The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles

Author: Robert W. Pike

Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780806979755

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Universally popular, checkers is one of the world s oldest and most elegantly structured board games and on a high level, it can demand real strategic thought. Put your skill to the test with these puzzles all based on the Standard American game. (Federation rules appear in their entirety.) Each is solvable in no more than six-and-a-half moves, and sometimes, the winner even seems at a serious disadvantage at the start. Quite a few of the solutions list alternative patterns of play. "

Library Journal
Library Journal

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 1168

ISBN-13:

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Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Puzzles
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Puzzles

Author: Diagram Group

Publisher: Sterling

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780806942582

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Pit your wits against logic-teasers, matchstick quizzes, number problems, riddles, geometry puzzles, visual conundrums, word wonders, picture problems, mazes, and much more. Some puzzles will seem deceptively easy, while others will boggle even experienced puzzle masters. Perfect for traveling, the beach, study hall, the office, or any time you want to flex your mental muscles.

101 Checker Puzzles
101 Checker Puzzles

Author: Robert W. Pike

Publisher: Sterling/Sew Information Resources

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780806960807

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This book shows the logic behind these 101 brilliant strategies in checkers. Divided into beginning, middle, and endgame tactics, this great book of checker challenges will hone your skills and your analytic powers. Each puzzle showcases a different board layout, with a description of what's happening: for example, "Black Flabbergasts White" reveals that very early in the contest, Black is about to make a move that will assure almost instant victory.

Man, Play, and Games
Man, Play, and Games

Author: Roger Caillois

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780252070334

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According to Roger Caillois, play is an occasion of pure waste. In spite of this - or because of it - play constitutes an essential element of human social and spiritual development. In this study, the author defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space, isolated and protected from the rest of life.

The Onion Book of Known Knowledge
The Onion Book of Known Knowledge

Author: The Onion

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2012-10-23

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 031613323X

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Are you a witless cretin with no reason to live? Would you like to know more about every piece of knowledge ever? Do you have cash? Then congratulations, because just in time for the death of the print industry as we know it comes the final book ever published, and the only one you will ever need: The Onion's compendium of all things known. Replete with an astonishing assemblage of facts, illustrations, maps, charts, threats, blood, and additional fees to edify even the most simple-minded book-buyer, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge is packed with valuable information -- such as the life stages of an Aunt; places to kill one's self in Utica, New York; and the dimensions of a female bucket, or "pail." With hundreds of entries for all 27 letters of the alphabet, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge must be purchased immediately to avoid the sting of eternal ignorance.