Book of Puzzles and Brain Teasers

by Reader's Digest Association

Book Overview

It's a scientific fact: mental fitness demands at least 20 minutes of hard exercise daily. Puzzles provide the perfect way to give the brain a rigorous workout. A wonderfully intriguing collection of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0762103493
• ISBN13: 9780762103492
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.6" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

One of the Best Brain Workouit Books

I have been an avid collector of puzzle books since I was a child, more than 6 decades ago. I attest that this is one of the best for non-MENSA fans, and one of the most entertaining and attractive even for people who will complain they are just too simple for the rocket science cafeteria. There is something here for all: word games and puzzles, number problems, logic posers, pictures to explore or compare, and further varieties of recognition, outside-the-box thinking and object manipulation. Moreover, the colorful illustrations, clear instructions and varied levels of difficulty make it a perfect item for thinkers of all ages.

Good Book

I recommend this book because it looks like games, and make you think to answer.

Review of puzzle book

I gave it as a gift, so I don't have first-hand knowledge of the book. Recipient said it is good, good puzzles. I was pleased with the speedy delivery.

Great brain teasers but a real challenge...!

Personally I am only able to do the very simple to the simple brain teasers because of my lack of higher level problem solving skills. But this book is a good way to improve although it will take me a real long time to really get up there. I am not sure if this was worth the $10 price though. But this is a great book for smarter people who really look for a challenge and a way to sharpen their mind.

A First Class book of puzzles.

This book would be hard to beat for several reasons. It is a fairly large book 10X11 inches and 320 pages.I have a fairly large collection of puzzle books but I have not seen one so well designed and manufactured as this one. The paper,printing,color,layout,organization and variety of puzzles simply could not be better. Not only that,but my copy is a hard cover with metal coil binding. The coil is inside the hard covers,a design one does not often see. This design allows the book to be opened and lies completely flat.The pages are all separate and not glued as you normally get.This makes it a far superior product to a glued soft cover book or even one with an outside plastic coil ,which usually does not stand up to much use. In fact many are damaged while still in the store. If that's not enough they even included a plastic pocket at the back with 3 clear and one white,full sized, acetate sheets along with a Dry/Erase pen. This allows one to work the puzzles over again yourself or by others. There is even permission given to reproduce the pages if you wish. My copy actually was missing the pen, but I took their suggestion and found others at 3/$1 at a "Dollar Store " that worked perfectly. This is a great idea which I'll use in the future in other puzzle books. It is just a shame that the edition I recently saw was just a soft,glued cover,and lacking these great features.I can't recommend strongly to try to get the version I've described. As to the puzzles themselves,there is a very wide selection,of just about every type and range of difficulty that you will ever see in a book like this. This book would be a wonderful asset to have in the home,cottage, school,or any place where activities are going on. The puzzles are all such that they can be done alone ,in teams or copies made and distributed to a group. This book will give you a great overview of the many types of puzzles that exist and there will be many enjoyable hours obtained from it. There is a great deal to be learned from working these puzzles; and you will soon see that learning can be a lot of entertainment. Answers are given for all the puzzles and in many cases explanations of how to go about solving them are given. You'll see among my reviews,several on puzzle books,and some excellent ones at that,but this one has to be one of the best. OMNIHEURISTS (puzzle solvers) will love this book.