Author: Gareth Moore Publisher: Robinson ISBN: 1472111877 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 552
Book Description
A fun programme - featuring logic, observation, number and word puzzles, in categories such as reasoning, concentration and speed - that will help to build new brain skills in just a few minutes each day. At the end of each week, a 're-thinking' page features a range of suggestions and ideas to help improve your memory and unleash your creativity, challenging you to make better use of your brain in your daily life. An exceptionally wide range of content - 78 entirely different types of puzzle, none of which repeats within a quarter of a year - provides the novelty that helps a brain to thrive, while puzzles of the same type are carefully arranged in order of increasing difficulty through the book. A scoring system helps to keep you motivated as you improve week by week, with the final page of each week's puzzles offering you the chance to calculate your brain rank as another way to keep pushing yourself. Praise for The Mammoth Book of Fun Brain Training: 'The puzzles are fresh and lively' - Will Shortz
Author: Gareth Moore Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1472111834 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 352
Book Description
New from the bestselling Dr Gareth Moore, in full colour throughout, the truly fun way to a fitter brain. The ebook edition has been specially modified to make all the puzzles work on screen. Traditional brain-training programmes tend to include a range of tasks which few of us would classify as 'fun', such as completing sheets of maths equations or remembering long lists of objects. Whilst these can certainly help to improve brain function, most of us would avoid such exercises so would not benefit from them. The Mammoth Book of Fun Brain-Training changes all that with an approach centred on fun, which nevertheless improves memory, logic and reasoning, visual and spatial awareness, word and language skills and maths skills. It contains nothing which smacks of 'school work'. Instead there are 'challenge' puzzles, often with a twist, which are both more entertaining and more effective from a brain-training point of view in that they call on multiple skills concurrently.
Author: Gareth Moore Publisher: Orbit Books ISBN: 9781472120311 Category : Logic puzzles Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The ultimate compilation of line- and loop-drawing logical puzzle mazes, covering a wide range of types. It has everything from twists on the classic maze through to variants on the multimillion-download app 'Flow Free' (also known as 'Number Link'), and a range of Japanese-influenced puzzles such as Slitherlink, Hanjie and Futoshki. Fun and addictive, these labyrinthine puzzles offer a fantastic mental workout. Each one is presented in a range of sizes, difficulties and with variations in the solving rules, making this the definitive collection of logical puzzle mazes.
Author: Mike Ashley Publisher: Robinson ISBN: 1849012539 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 704
Book Description
A superb collection of stories of magic and adventure from the golden age of Arthurian legend by bestselling writers. Enter into the darker realms of the age of the Knights of the Round Table, when magic held sway and Merlin vied with Arthur's heroic new world. Included are: Jane Yolen on Merlin's youth and coming of age; Marion Zimmer Bradley on Nimuë, Merlin's lover and doom; Charles de Lint on Merlin's influence through the centuries; Darrell Schweitzer on the legends of Merlin's birth; plus stories by Tanith Lee, Peter Tremayne, Phyllis Ann Karr, Jennifer Roberson, and many others. There is also a detailed introduction by Mike Ashley on the mystery and magic of Merlin and his world.
Author: Nigel Cawthorne Publisher: C & R Crime ISBN: 1849012563 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 498
Book Description
30 inside stories of the American Mafia, Sicilian Cosa Nostra, Camorra and 'Ndrangheta Images of life in the Mob pervade our film and TV screens, some glamorous, some horrific - what is the reality? Investigative journalist Roger Wilkes has put together the largest ever collection of insider stories from prominent ex-mafiosi, infiltrators and award-winning writers. It contains tell-all accounts by the likes of: Richard 'The Iceman' Kuklinski, the contract killer who claimed to have murdered over 200 people in a career lasting 43 years. Frankie Saggio, who 'freelanced' for all five of New York's Mafia families, narrowly escaping assassination before being busted for a major scam. Joey Black, the Hitman, chillingly professional murderer of 38 victims and regarded by many as the 'original Soprano'. Albert DeMeo, the son of a gangster, who later became a lawyer. 'Donnie Brasco', real name Joseph Pistone, the FBI agent, who worked undercover in the Bonanno and Colombo crime families in New York for six years. Tommaso Buscetta, the Sicilian mafioso, the first pentito, or informant, of real significance to break omertà. The two judges with whom he worked, Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, were both later killed by the Mafia. This is the reality of the world of men you wouldn't want to cross.
Author: Jon E. Lewis Publisher: Robinson ISBN: 1780337337 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
No one sees clearer than an individual whose life is hanging by the finger tips on the edge of an abyss. Probing the furthest reaches of human daring and endurance, here are 28 of the great first-hand accounts of extreme mountaineering, from legendary names. Written by the bestselling author of Meadowland and The Running Hare, Featuring: ·Heinrich Harrer - first conqueror of the notorious Eigerwand. ·Robert Bates - the classic account of the ill-fated American 1953 expedition to K2. ·Maurice Herzog - his unstoppable ascent of Annapurna at the cost of frostbite. ·Walter Bonatti - tragedy on the Central Pillar of Freney on Mont Blanc. ·George Leigh Mallory - surviving an avalanche on the 1922 Everest expedition. ·René Desmaison - his epic story of 14 days stuck on The Grandes Jorasses in winter. ·Jon Krakauer - recalling his solo ascent of The Devil's Thumb in Alaska. The price of the summit is often measured in human suffering, yet for those who succeed the rewards can be incalculable. Nerve-wracking and unputdownable.
Author: Gareth Moore Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1472961722 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 321
Book Description
From the creators of the bestselling Sod series, a fun, accessible brain-training activity book designed to keep senior minds fit. Ever walked into a room and then forgotten why you went in there? Are you forever misplacing your purse or car keys? Do you increasingly forget the names of people and places? It doesn't have to be this way and Stay Sharp! is filled with practical advice and exercises created to keep our brains active in later life. Based on the latest neuroscience, Stay Sharp! is packed with a range of entertaining puzzles – including logic tests, mystery games and word games – all specially designed to boost concentration, enhance memory and sharpen cognitive powers. For any of us who are unsure about how we should look after our ageing brains, and looking for puzzles and exercises to improve mental sharpness and brain fitness, this is the perfect book!
Author: Gareth Moore
Author: Gareth Moore
Author: Gareth Moore
Author: Dr Gareth Moore
Author: Gareth Moore
Author: Gareth Moore
Author: Mike Ashley
Author: Nigel Cawthorne
Author: Jon E. Lewis
Author: Gareth Moore