Puzzles and quizzes Books

Are you feeling loopy? We've got the perfect solutionThese 49 word searches offer easygoing fun that's accessible to everyone. Each word search is themed, and after the puzzle is solved, the leftover letters spell a quote, fun fact, or quip related to...

A fresh batch of crosswords is brewingThese 1010 crosswords may be small, but they pack a lot of fun into a small space. With mini themes and accessible, fun clues, they're the perfect choice any time you want a little puzzle break.

From the editors of the New York Times bestselling World Almanac and Book of Facts comes an exciting, challenging collection of never-before-published crossword puzzles to delight and engage every puzzle enthusiast.For more than 150 years, The World...

Daigo-ji is one of oldest and most scenic religious sites in Japan. This hillside Zen Buddhist temple near Kyoto is a prime spot for viewing cherry blossoms and autumn foliage. The main temple buildings are located at the foot of a mountain and are...

This exciting book shows you how to fold realistic models of your favourite pets, zoo animals and other wildlife!Master origami designer Muneji Fuchimoto's clear instructions show you how to fold 30 amazing animal and insect models, including...

Japanese origami expert Hisao Fukui shows you how to create incredibly realistic paper birds and flying insects, a winged dinosaur and even an undulating Chinese dragon! The easy-to-follow folding instructions and photos in this book present 24...

In this landmark origami book, Japanese expert Hisao Fukui shows you how to create incredibly detailed and realistic aquatic models - including a giant squid, a prehistoric undersea dinosaur and even a massive blue whale calf!The step-by-step folding...

Channel your inner M.C. Escher with these brain teaser puzzles! These easily assembled 3D models are each composed of several identical pieces that cleverly fit together to make a large geometric form.The cardstock pieces in this kit are all...

Complex, stunning, and exceedingly popular, modular origami has taken the origami world by storm. Using basic geometry concepts and simple paper folding techniques, folders can turn multiple flat pieces of paper into a dynamic three...

Prepare for the Next Classic Adventure Return to Outland and defeat the Burning Legion. Step through the Dark Portal in 2021 and stop The Burning Crusade!This 1000 piece puzzle features art from upcoming video-game expansion, World of Warcraft: Burning...

This 1000 piece puzzle features art from upcoming video-game expansion, World of Warcraft: Shadowlands from Blizzard Entertainment!

The heroes of Overwatch will protect all your notes in this beautiful notebook from tokidoki.Your secrets have never been in better hands!

The heroes of Overwatch will protect all your notes in this beautiful notebook from tokidoki. Your secrets have never been in better hands!

Welcome to the evolution of adult coloring! New York Times bestselling illustrator Marty Noble has added a new dimension to the coloring craze: mazes! Cut out some of the stress from your daily life in this fun and innovative new series as you color and...

Bursting with quirky facts, intriguing statistics, lists and legendary curators, this is the perfect gift for all those who love to visit museums and galleries.Which are the oldest museums in the world? What is a cabinet of curiosities? Who haunts...

Not all games are released equal. The barriers of language and culture can leave our world divided, and this includes the video games that we get the chance to play. Matt Barnes, Dazz Brown and Greg S-C of DidYouKnowGaming? created the YouTube series...

Japan has produced thousands of intriguing video games. For any number of reasons, not all of them were ever released outside of the country, especially in the '80s and '90s. While many of these titles have since been documented by the English-speaking...

Learn to fold incredible geometric origami models from 'The Queen of Modular Origami!'In this book, Tomoko Fuse -Japan's most famous living origami artist - shows you how to create amazing polyhedral models using the techniques...

A magnificent new collection of 60 sculptural paper models from a mathematical origami master!Master origami folder and author Jun Maekawa is known for developing innovative new methods of folding origami based on fundamental mathematical principles. In...

A bumper collection of facts about video games from YouTuber extraordinaire, Larry Bundy Jr, this book will debunk myths and urban legends, delve into developers' biggest successes and failures, explore the odd characters behind the games and unearth the...

This unique and delightful map of mainland Scotland and the Hebrides, from the collection of the National Library of Scotland, is a magnificent pictorial map of Scotland. Not just annotated with beautiful calligraphy, it also includes dozens of vignettes...

150 Large-Print Word Search Puzzles!Peace of Mind Bible Word Search combines brain-building fun with the truths and promises of scripture. Thanks to large, boldface print, puzzle enthusiasts young and old can enrich their free time finding words from...

150 Large-Print Word Search Puzzles!Peace of Mind Bible Word Search combines brain-building fun with the truths and promises of scripture. Thanks to large, boldface print, puzzle enthusiasts young and old can enrich their free time finding words from...

This collection of fascinating facts and anecdotes about the British monarchy will keep you in the know and ready to impress with tid bits on all your favorite modern royals-perfect for cocktail hour (or afternoon tea) conversation. From the jaw-dropping...

This book starts from the jaw-dropping premise that everything you know could be wrong! Part science, part discovery and part fun, this book encourages kids to really think about science and the world around them, rather than just learning facts...

