Quiz, Puzzle, Games & Trivia

David Parlett / A History of Card Games

Imported from the Mamluks of Egypt, card games first hit Europe around 1371 and within ten years had spread like wildfire from Spain and Italy to France and Germany. By 1420, German and Swiss cardmakers were producing packs by the thousands (first by...

Nunn & Emms Burgess / The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games

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Angela M. Cockerill / Quick Question Quiz Book

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Quiz Master /The Pub League Quiz Book

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Gareth Moore / Stay Sharp!: Advice, Puzzles and Activities to Keep Our Brains Active in Later Life (Hardback)

For lovers of Sod Seventy! and Sod Sixty!, here is a fun, accessible brain training activity book designed to keep senior minds fit.Based on the latest neuroscience, Sod Memory Loss is packed with range of entertaining puzzles--including logic tests,...

Erwin Brecher, Mike Gerrard / How Do You Get an Egg into a Bottle?: And Other Puzzles: 101 Weird, Wonderful and Wacky Puzzles with Science (Hardback)

A book of 100 fascinating science puzzles perfect for astounding friends, impressing party guests, and annoying relatives A book for the curious, this engaging read takes a slightly different look at puzzle questions—every one is based...

Bradley Trevor Greive / Dear Mum: Thank You for Everything (Hardback)

Published to tie-in with Mother's Day, this volume of touching animal photographs accompanied by gentle humour and heartfelt words of thanks, will help children of all ages express their thoughts and feelings to Mum on her special day...

Michael Lee / The Little Book of Poker Tips: A Practical Guide to Poker (Hardback)

Of all the card games played throughout the world, there are few that catch the public imagination quite like Poker. Whether your preference is for Texas Hold’em, Seven Card Stud, Omaha Eight or any other permutation, there are many techniques you...

Rebecca Levene / Poker for Beginners (Hardback)

Covers what you need to know to play the world's favourite card game. This handy book tells you what you need to know to get started. It teaches you how to play the most common forms of poker: 5-card Draw, 5-card Stud, 7-card Stud and the popular Texas...

Anita Mangan / Bingo: Eyes Down, Look In! The illustrated guide to bingo lingo (Hardback)

What game sums up the hopes of the nation more than... Bingo?! You don t have to be a regular player to know the familiar Two fat ladies! Doctor s orders! But what inspired the bingo caller's famous lexicon? From 'Kelly's Eye' (1) to Top of the Shop...

Victoria Coren / For Richer, For Poorer: A Love Affair with Poker (Hardback)

In September 2006, Victoria Coren won a million dollars on the European Poker Tour. In her long-awaited memoir, she tells the story of that victory, but also of a 20-year obsession with the game. It is a journey which has taken Coren from a secret...

Hugh Jassburn / 52 Things to Do While You Poo (Hardback)

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Sandy Balfour / Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8) : A Memoir of Love, Exile, and Crosswords (Hardback)

This work is a personal reminiscence and a guide to solving cryptic crossword puzzles. Each chapter starts with a clue and uses anecdote, history and autobiography to solve it, in the process describing something of what it means to love England. In the...

Jo Pink / Are We There Yet?: Great Car Games to Keep Families Sane! (Hardback)

A family road trip can be adventurous, economical…and a total bust with a carload of whining kids. But now the infamous “Are we there yet?” mantra has a totally new meaning! This hilarious, fun, and entertaining book is packed with...

Dennis E. Shasha / Doctor Ecco's Cyberpuzzles (Hardback)

A collection of thirty-six baffling cases allows the reader to join mathematical sleuth Dr. Ecco in solving these baffling cases, which are organized around eight major mathematical themes, with the help of one's mathematical and computer skills...

Jenny Lynch / 50 Of the Finest Drinking Games (Hardback)

This book is a must-have for all lovers of the drink, with games that can be played either at home or in a bar! Using only the juiciest of ideas, these premium drinking games have been brewed to light up any type of party or...

