A book of mental exercises with brain teasers that challenge your brain with word riddles, number and logic puzzles, helping to boost your brain's activity. Organized with an increasing level of difficulty from easy to challenging, there are +250 puzzles, brainteasers, trivia quizzes and word games that are engaging, fun, frustrating and designed to keep your mind sharp, reducing risk of dementia, daily boredom and improving memory and concentration. Hours of fun-filled enjoyment with ques...

Everyone thinks June did it. The evidence seems to fit. Her name appears early. Her connection to the victim is suspicious. The case begins closing around her before the real investigation has even begun. But the detective left behind a warning. The real killer is not June. Somewhere inside a field of 47,700 suspects is the one person who committed the murder, and the only way to find that person is through 18 carefully constructed clues. Each clue cuts deeper into the suspect pool. Each d...

Nell and Oscar meet on a beach in Dorset. It's 1595… or maybe 1610. Oscar has returned from university and Nell is doing fuck-all. They will meet here, again and again, on this beach for the next four hundred years. Stuff will change. As it does with time. They will try to keep up.A kaleidoscopic exploration of cultural progress, Marek Horn's play Wild Swimming is an interrogation of gender and privilege, and a wilfully ignorant history of English Literature.The pl...

The ancient world and its politics come to life through the eyes of a young Jewish woman, Mary of NazarethMiriam–also known as Mary–was born into a Palestine oppressed by Herod the Great; she is accustomed to living with uncertainty and unrest. But when her beloved father is wrongly imprisoned by the Romans, she takes action. She calls upon a well-known rebel by the name of Barabbas, and together they set out to save her father. A daring escape is accomplished and, against staggeri...

If Russia wins the Russian-Ukrainian War, then she will be able to recover the rest of USSR and do so, then try to recover her Soviet Empire, which will lead to a theatre nuclear war in Poland, devastating it, followed by a thermonuclear exchange. Sanctions and imprecations by the West will not prevent this sequence from occurring. Instead in order to stop this, the West should intervene conventionally militarily in Ukraine; however as the West is reluctant to act, Poland should do so as i...

Is the real treasure hidden or right before his eyes?When Lord Edward Tremaine travels to an ancient castle in Brittany in search of a treasure that vanished during the French Revolution, he finds himself distracted by the fascinating but enigmatic Marguerite, a brilliant musician. The mystery he truly wants to unravel is the one surrounding her.The handsome and charming English aristocrat offers to help her, but Marguerite dares not reveal her secrets. There are too many p...

In the soot-choked city of Brassreach, survival belongs to those who can bend the rules—or the laws of nature.Eirene Calder is a gifted gearwright who keeps the city's broken machines running long after they should have died. But when her beloved sister Lyra's failing heart slips beyond saving, Eirene breaks the greatest law of all: she forges a heart of brass, crystal, and forbidden Maker-Aether… and places it inside Lyra's chest.Lyra awakens healed—stronger, brighter, imp...

Photography has never been so dangerous for Jack. Excited to visit Prague, he's ready to action. But, photos isn't the only challenge that Jack will face. Blissfully unaware of the magic contained within the city of Prague, he stumbles upon a magic street. He didn't know he will be involved with a monster hunt with a tarot reader. Will Jack be able to face it or will the city be lost forever?

Set in the magnificent culture of the Middle East more than four thousand years ago, Lilah is a rich and emotionally resonant story of faith, love, and courage.Living in exile, Lilah is in love with Antinoes, a Persian warrior. They have known each other since they were children, and Antinoes dearly wants to make Lilah his wife. Yet Lilah does not feel she can marry without the blessing of her brother, Ezra. She and Ezra are close, and Lilah knows her brother well—he does not want...

Welcome to the economy of algorithms. It’s here and it’s growing. In the past few years, we have been flooded with examples of impressive technology. Algorithms have been around for hundreds of years, but they have only recently begun to ‘escape’ our understanding. When algorithms perform certain tasks, they’re not just as good as us, they’re becoming infinitely better, and, at the same time, massively more surprising. We are so impressed by what they can do that we give them a lot of agen...

Marek Hlasko is enjoying a revival, with three books published in the past year and at least two more planned for 2014-15.Hlasko was a rebel icon, the James Dean of Eastern Europe, and his prose is the perfect mixture of grit and reflection.Hlasko has a cult following and is being taught more than ever in universities.Of interest to readers of Jewish literature, as the story takes place in 1950s Israel.Also the perfect book for smart crime novel readers, as ...

How do you get out of your own way and perform at your very best?Mind without Mind is about unlocking your greatest asset - your mind.The search begins with an understanding of how to train it. Only when our minds connect with our physical bodies do we begin to perform at our best. Those who experience this intersection experience something known as flow state - an optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best....