Research shows that regular puzzlement does your noggin good! Tests of recall, mental flexibility, association, and comprehension can improve your day-to-day thinking skills and keep your brain in good working order. Offering 188 word searches, the newest addition to the go!games collection is a perfect option for puzzle enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels. Each search has its own unique theme, from trivia topics like "Boston Marathon Winners" and "Fashion Deisgners" to finds like "Antique Autos" to stumpers like "10-letter 'D' words." Going on a trip? Stuck indoors on a stormy day? Delve into this enthralling installment of the Go!Games series for hours of unplugged fun!

Sharpen your pencils! The classic, bestselling crossword puzzle series returns, with 300 never-before-published Thursday to Sunday-size brain breakers. Simon & Schuster published the first-ever crossword puzzle book back in 1924. Now, more than ninety years later, the classic crossword series continues with a brand-new collection of crosswords at every level from top puzzle master John M. Samson. Designed with convenience in mind, this super-sized crossword puzzle book features perforated pages so you can tear out the crosswords individually and work on them on the go. Samson delights die-hard fans and challenges new puzzle enthusiasts as they work through this timeless and unique collection of crosswords.

SUDOKU: The hotter-than-hot puzzle phenomenon that everyone wants to play! Sudoku’s everywhere these days, and winning millions of converts worldwide. And why not? It’s irresistibly good brainteasing entertainment, the rules are simple (even when the particular game isn’t), and it requires no math skills…just logic. Sterling has a book for everyone eager to get in on the game, no matter what level. There are puzzle collections to keep sudoku lovers occupied for hours, guides to strategy for the perplexed, series that take solvers from novice to expert, and compilations packaged in fun shapes. “The new international craze!”—The New York Times “Puzzle fans are playing the numbers with sudoku...the underlying complexity is what attracted millions worldwide.”—USA Today “People are wild about it...”—Sherry Stern of the Los Angeles Timees

It’s never too late to improve your brain. Achieving and maintaining a higher level of mental fitness can be surprisingly fun—and to your brain, it’s healthy exercise. In this follow-up volume to her bestselling 399 Games, Puzzle & Trivia Challenges Designed to Keep Your Brain Young, Nancy Linde offers a brand-new collection of puzzles, trivia challenges, brainteasers, and word games that are not only great fun to do but are specifically designed to give your brain the kind of workout that stimulates neurogenesis, the process that allows the brain to grow new cells. Cross-train your brain by targeting 6 key cognitive functions: Long-term memory, working memory, executive functioning, attention to detail, multitasking, and processing speed. This is the kind of exercise you’ll want to do, and all it takes is 10 to 15 minutes a day for a full workout.

With more than 250 puzzles, 100-plus more than our competition, The Everything(r) Word Search Book provides hours of gaming fun! Searches are organized by amusing themes, including: Work Searches on the Job Global Word Searches Word Searches Alive! Word Searches for Big Bucks Decades of Word Searches to Search or Not to Search? The Everything(r) Word Search Book is sure to excite gamers of all abilities with humorous and challenging puzzles.

Expert Sudoku is an all-new collection of handcrafted puzzles for the expert puzzle-solver. This is the book that challenges skilled solvers and Sudoku-lovers at the top level—every one of the 320 puzzles is rated "difficult." Good luck!

The name of the game is Sudoku, Japanese for "number place," but no knowledge of Japanese language or arithmetic is required to enjoy the game that has sparked a mania around the world. It’s a fever that is now spreading to the United States, as readers of the New York Post and Los Angeles Times can readily attest. Veterans of other highly-addictive logic games such as Rubik’s cube, Tetris, or Minesweeper will love the fresh challenge of Sudoku. It’s a wordless logic crossword that leaves even the most dedicated puzzle enthusiasts scratching their heads. Here in one volume is all you need to get started—150 Sudoku puzzles (and solutions) along with easy-to-follow instructions and strategies. Solve these entirely with logic and you’ll arrive at the right answer—but be warned: the more you solve, the more you’ll want to play! To solve, fill-in the blanks with the digits 1 through 9 in such a way that each digit appears in each column, row, and 3 x 3 box only once. You need numbers, but no math is involved.