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The People Puzzler Book: Jumbo Edition (Puzzle)

Editors of People Magazine

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

tons of fun 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I had so much fun with this book. I cannot wait until the next book of People Jumbo Puzzles comes out. I ordered the first one also, and just starting to work in it. The nice thing is I dont know all the shows, or Ieven all of the people, but I can figure them out with the other clues that surround the ones I don't know.
MAKE SURE YOU USE PENCIL, AS IT IMPRINTS TO THE OTHER SIDE IF YOU USE INK. I DO THE PUZZLE IN PENCIL, BUT WHEN I AM FINISHED WITH THAT PARTICULAR PUZZLE, I CHECK AND CORRECT MY ANSWERS IN INK. KEEPS ME HONEST,
(even thou it is just for me)

gator girl 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Fun and easy. I would recommend this for any "People" crossword fans!
Enjoyed very much.

hours of... 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

...entertainment. My wife and I fight over the People crosswords and we no longer have to.

People Jumbo Puzzler 5 out of 5 stars.
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I absolutely LOVE doing these crossword puzzles! I like this book because it has the JUMBO puzzles which allow for more space to write the letters in. Also, I like that the answers are in the back of the book so if I get stuck I can look one up and keep going! I cannot wait until the next set of PEOPLE PUZZLERS comes out!

Will Shortz Presents The Little Black Book of Sudoku: 400 Puzzles (Will Shortz Presents...)

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 28 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Best Sudoku Book Around 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

This is the third time I have bought this exact book, so that should tell you how much I like it. There are 100 puzzles for each level of difficulty for a total of 400 puzzles. Great quality paper, easy-to-use spiral binder.

Greatest Sudoku Book 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I have to say this is a great little book. I love the fact that it is spiral bound, plus the high-quality paper it is written on is great for erasures. I recently ordered about five sudoku books from Amazon and this is, by far, my favorite. Love Will's books.

Editorial Review:

It's smart. It's stylish. It's fun! And with its unique design, Will Shortz Presents The Little Black Book of Sudoku is bound to be the "must-have" collection for any puzzle fan. Edited by crossword great Will Shortz, this beautiful book offers 400 easy-to-hard puzzles in a convenient portable size, perfect for carrying in your purse, briefcase, or backpack. Features:
* 400 sudoku puzzles, arranged according to difficulty
* Sleek design with a covered spiral binding makes it easy to solve puzzles
* Durable hardcover protects the book as it travels with you wherever you go

* The perfect gift for any holiday

* Edited by Will Shortz.

My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles (Math & Logic Puzzles)

Martin Gardner

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The best of one of the best 5 out of 5 stars.
61 of 61 people found this review helpful.

Martin Gardner is the grand old man of puzzles and recreational mathematics. I recommend this book for intermediary and advanced puzzle enthusiasts - beginners might find some of these too challenging.

Intermediary puzzlists will find the pleasures of often working at the upper edge of their skills. The solutions at the end of the book are complete enough so that even those who didn't get it right the first time will get aha insights.

The book is well worth its price even for puzzle enthusiasts. Even I knew many of the puzzles beforehand - classics indeed - but the notes in the solutions often add a twist, a clever solution or a human interest point of view.

The age recommendation of amazon.com - 4-8 years - is probably either an insider joke or a typo. I'd recommend this book to people between 14-80 years of age, and even over.

Editorial Review:

Noted expert selects 70 "short" puzzles. The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and 67 more. Solutions included.

Mensa Guide to Solving Sudoku: Hundreds of Puzzles Plus Techniques to Help You Crack Them All (Mensa)

Peter Gordon, Frank Longo

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 26 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Info good, quality not so much 3 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

The information contained in this book is informative and useful to the Sudoku solver, but the construction quality of this book leaves a little to be desired.

Within 2 days of receiving this book and working puzzles in it, pages came loose from the binding and started falling out. The binding on this book is terrible. If you want this book, use extreme care handling it otherwise the pages will fall out.

The information is good, worth 5 stars. But the poor quality of the binding knocks 2 stars off.

