Puzzling Adventures: Tales of Strategy, Logic, and Mathematical Skill
Puzzling Adventures: Tales of Strategy, Logic, and Mathematical Skill

Author: Dennis E. Shasha

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2005-01-17

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0393349993

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Hours of recreational reckoning. Collected and enhanced from Dennis Shasha's popular Scientific American column, here are thirty-six of the most innovative and emotive mathematical puzzles ever to appear in its pages. Edgy, challenging and representing the ultimate in recreational mathematical games, Puzzling Adventures dares the reader to work out the logic underlying venture fund investments, escape a Minotaur, catch a polar bear, play power politics, work out if a witness is lying, spy on contraband traders and verify DNA. An encrypted set of stories and commentary float above the puzzles. They need decrypting to discover their hints. The hints lead to a surprise—if the reader can work them out.

Scrapping Scarlett
Scrapping Scarlett

Author: Pamela Burford

Publisher: Radical Poodle Press

Published: 2023-01-31

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 1944922792

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Scarlett Proctor has always done things her own quirky way, and her death is no exception. After Death Diva Jane witnesses the shocking accident that takes the young woman’s life, she’s plagued by questions that have no easy answers. The more Jane finds out about Scarlett’s fraught relationships, the more she questions whether her death truly was an accident. When a second probable murder comes to light, she can’t help but wonder if her snooping is making her a target. But Jane has her protectors! Her high-maintenance canine sidekick, Sexy Beast, is determined to keep his alpha female from harm. (Just don’t tell him he’s a pampered seven-pound poodle.) Fortunately for Jane, she also has a yummy bad-boy bartender for backup, so no need to panic. Yet.

Scarlett's New Friend
Scarlett's New Friend

Author: Gillian Shields

Publisher: Paw Prints

Published: 2009-07-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781439589649

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Swim along with the Mermaid Sisters of the Sea!The wicked Mantora strikes again! This time, she's littered a beautiful beach, where a family of seals live. Scarlett asks all the sea creatures to help clean up, but will they listen to the bossiest mermaid of all?

The Scarlet Papers
The Scarlet Papers

Author: Matthew Richardson

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2023-05-25

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1405924845

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THE BOOK THOSE IN THE KNOW ARE CALLING THE BEST SPY NOVEL OF THE YEAR *** One of the 50 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023 in the Daily Telegraph *** *** A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 *** *** A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 *** ‘Superbly constructed in an elaborate twisty spy yarn. It's highly unlikely that there will be a better espionage novel this year’ THE SUNDAY TIMES 'A breathtaking thriller. A classic in the making' PETER JAMES 'Hugely impressive and compelling' WILLIAM BOYD ‘A natural-born storyteller’ JEFFERY DEAVER ___________ London, present day Historian Max Archer is invited to a clandestine meeting with legendary Cold War spymaster, Scarlet King. Her offer to share the explosive secrets born of over half a century at the heart of global espionage would be life-changing. But Max has little reason to trust a woman whose name is a byword for deceit and ruthlessness. Soon he is on the wrong side of the law and on the run. As the net closes tighter around him he must somehow discover the truth. Because it’s not just his life on the line – but also the fate of the Western world . . . ___________ ‘Intricate and fast moving, it weaves a thrilling spell’ DAILY MAIL 'Smart, slick and totally gripping . . . The Scarlet Papers is always credible, always startling and almost painfully human. A total triumph' TONY PARSONS 'A masterpiece' TIM GLISTER *** DISCOVER MY NAME IS NOBODY AND THE INSIDER, FURTHER SPY NOVELS BY MATTHEW RICHARDSON ***

SCARLETT
SCARLETT

Author: Risa Beckett

Publisher: Post Hill Press

Published: 2018-11-20

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1642930024

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Scarlett the Sloth is about to surprise everyone in the forest when she solves the mysterious disappearance of Mr. Cuddles. Scarlett the Sloth loves to sleep, but today someone is making a racket under her tree. What’s all the noise about? Bo Bo the Capuchin Monkey is crying—his favorite teddy bear, Mr. Cuddles, is missing! Scarlett wants to find Mr. Cuddles, but no one thinks that she can. “Sloths are good at eating and snoozing and not much more,” the forest animals tell her. And Scarlett thinks that they might be right. Scarlett surprises everyone, including herself, when she discovers sloths are good for eating and sleeping—and so much more!

