How to Solve Sudoku: A Step-by-Step Guide (52 Brilliant Ideas)
by Robin Wilson
from Infinite Ideas
Sudoku’s spreading faster than you can count to nine. But these seriously addictive, completely captivating puzzles can get fans a little gridlocked from time to time. They’ll be able to get back in the game with the help of mathematician and bestselling author Robin Wilson—himself a sudoku aficionado. He’s got the solution to unraveling these conundrums, with 52 tried and tested tips and tactics. How to Solve Sudoku takes you through them, one by one, with plenty of examples and practice grids so that you can hone your skills before you move on to the next fiendish brainteaser.
Mega Picture Puzzles: Challenge Yourself to Spot the Differences
by Steven Schwartz
from Ulysses Press
Would You Rather : Over 200 Absolutely Absurd Dilemmas to Ponder
by David Gomberg
from Plume
Would you rather give blood or read Hamlet? Fight Mike Tyson or talk like him? For fans of juvenile humor, Would You Rather...? is the ne plus ultra of ridiculous dilemmas. Created by toy developer David Gomberg and "functional performance artist" Justin Heimberg, this collection of more than 200 preposterous predicaments covers everything from sex and supernatural powers to utopian worlds and nasty curses. Whether read alone or with a group of friends, Would You Rather...? will have you laughing out loud as you debate the eternal questions of life, like: "Would you rather live in a world where Afros were mandatory for members of Congress or where it was legal, in fact encouraged, to crucify mimes?" --Rebekah Warren
Brain Teasers
by Kiran Srinivas
from Robert D. Reed Publishers
Learn to "think outside the box" with Brain Teasers, a book of mental puzzles by Kiran Srinivas!
This exciting and diverse collection of mental puzzles will equip you with the valuable ability to "think outside the box." Brain Teasers teaches creative, non-standard approaches to problem solving, and will force you to think in ways you never have before. Brain Teasers includes many interview puzzles, and if you plan to interview at an investment bank, consulting firm, high-tech firm, or in any other related field, mastery of the puzzles and the logic attached can be the deciding factor in getting that offer. Although many of the puzzles are difficult and challenging, a middle-school education is sufficient to enable you to solve almost all of them. Also included are popular interview questions given at Microsoft and Goldman Sachs, old-time favorites of celebrities such as Warren Buffet, Lewis Caroll, and John F. Kennedy, and new puzzles created by the author.
Brain Teasers might initially strain your brain, but it offers ample opportunity to expand your creative and mental abilities as you "learn to think outside the box."
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?: The Play-at-Home Companion Book to the Hit TV Show!
by Michael Benson
from Harper Paperbacks
So you think you're smarter than a fifth grader? Well, as many contestants have already discovered on the smash hit TV show hosted by Jeff Foxworthy, you may have either forgotten more than you realize about "the three R's" or simply never learned in the first place! How much do you really know about third grade math? Fourth grade social studies? Fifth grade science? First grade spelling?
You may have a high school diploma or a college degree hanging on your wall, but are you smarter than a fifth grader? You'll find out in this book, which includes brain-teasing ten-question quizzes (including million-dollar bonus questions) on information the average eleven-year-old is expected to know—plus there are great bits of fun and fascinating trivia sprinkled throughout. Go ahead—we dare you to prove you're as bright as that gum-chewing kid with the backpack who's waiting on the corner for that yellow bus every morning. School is back in session. And maybe you'll even learn a thing or two that you missed by not paying attention the first time around.
Beyond Sudoku: Kakuro, Hanjie, and Other Japanese Logic Puzzles
from Chambers
Teasing, playful, and extremely satisfying, this collection of logic puzzles
opens up a whole world of puzzling to sudoku fans. Included are fifteen of
each of the following puzzles, with instructions and solutions: Filomino, Hanjie, Hashiwokakero, Hitori, Kakuro, Mosaic, Nurikabe, and Slither Link.
The Independent Book of Super Sudoku
from Chambers
For puzzle solvers who want the ultimate sudoku challenge, The Independent Book of Super Sudoku takes these addictive brainteasers to a new level with an expanded 4-by-4 box. The idea remains the same as ordinary sudoku, but the larger grid adds a whole new dimension of complexity. Now puzzle users must fill in a 16-by-16 grid so that every row, column, and 4-by-4 box contains the digits 0 through 9 and the letters A through F. More challenging and more time-consuming, with three times as many squares per puzzle, this book is sure to please all sudoku fans.
The Independent Book of Super Sudoku, volume 2
from Chambers
For puzzle solvers who want the ultimate sudoku challenge, London's
Independent newspaper brings together a second collection of the large and
incredibly addictive super sudoku puzzles, with an expanded 4-by-4 box. In
addition to the numbers 0 through 9, the letters A through F must also be put into each grid, without repeating in any row or column.
HASHI: The Bridges Puzzle
by Alastair Chisholm
from Walker & Company
Do You Know Your Groom? (Do You Know Your...)
by Dan Carlinsky
from Sourcebooks, Inc.
You love him, you want to spend the rest of your life with him--but what DON'T you know about him? This is a fun way to discover more about how the groom feels about marriage and your wedding.
He's invited to a dinner party and offered a chance to choose his table partner, knowing nothing but the occupation of each guest. Which of these would your groom pick to sit next to?
____ Newspaper reporter
____ Minister
____ Firefighter
____ Librarian
____ Fish distributor
Does your groom think husbands and wives should have a night out without their mates:
____ Often?
____ Occasionally?
____ Never?
