Book Description
So You Think You're Smart is a delightful book of word games that the entire family can enjoy. All games are concise, uncomplicated and, most of all, a lot of fun. They are about ordinary words and things that everybody knows about so only common knowledge and a bit of resourcefulness are needed to solve them.
The games are only one of the fun features. All answers are encrypted! Each is given on the same page as the game, but is printed upside-down and backward - as in a mirror image. To ensure that they cannot be accidentally read, the answers are further obscured by using italics and a reduced size type. A mirror is needed to reveal the answers - and a special unbreakable plastic one is provided with each book.
Customer Reviews:
So You Think You're Smart.......2006-08-31
Fantastic book and THE most prompt service I have ever received from a publisher.
Very much appreciated!!! You won't be disappointed with ordering this selection.
Ideal for parties or simple personal enjoyment.......2002-08-04
So You Think You're Smart: 150 Fun And Challenging Brain Teasers compiled by Pat Battaglia is an eclectic collection of queries and riddles to boggle the mind, from sports trivia to word games to graphical puzzles. Each conundrum has hints and solutions, written in reverse to avoid casual reading yet easily looked up with the aid of a small paper-thin mirror that doubles as a handy bookmark. Ideal for parties or simple personal enjoyment, So You Think You're Smart is enthusiastically recommended as a fun and engaging selection of riddles to challenge readers of all educational backgrounds.
Fun and Creative Puzzles.......2002-06-13
Your puzzles are great! We're having so much fun with them. You are so creative
Captivating and Enjoyable.......2002-06-13
One I got started I discovered it (the book) captivating and soon found I must limit my time with it or I wouldn't get anything else accomplished during the day. It brings me enjoyment each time I go back to it.
So You Think You're Smart: 150 Fun and Challenging Brain Tea.......2001-03-17
Wow...I planned on spending about a half an hour working on these challenging mind bogglers, next thing I knew I was depriving myself of many hours of much needed sleep and enjoying every moment of it. If you want a mental challenge and some real mental stimulation the key to maintaining mental acuity at any age then this is the book. ~Dr. RJ Shick, Winter Haven, FL
Book Description
Does a glass of ice water filled to the brim overflow when the ice melts? Does the energy inside a sauna increase when you heat it up? What's the best way to cool your coffee -- adding the creamer first or last?
These and other challenging puzzlers provide a fresh -- and fun -- approach to learning real physics. Presenting both classic and new problems, Brainteaser Physics challenges readers to use imagination and basic physics principles to find the answers. Göran Grimvall provides detailed and accessible explanations of the solutions, sometimes correcting the standard explanations, sometimes putting a new twist on them. He provides diagrams and equations where appropriate and ends each problem by discussing a specific concept or offering an extra challenge.
With Brainteaser Physics, students and veteran physicists alike can sharpen their critical and creative thinking -- and have fun at the same time.
Customer Reviews:
A fun, casual approach to learning the science of physics.......2007-06-09
BRAINTEASER PHYSICS: CHALLENGING PHYSICS PUZZLERS provides a fun, casual approach to learning the science of physics, through a series of fun question-and-answer 'puzzlers' posing both classic and new problems and answers. Diagrams, equations, and scientific discussions support teach brainteaser with a survey of scientific thinking and concepts, making this perfect for high school or general-interest collections seeking reinforcements to physics principles.
Book Description
Join legions of fans from around the globe who are already hooked on SUDOKU!
These popular logic puzzles from Japan are taking the world by storm! Sudoku looks like arithmetic but requires just logic. Each puzzle consists of a grid of nine rows by nine, split into nine boxes nine squares each. The aim is to fill in the grid so that the digits 1 through 9 appear once in every row, every column, and every box. While the rules are simple, the solution can be quite complex. Sharpen those pencils and try these new puzzles that have captivated millions around the world. These 200 challenging puzzles offer hours of stimulating entertainment.
Customer Reviews:
Book Doesn't come apart with use.......2007-09-06
This is a well-made paperback book. It has easy, intermediate, and advanced puzzles. I found the advanced ones not to be so difficult that it took the pleasure out of the game. I liked the whole presentation of the book. Nicely made and laid out!
Not for beginners.......2007-03-01
I have done several Sudoku Books and this one is NOT for beginners, or low intermediates. After the pages 1-7 it gets really hard then you have to cheat!!
