Author: B. A. Johnson
Publisher: Fresh Ink Group
ISBN: 195892251X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 53
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The stranger in Puzzle Town has everyone talking. When he gets off the bus, his frumpy old suitcase simply says Kevin. He looks normal, but in a town where everybody has knobs, Kevin has no knobs! He is too different! Where can he live? Who would ever want to be his friend? Then a powerful force enters Puzzle Town, and their world spins out of control. How will Kevin ever become a true citizen of Puzzle Town when he just doesn’t fit in?
Author: Roger Priddy
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312507186
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 14
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"With puzzle pieces to place on each page and things to find, this book is a fun introduction to life on the farm."--Back cover
Author: Marcel Danesi
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253217080
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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"Humans are the only animals who create and solve puzzles--for the sheer pleasure of it--and there is no obvious genetic reason why we would do this. Marcel Danesi explores the psychology of puzzles and puzzling, with scores of classic examples. His pioneering book is both entertaining and enlightening." --Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, The New York Times "... Puzzle fanatics will enjoy the many riddles, illusions, cryptograms and other mind-benders offered for analysis." --Psychology Today "... a bristlingly clear... always intriguing survey of the history and rationale of puzzles.... A] splendid study...." --Knight Ridder Newspapers
Author: Mark Zieman
Publisher: Kansas City Star Books
ISBN: 9780972273954
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 806
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Author: Marcel Danesi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1350089869
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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An Anthropology of Puzzles argues that the human brain is a "puzzling organ" which allows humans to literally solve their own problems of existence through puzzle format. Noting the presence of puzzles everywhere in everyday life, Marcel Danesi looks at puzzles in society since the dawn of history, showing how their presence has guided large sections of human history, from discoveries in mathematics to disquisitions in philosophy. Danesi examines the cognitive processes that are involved in puzzle making and solving, and connects them to the actual physical manifestations of classic puzzles. Building on a concept of puzzles as based on Jungian archetypes, such as the river crossing image, the path metaphor, and the journey, Danesi suggests this could be one way to understand the public fascination with puzzles. As well as drawing on underlying mental archetypes, the act of solving puzzles also provides an outlet to move beyond biological evolution, and Danesi shows that puzzles could be the product of the same basic neural mechanism that produces language and culture. Finally, Danesi explores how understanding puzzles can be a new way of understanding our human culture.
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Languages : en
Pages : 1162
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Author: John M. Samson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 068486925X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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A challenging collection of 50 never-before-published puzzles by top constructors, edited by one of America's best-known crossword experts. Spiral bound.
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Languages : en
Pages : 398
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