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  • Logic and Clear Thinking - 50 Brain Teazers

    de Roy Whitlow ...
    The great philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein said 'Logic is not a body of knowledge'. I would rather have it that logic is a clear way of thinking, of using knowledge. And that's what you need to solve many puzzles and teasers. Another famous writer, Stendahl, said 'Logic is neither a science nor an art, but a dodge'. Well, some of the teasers here might seem to be dodges, certainly some are trickier ... Leer más

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  • Knots and Numbers - 50 Brain Teazers

    de Roy Whitlow ...
    Puzzles, quizzes, mind games, brain benders, teasers, riddles and the like have been around for thousands of years. Fascinating examples of mind benders can be found in Chinese, Greek, Roman and other histories, many that still test our skills today. There are many books of recreational mathematics and logic puzzles, ranging from the suitably learned to downright examples of fun. The contents of ... Leer más

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  • The Devil's Eyeglass

    de Roy Whitlow ...
    Gordon is a quiet and inoffensive man and an excellent draughtsman and designer, but he has three problems: an overbearing and unloving wife, a noisy neighbour with a noisy dog and no appreciation at all of his talents by his boss at work. However, his luck changes when, with a friend and work colleague, he goes to an auction of antiques. There he successfully bids for an old sea captain's trunk, ... Leer más

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  • A Dictionary of French Food and Dining: Part 2 Names of Dishes on Menus

    de Roy Whitlow ...
    This is a dictionary that is extraordinarily different. It is the most comprehensive listing of French words and phrases associated with French food and dining you will ever see. A great many of the words listed simply do not appear in standard French-English dictionaries and yet they are in common use, especially with professionals. The words and their meanings have been researched from many ... Leer más

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  • A Dictionary of French Food and Dining: Part 1 Names of Food Items

    de Roy Whitlow ...
    This is a dictionary that is extraordinarily different. It is the most comprehensive listing of French words and phrases associated with French food and dining you will ever see. A great many of the words listed simply do not appear in standard French-English dictionaries and yet they are in common use, especially with professionals. The words and their meanings have been researched from many ... Leer más

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  • The Red Hound of Pooley and other tales of mystery

    de Roy Whitlow ...
    Here are four tales of mystery; each one is fiction, but each is also based on a folk tale or a legend. 'The Red Hound of Pooley' is my invention, but there are numerous stories in many different localities of mysterious hounds or dogs, some stranger and some darker than others. In this one a young bricklayer's mate one night encounters a red hound and does it a favour. When he tells him parents ... Leer más

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  • Magic Squares - 50 Brain Teazers

    de Roy Whitlow ...
    Magic squares it seems have been around for some 4000 years, possibly starting with the 'Loh Shu' square of Chinese legend. They have ever exercised the minds of recreational puzzlers and mathematicians alike; they have featured in art, architecture and books (both novels and learned writings). In this collection I have gathered together a selection from the many sources and added a few touches of ... Leer más

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  • Love and Filo Pastry and other tales

    de Roy Whitlow ...
    Here we have five short tales of love: love found, love lost, love of place, love realized and love of a son. Love can be surprising and unexpected as Bonny Woodward discovers when she is mistaken for a shop assistant and eventually finds more than filo pastry in a supermarket. Across the sparks and crackle of a bonfire Clare sees a face she thought she had left behind her. Alex Steadman is both ... Leer más

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  • Curious Words and Language - 50 Brain Teazers

    de Roy Whitlow ...
    Words have fascinated many great men and women for centuries; Dr Samuel Johnson said, 'Words are the signs of ideas', while Rudyard Kipling said, 'Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.' Words can be like music and entertain, they can sooth and excite and give pleasure; they can also inform, instruct and educate. They can fulfil dreams or inspire them. Above all they can be ... Leer más

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  • A Dictionary of French Food and Dining: Part 3 Terms Used in Cooking

    de Roy Whitlow ...
    This is a dictionary that is extraordinarily different. It is the most comprehensive listing of French words and phrases associated with French food and dining you will ever see. A great many of the words listed simply do not appear in standard French-English dictionaries and yet they are in common use, especially with professionals. The words and their meanings have been researched from many ... Leer más

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  • The Tweed Jacket and other tales

    de Roy Whitlow ...
    Four tales of love. In 'The Tweed Jacket' Raymond buys a second-hand coat and gets more than he expected. In seeking to resolve a mystery he finds maybe something that may change his life once again. Part of love is trust, but has Carly's husband broken hers? In 'A Strain on Love' chance sightings seem to confirm the worst; is there another woman looming into their lives? In 'Out of the Mouths of ... Leer más

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  • Garbee's Bear

    de Roy Whitlow ...
    In the mid-eighteenth century a dancing bear owned by Jonas Garbee was tormented and then killed by the villagers of Charford Payne. Garbee swore revenge. Now, strangely, at the annual Michaelmas Fair in Charford Payne they celebrate the terrible affair with a villager donning a bear costume and capering about. Also, strangely, close to the Michaelmas Fair peculiar happenings have occurred – are ... Leer más

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