The perfect challenge for any sudoku enthusiast - highly recommended!.......2006-09-03
This is definitely one of the more challenging sudoku books I've tried. The puzzles start off fairly easy, but become almost impossible to solve by the end. The book is divided into sections for easy, medium, and hard puzzles, and within each section puzzles are also ranked on a difficulty scale from one to five. I really enjoyed the challenge here, and still have not solved most of the harder ones. One particularly nice thing about this collection is that the grids are fairly large, so there's plenty of room to pencil in options and notes as you work, which is definitely a must for the more advanced puzzles! In addition, all of the solutions are provided at the back of the book, so you can check your work. I'd highly recommend this collection to any sudoku enthusiast. However, I will offer a word of warning to those who have already enjoyed this book and are looking for others like it - not all of Tammy Seto's books are the same! I've also purchased her book "Sudoku Fever," which turned out to be patronizingly easy. Even the rankest of beginners would become bored quickly. I have not, however, tried her book "Sudoku Mania," so am not sure where that falls on the difficulty scale.
Review of Sudoku: More than 200 Fun and Challenging Japanese Number Puzzles by Tammy Seto.......2006-08-22
I am currently completing the puzzles in this book and so far, am enjoying it.
Pretty but not useful.......2006-05-09
This book of puzzles is the most frustrating one of many I have bought. The numbers are put into pretty design arrangements that have nothing to do with the difficulty of the pattern. Some labeled beginner are quite difficult, while at least one labeled intermediate had only one step logic involved. I like to know the difficulty level before I begin so I can choose one appropriate for the time available and challenge that I am in the mood for. You have no idea with this book. There are many good books available, no reason to buy this one.
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This is not one of those pencil mazes you worked on as a kid. The entire book is one addictive maze. Each page spread is a room leading to other page/rooms. Your goal is to find the shortest route to the center and back while solving the puzzle in the center room--if you can figure out what the puzzle is. But then, each room is a puzzle filled with clues to decipher. Read the text and examine the gorgeous illustrations carefully. Beware--not every clue can be trusted. If you're an online gamer, consider this a Web site you can carry wherever you go.
Book Description
This is not really a book. This is a building in the shape of a book....a maze. Each numbered page depicts a room in the maze. Tempted? Test your wits against mine. I guarantee that my maze will challenge you to think in ways you've never thought before. But beware. One wrong turn and you may never escape!
Customer Reviews:
Unusual.......2007-01-18
This is a must in any library, whether you like mazes or not. Beautifully done.
One of the best puzzles ever, but also one of the toughest.......2006-07-13
A puzzle not for the faint-of-heart -- there is NO solution available to brute force and you are not expected to solve it in an evening. It's an exciting, detailed trip through a fiendish den of riddles and allusions with an untrustworthy guide, and I've used it as a great conversation piece with smart people. (Somewhere I have whole notebooks filled with sketched maps and riddle notes, the combined efforts of my theatre group ...) Highly recommended for those who love difficult, DIFFICULT puzzles.
nice but ... no answers.......2005-01-04
The format of this book is interesting: each numbered page is a room. The reader's goal is interesting: find the path from the first room to the 45th room and back. The text follows a person (the narrator) guiding a small group of visitors around the maze-building. The drawings are all pen & ink (no color). The task & setup are fun, but ...
Here are my issues: (1) The narrator is a bit nasty -- nothing unsuitable for young children, but certainly not pleasant. (2) You absolutely MUST solve at least one riddle to find a path from room 1 to room 45. (3) There is no way to know whether you have found the correct answer to a riddle -- or for that matter, the shortest path.
My daughter & I have enjoyed reading this book together. It was intersting & fun. You'll enjoy it more if you aren't expecting a 5-star book.
I met them at the gate though I usually wait inside..........2004-07-29
This book is truly one of the most amazing creations I've ever held in my two hands. The dialogues, the pictures, the clues, riddles, symbolism, historical references...it's all fantastic. I've been working on this for over three years now with my best friend and several others, and although we solved it over a year ago, we still keep going back to this book. Everytime you open it up, there's something new to discover. And the more research we do, the more incredible it becomes. It truly lives up to its' title as the World's Most Challenging Puzzle. We're still trying to dicipher clues in some of the rooms, although we have theories about nearly all of them, and some hard facts on quite a few.
