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Puzzles & Games
The Nikola Tesla MAY 2020
Electrifying Puzzle Book ISBN 9781787392458
$13.95
Puzzles Inspired by the Enigmatic Inventor HC • 144 PP (70 b/w illus.)
by Richard Galland 5 × 7 3/4
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Enter the universe of Nikola Tesla, the inventor who enabled the US Only
modern world as we know it, thanks to his work as a pioneering Carlton Books
electrical engineer, inventor, physicist, and futurist. This clever
collection offers solvers a range of logic puzzles, lateral thinking
problems, memory tests, and other conundrums all inspired by
Tesla’s life and work.
The Sensational Houdini’s Puzzle Safe MAY 2020
A Collection of Puzzles Inspired by the ISBN 9781787392472
Master of Mystery $13.95
HC • 144 PP
by Tim Dedopulos (70 b/w photos & illus.)
5 × 7 3/4
Harry Houdini is synonymous with daring feats of magic and illu- CQ 24
sion—and more than 70 sensational Houdini-inspired brainteas- US Only
ers let solvers see how they measure up to the master. Unlock Carlton Books
puzzle chains where one wrong answer leaves you trapped in
a never-ending circle of conundrums. Figure out how Houdini
achieved his dramatic Chinese Water Torture Cell trick. More than
70 brainteasers plus vintage illustrations and photos capture the
great escapologist’s world.
Alice in Puzzleland MAY 2020
Fall Down, Down, Down Through the Keyhole ISBN 9781787392809
$29.95
Where a Wonderland of Puzzles and Riddles Awaits HC • 400 PP
by R.W. Galland & J. Ward (250 color illus.)
6 11/16 × 9 3/8 • CQ 6
Solve this curious and curiouser selection of 250 puzzles, all US Only
drawn from Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Carlton Books
Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There. These
perplexing conundrums, enigmas, and acrostics will test your
powers of deduction, logic, and creativity. Featuring some of
Carroll’s own riddles and Sir John Tenniel’s original illustrations,
this collection will take you straight down the rabbit hole into
Alice’s wondrous world.
The Case Notes of Sherlock Holmes MAY 2020
His Greatest Adventures Brought to Life with ISBN 9781787391505
His Notes, Evidence & Artefacts $24.95
HC • 224 PP (140 color &
by Dr. John Watson & Sir Arthur Conan Doyle b/w photos & illus.)
6 × 9 1/4
Delve deeper into the world of Sherlock Holmes! This intrigu- CQ 16
ing scrapbook contains the files on which Watson based his US Only Carlton Books
later, elaborate accounts of Holmes’s investigations, and
includes Watson’s sketches of the paw prints near Sir Charles
Baskerville’s body, Holmes’s drawings and notes of the
“Dancing Men,” and Sherlock’s heartrending letter to Watson
before his struggle with Moriarty. Beautifully designed and rich
in period detail, this book brings 221B Baker Street to life.
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