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Recommendations... My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles
by Martin Gardner
The noted expert selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles, including such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Solutions.
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| |  Perplexing Puzzles and Tantalizing Teasers
by Martin Gardner
Ninety-three riddles, mazes, illusions, tricky questions, word and picture puzzles, and other challenges offer hours of entertainment for youngsters. Richly illustrated with rib-tickling drawings by Laszlo Kubinyi. Includes solutions.
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 Hidden Pictures
by Larry Daste
Loads of brain-teasing diversions for older children and fun-loving adults in 24 pages of cleverly hidden objects — all identified in a caption beneath each charmingly rendered picture.
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 The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations
by Boris A. Kordemsky
Most popular Russian puzzle book ever published. Brain teasers range from simple "catch" riddles to difficult problems. Lavishly illustrated. First English translation. Introduction. Solutions.
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| |  The Ultimate Dot-to-Dot Book
by Barbara Soloff Levy
These 45 full-page brainteasers, designed for all ages, combine letters of the alphabet with numbers that go well over 100. The result? A diverting array of ready-to-color pictures — animals, buildings, vehicles, more.
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 The Art of Hand Shadows
by Albert Almoznino
Clear explanations and over 70 illustrations show how to make lifelike shadows of a lumbering dinosaur, a pair of playful monkeys, an eagle taking flight, many other figures.
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| |  Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing
by Martin Gardner
Cipher and decipher codes: transposition and polyalphabetical ciphers, famous codes, typewriter and telephone codes, codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks . . . even invisible writing and sending messages through space. 45 diagrams.
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 Tangrams: 330 Puzzles
by Ronald C. Read
This collection gathers together nearly 330 tangrams, the best creations of both Chinese and Occidental puzzle devisers. Puzzles range from the relatively easy to the difficult.
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| |  How to Become a Ventriloquist
by Edgar Bergen
Easy-to-follow guide offers expert advice from an internationally renowned performer. Helpful tips on "near" ventriloquism, the doll dummy, hand puppets, shadowgraphs and cardboard dummies, staging and entertainment, "distant" ventriloquism, more. 48 illustrations.
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Products in General | | |  | 101 Puzzles in Thought and Logic
by C. R. Wylie, Jr.
Solve murder problems and robberies, see which fishermen are liars and how a blind man can identify color — purely by reasoning! Hours of mind-strengthening entertainment.
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|  | Alice in Puzzle-Land: A Carrollian Tale for Children Under Eighty
by Raymond M. Smullyan, Martin Gardner, Greer Fitting
Characters from Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass populate these 88 puzzles involving word play, logic and metalogic, and philosophical paradoxes. The charmingly illustrated challenges range from easy to difficult and include solutions.
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|  | Amusements in Mathematics
by Henry E. Dudeney
One of the largest puzzle collections — 430 brainteasers based on algebra, arithmetic, permutations, probability, plane figure dissection, properties of numbers, etc. More than 450 illustrations.
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| | | The Art of Hand Shadows
by Albert Almoznino
Clear explanations and over 70 illustrations show how to make lifelike shadows of a lumbering dinosaur, a pair of playful monkeys, an eagle taking flight, many other figures.
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|  | Bible Quotations Crossword Puzzles
by Boris Randolph
Each of 66 puzzles features a quote ultimately revealed upon completion. Familiar and lesser-known extracts, all from the King James Version; complete solutions, plus chapter and verse.
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|  | Book of Curious and Interesting Puzzles
by David Wells
This collection by a bestselling author consists of more than 560 puzzles from around the world and throughout history. "Of immense interest." — Mathematical Gazette. 382 illustrations.
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| |  | Calculator Puzzles, Tricks and Games
by Norvin Pallas
Perform amazing feats of mathematical magic, answer clever riddles, solve a baffling murder, and much more with this clever introduction to calculator games. Answers included.
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|  | The Canterbury Puzzles
by H. E. Dudeney
110 ingenious puzzles, presented as incidents in connected stories, including 31 problems amusingly posed by pilgrims in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Solutions included.
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|  | Card Games Around the World
by Sid Sackson
This highly entertaining volume spotlights over 60 popular games from around the world: Sampen, Skat, Blackjack, Eights, Whist, Cribbage, Casino, Canasta, Poker, Pinochle, Gin Rummy, and more.
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| | | Codes, Ciphers and Secret Writing
by Martin Gardner
Cipher and decipher codes: transposition and polyalphabetical ciphers, famous codes, typewriter and telephone codes, codes that use playing cards, knots, and swizzle sticks . . . even invisible writing and sending messages through space. 45 diagrams.
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|  | Cryptanalysis: A Study of Ciphers and Their Solution
by Helen F. Gaines
Thorough, systematic introduction to serious cryptography, especially strong in modern forms of cipher solution used by experts. Simple and advanced methods. 166 specimens to solve — with solutions.
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by John Montroll
Charming collection of 32 projects (hat, cup, pelican, piano, swan, many more) designed for the novice origami hobbyist. Clearly illustrated, easy-to-follow instructions ensure that even beginning papercrafters will achieve successful results.
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|  | Entertaining Mathematical Puzzles
by Martin Gardner
A mixture of old and new riddles covering a variety of mathematical topics: money, speed, plane and solid geometry, probability, topology, tricky puzzles, and more. 65 black-and-white illustrations.
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