If you want to discuss anything about the Maze, please feel free to e-mail me...we're always interested in new opinions
Finally! The Answer is out there!.......2004-04-15
I first found this online 7 years ago, and it has tormented me ever since. I thought I was alone, but the reviews here tell me how many others there are. My ray of sunshine came when I searched the net for the answer, and found it. You don't have to cheat! (I cxan't beleive it either.)
Amazing riddle . . . the best "choose your own adventure" book EVER.
Product Description
GENERAL FEATURES: Challenging Logic Puzzles by Sterling Publishing Co. is designed for hours of thinking fun! So, you think you've got the brain-power to tackle tough logic puzzles? Well, try this extraordinary assortment of challenges, including Mix-and-Match logic puzzles and "Find the Liar" type puzzles. Some puzzles have tables that can be used to deduce relationships between people or items, some use word-play to present the problem, and still others use illustrations to highlight the challenge. Whatever their form, each is designed to stretch your mind to the max. And the level of difficulty increases as you move through the book, concluding with a series so diabolical, even the most expert puzzle sleuths may have to beg for mercy! Fortunately, solutions for every puzzle are included, along with explanations of how the answers are determined, so you'll even be able to build your puzzle-solving skills. This book contains 96 pages. Approximately 5 3/8 by 8 1/4 inches.
Customer Reviews:
Nice!.......2007-01-11
This is a great book, though it wasn't exactly what I was looking for. There are some errors in the book (usually typographical) but other than that this is a great way to occupy your time and boost your logic skills.
What a Blast!!!.......2006-06-11
We did these puzzles with our two older children. What a blast! I would have liked a little more variety, but the puzzles provided a good challenge. This book is worth the money.
cool.......2005-10-24
This was a fun collection for a short while, but too many of the puzzles were based on the same theme and it became boring. Otherwise, it was a welcomed challenge.
Great fun .......2005-08-29
Enjoy logic puzzles written with a comic edge. They increase in difficulty as the book goes along, but none are impossible. Recommended for anyone who enjoys doing logic puzzles.
Nice one Mensa!.......2003-12-13
I found this on Mensa's best books list and so ordered it through this site. It only took a few days and since it arrived I have very much enjoyed working my way through the puzzles. They're solvable but some of them still need a bit of thought. And looking at the ones at the end (which I've yet to reach), some of those jobs around the house are gonna have to wait a while!
Average customer rating:
- Very satisfying collection of puzzles
- Great puzzles but impossible to read
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Book Description
High-level game players joining the kakuro craze will learn the logic, understand the math, develop solving methods, and even devise some tricks of their own. And thanks to Masters Kakuro, they can continue to challenge themselves with increasingly difficult puzzles.
Ranging from difficult to very difficult to insanely difficult, Masters Kakuro's 172 puzzles comprise the most challenging collection in any book.
The puzzles have large grids and extensive cross-sections that thwart simple trial-and-error players with endless combinations. Yet every puzzle in Masters Kakuro has only one correct solution that can be determined with superior logic and excellent gaming strategy.
Customer Reviews:
Very satisfying collection of puzzles.......2007-04-09
I had little difficulty reading the puzzles (per the previous reviewer), and found the puzzles themselves large enough to easily work with (compared to many others). They range from difficult to nearly impossible, but somehow I managed to make my way through the entire collection. Overall, I found the puzzles fully enjoyable; this was a collection I always enjoyed pulling out for some mental gymnastics. I wish Bumgardner would come out with a Volume II, as he has a good sense of Kakuro style--puzzles that make you think, but not necessarily (compared with, say, the Dell collections) make you have to work more than think.
Great puzzles but impossible to read.......2006-08-20
This book has puzzles difficult enough to be challenging without having to resort to looking up the answers. BUT! The numbers are small, skinny, and white, on a medium gray background and very hard to read. As with most kakuro books, the puzzles are way too small. Enlarge 40% and darken the background, and you're set to go. To me, it has been worth it due to the quality of the puzzles.
Book Description
The follow-up volume to Number Enigmas and Perceptual Puzzlers, here is a fun and challenging collection of brainteasers featuring 3-D, geometrical, and shape challenges. Designed to exercise the right-hand side of the brain, these puzzles will sharpen insight, imagination, color and shape awareness, and even daydreaming skills! With more than 100 visual challenges that will keep puzzlers busily engaged for hours, Perplexing Perceptions is guaranteed to give your right hemisphere a workout that's satisfying and fun.
