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"What makes puzzles--jigsaws, mazes, riddles, sudokus--so satisfying? Be it the formation of new cerebral pathways, their close link to insight and humor, or their community-building properties, they're among the fundamental elements that make us human. Convinced that puzzles have made him a better person, A.J. Jacobs-four-time New York Times bestselling author, master of immersion journalism, and nightly crossworder--set out to determine their myriad...
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"Achieving and maintaining a higher level of mental fitness can be surprisingly fun -- and to your brain, it's healthy exercise. In this follow-up volume to her bestselling 399 Games, Puzzles, Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young, Nancy Linde offers a brand-new collection of puzzles, trivia challenges, brainteasers, and word games that are not only great fun to do but specifically designed to give your brain the kind of workout...
5) Star Wars
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In each of the eight full-spread, children look for six to eight "find'ems." The last spread of the book contains bonus find'ems for each scene. Look and Find helps children develop searching and matching skills, while keeping them engaged as they explore this exciting Star Wars episode.
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"In the tradition of Martin Gardner's beloved brain teasers, Oliver Roeder's delightful puzzles explore the math implicit in everyday occurences. The most mind-bending puzzles on the internet appear weekly in Oliver Roeder's "The Riddler" column. Presented by Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight, an online mecca for statistics nerds, the column attracts a rabid community of puzzlers (including the coach of the U.S. Math Olympiad team and a scientist at NASA's...
8) Crossing
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"All the players simultaneously point at a mushroom. If you're the only player to point at a mushroom, take all the gems on it. If two (or more) players point at the same mushroom, nobody gets the gems! You can also point at an opponent's tile to steal their gems"--Container.
12) Codenames Disney
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"Two teams compete to be the first to identify all of their team's Treasure Cards displayed on the grid. Only each team's Cluemasters know the location of the Treasure Cards their team is trying to find. They give clues in the form of a code word that will help their teammates find these Disney Treasures. Be careful not to decipher a code incorrectly or you might help the other team. It's a race to identify all of your team's Treasure Cards first"--Container....
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"The Puzzle Universe is intended for general readers and devoted puzzlers. It is about the latent beauty of mathematics, its history, and the puzzles that have advanced and emerged from the science of numbers. It is full of challenging historical facts, thinking puzzles, paradoxes, illusions, and problem solving. There are 315 puzzles in this book. Extended captions explain in easy terms the value of the puzzles for mathematical and educational purposes,...
20) Big hero 6
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"When there's big trouble, you need big heroes! Join Hiro Hamada and his friends as they battle the villainous Yokai. Look for hidden objects in eight action-packed scenes inspired by the Disney Big hero 6 film"--Back cover.
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