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This section of the
AgeOfPuzzles.com I'd like to devote to the most
prominent puzzle authors, and some selection of their
books mostly published in the past years. Each author
has his own page where growing list of their books is
presented. Obviously, it's just a small part of nice,
must-have puzzle books, so I plan to make further book
presentations in the future. Mostly, these books are
available at big book stores all over the World, both
virtual and real, such as
Barnes & Noble or
Amazon.com. |
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The Simple Book of Not-So-Simple Puzzles
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by
Serhiy Grabarchuk,
Peter Grabarchuk, and
Serhiy Grabarchuk, Jr. |
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It is our newest puzzle book just
released by
A K Peters, Ltd. This collection includes more than
a hundred original puzzles which we call "puzzle
miniatures" since they are just simple looking, but are
not-so-simple once you try solving them. More details
about the book can be seen at the
A K Peters, Ltd.
website. And the book itself can be purchased directly
there as well. The book is distributed in the UK,
Europe, Africa and the Middle East by
Transatlantic Publishers Group Ltd. Also, the book
is available at most of big book stores all over the
World, both virtual and real, such as
Barnes & Noble or
Amazon.com. Still do not be misled with some curious
inaccuracy in the list of the book's authors or even its
name at the two last named places. It is also a sort of
puzzle... |
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Tribute to a
Mathemagician published by A K Peters, Ltd. |
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Tributes to Martin Gardner |
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published by
A K Peters, Ltd. |
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Several generations of
mathematicians, magicians, and puzzlers have been
influenced by Martin Gardner, and they are his faithful
and grateful fans. One of them, Tomas Rodgers, in 1993
founded the
Gathering for Gardner (G4G), the unique biennial
event to honor Martin Gardner. Since 1999
A K Peters, Ltd. publishes collections of G4G pieces... |
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Aha!: Aha! Insight and
Aha! Gotcha by Martin Gardner. |
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Martin Gardner's Books |
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Martin Gardner's books on
mathematical recreations make the most outstanding and
important contribution not only to this particular
field, but also to the whole mathematics. All these
books make a big part of the Martin Gardner Universe,
and are must be for all Gardner fans, and all puzzle &
math lovers, young and old alike... |
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The 15 Puzzle Book
by Jerry Slocum and Dic Sonneveld. |
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Jerry Slocum's Books |
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Jerry Slocum, the World's most renowned puzzle
collector and writer, has written many great books on
mechanical puzzles. His latest work reveals the true
history of The 15 Puzzle, giving a comprehensive picture
of how this puzzle became popular, driving the whole
World crazy, and showing "...how America's greatest
puzzle designer, Sam Loyd, fooled everyone for 115
years."... |
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Piano-Hinged
Dissections: Time to Fold! by Greg Frederickson. |
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Greg Frederickson's Books |
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In the world of geometric
dissections Professor of Computer Sciences
Greg Frederickson is a leading authority. He wrote
three unique books on the subject which show old and
modern achievements in this old and very popular puzzle
theme. His latest, third book, Piano-Hinged
Dissections: Time to Fold!, is about a specific kind
of these puzzles with pieces mutually folded along
connected edges, and joined by piano hinges each long as
the respective edge of fold... |
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The Amazing Book of
Mazes by Adrian Fisher. |
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Adrian Fisher's Books |
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No one knows better how to create
an unusual, attractive, and tangled maze or labyrinth
than
Adrian Fisher who is the World's leading maze
designer. He has developed hundreds of mazes of numerous
kinds all over the World, and published many books on
this old and historically and visually rich theme. His
latest book presents more than 150 mazes, ancient and
modern, which are fully interactive!... |
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The Jug with Diamonds
book by Serhiy Grabarchuk. |
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The Jug With Diamonds: Twelve Oriental Tales and Twelve
Puzzles |
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by Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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This is my first puzzle book
published by Logica Ent. in 1991. Language: Russian.
This tiny, 32-page puzzle book describes twelve
different puzzles, and contains detailed b/w drawings,
complete solutions, and brief English descriptions for
the puzzles. Since 1991 its puzzles were many times
republished and manufactured by different publishers,
companies and individual puzzle makers... |
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Sudoku Presented by Will Shortz. |
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Sudoku Presented by Will Shortz |
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by Will Shortz and Peter Ritmeester |
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I'm very pleased to show here a
collection of books published by
St. Martin's Griffin, and devoted to SUDOKU --
nowadays' greatest puzzle phenomenon. Currently there is
a lot of Sudoku collections, and numerous periodicals
regularly publish them. Everybody says about Sudoku
puzzles in all possible superlatives, and they really
deserve it... |
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The New Puzzle Classics
book by Serhiy Grabarchuk. |
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The New Puzzle Classics: Ingenious Twists on Timeless
Favorites (Mensa) |
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by Serhiy Grabarchuk |
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It is my new puzzle book published by
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. as a
Mensa Official Puzzle Book, and was officially
released on May 1, 2005. A foreword to the book was
written by
Will Shortz, the crossword editor of
The New York Times and the former editor of
Games magazine... |
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April 4, 2008 |
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