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The World's Biggest Puzzle Book

By: Charles Barry Townsend

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The World's Biggest Puzzle Book

By: Charles Barry Townsend

Presents a collection of riddles, logic puzzles, anagrams, word puzzles, and other types of brain-teazers.

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708

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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ISBN 10

1402702469

ISBN 13

9781402702464

World's Greatest Magic Tricks

By: Charles Barry Townsend

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Reissue A great new cover will make this perennial favorite even more appealing to magic-loving kids eager to build a repertoire of awesome tricks. It covers the spectrum, with illusions that use silk scarves, paper, rope, money, and cards. The secrets to success are subtle, with an emphasis on presentation not just sleight of hand. Earn a reputation as a wizard of wonders by mastering The Amazing License Plate Prediction, The Impossible Coin Vanish, and The Puzzling Paper Puff Ball. Or play a Devilish Game of Poker--a neat setup that results in five of the most staggering hands you've ever seen.

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136

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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ISBN 10

1402725450

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9781402725456

The Curious Book of Mind-boggling Teasers, Tricks, Puzzles & Games

By: Charles Barry Townsend

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The Curious Book of Mind-boggling Teasers, Tricks, Puzzles & Games

By: Charles Barry Townsend

Mathematical dupes, sleights of hand, shady shuffles, and impossible predictions: these are just a few of the 80 ways to use a pack of cards to dazzle and baffle everyone.

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312

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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ISBN 10

1402702140

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9781402702143

Merlin's Puzzle Pastimes

By: Charles Barry Townsend

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Merlin's Puzzle Pastimes

By: Charles Barry Townsend

A collection of puzzles, riddles, and problems selected by the author from his earlier volumes.

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Courier Corporation

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ISBN 10

0486251233

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9780486251233

Mathematical Quickies

270 Stimulating Problems with Solutions

By: Charles W. Trigg

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Mathematical Quickies

270 Stimulating Problems with Solutions

By: Charles W. Trigg

For the mathematics enthusiast of any age or level of sophisitcation, this stimulating treasury of unusual math problems offers unlimited opportunity for mind-biggling recreation. Carles W. Trigg, Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus at Los Angeles City College and one of the country's best-known problemists, has compiled nearly 300 mathematical brainteasers from the field of of arithmetic, algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, number theory, and such general recreational mathematics and dissections, cryptarithms and magic squares. The object of each problem is to find the quickest, most elegant solution - they are often unorthodox and there is usually and element of surprise in each. Ranging from the simple to complex, problems are both original with the author and the work of over 100 other qualified mathematicians. Most are rarely seen or entirely new; all challenge the reader to devise solutions more elegant than the ones provided.

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242

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Courier Corporation

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ISBN 10

0486249492

ISBN 13

9780486249490

World's Best Magic Tricks

By: Charles Barry Townsend

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World's Best Magic Tricks

By: Charles Barry Townsend

Make a knife levitate, a glass disappear and a coin dissolve in an ordinary glass of water! Master magician Townsend guides you step by step, with dozens of how-to illustrations that reveal the secrets behind more than 30 truly astounding magic tricks. 128 pages, b/w illus. throughout, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

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134

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Sterling Publishing (NY)

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ISBN 10

0806985828

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9780806985824

Classic Magic Tricks

By: Bob Longe,David Knowles,Charles Barry Townsend

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Classic Magic Tricks

By: Bob Longe,David Knowles,Charles Barry Townsend

Abracadabra! Virtually every type of incredible magic trick imaginable is right here, in this huge collection. Choose any one from this great repertoire of seemingly unexplainable hocus-pocus and you will astound people without fail. Use mental magic to mystify a crowd with uncanny mathematical talent. Defy reality by performing the French Drop, a coin sleight that will astound spectators with your ingenious skills. Create suspense when you make a "spirited" handkerchief rise and fall. There's no end to the fun.

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296

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MetroBooks (NY)

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ISBN 10

1586636693

ISBN 13

9781586636692

World's Most Amazing Puzzles

By: Barry Townsend,Charles Barry Townsend

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World's Most Amazing Puzzles

By: Barry Townsend,Charles Barry Townsend

There is mental entertainment, magic, math, and more in this collection of classic tricks and problems."-Student Library Journal. Although referring to Townsend's 'The World's Most Challenging Puzzles,' this quote is applicable to his entire puzzle cannon. If you enjoy pitting yourself against the most challenging puzzles in existence and are a glutton for punishment, then one or all of these books are for you. Take your pick among 'The World's Trickiest,' 'Most Perplexing,' 'Most Incredible,' 'Greatest,' 'Most Amazing,' 'Most Baffling,' 'Most Challenging,' and 'Best.' Choose from any of the eight, or all eight, and see how you stand up against Charles Barry Townsend-'the Professor of Perplexing Puzzles." 128 pages, 100 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

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132

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Sterling

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ISBN 10

0806987618

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9780806987613

World's Trickiest Puzzles

By: Charles Barry Townsend

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World's Trickiest Puzzles

By: Charles Barry Townsend

Word and number problems, visual mysteries, and even sneaky puns and riddles will keep solvers on their mental toes as they try to uncover their solutions. There are pictures filled with mistakes to find, matchstick games, scrambled words, rebuses, crafty calculations, and much more.

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080690965X

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9780806909653

World's Most Perplexing Puzzles

By: Charles Barry Townsend

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World's Most Perplexing Puzzles

By: Charles Barry Townsend

Although referring to Townsend's The World's Most Challenging Puzzles, this quote is applicable to his entire puzzle canon. If you enjoy pitting yourself against the most challenging puzzles in existence and are a glutton for punishment, then one or all of these books are for you. Take your pick among "The World's Trickiest", "Super Brainy", "Most Perplexing", "Most Incredible", "Greatest", "Most Amazing", "Toughest", "Most Baffling", "Most Challenging", and "Best". Choose from any of the ten, or all ten, and see how you stand up against Charles Barry Townsend -- "the Professor of Perplexing Puzzles".

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Sterling Publishing (NY)

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0806912669

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9780806912660

The World's Most Challenging Puzzles

By: Charles Barry Townsend

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The World's Most Challenging Puzzles

By: Charles Barry Townsend

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0806967307

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9780806967301

World's Most Baffling Puzzles

By: Charles Barry Townsend

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World's Most Baffling Puzzles

By: Charles Barry Townsend

Over 95 all-time bewildering puzzles are designed to confound, confuse, and make you cry "Uncle!" The 95-plus graphic illustrations help, but don't look for quick, easy solutions. Just sharpen your pencils--and your wits--and get ready to tackle the WORLD'S MOST BAFFLING PUZZLES. Answers can be found in the back, but no fair peeking first.

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