personality, and many more.

Card Tricks Galore

Longe, Bob

Activities, Crafts & Games

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