A Year in Numbers

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***A Strong Words 2023 Book of the Year***’A highly enjoyable and serendipitous read!’ – Rob Eastaway, bestselling co-author of Headscratchers: The New Scientist Puzzle BookDid you know:-Only around 1 …

Headscratchers

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‘A fantastic and varied collection of problems authored by some of the best puzzle setters around’ – Alex Bellos’A book of delightful puzzles. It’s just as good as you’d expect.’ – Tim Harford’A marve …

Maths Tricks to Blow Your Mind

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What is 4% of 75?Can you calculate 60 + 60 x 0 + 1?Which is bigger, an 18-inch pizza or two 12-inch pizzas?Join award-winning maths presenter Kyle D Evans on an entertaining tour of viral maths proble …

Maths Tricks to Blow Your Mind

From the infamous ‘Hannah’s sweets’ exam question to percentages ‘life-hacks’, viral maths problems seem to capture the public’s imagination without fail. This is often because they blow people’s mind …

A Brief History of Puzzles

From ancient riddles to modern Sudoku, people have been fascinated by puzzles. Whether they are seen as a glorious waste of time, a harmless way to spend a train journey or a valuable way of exercisin …

Rewording the Brain

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A guide to cryptic crosswords and how they can help increase brain power.DA, whose crosswords appear with fiendish regularity in The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, is the scourge of cryptic crossw …

Riddledom

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Oedipus Rex was an early riddle-cracker, unravelling the Sphinx’s enigma of man, though this ‘complex’ character was not alone. Riddles are enshrined in the Bible’s parables, the verdicts of Solomon, …

Puzzles and Words 2

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Puzzles and Words 2 is the second pocket-sized puzzle book from Australia’s best known puzzle-maker and word nerd, David Astle.There are over 175 original puzzles from anagrams to riddles and quizzes …

Cluetopia

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Crosswords are not as old as you think. The first one appeared a century ago, the little square keeping in remarkable shape. Cluetopia is here to toast the centenary, whizzing you through 100 years of …

Pretty Girl In Crimson Rose

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A little gem of a memoir… The book adds up to more than a sum of its parts and lingers in the memory long after the final page. — Sunday TelegraphHalf a million people a day do it in the Telegraph. …

I Say Nothing (3)

This delightful book explores the world of the cryptic crossword clue, a place where nothing is quite as it seems. From reflections on his children’s musical tastes (might ABBA be an Old Testament cit …

Essential Militaria

A riotous collection of military facts and figures. Includes such categories as ‘The Eight Wounds Sustained by Alexander the Great’ and ‘The Worst Reasons for Starting a War’.Essential Militaria is an …

Monkey Puzzles

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Araucaria is the nation’s best-known and best-loved crossword compiler. An 80-year-old, retired clergyman from Cambridge, he has been boggling the minds of Guardian readers for over 40 years. He is an …