Des Wilson / Ghosts at the Table - The Story of Poker (Hardback)

Destined to become the most widely debated poker book ever, Ghosts at the Table is the definitive history of the game, compellingly told as a detective story.Des Wilson traces poker's development in the Old West during the nineteenth century...

Who in the World Am I?: Mystery Celebrity Quiz (Hardback)

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50 Of the Finest After Dinner Games (Hardback)

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Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall / Good Granny Companion - Classic Games and Stories (Hardback)

Sooner or later, you will hear those dreaded words, Granny, I'm bored! Never fear! Help is at hand... Let this Companion be your guide...Packed with seasonal activities and pastimes, The Good Granny Companion contains great ideas both to brighten up...

Edmond Doyle / Hoyle's Official Rules of Card Games: Including Instructions & Strategies (Large Paperback)

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Geoff Tibballs / Dumbology: The Book Of Gaffes, Foul Ups & Blunders (Large Paperback)

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The Biggest Football Pub Quiz Book Ever! (Large Paperback)

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Frank Nicklin / The Canon Ultimate World Cup Facts and Quiz Book (Large Paperback)

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Kate Summerscale / The Book of Phobias and Manias (Large Paperback)

  Plunge into this rich, surprising and stunningly designed A-Z compendium to discover how our fixations have taken shape, from the Middle Ages to the present day, as bestselling author Kate Summerscale deftly traces the threads between the past and...

Peter Eldin / Essential Facts: Essential Facts at Your Fingertips (Large Paperback)

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Phil Hellmuth / Play Poker Like the Pros (Large Paperback)

In Play Poker Like the Pros , poker master Phil Hellmuth, Jr., demonstrates exactly how to play and win -- even if you have never picked up a deck of cards -- the modern games of poker, including: Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Seven-Card Stud, and Razz. Phil...

Hans Ree / The Human Comedy of Chess: A Grandmaster's Chronicles (Large Paperback)

Hans Ree, the Dutch grandmaster and leading international chess journalist, provides a collection of his most fascinating insights into chess developments in recent years, including the rise of Kasparov, the splintering of the World Chess Federation, the...

Margaret C. Edmiston / Fantastic Book Of Math Puzzles (Large Paperback)

Enter the wonderful world of Pymm, a land where you have to depend on your math skills to survive. In Pymm you're surrounded by friendly elves, minotaurs, kings, and wizards, but you must also fight the fearful hobgoblins, dreaded dragons, winged cats...

Stefan Fatsis / Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players (Large Paperback)

SCRABBLE may be truly called America's game. But for every group of "living-room players" there is someone who is "at one with the board." In Word Freak, Stefan Fatsis introduces readers to those few, exploring the underground world of colorful...

Sarah Cassidy & Kunak McGann - The A-Z of an Irish Christmas

Everything you don't want foreigners to know about how we celebrate Christmas in Ireland. We can't be doing with Calling Birds, French Hens or Partridges in Pear Trees: but if it's Annuals, The Dinner, The Big Shop or The Wexford...

Nic Compton & Kim Davies / How to Avoid a Lightning Strike (Large Paperback)

It's an urban jungle out there, and if it's not the survival of the fittest, it's certainly the survival of the most practical. But how's a boy or girl supposed to learn life's essential practicalities in these days of hustle, bustle, and laid-back...

Danny Roth / The Expert Club Player

This title is one of the "Expert Bridge" series, which aims to bring the original beginner up to a standard of competence in general bridge play and bidding. The duplicate bridge section introduces the player to the distinction between rubber and...

A. Alvarez / the Biggest Game in Town.

Al Alvarez touched down in Las Vegas one hot day in 1981, a dedicated amateur poker player but a stranger to the town and its crazy ways. For three mesmerizing weeks he witnessed some of the monster high-stakes games that could only have happened in...

Nikole G. Bamford / Conundrums for the Khazi

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Hubert Phillips / The PAN Book of Card Games (Vintage Paperback)

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Russell Ash / Top 10 for Men - 250 Lists that Matter (Large Paperback)

It's a fact that men love lists: with lists, men can find the most interesting information with the least amount of effort. This book contains over 250 lists covering the most important subjects in life - cars, sports, barbecues, gadgets - and answers...

