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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
                                                                                           CQ 24
                                  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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