Games & Puzzles

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For the last ten years, Winning Low Limit Hold?em has been the reference standard introduction to Texas Hold?em. Experienced hold?em players give this book to their friends who want to learn the game. Recently updated and expanded to include coverage of online poker and no-limit hold?em single-table tournaments, this is the one book that you need to start your hold?em career. "I always thought poker was a game of luck. After reading Lee's book and applying the techniques recommended, it was as if I were in The Matrix. It all came c... read more

First published 1998. All your answers to even your trickiest clues are here in New Zealand Crossword Dictionary. 98% of clues in New Zealand Crossword Dictionary are multiple word clues.

Germans lose chap following prohibition of sausages (7) Bundle up next to love with fish lures and a likely story (4,2,4) Do cryptic-crossword clues intrigue or annoy you? Do you enjoy exercising your wits or are they a total mystery? Whether you're a cryptic devotee or a fan of the quick crossword, More Curious Crosswords is for you, providing 80 new puzzles and a worthy successor to the popular Curious Crosswords. Skilfully exploiting the quirks and curiosities of English, More Curious Crosswords once again provides... read more

This bumper book of 224 quizzes makes a great stocking stuffer and is the perfect gift for sports fans. There couldn't be a better book for rainy days at the bach, keeping everyone entertained during long journeys, sports-mad dads, pub-quiz addicts and all-round sports freaks. A highly entertaining and comprehensive book, it has more than 2000 questions covering the whole gamut of sports, from rugby to cricket, rowing to golf, athletics to horse-racing, the Olympics to the Melbourne Cup, after-match episodes to Rhodes Scholars and ... read more

This is the second "Agent Provocateur" branded sex book to be published under the Pavilion imprint - in time for Valentine's Day. Simply combining a pack of their arousing 'strip poker' card- and the rules of the game, "Strip Poker" is the perfect gift for anyone you desire. Rees and Corre introduced their vision of lingerie avoiding the British prudery that insists on categorising anything to do with sex as sleazy or smutty. The aim was to create an availability of high quality designer lingerie with creative flair to stimulate, e... read more

Why can't you light a candle in a spaceship? What books are bad for you? Is nature natural? Every year the Oxford and Cambridge's learned professors pose such curious conundrums to potential students to separate the wheat from the chaff, and the clever from both of them. Deftly exploring the twisting paths your mind can take when you're really made to think , "Do You Think You're Clever?" provides dazzling answers to over 60 of these infamously perplexing problems. John Farndon takes the reader on a rollercoaster ride from philosop... read more

This delightful book explores the world of the cryptic crossword clue, a place where nothing is quite as it seems. From reflections on his children's musical tastes (might ABBA be an Old Testament citation?) to veiled digs at Labour's foreign policy ('What could be subtler during search for weapon!' 7, 4), each of Sandy Balfour's perfectly proportioned essays is a joyful investigation of these devilishly difficult puzzles and the life they punctuate. Part notebook, part diary, part entertainment, "I Say Nothing (3)" is the perfect ... read more

Handcrafted in Japan, these 100 puzzles have been specially commissioned from the original inventors of "Sudoku". This book includes a selection of easy, medium and diabolically difficult puzzles plus a collection of tips compiled by "Guardian" writer and dedicated Sudoku fan, Tim Dowling.

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Discover whether your brain is the size of a pea or the size of a planet! Like the rest of your body, your brain needs to sweat and stretch to improve. Give it the workout it deserves with this interactive book, and develop your concentration, memory and creative thinking! Ranging from the mildly challenging to the almost impossible, each puzzle directs you to another when completed - depending on whether or not you got the first one right! It's a fiendish interactive maze of riddles, enigmas and fanciful brainteasers, includ... read more

Many a puzzle solver has battled against the devilish mind of long-time crossword maker and wordaholic David Astle, known to many as DA. In Puzzled he holds out a helping hand to the lost and perplexed taking us on a personal tour into the secret life of words. Clue by clue, chapter by chapter, we step through a central puzzle, uncovering and unravelling word-secrets as we go. The Steve Irwin Fluke, the Swastika Accident, the Abracadabra Pyramid - hidden meanings, anagrams, reversals - all the Dark Arts are finally revealed. More t... read more

Eye Twistersis all about ambigrams - words that are written or drawn so that they can be read in more than one way, back to front, upside down, turned this way and that. If you enjoy Escher's drawings, ambiguous figures, puzzles, optical illusions or mathematical recreations, you will love ambigrams.Here, over 200 of the best examples by the world's top ambigram artists are showcased, many for the first time. The history and philosophy of the form are explained, you can learn how to make your own ambigrams and sharpen your mind on ... read more

Loosen up those fingers and wow family and friends when you perform the fascinating string games in this fun book. Cat's cradle and other string games have been played for hundreds of years. The book includes a brief, entertaining history of string figures, basic information about how to get started, including how to make your own loop of string, and some common starting positions and moves. The book comes with a colourful string loop and a helpful instructional DVD. Ages 5+. First published 2008.

Ball Games is the definitive collection of must-know ball games along with three perfect tools of the trade: a tennis ball, a perforated plastic ball and a pink rubber high-bounce ball. Ball Games offers you 25 games and activites. All the games are simple to play, with a handful of straightforward rules and nothing to hold back the fun. For ages 6 and up.

Re-introducing our bubble book reborn: How to Make Monstrous, Huge, Unbelievably Big Bubbles.The original text has been streamlined and updated, and the photos are now full color, so the bubbles can be appreciated in all their rainbow-hued glory. Of course, it still comes with David Stein's phenomenal Bubble Thing, along with tips and techniques for getting the most out of it. Written by John Cassidy with David Stein, inventor of The Bubble Thing. For ages 8 and up.

Riddles, paradoxes, and conundrums have been confusing and confounding people since at least the time of the Ancient Greeks. The eponymous riddle, according to legend, was devised by Albert Einstein as a child. He claimed that only about 2% of the population would be able to work out the correct answer. There are no tricks and there is only one answer. It requires the cool application of logic to solve. And a lot of patience. Einstein's Riddle features fifty of the toughest logic problems, lateral thinking puzzles, and test... read more

Thanks to television, the Internet, and the incredible popularity if the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, suddenly poker is the most lucrative sporting event in the world! There's only one problem: No-limit hold 'em is a difficult and complex game. That's where KIll Phil comes in.The structure of no-limit hold 'em tournaments lends itself to a playing technique that allows even an absolute novice to compete against the best players in the world. In fact, the Kill Phil strategy is most effective when used in confrontations wit... read more

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Stimulate your mind with this portable box of word puzzles, created by Mensa's puzzle experts