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Games & Puzzles
 200800012419 Scientific American Mathematical Games Knowledge Cards
Pomegranate The sharpest puzzle purveyor working in the English language, the great Martin Gardner wrote his Mathematical Games column for Scientific American in 1956. The forty-eight diabolical Gardner puzzles collected in this deck have rewardingly offbeat setups, featuring learned professors who gallop up down-moving escalators, rose-red cities as old as time itself, and the walking habits of Immanuel Kant. The run really comes in, however, with the demands they make on the would-be solver's powers of reason and the exquisite simplicity of their eventual answers. $ 9.95
 200900001366 World of Warcraft 2009 Desk Calendar
Sellers Publishing World of Warcraft Desk Calendar: This new daily desk calendar features screen shots and rich landscapes taken directly from one of the world's most popular multiplayer online role-playing games. Delve into the surreal world of this online game every day—even when you can't be on the computer playing it! $ 13.99
 200900001402 World of Warcraft 2009 Wall Calendar
Sellers Publishing World of Warcraft Wall Calendar: This new wall calendar features screen shots and rich landscapes taken directly from one of the world's most popular multiplayer online role-playing games. Delve into the surreal world of this online game—even when you can't be on the computer playing it! Includes stickers for real life and in-game reminders! $ 14.99
 200900006039 Blackjack 2009 Desk Calendar
Accord Publishing Blackjack Desk Calendar: Don't throw yesterday away—Just Hold'em or Fold'em!™. . . and WIN MILLIONS of DOLLARS—Just kidding. But the amount of fun you'll have playing a new hand of Blackjack each day will be PRICELESS. So whether you hold'em, fold'em, or save'em to play another day—Enjoy! This Lift-a-Flap Blackjack™ Calendar includes a new hand of Lift-a-Flap™ cards dealt each day and punch-out hands each day for up to 3 players. $ 14.99
 200900006031 Kirigami 2009 Desk Calendar
Accord Publishing Kirigami Desk Calendar: Don't throw yesterday away! Just (1) Fold it! (2) Cut it! (3) Open itto 100s of unique and beautiful designs throughout the year. It's easy and fun with step-by-step illustrated instructions for each day! Scissors not included. $ 14.99
 200900006057 Sudoku Variety 2009 Desk Calendar
Andrews McMeel Sudoku Variety Desk Calendar: Think you've mastered Sudoku? If you're looking for a fun, new puzzle challenge, then this calendar is what you need. This calendar features a different kind of Sudoku puzzle for every day of the week. Various puzzles include Sudoku Word and Sudoku Jigsaw, and at the end of the week, try the ultimate challenge of Sudoku Monster, with a grid that's twice the size of the original! $ 11.99
 200900005965 Sudoku by Will Shortz 2009 Desk Calendar
Andrews McMeel Sudoku by Will Shortz Desk Calendar: Easily the biggest name in games and puzzles, Will Shortz has captured the eye and imagination of the world. Sudoku, the addictive Japanese number-puzzle, is poised to topple the crossword as the world's most popular and satisfying daily mindbender. For 2009 come 300 all-new sudoku puzzles to bring perfect moments of logical bliss for fans of all types. $ 11.99
 200900006018 Tangram Puzzle-a-Day 2009 Desk Calendar
Accord Publishing Tangram Puzzle-a-Day Desk Calendar: With 7 simple shapes and unique puzzle designs on each day, the fun will just fall into place. Arrange and rearrange the 7 magnetic pieces (tans) into something new every day. From animals to people to boots and cactus, you'll be amazed by the wonderful images created throughout the year. $ 14.99
 200900006012 Word Origin 2009 Desk Calendar
Accord Publishing Word Origin Desk Calendar: Ever wondered where everyday words, expressions, and brand names come from such as vamoose, deadpan, kudos, and on the lam, and Ovaltine? Each day offers entertaining insight into the origin and development of the colorful words and phrases we all use. $ 12.99
 200900006016 Texas Hold 'Em 2009 Desk Calendar
Andrews McMeel Texas Hold 'Em Desk Calendar: Don't throw yesterday away—Just Hold'em or Fold'em!™. . . and WIN A 10,000 ACRE RANCH—Not. But the amount of fun you'll have playing a new hand of Texas Hold'em each day will be PRICELESS. So whether you hold'em, fold'em, or save'em to play another day—Enjoy! This Lift-a-Flap Texas Hold'em™ Calendar includes a new hand of Lift-a-Flap™ cards dealt each day and punch-out hands each day for up to 3 players. $ 14.99
 200900005914 365 New Words-A-Year Page-A-Day 2009 Desk Calendar
Workman Publishing 365 New Words-A-Year Page-A-Day Desk Calendar: 365 New Words is the best and bestselling word calendar and the essential desk accessory for word buffs, language enthusiasts, and people on a quest for the ne plus ultra of vocabularies. Here are sophisticated words (soigné: well-groomed, sleek), fun-to-say words (catawampus: askew, awry, catercorner), scientific words (extremophile: an organism that lives under extreme conditions), and more, all selected by the editors of America’s most respected dictionary, Merriam-Webster. Each entry includes a definition, pronunciation, sample sentence, and fascinating word history and lineage. $ 11.99
 200900005920 Scrabble Page-A-Day 2009 Desk Calendar
Workman Publishing Scrabble Page-A-Day Desk Calendar: Get your game into shape. For the 100 million Scrabble players, this calendar is like a mini-match every day against yourself. If anyone can craft a challenge for the Scrabble lover’s mind, it’s these two guys—National Scrabble Association executive director John D. Williams and Joe Edley, the only three-time winner of the National Scrabble Championship. Here they present a year of stimulating puzzles and plays. The Name Game. Thinking in Pairs. High-Point Tiles. Four-, Five-, Six-, and Seven-Letter Shuffle. Centerpieces, Extensions, and “Un-Thinkable”: Which word in the list is not an acceptable Scrabble word—Unalive, Unlive, Unbe, or Undead? $ 11.99
