Author: Trip Payne
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402713132
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Endorsed by the National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH), this compendium of more than 700 cryptograms is accessible to puzzlers who love to flex their mental muscles and challenge their code-cracking abilities. Decode funny quips and clever comments by favorite celebrities and historical figures. Find out what Julia Roberts has to say about nude scenes; how Harry Truman distinguished between recession and depression; and get some marital advice from Shirley Maclaine. By untangling these mixed-up messages, you'll uncover the wise, witty, and wonderful things said by a wide array of personalities, including Albert Einstein, Johnny Carson, Henri Matisse, and Marilyn Monroe.
Large Print Cryptograms
Author: Trip Payne
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402713132
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Endorsed by the National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH), this compendium of more than 700 cryptograms is accessible to puzzlers who love to flex their mental muscles and challenge their code-cracking abilities. Decode funny quips and clever comments by favorite celebrities and historical figures. Find out what Julia Roberts has to say about nude scenes; how Harry Truman distinguished between recession and depression; and get some marital advice from Shirley Maclaine. By untangling these mixed-up messages, you'll uncover the wise, witty, and wonderful things said by a wide array of personalities, including Albert Einstein, Johnny Carson, Henri Matisse, and Marilyn Monroe.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402713132
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Endorsed by the National Association for Visually Handicapped (NAVH), this compendium of more than 700 cryptograms is accessible to puzzlers who love to flex their mental muscles and challenge their code-cracking abilities. Decode funny quips and clever comments by favorite celebrities and historical figures. Find out what Julia Roberts has to say about nude scenes; how Harry Truman distinguished between recession and depression; and get some marital advice from Shirley Maclaine. By untangling these mixed-up messages, you'll uncover the wise, witty, and wonderful things said by a wide array of personalities, including Albert Einstein, Johnny Carson, Henri Matisse, and Marilyn Monroe.
Humorous Cryptograms
Author: Helen Nash
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806939827
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
"A collection of 400 witty or humorous quotations along with their authors' names...have been enciphered into simple substitution ciphers with retained word divisions. Authors include Groucho Marx, Andy Rooney, Bill Cosby, David Letterman, Bob Hope, Emma Bombeck and many more....Excellent and...fun."--Cryptologia. If stuck, get help from special clue sections. 128 pages, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806939827
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
"A collection of 400 witty or humorous quotations along with their authors' names...have been enciphered into simple substitution ciphers with retained word divisions. Authors include Groucho Marx, Andy Rooney, Bill Cosby, David Letterman, Bob Hope, Emma Bombeck and many more....Excellent and...fun."--Cryptologia. If stuck, get help from special clue sections. 128 pages, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.
Cryptogram-a-day Book
Author: Louise B. Moll
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806981109
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Test your wits with a cryptogram for every day of the year! Start the year with this one: FXA SRZ YNJIJS UC SRZ YZXYUT VOXEEZT AUHI RZXIS XTE TUHIJYR AUHI YUHO. (MAY THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON GLADDEN YOUR HEART AND NOURISH YOUR SOUL). Solutions are cleverly scattered to prevent easy cheating. 128 pages, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806981109
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Test your wits with a cryptogram for every day of the year! Start the year with this one: FXA SRZ YNJIJS UC SRZ YZXYUT VOXEEZT AUHI RZXIS XTE TUHIJYR AUHI YUHO. (MAY THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON GLADDEN YOUR HEART AND NOURISH YOUR SOUL). Solutions are cleverly scattered to prevent easy cheating. 128 pages, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.
Funny Cryptograms
Author: Shawn Kennedy
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402701399
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
More than 400 brain-jogging puzzles give you a crash course in cryptography, while the messages reward you with the comedy of Jay Leno, Elayne Boosler, and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as the wit and wisdom of Hillary Clinton, Stephen King, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Begin by trying to find the clues through trial and error, or follow the tips for faster results. There's a chart of hints for each puzzle that reveals one crucial letter equivalent. Along the way, you'll probably agree with puzzle number 83: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain unless you've used up all the other applicable four-letter words."--W. C. Fields.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402701399
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
More than 400 brain-jogging puzzles give you a crash course in cryptography, while the messages reward you with the comedy of Jay Leno, Elayne Boosler, and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as the wit and wisdom of Hillary Clinton, Stephen King, and Edna St. Vincent Millay. Begin by trying to find the clues through trial and error, or follow the tips for faster results. There's a chart of hints for each puzzle that reveals one crucial letter equivalent. Along the way, you'll probably agree with puzzle number 83: "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain unless you've used up all the other applicable four-letter words."--W. C. Fields.
