The easiest way to start making word puzzles and Sudoku puzzles. This books gives hundreds of examples you can use to create puzzles. It provides lists of words to help in making your own examples.  There are also tips on using a spreadsheet in making puzzles.  

Short story about a sub-leader in anceint Greece. His plan may help win the battle. There are creatures in the woods that may help- or hinder his plan. There is suspense, humor, and a battle encounter unlike any other.

Magic has a price. But someone else will pay. Every time a spell is cast, a bit of bramble sprouts, sending up tangling vines, bloody thorns, and threatening a poisonous sleep. It sprouts in tilled fields and in neighbors' roof beams, thrusts up from between street cobbles, and bursts forth from sacks of powdered spice. A bit of magic, and bramble follows. A little at first, and then more--until whole cities are dragged down under tangling vines and empires lie dead, ruins choked by bramb...

Sixteen years old, Calliande is a new-made Magistria of the Order, a wielder of the powerful magic of the Well of Tarlion.With the hordes of the Frostborn invading the realm of Andomhaim, every one of the Magistri is needed in battle.But Calliande's first battle might also be her last...

From his life’s work so far, spanning more than four decades, Les Murray has selected these 100 poems, his personal best. Including classics such as ‘The Broad Bean Sermon’, ‘An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow’ and ‘The Dream of Wearing Shorts Forever’, this elegant hardback is guaranteed to delight Murray fans and introduce new readers to his work. This is a wonderful gift, and a treasure trove of the best poems ever written in Australia.‘No poet has ever travelled like this, whether ...

The warrior Mithra must repel a Roman legion alone and armed only with one very tasty weapon.New York Times bestselling author and ALA Alex Award winner Gail Carrigerpresents a funny historical fantasy short story about a woman warrior set in ancient Roman times.The Romans are marching! To protect her lands and her tribe, Mithra comes up with a sticky solution to an impossible problem."A character-driven romp with great world-buildi...

The word 'eunoia,' which literally means 'beautiful thinking,' is the shortest word in English that contains all five vowels. Directly inspired by the Oulipo (l'Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle), a French writers' group interested in experimenting with different forms of literary constraint, Eunoia is a five-chapter book in which each chapter is a univocal lipogram – the first chapter has A as its only vowel, the second chapter E, etc. Each vowel takes on a distinct personality:...

Persian unicorns are fierce fighters. Japanese unicorns are just. European unicorns are peaceful. But all unicorns have one thing in common. They are magic! Learn all about unicorn legends, including why people truly believed in them, in this fascinating companion to Dragons.Beautiful full-color illustrations accompany the easy-to-read text.

Here are 320 fun ways to test your vocabulary knowledge and to discover new words. You are given a word like HYPNOTIC or a series of words like I OWE YOU, and you make as many 5-letter words as you can from that word or series of words using only those letters. Sound simple? Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. Great fun and a great way to learn new words.

Danger stirs in the shadows beyond the borders. Monsters attack the outer settlements, reaching farther into the kingdom. They are greater in number and stronger than ever before.  The Stone Marshall Studio is developing a new series: Legends & Heroes. Created by Stone Marshall, the author of the popular Flynn’s Log series. A hybrid of comic-book style illustrations ...

If it’s time for a rhyme, or you need a satiric lyric, the Collins Rhyming Dictionary is the fastest and easiest way to refine your line.The most accessible way to find the rhyme you need. Other rhyming dictionaries are characterised by the use of obscure words for padding, subsections for disyllabic and trisyllabic rhymes, and reverse phonetic order – but we avoid such complications and, as a result, have the most practical rhyming book available.The most satisfactory rhym...