What is the link between map and apron, acrobat and oxygen, zeal and jealousy, flour and pollen, secret and crime? Did you know that crimson originally comes from the name of tiny scale insects, the kermes, from whose dried bodies a red dyestuff is made?...

Kingly in its theme and as entertaining as ever, this collection of fun wordplay puzzles provides stimulating brain exercise with some laughs to boot. For more than 40 years, millions of newspaper readers have delighted in solving Jumble, which appearsin...

Packed with fascinating facts,Literary Miscellanyis sure to please both professor and pleasure reader alike.Wouldn't it be great to be a fly on the wall as the great writers took pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard)? While reading this work, you'll be...

Dial L for LogicFilm noir meets small-town life in this unique, interconnected book of puzzles, starring Larry Logic, Enigmaville's most prone-to-dramatic-monologues cop. Every group of puzzles tells a mini-story of a new case, in which all the answers...

Everyone looks forward to Saturday, but for some of us, it's not just because it's the weekend-it's when the newspapers publish their hardest crosswords.Hard as a Rock Crosswords: Quite Hard Indeed!features the hardest of the hard, with some of the...

A collection of 72 fun and easy crosswords for a gentle mental challenge, brought to you by a crossword master.If you think crosswords are too hard, that can only mean that you haven't tried these yet! This 96-page puzzle book features 72 daily-size...

Tons of crossword fun in a small package! These 10x10 crosswords are perfect for anyone who wants a quick and easy diversion, with mini themes and fresh, playful clues on a variety of subjects.

Tackling word puzzles is a great tacticto keep your mind in tip-top shape!Studies show that one way to be sure your brain stays at its best is to learn new things regularly, creating new neural connections. This book offers a fun way to do just that,...

Past and present meet on mysterious Montague Island. In this, the fourth book of the popular Montague Island Mysteries series of logic puzzle books (over 56,000 copies sold), Gordon Montague is working on his memoirs, which are filled with reminiscences...

The second sequel to the popular Montague Island books introduces Gordon Montague's daughter-and once again gives solvers a mystery to unravel along with the logic puzzles and games! Take a third trip back to Montague Island for both mystery and puzzle...

Variety is the spice of sudoku--so solvers will love these wild variants on the popular puzzle, which up the challenge and the fun! Sudoku took the puzzle world by storm, but some fans have grown a bit bored with the constant repetition of 1 through 9...

Welcome back to Montague Island, where successful solvers explore a mansion, complete a series of logic puzzles, and reveal the secret behind a mysterious package and its codedmessage! This entertaining sequel to the popular Montague Island Mysteries...

Go way beyond difficult, with the hardest, most brain-busting sudoku you've ever seen! Calling all sudoku-solving diehards: with every puzzle requiring upper-level strategies, this collection packs even more of a punch than our previous Beyond Black Belt...

Sunday is fun day with these 72 medium-difficulty puzzles, featuring fun facts in the answer section.If you've got a sharp pencil and a sharp mind, you'll love solving these super Sunday-sized crosswords. Originally appearing in the Long Island newspaper...

A fun collection of Sunday-size crosswords from The Wall Street Journal, appearing for the first time in book form-edited by Mike Shenk, a legend among puzzle fans!Sunday is funday with these 72 challenging crosswords!They're created by a roster of the...

Solving is easy breezy with this fun collection of 93 hangman puzzles. These not-too-hard games are great for kids and adults alike. Sit & Solve Hangman is just like the paper-and-pencil version-only better! Just scratch off one of the 26...

Solve your Sunday away with these 72 medium-level crosswords. Relaxing Sunday Crosswords is your ticket to weekend bliss. It's packed with themed, Sunday-sized puzzles for long, luxurious, leisurely solving-and an answer section filled with additional...

Jumbo-size puzzles = jumbo-size fun!Challenge your brain-not your eyes with large-print crosswords for adults!These 125 crosswords are small, fun, and extremely doable-but the print is nice and large so they're easy to read, too. Even the numbers on the...

Get your brain in shape with more than 300 logic puzzles! Mike Rios has devised a fun collection with 12 different types of cranium trainers, starting with easier ones and getting harder as you build your skills. Some—like nurikabe, dominoes,...

Take your brain to the extreme! This terrific collection of tough logic puzzles comes from Barry R. Clarke—a theoretical physicist, film director, comedy sketch writer, and true Renaissance man. His amusing, challenging conundrums give you a...

Sudoku devotees can spice up their solving with these three fun twists on the popular puzzle!Enjoy a trio of great mental treats, including Flower Sudoku, where innovative interlocking grids form a flower shape; Outside Sudoku, which begins with the...

They call it "speedcubing"-a mind-bending blur of quick twists and turns that solves Rubik's Cube in times that have been clocked at less than 20 seconds! Today, thanks to the 2003 revival of the Rubik's World Championships, speedcubing is spreading like...

The difficulty level soars, as even more tricks get added to the mix: X-Wing; Swordfish; XY-Wing; XYZ-Wing; and the Gordonian Rectangle.