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Collects the rules of over fifty classic indoor and outdoor games, including dodgeball, jacks, rummy, egg toss, coin bowling, and capture the flag.

Treasury of 300 puzzles features 3D and chess puzzles, connections, dissections, foldings, geometrical and number puzzles, logic problems, matchstick puzzles, mazes, moving pieces, put-togethers, strimkos, sudoku, and visual and word puzzles.

Finally, a puzzle book as “bright” as its readers. Not only will puzzle-doers find wickedly tricky brainbusters on every page, but all the accompanying illustrations are in brilliant color too. And that makes unraveling these challenging conundrums even more fun. It will take some real smarts to figure this out: Diamonds are for never: Robbers knew that a woman had some very valuable diamonds. They waited until she was away on holiday and then burgled her house. They searched high and low but they could not find the diamonds. What had she done? The answer may seem hard at find at first, but solvers who can think unconventionally, and look past the obvious, will figure it out—and every other puzzle too. Answer: She froze each diamond in a separate section of a tray of ice cubes, where they were very hard to see.

Chinese Chess, or Elephant Chess, has intrigued game lovers for centuries. The Chinese game requires players to master subtle variations of strategy. This guide introduces Chinese chess to Westerners, discussing the board, and the movement and value of the pieces.

Provides instructions for juggling with scarves, balls, rings, clubs, and other items, including routines for two jugglers

This collection by a bestselling author consists of more than 560 puzzles from around the world and throughout history. Only a familiarity with elementary algebra and geometry is needed, and complete answers appear at the end. "Of immense interest." — Mathematical Gazette. 382 illustrations.

The most badass collection of paper dolls--ever! Forget the runway. These Awesome Women Who Changed History are dressed for the battlefields, the picket lines--and the White House! These 21 realistic paper dolls have everything they need to shatter the glass ceiling. Prepare Sally Ride for liftoff with her spacesuit and helmet. Get Annie's gun (and her hat and dress) before she heads into a sharpshooting competition. And please rise for the honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose robes and gavel will have her ready to preside over the United States Supreme Court. Whether conducting research while living with the gorillas in the mist, mastering the art of French cooking, or leading travelers on the Underground Railroad, the paper doll likenesses of these groundbreaking women are sure to inspire awesome women of any age.

What number best completes the series? What anagrams don’t belong? Which pattern satisfies the analogy? No cheating! Flex that brain muscle and see how intelligent you really are with this fun and formidable two-part series of quizzes. Care to measure your IQ? See how well you stack up after taking one of the eight IQ tests offered here. Then, measure specific skills through a series of tests designed to gauge numerical, verbal, and spatial abilities. Answers to each question, complete with explanations, appear at the end of each section. Score yourself using the easy-to-follow charts provided here, then rank yourself against friends to prove that you really are the smartest one on the block.