Editorial Review:

Here it comes: a revolution in sudoku solving! This is by far the most complete guide to cracking these addictive puzzles ever produced, with tricks even the experts won’t know. While most books might have a few pages of introduction before proceeding straight to the sudokus, this one covers it all. Hidden pairs, naked pairs, X-wings, jellyfish, squirmbag, bivalue and bilocation graphs, turbot fish, grid coloring, chains: every single one is here, and much more too, including the exclusive Gordonian logic methods (Gordonian rectangles and Gordonian polygons) that will turn even the hardest puzzles into a breeze. Of course, there are hundreds of sudoku for practice. A very special addition: a reprint of the very first sudoku ever published in 1979, from Dell Pencil Puzzles and Word Games magazine!

Psychology in Action, Study Guide

Karen Huffman

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

The perfectly choreographed learning experience!
As a full-time teacher of psychology, Karen Huffman knows that covering all the major concepts and theories, while still presenting the exciting and practical applications of psychology, is a challenge. To meet it, you need a fully integrated text and supplements package that sets the stage for a perfectly choreographed learning experience.


The complete Psychology in Action learning package:

* WileyPLUS: Helps instructors create a learning environment where students can reach their full potential. Includes homework management, presentation resources, a grade book, a complete online text, and more. www.wiley.com/college/wileyplus
* Online Animations, Simulations, and Videos: A robust suite of multimedia learning resources, including animations, interactive exercises, simulations and virtual experiments, and brief video clips from ScienCentral.
* dditional Videos: A full catalog is available at www.wiley.com/college/psychology. Available from Films for the Humanities.
* Student Companion Web Site: Includes interactive key term flash cards, chapter review quizzes, an online web research guide, and annotated web links.
* Student Study and Review Guide: Offers students an easy way to review the material before quizzes and exams.
* Instructor Resource Web Site: Helps instructors prepare for class, enhance presentations, and assess students' progress.
* Instructor's Resource Guide: Lecture lead-ins, active learning exercises, and much more.
* PowerPoint Presentations and Image Gallery: PowerPoints highlighting major terms and concepts, as well as online files for most figures and tables in the text.
* Computerized Test Bank: Includes nearly 2,000 test items.
* Wiley Faculty Network: Peer-to-peer teaching advice and technical support from college psychology teachers. www.wherefacultyconnect.com
* WebCT and Blackboard courses are also available.

Sudoku: Medium to Hard

Zachary Pitkow

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

too small to be useful. 3 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

the book is too tiny for me to use. It would fit in a pocket, but there's no room to fill in possibilities, so it's not useful for the way I solve Sudoku.

cool little game book 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I'm a beginner Sudoku player, but this little book is a good one. It is small and handy with the spiral spine. I also like that the answers are there, it keeps me interested in continuing when I am stumped on a puzzle. Good value & great fun.

perfect 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

i really liked this one because
1) it's not big and bulky - an carry it with you and not get bored anywhere (metro/subway, doctor's appointment, airport, whatever)
2) it's on a spiral - not a book-form, so you don't have to bend the pages to see better. It's easy to write on while holding. and once you're done with both sides, it's easy to rip out. or yo can rip out and just carry and sheet or share with somebody.
3) as someone who's already done the "easy" levels of sudoku, i really liked that it starts at the medium level and moves up. and no those super hard ones toward the end are not impossible.

Editorial Review:

Sudoku craze and pairs the addictive logic-based game with a spectacularly handy format. Filled with 200 grids of varying difficulty, our pocket-sized hardcover notepads are perfect for strategizing on the bus or train. Now that's what we call a smart calculation!

People Puzzler

Editors of People Magazine

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 30 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

I want another one! 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I subscribe to People mainly for the Puzzler! It's easy but not too easy, and nothing like the "newspaper crossword". My husband and I actually argue every week, "It's my turn!", "No it's my turn, you did it last week!" Now, I get to do a puzzle every day! As one reviewer said, the ink fom the back of one puzzle can transfer to another page, so I just put a piece of paper behind the page of the puzzle I'm working on. I'm glad that the pages are in full color, and not on cheezy newsprint. The star info/bios are fun, but a little dry, it almost seems like they needed page fillers. When does a new one come out?

I LOVE IT 5 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

This is best crossword puzzle book EVER!!! I recommend it to EVERYONE, and I even say I got it off AMazon.

people puzzler 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

Liked the puzzler book but pencil or pen marks go through to the back of the page. I have to put a piece of paper on the other side to keep it from bleeding over.

