Games / Crosswords

The Build It! series of visually rich instruction books for LEGO(R) creations is perfect for children ages 5 and up.

Inside Build it! Trains, you'll find a range of creative models to put together, created using the LEGO(R) Classic set 10697 and LEGO(R) Wheels set 9387, or bricks that LEGO(R) obsessives may already have at home. Each book in this interactive series contains 3-5 "dioramas" featuring a diverse range of models. Full color, step-by-step diagrams guide you through the process, enhancing the fun.

Build hours of family fun with the entire Build It! instruction book series.

In 1934, the Observer's cryptic crossword compiler, Edward Powys Mathers (aka Torquemada), released a novel that was simultaneously a murder mystery and the most fiendishly difficult literary puzzle ever written.

The pages have been printed in an entirely haphazard order, but it is possible - through logic and intelligent reading - to sort the pages into the only correct order, revealing six murder victims and their respective murderers.

Only three puzzlers have ever solved the mystery of Cain's Jawbone: do you have what it takes to join their ranks?

Please note: this puzzle is extremely difficult and not for the faint-hearted.

Bestselling math writer Alex Bellos has a challenge for you: 125 of the world's best brainteasers from the last two millennia.

Armed with logic alone, you'll detect counterfeit coins, navigate river crossings, and untangle family trees. Then--with just a dash of high school math--you'll tie a rope around the Earth, match wits with a cryptic wizard, and use four 4s to create every number from 1 to 50. (It can be done!)

The ultimate casebook for daring puzzlers, Can You Solve My Problems? also tells the story of the puzzle--from ancient China to Victorian England to modern-day Japan. Grab your pencil and get puzzling!

If you practice any sort of magic--or plan on giving it a try--you probably know that for most people, card tricks are often the starting point. If you have a deck of cards readily available, as many common households do, the only things required to wow an audience are a little sleight of hand and a magician's secrets.

In spite of the timeless credo "good magicians never reveal their secrets," renowned magicians Jean Hugard and Frederick Braué generously divulged theirs in Card Tricks: The Royal Road to Card Magic.

Published originally in the 1940s, this classic guide contains more than one hundred spectacular tricks allowing anyone to pick up a deck and dazzle an audience--whether their performance is in a theatre, at a party, or even on the street!

Card Tricks includes a book of 101 clever card tricks, two packs of cards, and a notebook and pencil for taking notes as you learn. Start with a trick with the easiest skill rating, like the leader of the pack, and let your audience think you can move cards from the middle of the pack without even touching them. You'll progress all the way to the level five sleights of hand, like throwing a tantrum, which relies not only on dexterity but also on your acting skills as you attempt to convince your audience that you've made a terrible mistake.

A must-have for any budding magician, Card Tricks will help you astound all your friends and family. But just remember--magicians never reveal their secrets!

For the first time ever, Will Shortz personally selects 75 of his favorite puzzles from his tenure as editor of "The New York Times" crossword puzzles. Special commentary will appear along with each puzzle and give clever insight into the puzzle-solving world that Will Shortz dominates. Getting to know the background on these puzzles will add a new dimension for the growing number of crossword buffs. Also included is a special introduction written by Shortz that explains why these puzzles qualify as his favorites among the thousands of puzzles he has edited in his career. Since Will Shortz has become crossword editor of the" Times," the puzzles have featured increased wordplay, and a hip, contemporary attitude towards crosswording.