The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco
The Puzzling Adventures of Dr. Ecco

Author: Dennis Elliott Shasha

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780486296159

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Join math detective in solving nearly 40 puzzles inspired by methods in computer science and mathematics. The Tower of Lego, Odd Doors Problem, Spies and Double Agents, many more. Solutions.

The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter

Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780192833716

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When an elderly English scholar discovers his young wife in the pillory, cradling an illegitimate child and wearing a scarlet A for Adulteress, he disguises himself as a doctor and begins a cruel and destructive search for the father of the child. Set in mid-seventeenth-century Boston, thispowerful tale of passion, puritanism, and revenge is one of the foremost classics of American literature. Covering the most recent developments in Hawthorne scholarship, this up-to-date edition contains full and detailed notes.

Scarlett
Scarlett

Author: Elle Klass

Publisher: Books by Elle, Inc.

Published: 2017-11-12

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 0999250418

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At five my parents died in a horrible car crash changing my life for the worst. I was thrust into a life I never expected and had to learn to adapt in order to survive, no matter the cost. Soon I was shuffled into the foster system becoming a lost child with no ties. My roommate and mortal enemy divulged a troubling rumor about my parents, forcing me to question everything I knew. Even worse I realized I had a gift ... or a curse that allowed me to see and interact in the spiritual realm. It was only a matter of time before I learned ghosts weren’t always trustworthy and some had hidden motives. They become part of my life; past, present and future. I no longer knew who to trust or who to run from. When I met my half-sister I thought my problems were over or at least the odds were looking better until their dirty little secrets spilled over into my life and well-being. They used my body to quell their insatiable need and performed a terrifying experiment on me -- one that worked. Enough was enough I planned my revenge against those who harmed me using my spiritual talent. It was all that I had and gave me an edge. Will my plan work or will I forever live with the insidious actions of others? This story contains mature content and is intended for audiences 18 and up.

The End of Mr Y
The End of Mr Y

Author: Scarlett Thomas

Publisher: Text Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1921351594

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IF YOU KNEW A BOOK WAS CURSED, WOULD YOU READ IT? When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr Y in a second-hand bookshop, she can't believe her eyes. She's read about its author before, the outlandish Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, and this is his most notorious, and rarest, book. It is also believed to hold a curse. Anyone who's ever read it, including Lumas, has disappeared without trace. With Mr Y under her arm, Ariel is thrust into an adventure of faith, physics, love, death, and everything in between. Part gothic mystery, part time-travelling love story, The End of Mr Y lies somewhere between Shadow of the Wind and Dr Who. Scarlett Thomas sends us on a wild and irresistible quest into our deepest selves and our biggest questions.

Never Again
Never Again

Author: Apolca

Publisher: Babelcube Inc.

Published: 2020-01-11

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1071527851

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Beto Rockfeller, who is mildly afflicted with Alien Hand Syndrome, dreams about becoming successful with his rock band. After being unjustly arrested during a protest on Paulista Avenue, he’s released and urged to leave Sao Paulo. He and his unknown band – whose members are: Yakult, Gringo and Santiago dos Santos – decide to move to the mystical town of São Thomé das Letras, the Machu Picchu of Brazil. It’s exactly in this easy-going little town in the state of Minas Gerais where an astonishing and dynamic plot begins – replete with adventures, affairs, crimes and mysteries. Rockfeller becomes involved with Anita Andrade, a girlfriend of one of his friends. This love triangle is suddenly confronted with the appearance of a terrible sickness. He, disoriented, is faced with a difficult decision that severely challenges his sense of morals, even worse, Rock will pay dearly for his troubling decision, no matter which way he goes. Besides that, he’s bound to live with his ghosts, delusions and psychoses, as he is still getting used to dealing with a puzzling raven that pursues him. In the meantime, with the passing of time, Rockfeller gets a second chance to be happy in Rio de Janeiro, his troubles and psychoses return and this can lead him into an irreversible situation in which not everything you see can be considered reality.