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FITNESS AND FUN FOR YOUR BRAIN
In this first-of-its-kind collection, puzzle guru Terry Stickels has gathered more than three hundred of his beloved Stickelers [sic] into one easy-to-tote book. Stickelers [sic] have been syndicated by King Features in newspapers nationwide for over three years and legions of puzzle solvers from six to 106, from first graders to physicists, have been challenged and entertained by these puzzles that make you think and solve in a whole new way.
Every page features a different head-scratching logic puzzle (wordplay, math puzzles, and visual/spatial puzzles) guaranteed to make you laugh and learn. Rest assured, you don't need any advanced degree or obscure knowledge, just a penchant for puzzles and plenty of patience.
With 320 puzzles of all difficulty levels, ranging from basic brainteasers to baffling braintormenters, this is the perfect book for long car trips, airport layovers and morning coffee breaks. These cranial gymnastics can be done alone or with friends!
Customer Reviews:
Terry Stickels is amazing.......2007-02-21
Terry Stickels is amazing. If it took him as long to create these puzzles as it takes me to attempt to solve them, then he would never have enough to publish a book! That's the genius of his publications - they truly are a challenge to avid gamers and novices alike. I particularly like the fact that most are not solved through simple mathematical equations. Most require looking at problems in unique ways and evaluating outside of normal problem-solving methodologies. I enjoy sharing puzzles with friends and watching them flippantly give wrong answers based on the obvious. They quickly realize that correct answers require looking at the problem from several angles. Great mental exercises! I would recommend to all.
Best yet!.......2007-02-16
Stickels shines again in what I think are his best puzzles. This book has something for everyone--I love the wordplay, but many of my friends stop by my desk to help out with the mathmatical puzzles. I have been reading "Stickelers" in the Washington Post for some time, and this book continues the fun of his newspaper columns. I'm hoping he writes a book soon for my young nephews--it would be great to get them thinking on a higher level at an early age. Go for it, Terry!
Terry Has Done It Again!.......2007-02-15
Terry Stickels--the nation's foremost creator of puzzles of all kinds--has done it again!
This comprehensive collection of puzzles in different formats is a delight to ponder over, and to share with your friends and family.
There are surprises and challenges throughout--and what a great fun way to keep your brain flexible and fit, through exhilerating exercise!
Spectacular Selection.......2007-02-12
This is a wonderful collection of Terry's STICKELERS column seen in papers across America ( KING FEATURES). It has a little something for everyone from math and logic puzzles to word games to Terry's famous spatial puzzles. This is a " must have " book, especially if you and your kids are interested in learning how to become better critical thinkers. Plus, like all Stickels' books, it's just plain fun. He's the best at what he does and this will be around for a long time.
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Qualify for the Right-Brain Olympics — boost your IQ by tackling more than 125 colorful and intriguing right-brain challenges and visual puzzles! Want to think outside of the box? Then it’s time for some mental aerobics.
• Mind’s Eye is designed to challenge the right hemisphere of your brain, the center of creative thinking and new ideas.
• Choose from more than 125 challenging visual puzzles like pattern recognition, mazes, memory tests, and more!
• Give your mind’s eye 20/20 vision! Learn to engage your creativity and look beyond the obvious.
• See how your right-brain measures up! Each challenge is rated for difficulty and features a target completion time.
• This collection of colorful puzzles focuses on colors, spacing, lines, corners, direction, and arrangement.
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Lateral thinking is the key to solving these tantalizing puzzles. Packed with hundreds of brain teasers and mathematical problems, the book will test kids' powers of logic, and patience! "The logic, reasoning, and calculating required by the problems...will delight and torment puzzle fans."--Booklist. "Ninety-one `how come' mysteries....We never get enough of these."--Games.
Customer Reviews:
Challenging But Flawed.......2007-03-19
"Challenging Lateral Thinking Puzzles" by Paul Sloane and Des MacHale is a book of puzzles that challenges readers to not take the puzzles at face value, but approach the problems from the side, coming up with a unique answer. There are four different types of puzzles: Easy, Moderate, Difficult, and Fiendish. Following the puzzles is a clue section, which mostly consists of several questions that can be answered "yes" or "no", although a few of the clues consist of a further explanation of the puzzle, with no questions. After the clue section is the answer section with a detailed explanation of each puzzle. There are also two WALLY (World Association for Laughter, Learning, and Youth) Tests. One is easy, the other is advanced. The authors put a four minute time limit on these tests, which are more like riddles than the lateral thinking puzzles. There is no clue section for the WALLY tests.
