Cryptogram-a-day Book


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Test your wits with a cryptogram for every day of the year! Start the year with this one: FXA SRZ YNJIJS UC SRZ YZXYUT VOXEEZT AUHI RZXIS XTE TUHIJYR AUHI YUHO. (MAY THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON GLADDEN YOUR HEART AND NOURISH YOUR SOUL). Solutions are cleverly scattered to prevent easy cheating. 128 pages, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.




GREAT CRYPTOGRAM


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The Great Book of Cryptograms


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300 secret scrambled codes for you to break, each one a quotation from a philosopher like Sigmund Freud, Benjamin Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, Jean-Paul Sartre, and 26 more! Tips will get you started. Bonus: Spectacular portraits of the philosophers. 128 pages, 30 b/w illus., 5 1/4 x 8 1/4.




Notable Quotable Cryptograms


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Features strings of code for solving cryptograms. This title contains cryptograms that feature quotes by some of the most famous, articulate people in the world including Mark Twain and John F Kennedy.




Clever Cryptograms


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"An imaginative collection of 300 simple substitution ciphers with word divisions, based on the sayings of 30 of the world's greatest thinkers, writers and philosophers. In addition to challenging your brain, these cryptograms will provide food for thought with meaningful messages from Einstein, Shaw, Whitman, Disraeli, Gandhi, Santayana and 24 others. Each one is also depicted in an original full-page drawing. Brief tips for solving cryptograms are provided for neophytes, and answers are in the back of the book, if needed."--Cryptologia.




Humorous Cryptograms


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"A collection of 400 witty or humorous quotations along with their authors' names...have been enciphered into simple substitution ciphers with retained word divisions. Authors include Groucho Marx, Andy Rooney, Bill Cosby, David Letterman, Bob Hope, Emma Bombeck and many more....Excellent and...fun."--Cryptologia. If stuck, get help from special clue sections. 128 pages, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.




The Shakespearean Ciphers Examined


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The authors address theories, which, through the identification of hidden codes, call the authorship of Shakespeare's plays into question.




The Great Sherlock Holmes Puzzle Book


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My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. -Sherlock Holmes, The Sign of the Four. Pit your wits against the greatest detective of them all with this collection of over 130 fiendish and hugely entertaining puzzles and enigmas.Some involve riddles, some plays on words, and some rely on mathematical principles. Use your powers of logical deduction, and see if you can match the towering intellect of Sherlock Holmes. Not only does this collection include brilliant puzzles to ponder over, but it presents these quandaries within exchanges between Holmes and Watson. In this way, this puzzle book retains the same cosy Victorian charm that Holmes' tales are so loved for. Featuring the original pen and ink illustrations by Sidney Paget and George Hutchinson, this gorgeously designed puzzle book will immerse you in Holmes's mysteries and keep you entertained for hours!




Funnier Cryptograms


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Now you can exercise your mental muscles and your funny bone! More than 400 puzzles give you a brain-burning crash course in cryptography, while the solutions reward you with great lines by such comedy stars as Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey, Joan Rivers, and Groucho Marx, as well as the wit of George Bernard Shaw, Mae West, and Dr. Ruth. Try to decipher the message through trial and error, or use the hints in the back. Funnier Cryptograms is sure to have you cracking codes and smiles at the same time.




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