The puzzler is the best part! 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I'd say I'm more of a word search gal than a crossword puzzle girl, but I have always enjoyed the Puzzlers in People magazine. I find them to be of a 'medium' difficulty, and often contain items that I recognize easily. The hardest part for me is to avoid the temptation of peeking in the back when I get stuck (my husband has caught me doing this a few times)! I keep this in the drawer of my bedside table to work on a puzzle or two before going to bed.

The Big Book of Brain Games: 1,000 PlayThinks of Art, Mathematics & Science

Ivan Moscovich, Ian Stewart

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Keep 'em busy..... 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

This was purchased for two kids, 9 and 13, to take on a trip for use in the car or the expected rainy afternoons. Fun to do and a challenge for their grandparents, too.

Highly recommended book of puzzles 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

A superbly designed book of puzzles. You will find all types of "brain games" with different degrees of difficulty clearly marked. An index at the end of the book allows you to choose a "brain game" according to its type and degree of difficulty. Solutions to all brain games are at the end of the book.
Very colourful and inviting for all ages. Just leave it on your coffee table and all the family will stop to browse it and try their hands (or brains rather) at any of these attractively presented puzzles.

Editorial Review:

An obsessive collection of 1,000 challenges, puzzles, riddles, and illusions--originals as well as must-do classics. It's like popcorn for the brain with jam-packed pages and a full-color illustration for each entry, this book is a call to action. Twelve basic catagories including Geometry, Patterns, Numbers, Logic and Probability, and Perception. An easy-to-read key at the top of each game ranks its difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10, while indices in the back crossreference the puzzles. The answers are included too. 432 pages. 9 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches.

Easy Origami

John Montroll

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Total reviews: 22 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Starts simple and stays simple 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This is a good starter book as it claims to be.. but as I leafed through it I realized that anyone who has had even some remote experience with origami or paper crafts will find this book ... perhaps too basic.

I was hoping for at least a couple of more 'exciting' or slightly advanced projects at the end of the book, but the book stays simple till the end. Also, paper with both coloured sides looks better even for some of the basic designs.

Other than that, it offers exactly what it says on the cover.

kids loved it 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

i got this for my 6 kids and they've used it so much, the pages are falling out.

Beginners Origami 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I like this book because the pictures and instructions were very clear. The difficulty of each piece is labeled. It is a good book for teaching children the art of Origami.

Editorial Review:

A collection of 32 projects for novice origami hobbyists, clearly illustrated with easy-to-follow instructions that even beginning papercrafters can follow with successful results. Subjects range from an ultra-simple hat, cup, and pinwheel to the more challenging figures of a penguin and a piano.

Are You Smart, or What? A Bizarre Book of Games & Fun for Everyone

Pasqual J. Battaglia

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Total reviews: 11 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Not as it seems in the review .... 2 out of 5 stars.
35 of 43 people found this review helpful.

I am a huge fan of brain teaser books. I have a huge collection of these types of book. BUT after reading this book I say that this book is not as good as it seems in the review. If you think that you will find many Logical and mathematical riddles, this isn't the book for you, but on the other hand if you are into word games this might be a great book for you .

Wonderful fun! 5 out of 5 stars.
22 of 22 people found this review helpful.

I just adored this book and enjoyed every single puzzle in it. As one reviewer points out, this is a book for word puzzle enthusiasts. It might be compared to Will Shortz's "Puzzlemaster Presents" series. What I love about this book is that it can be done without the aid of a dictionary, as it uses a vocabulary from common cultural literacy (e.g. types of candy bars, etc.). I also appreciate the fact that the references aren't dated like some game books are, which can lead to frustration when I am asked to rely on my knowledge of stars from the eighties. Overall, I simply loved this book for the accessible but challenging fun it provided. I hope that Mr. Battaglia will be gracing us with another book of this type soon!

Editorial Review:

Are You Smart, or What? is the most entertaining book of word games, ever! It combines clever challenges and surprising answers with playful innovations to both amaze and amuse readers of all ages. All puzzles are concise and uncomplicated. They are about ordinary words and things that everybody knows about so the entire family can enjoy them.