"Challenging Lateral Thinking Puzzles" is indeed a challenging book. It's best used with a group of people with people taking turns asking the questions while others guess the answers. The easy puzzles are, for the most part, very easy. Some of them, like "The Nephew" are in fact too easy, while "Your Turn to Drive" is also easy but pushes the lateral thinking concept. However, several of the puzzles are great examples of lateral thinking, namely "Father and Son" and "Another Man in an Elevator" which has a nice twist on a classical lateral thinking puzzle. The puzzle "Wondrous Walk" is very easy but made me smile. While a couple of the puzzles in the Moderate Section are pretty easy, especially "Flat Tire I" and "Flat Tire II", a couple of them are good examples of lateral thinking especially "Saturday Flights" and "The Hold-Up". Some puzzles are too hard and need more clues, especially "Death in a Car". The Difficult Section is indeed difficult, but not in a good way. One of the puzzles, "The Protagoras Paradox" has no real answer and shouldn't have been included in the book. "The Missing Furniture" puzzle is implausible and the puzzle "Found, Lost, Found" needs more information. The Fiendish Section contains some good lateral thinking puzzles such as "The Deadly Shot", "The Cellar Door" and "Flat Out". The WALLY puzzles are more riddles than puzzles and are pretty easy with answers that will make you groan.
"Challenging Lateral Puzzles" has a few things I didn't like. The puzzles do not list what pages the clues and answers are on, so there's a lot of flipping back and forth between pages. Some of the clues aren't that helpful and some, like the last clue for "The Apple Problem" and "The Amazing Fall" are badly worded and don't help solve the puzzle. And one of the answers to the clues for "Cuddly Bears" is missing which is frustrating.
"Challenging Lateral Puzzles" is a fun but flawed puzzle book.
Don't take this book too laterally ;-).......2003-06-03
I got this book, along with 3 other Sloane & MacHale lateral thinking puzzle books for Christmas one year. At first it seemed like a sorry excuse for a gift, but as I read this one first, I found that it was a challenging endeavor of the mind. Lateral thinking, it seems, is taking a situation and finding a solution that is not the most obvious, but usually the most logical. That said, this is challenging to say the least. A good book for people who enjoy mind games.
Too vague to be useful.......2002-03-12
I would say that only about 15 percent of this book has material that is really useful as lateral-thinking exercises. The rest of it is too vague to be of much use. Useful questions should be specific enough to narrow down a solution by exercising the various methods of lateral thinking. For example, you should be able to come up with a specific solution by considering ways in which your assumptions affect how you understand the question. This book has too many "why did the chicken cross the road?" questions that require you to be psychic in order to get anywhere near the solution or require you to pull some obscure fact out of the clear blue sky.
Good Intro to Lateral Thinking Puzzles.......2001-05-03
I picked up this book after completing "Archimedes Bathtub; the Art and Logic of Breakthrough Thinking" by David Perkins. The book expounded on the benefits of this genre of mind puzzle, and I wanted to check out some of them for myself. I was a bit disappointed in what I found for several reasons; the puzzles were identical to the most common puzzles I had come across (including "There's a man coming home"); many of the same puzzles can be found on any of the multiple lateral thinking websites; and finally many of them were so laden with historical knowledge that the problem was more a test of trivia knowledge than what could be considered a true lateral thinking puzzle.
That being said, the book was well put together with good hints and final answers located far enough from the answer so as to prevent haphazard skipping ahead to answers. Some of the puzzles were quite ingenious, and there were two review 'tests' which allowed you to monitor your progress. It is very clear that the author had spent some time with the puzzles, and the illustrations, while corny, did help to break up what would otherwise be a very short book. While the book was somewhat disappointing in the aforementioned areas, it did succeed in its most basic claim, and for that reason I would recommend it to anyone looking to learn a little bit more about the subject, as I imagine the book to be as good as any available (who knows, I may yet read a second).
If you are already well-versed in lateral thinking puzzles, this might not be the book for you. If you are looking to find out more about them, this is probably as good a place to start as any.
great for car trips and party games.......2000-11-21
I gave this book to my son about a year ago. It has provided hours of fun and good growth in logic. Our whole family has gotten smarter I think by doing these brain teasers.
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