Clever Cryptograms
Author: Louise B. Moll
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806907567
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
"An imaginative collection of 300 simple substitution ciphers with word divisions, based on the sayings of 30 of the world's greatest thinkers, writers and philosophers. In addition to challenging your brain, these cryptograms will provide food for thought with meaningful messages from Einstein, Shaw, Whitman, Disraeli, Gandhi, Santayana and 24 others. Each one is also depicted in an original full-page drawing. Brief tips for solving cryptograms are provided for neophytes, and answers are in the back of the book, if needed."--Cryptologia.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780806907567
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
"An imaginative collection of 300 simple substitution ciphers with word divisions, based on the sayings of 30 of the world's greatest thinkers, writers and philosophers. In addition to challenging your brain, these cryptograms will provide food for thought with meaningful messages from Einstein, Shaw, Whitman, Disraeli, Gandhi, Santayana and 24 others. Each one is also depicted in an original full-page drawing. Brief tips for solving cryptograms are provided for neophytes, and answers are in the back of the book, if needed."--Cryptologia.
Absolutely Nasty® Sudoku Level 4
Author: Frank Longo
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402743993
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Top solvers can try their hand at the One-Sided Gordonian Rectangle; Extended Gordonian Rectangle; Gordonian Polygon; and Alternating Digits. (But they can take comfort in knowing that no more than one will occur in any single puzzle.)
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402743993
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Top solvers can try their hand at the One-Sided Gordonian Rectangle; Extended Gordonian Rectangle; Gordonian Polygon; and Alternating Digits. (But they can take comfort in knowing that no more than one will occur in any single puzzle.)
Mensa Absolutely Nasty Sudoku Level 1
Author: Frank Longo
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402743962
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The vast majority of sudoku puzzles that are labeled hard, expert, challenger, are not really all that difficult. And in a surprising number of cases, they are downright easy. Part of the Absolutely Nasty Sudoku series, this book provides basic and intermediate puzzles and techniques.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402743962
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The vast majority of sudoku puzzles that are labeled hard, expert, challenger, are not really all that difficult. And in a surprising number of cases, they are downright easy. Part of the Absolutely Nasty Sudoku series, this book provides basic and intermediate puzzles and techniques.
LOL Cryptograms
Author: Helen Nash
Publisher: Puzzlewright
ISBN: 9781454911685
Category : Cryptograms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Crack the code--and laugh out loud Each of these humorous quotes is encrypted, so you'll have to do some solving before you're in on the joke. There's no better way to give both your brain and your funny bone a workout at the same time. The witty words come from celebrities in politics, entertainment, sports, and literature, including JFK, Ronald Reagan, Joan Rivers, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, Amy Poehler, Kurt Vonnegut, and many more.
Publisher: Puzzlewright
ISBN: 9781454911685
Category : Cryptograms
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Crack the code--and laugh out loud Each of these humorous quotes is encrypted, so you'll have to do some solving before you're in on the joke. There's no better way to give both your brain and your funny bone a workout at the same time. The witty words come from celebrities in politics, entertainment, sports, and literature, including JFK, Ronald Reagan, Joan Rivers, Jerry Seinfeld, Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Stewart, Amy Poehler, Kurt Vonnegut, and many more.
Absolutely Nasty® Sudoku Level 3
Author: Frank Longo
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402743986
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The difficulty level soars, as even more tricks get added to the mix: X-Wing; Swordfish; XY-Wing; XYZ-Wing; and the Gordonian Rectangle.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402743986
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The difficulty level soars, as even more tricks get added to the mix: X-Wing; Swordfish; XY-Wing; XYZ-Wing; and the Gordonian Rectangle.
Cryptograms to Keep You Sharp
Author: Olivia Carlton
Publisher: Puzzlewright
ISBN: 9780806989938
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Cryptograms are substitution codes: every letter in the code is replaced by another. Some hints: Start with the shortest words. Break down long words into prefixes or suffixes. Look for words containing an apostrophe. A chart gives you hints for three letters in each puzzle. The more you solve, the better you get.
Publisher: Puzzlewright
ISBN: 9780806989938
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Cryptograms are substitution codes: every letter in the code is replaced by another. Some hints: Start with the shortest words. Break down long words into prefixes or suffixes. Look for words containing an apostrophe. A chart gives you hints for three letters in each puzzle. The more you solve, the better you get.