Games : Puzzles

Advanced IQ Tests is for those who want to be the best. If you want to move on from the standard level of IQ practice tests and test yourself on more challenging questions, then this book is for you. It contains 360 difficult practice questions designed to measure an advanced level of numerical, verbal and spatial ability, as well as your logical analysis, lateral thinking and problem solving skills. Advanced IQ Tests is particularly useful if you are facing graduate or managerial selection tests but is also for those who just want to pit their skills against some of the toughest questions available. It can help you to increase your brain power by taking on greater mental tasks and challenges, and of course by tackling the more advanced questions you will automatically improve your performance on the standard IQ tests. more...

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With over 700 quotes from the fabulous and the flops, from blockbusters and budget films, this collection will test the skills of even the most ardent a movie buff and revive many great moments from the silver screen. more...

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One of the most famous anagrams of all time was constructed in the Middle Ages. The unknown author contrived it as a Latin dialogue between Pilate and Jesus. Jesus' answer to Pilate's question 'What is truth?' is phrased as an ingenious anagram of the letters of that very question: Pilate: Quid est veritas? ('What is truth?') Jesus: Est virqui adest. ('It is the man before you'). Danesi argues that the fascination with puzzles throughout the ages suggests something more than that they provide a form of constructive entertainment. They serve, in fact, a deeply imbedded need in people to make sense of things. more...

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It's mind-boggling . . . It's addictive . . . It's SUDOKU MANIA Solving Sudoku number puzzles demands no mathematical skills. All you need to have is a good sense of logic, a love of game-playing, and a whole lot of patience! If you have not yet discovered Sudoku, you'll be playing like a pro in no time. If you -- like millions of other Americans -- are already hooked on the game, SUDOKU MANIA will provide further hours of challenging fun more...

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The science behind Sudoku... Sudoku is a logic puzzle that has become a worldwide phenomenon in the last few years: but where has it come from? How does it work? And what is the science behind sudoku - what are the rules for generating and solving grids? Answers to all of these questions can be found in the ''A-Z of Sudoku''. As its title suggests, this book provides a ''one stop shop'' on sudoku, covering the history of the puzzle, its development and growth in the world's media, before moving on to the mathematics of sudoku and various techniques that can be used to solve grids by hand. Next, the essentials of software development relating to sudoku are presented along with the recent branch of computer science devoted to solving such problems: constraint programming, showing how the principle behind solving sudoku grids can be used in other contexts. Finally, the book concludes with a large number of grids ranging in difficulty from ''very easy'' to ''expert'' which the reader can use to apply the techniques they have acquired from the book in a practical context. Those interested in finding out more about the theory behind sudoku, its origins, it applications in other fields and (of course) how to improve their ability to solve it will find this book a must-read. more...

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