Brain Games For Dummies

by Parker, Timothy E.

• ISBN13: 9780470373781
• ISBN10: 0470373784
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-29
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

Featuring 300 challenging puzzles that help increase mental fitness, improve thinking and problem-solving skills, and ultimately stimulate the brain, this compilation features crossword puzzles, Sudoku puzzles, word searches, word scrambles, cryptograms, riddles, and logic puzzles of every level of difficulty.

Author Biography

Timothy E. Parker is the "World's Most Syndicated Puzzle Compiler," according to Guinness World Records. He is also the creator and senior editor of the Internet's Universal Crossword, the author of the annual bestselling USA Today Crossword Calendar, and the Puzzle Producer for Merv Griffin's Crosswords.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: Preparing Your Puzzle Strategies.

Chapter 1: Puzzling for Your Health.

.Chapter 2: Playing with Letters and Words: Logic and Word Puzzles, Riddles, and Crosswords.

Chapter 3: Fun with Numbers: Taking On Sudoku.

Part II: Getting a Complete Puzzle Workout.

Chapter 4: Puzzles.

Part III: The Payoff: Checking Your Answers.

Chapter 5: Answers.

Part IV: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 6: Ten Other Types of Puzzles and Games to Keep Your Mind Fit.

Chapter 7: Ten Ways to Be a Better Puzzler.