Top solvers can try their hand at the One-Sided Gordonian Rectangle; Extended Gordonian Rectangle; Gordonian Polygon; and Alternating Digits. (But they can take comfort in knowing that no more than one will occur in any single puzzle.)
The vast majority of sudoku puzzles that are labeled hard, expert, challenger, are not really all that difficult. And in a surprising number of cases, they are downright easy. Part of the Absolutely Nasty Sudoku series, this book provides basic and intermediate puzzles and techniques.
Kakuro is a puzzle type in which sums are given and solvers must deduce the numbers in the individual boxes. This title is suitable for hardcore kakuro devotees.
Here it comes: a revolution in sudoku solving! This is by far the most complete guide to cracking these addictive puzzles ever produced, with tricks even the experts won t know. While most books might have a few pages of introduction before proceeding straight to the sudokus, this one covers it all: hidden pairs, naked pairs, X-wings, jellyfish, squirmbag, bivalue and bilocation graphs, turbot fish, grid coloring, and chains. Every single one is here, and much more too, including the exclusive Gordonian logic methods (Gordonian rectangles and Gordonian polygons) that will turn even the hardest puzzles into a breeze. Of course, there are hundreds of sudoku for practice. A very special addition is a reprint of the very first sudoku ever published in 1979, from "Dell Pencil Puzzles and Word Games" magazine!"
BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.
This is it—puzzles so amazing that they’ll make your brain explode! Only the best of the best need apply to work through such skills as: Jellyfish; One-Sided Gordonian Polygon; Multi-Digit One-Sided Gordonian Rectang≤ and Turbot Fish. Plus, in this case, they’re used in combination to create the ultimate test.
Picture-perfect logic puzzles . . . in vibrant two-color Now, when you're cracking a code to solve a conundrum, you're also creating art. Simply use the numbers around the grid--some in color, some in black--to guide you as you fill in the squares. Gradually an image will emerge, and you'll be rewarded with a completed picture by the end. Not only do these puzzles sharpen logical thinking and cognitive skills, they're tons of fun