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Can You Solve My Problems?

Ingenious, Perplexing, and Totally Satisfying Math and Logic Puzzles

by Alex Bellos ...

Series series Alex Bellos Puzzle Books
Puzzle lovers, rejoice!Bestselling math writer Alex Bellos has a challenge for you: 125 of the world’s best brainteasers from the last two millennia.Armed with logic alone, you’ll detect counterfeit coins, navigate river crossings, and untangle family trees. Then—with just a dash of high school math—you’ll tie a rope around the Earth, match wits with a cryptic wizard, and use four 4s to create ... Read more

$10.69 USD

Puzzle lovers, rejoice!Bestselling math writer Alex Bellos has a challenge for you: 125 of the world’s best brainteasers from the last two millennia.Armed with logic alone, you’ll detect counterfeit coins, navigate river crossings, and untangle family trees. Then—with just a dash of high school math—you’ll tie a rope around the Earth, match wits with a cryptic wizard, and use four 4s to create
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The Grapes of Math

How Life Reflects Numbers and Numbers Reflect Life

by Alex Bellos ...

From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world’s favourite number, and meets a mathematician who looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World Mathematical Congress in India, and ... Read more

$14.99 USD

From triangles, rotations and power laws, to cones, curves and the dreaded calculus, Alex takes you on a journey of mathematical discovery with his signature wit and limitless enthusiasm. He sifts through over 30,000 survey submissions to uncover the world’s favourite number, and meets a mathematician who looks for universes in his garage. He attends the World Mathematical Congress in India, and
... Read more
Puzzle Me Twice

70 Simple Puzzles (Almost) Everyone Gets Wrong

by Alex Bellos ...

Series series Alex Bellos Puzzle Books
**“A brilliant collection of puzzles. Never has getting the answer wrong felt so good!”—G. T. Karber, author of MurdleMost people get these puzzles wrong. Will you beat the odds?**From mathy mind-benders to eye-fooling illusions, here are 70 perplexing puzzles of every kind. But they all have one key thing in common—a wrong answer that seems so right! In Puzzle Me Twice, you’ll have to think—and ... Read more

$10.69 USD

**“A brilliant collection of puzzles. Never has getting the answer wrong felt so good!”—G. T. Karber, author of MurdleMost people get these puzzles wrong. Will you beat the odds?**From mathy mind-benders to eye-fooling illusions, here are 70 perplexing puzzles of every kind. But they all have one key thing in common—a wrong answer that seems so right! In Puzzle Me Twice, you’ll have to think—and
... Read more
The Original Area Mazes

100 Addictive Puzzles to Solve with Simple Math—and Clever Logic!

by Naoki Inaba, Ryoichi Murakami ...

Perfect for sudoku fans—the rules for these 100 logic puzzles are simple, and the math is easy. But the puzzles get harder and harder!Once you match wits with area mazes, you'll be hooked! Your quest is to navigate a network of rectangles to find a missing value.Just Remember:Area = length × widthUse spatial reasoning to find helpful relationshipsWhole numbers are all you need. You can always get ... Read more

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Perfect for sudoku fans—the rules for these 100 logic puzzles are simple, and the math is easy. But the puzzles get harder and harder!Once you match wits with area mazes, you'll be hooked! Your quest is to navigate a network of rectangles to find a missing value.Just Remember:Area = length × widthUse spatial reasoning to find helpful relationshipsWhole numbers are all you need. You can always get
... Read more
Futebol

Soccer, The Brazilian Way

by Alex Bellos ...

A new and updated edition of bestselling author Alex Bellos's classic book on soccer, unforgettably capturing the game at the heart of the Brazilian national identity.Since the 1950s, when Pelé first started playing, soccer has been how the world sees Brazil, but it is also how Brazilians see themselves. The essence of their game is one in which prodigious individual skills outshine team tactics, ... Read more

$11.59 USD

A new and updated edition of bestselling author Alex Bellos's classic book on soccer, unforgettably capturing the game at the heart of the Brazilian national identity.Since the 1950s, when Pelé first started playing, soccer has been how the world sees Brazil, but it is also how Brazilians see themselves. The essence of their game is one in which prodigious individual skills outshine team tactics,
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The Language Lover's Puzzle Book

A World Tour of Languages and Alphabets in 100 Amazing Puzzles

by Alex Bellos ...

Series series Alex Bellos Puzzle Books
100 wonder-filled word puzzles that thrill and tantalize with the beauty, magic, and weirdness of world languageWhether you’re a crossword solver, cryptogram fan, Scrabble addict, or Sudoku savant, The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book is guaranteed to tease your brain and twist your tongue. Puzzle master Alex Bellos begins in Japan, where we can observe some curious counting:boru niko = two ballstsuna ... Read more

$11.59 USD

100 wonder-filled word puzzles that thrill and tantalize with the beauty, magic, and weirdness of world languageWhether you’re a crossword solver, cryptogram fan, Scrabble addict, or Sudoku savant, The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book is guaranteed to tease your brain and twist your tongue. Puzzle master Alex Bellos begins in Japan, where we can observe some curious counting:boru niko = two ballstsuna
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Football School Epic Heroes

50 true tales that shook the world

by Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton ...

