The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Checker Puzzles
Author: Robert W. Pike
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2001
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780806979755

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. "

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Wedding Etiquette

The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Wedding Etiquette
Author: Wendy Toliver
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2003-04
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780806993898

Details, details, details. Planning a wedding can be a nightmare, and few of us are experienced.

Library Journal

Library Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1168
Release: 2001
Genre: Libraries
ISBN:

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
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1996
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780806942582

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
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Checkers
ISBN: 9780806960807

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
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2001
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780252070334

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
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2012-10-23
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 031613323X

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.