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The Penguin Book of Puzzles

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MURDLE FANS LOOK NO FURTHER . . .

Want to keep your brain active and your wits trim? Challenge your mind with The Penguin Book of Puzzles and find out if you've got what it takes to beat the Penguin.


'An explosion of a puzzle collection' The Times Literary Supplement

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From the riddles of the ancients to puzzles that perplex the greatest minds of today. Now a pocket-sized paperback, The Penguin Book of Puzzles is a glorious compendium of conundrums from throughout history.


These challenges will require all the reader's wits to solve, but range from the easy to the brain-bending and are suitable for novice and veteran puzzlers alike.

There is something here to suit every taste, including crosswords, mathematical challenges, word games and logic conundrums, but also some intriguing types of puzzles that have been unearthed from centuries gone by.

Hours of fun await you in this timeless and entertaining miscellany of puzzlement.


ENJOY THESE TWO TEASERS

A Sumerian Riddle (circa 18th Century)
There is a house. The blind enter it and then come out seeing. What is that house?


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A Charade
I have wings, yet never fly -
I have sails, yet never go -
I can't
keep still, if I try,
Yet forever stand just so.

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'Fiendish, frustrating, annoying, fulfilling' Guardian

About This Edition

ISBN: 9781405970495
Publication date: 5th September 2024
Author: Dr Gareth Moore
Publisher: Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 304 pages
Genres: Puzzles and quizzes
Mathematical logic
Indoor games
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