Gavin Newsham / Why Playing in Red Makes You a Winner: And Other Amazing Sports Statistics Phenomena (Large Paperback)

A highly amusing, alternative take on commonly accepted sporting knowledge Is there a sport you could turn professional at with only a year of coaching? How can you give yourself a 1-in-12 chance of playing international soccer against Cristiano Ronaldo?...

Alex Riviello / Apex Legends Unofficial Strategy Guide (Large Paperback)

This information-packed strategy guide is a must-have for any Apex Legends player. With handy hints and tips to get you started, this guide will help you to quickly master the basics of the game, including the best weapons, playing as a team and all map...

Walter Korn - Modern Chess Openings 11th Edition ( MCO 11) - HB 1974 ( First Published 1972)

Does exactly what it says on the tin.  A standard work of chess reference , the first edition appearing in the 1920's.  Published by Pitman .  Games are given in tabulated form , with a vast range of variants.  King's Pawn Openings,...

Richard Osman & Alexander Armstrong / A Pointless History of the World (Hardback)

A Pointless History of the World is a complete and meticulously researched series of essays on our rich and glorious past. Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman, two of the world's foremost experts on Things Before Their Time take you on a step-by-step...

Tim Dedopulos / A Game of Thrones Puzzle Quest (Coffee Table Book)

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Uncle John’s Truth, Trivia, and the Pursuit of Factiness Bathroom Reader (Large Paperback)

It’s all about the facts—and Uncle John is back with a ton of them!For the 32nd year, Uncle John and his loyal researchers have teamed up to bring you the latest tidbits from the world of pop culture, history, sports, and strange news stories...

CLUICHE.IE - IMEARTAS FOCAL 3 - BRAND NEW - AS GAEILGE ( Irish Language Card Game)

An triú chluiche sa tsraith seo Imeartas Focal. Féach an féidir leat na tomhais seo a dhéanamh amach! Tá tomhas amháin ar an dá thaobh de gach uile chárta. The third in the series of wordplay games...

CLUICHE.IE - IMEARTAS FOCAL 2 - BRAND NEW - AS GAEILGE ( Irish Language Card Game)

An dara chluiche sa tsraith seo Imeartas Focal. Féach an féidir leat na tomhais seo a dhéanamh amach! Tá tomhas amháin ar an dá thaobh de gach uile chárta. The second in the series of wordplay games. Test...

CLUICHE.IE - IMEARTAS FOCAL 1 - BRAND NEW - AS GAEILGE ( Irish Language Card Game)

An chéad chluiche sa tsraith seo Imeartas Focal. Féach an féidir leat na tomhais seo a dhéanamh amach! Tá tomhas amháin ar an dá thaobh de gach uile chárta. The first in the series of wordplay games...

CLUICHE.IE - IMEARTAS FOCAL 1-3 ( SET) - BRAND NEW - AS GAEILGE ( Irish Language Card Game)

TRÍ CHLUICHE sa t-sraith Imeartas Focal. Féach an féidir leat na tomhais seo a dhéanamh amach! Tá tomhas amháin ar an dá thaobh de gach uile chárta. ( trí chluiche i mboscaí beaga,...

Roddy Lumsden / Vitamin Q (Large Paperback)

This title takes a look at the world of reference and trivia. It contains facts and wacky lists such "Long live the King" - did you know that the peony is the king of flowers; "Mime, the great Healer" - a look at proverbs which remain true when they are...

Nick Harper / The Manly Man's Handbook: Everything a Real Man Needs to Know (Hardback)

Modern man may know how to send an email, play games on his phone and moisturize occasionally, but when it comes to life's proper skills - the ones that all dads and granddads seem to know off by heart - he is left scratching his head and feeling useless...

The Krypton Factor

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Helen Exley / Friendship: The Best Quotes and the Most Beautiful Pictures (Hardback)

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Helen Exley / Me and My Grandma (Hardback)

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