Illustrated by Spike Gerrell ...

Football School Epic Heroes is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations. Perfect for readers 7+ and recommended by the National Literacy Trust, BookTrust, the Premier League and parents and teachersCelebrate the greatest names and teams in football history with this ... Read more

$8.39 USD

Football School Epic Heroes is part of the bestselling Football School series, which teaches you about the world through football, packed with superstar stories, fun facts and laugh-out-loud illustrations. Perfect for readers 7+ and recommended by the National Literacy Trust, BookTrust, the Premier League and parents and teachersCelebrate the greatest names and teams in football history with this
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Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers

Math, Logic & Word Puzzles to Challenge Your Brain

by Alex Bellos ...

Series series Alex Bellos Puzzle Books
Put your wits—and survival instincts—to the test!Publisher’s Note: Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers was previously published in the UK under the title So You Think You’ve Got Problems?In Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers, Alex Bellos collects 125 of the world’s greatest stumpers—many dangerous to your person, and all dangerous to your pride. Brace yourself to wrestle with wordplay, grapple ... Read more

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Put your wits—and survival instincts—to the test!Publisher’s Note: Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers was previously published in the UK under the title So You Think You’ve Got Problems?In Perilous Problems for Puzzle Lovers, Alex Bellos collects 125 of the world’s greatest stumpers—many dangerous to your person, and all dangerous to your pride. Brace yourself to wrestle with wordplay, grapple
... Read more
Here's Looking at Euclid

A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math

by Alex Bellos ...

Too often math gets a bad rap, characterized as dry and difficult. But, Alex Bellos says, "math can be inspiring and brilliantly creative. Mathematical thought is one of the great achievements of the human race, and arguably the foundation of all human progress. The world of mathematics is a remarkable place."Bellos has traveled all around the globe and has plunged into history to uncover ... Read more

$14.99 USD

Too often math gets a bad rap, characterized as dry and difficult. But, Alex Bellos says, "math can be inspiring and brilliantly creative. Mathematical thought is one of the great achievements of the human race, and arguably the foundation of all human progress. The world of mathematics is a remarkable place."Bellos has traveled all around the globe and has plunged into history to uncover
... Read more
Soccer School Season 1: Where Soccer Explains (Rules) the World

by Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton ...

Illustrated by Spike Gerrell ...

Series Book 1 - Soccer School
This e-book includes BONUS content not found in the print edition! Test your soccer skills with an exclusive sixteen-page quiz about international soccer!Coaches (and authors) Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton cleverly use the lens of soccer to immerse kids in math, geography, biology, and more. Loaded with awesome true stories and science, the first book in the Soccer School series is illustrated ... Read more

$7.19 USD

This e-book includes BONUS content not found in the print edition! Test your soccer skills with an exclusive sixteen-page quiz about international soccer!Coaches (and authors) Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton cleverly use the lens of soccer to immerse kids in math, geography, biology, and more. Loaded with awesome true stories and science, the first book in the Soccer School series is illustrated
... Read more
Soccer School Season 2: Where Soccer Explains (Saves) the World

by Alex Bellos, Ben Lyttleton ...

Illustrated by Spike Gerrell ...

Series Book 2 - Soccer School
Soccer School is back in session and ready to defend its goal: to explain the world through soccer.Coaches Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton return with even more proof that soccer can be used to teach kids about pretty much anything. The second book in their funny, fascinating series is full of facts about the most popular sport in the world, from history to language, design to psychology. When did ... Read more

$7.19 USD

Soccer School is back in session and ready to defend its goal: to explain the world through soccer.Coaches Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton return with even more proof that soccer can be used to teach kids about pretty much anything. The second book in their funny, fascinating series is full of facts about the most popular sport in the world, from history to language, design to psychology. When did
... Read more
Soccer School Season 3: Where Soccer Explains (Tackles) the World

Illustrated by Spike Gerrell ...

by Ben Lyttleton, Alex Bellos ...

Series Book 3 - Soccer School
This winning nonfiction series explains the world via soccer trivia, facts, and fun.This third book in the Soccer School series poses many intriguing questions for soccer fans: What color are Cristiano Ronaldo's pajamas? How many bones are there in the human foot? And why is that dodo alive and kicking? With funny cartoons and multiple-choice quizzes, this is the perfect way for young fans to ... Read more

$8.09 USD

This winning nonfiction series explains the world via soccer trivia, facts, and fun.This third book in the Soccer School series poses many intriguing questions for soccer fans: What color are Cristiano Ronaldo's pajamas? How many bones are there in the human foot? And why is that dodo alive and kicking? With funny cartoons and multiple-choice quizzes, this is the perfect way for young fans to
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