 200900005919 365 Mensa Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day 2009 Desk Calendar
Workman Publishing 365 Mensa Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day Desk Calendar: It’s a year of brawny puzzles for brawny brains. Created by puzzle master Abby F. Salny and sanctioned by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society, 365 Brain Puzzlers is the smart puzzle calendar for people who aren’t afraid of a challenge. Word Ladders. Palindrome Pals. Odd Man Out. Metamorphosis, Family Trees, Cubic Chaos, and Tom Swifties. Each day’s cranial conundrum will push your neurons to the limit. And just in case the puzzles get the best of you, answers are on the back. $ 11.99
 200900006359 The Original Sudoku 2009 Desk Calendar
Workman Publishing The Original Sudoku Desk Calendar: “The new international craze,” according to Will Shortz of the New York Times, of Sudoku is off and running in the United States. Papers from the New York Post to the Los Angeles Times to USA Today carry the puzzles, and Sudoku books have become fixtures on bestseller lists. And returning for 2009 is The Original Sudoku calendar with 365 all-new puzzles. Created by Nikoli, the Japanese publisher that started Sudoku mania (and in Japan, the only company allowed to use the Sudoku name), these handmade—not computer-generated—puzzles are the real McCoy. They begin easy on Sunday and grow more difficult over the course of the week. Always, they strike the perfect balance of challenge and pleasure. $ 12.99
 200900004630 Hangman 2009 Desk Calendar
Andrews McMeel Hangman Desk Calendar: Sharpen your word-guessing ability before you're left hanging! The classic word game can now be played every day of the year. Whether you play by yourself or with a friend, a year full of fun awaits you. Includes:A Hangman puzzle to play, every day!A variety of categories to keep your brain well activated. $ 14.99
 200900004650 Magic Eye 2009 Wall Calendar
Andrews McMeel Magic Eye Wall Calendar: Family and friends will enjoy hours of entertainment while viewing the amazing 3D Illusions in this Magic Eye 2009 Calendar. Embedded within each Magic Eye Image is an enchanting 3D hidden image that materializes before the viewer's eyes. The calendar contains simple viewing instructions and a solution key. $ 13.99
 200900002693 Word Nerd 2009 Desk Calendar
Sourcebooks Word Nerd Desk Calendar: As practical as a dictionary and enormously fun as a conversation piece. Are you a geek, word freak, wordsmith, ink slinger or someone who just loves to talk or read? You’ll love this collection of little known facts about common—and not so common—words in the English language, including amazing word origins, obscure and fascinating usages, vocabulary-expanding definitions, and compelling bits of information you won’t get from anyone else except a “Word Nerd”. Gurgulation? Another word for stomach rumbling. Deadline? It’s actually a Civil War term for a line that marked the distance a prisoner could go before being shot on sight. And lots, lots more. $ 11.99
 200900002790 Life Picture Puzzle 2009 Desk Calendar
Workman Publishing Life Picture Puzzle Desk Calendar: It's interactive fun for the whole family! The Life Picture Puzzle books are a publishing phenomenon, New York Times bestsellers, with 1 million copies in print in just ten months. The concept is simple, entertaining, and utterly addictive: Each page features two full-color photographs that at first glance appear identical. But they contain differences, from the relatively obvious to the maddeningly subtle, that it's the reader's job to spot. The puzzles are organized into four increasingly difficult categories—Novice, Master, Expert, and Genius. Solutions are printed on the back of each page. $ 12.99
 200900003779 Halo 2009 Wall Calendar
Trends International Corp. Halo Wall Calendar: The video game’s rich sci-fi experience includes vehicle- and foot-based action with intense online multiplayer shootouts. Its weapon and mission variety ultimately helped make this game one of the most popular ever. This calendar features Halo artwork. $ 12.99
 200900002785 MENSA 10 Minute Crossword Puzzles 2009 Desk Calendar
Workman Publishing MENSA 10 Minute Crossword Puzzles Desk Calendar: A 10-minute mental workout, every day. New for 2009, the 10-Minute Crossword Puzzles Calendar features a year of smartly crafted puzzles that are challenging enough to be from Mensa—the internationally famous high-IQ society—yet are designed to be solved in about ten minutes. (They are roughly equivalent to a Tuesday puzzle in The New York Times.) Author Fred Piscop is a Mensa member and veteran crossword puzzle writer for the Times and The Washington Post. It's the perfect, quick way to wake up the brain. $ 11.99
 200900002781 Life Picture Puzzle 2009 Wall Calendar
Workman Publishing Life Picture Puzzle Wall Calendar: Look once, look twice—can you spot the differences? Introducing a brand-new wall calendar based on the New York Times bestselling Life Picture Puzzle books. Wherever it hangs, this lively, interactive calendar promises to draw the entire family into the fun. Here's how it works: Each month features two seemingly identical full-color photographs. But wait—study the pictures a little closer, and you'll find they contain subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) discrepancies. How many can you spot? The puzzles come in four levels of difficulty—Novice, Master, Expert, and Genius—and solutions are printed inside the front cover. Happy hunting! $ 11.99
 200900005791 Mindbending Puzzles 2009 Desk Calendar
Pomegranate Mindbending Puzzles Desk Calendar: This brand-new batch of brainteasers is brought to you by Nathan Haselbauer, founder and president of the International High IQ Society and author of such puzzling publications as The Little Book of Bathroom Brainteasers and The Mammoth Book of IQ Puzzles. Diving into verbal analogies, mathematics, factual knowledge, visual memory, sequential reasoning, and analogical reasoning, Mind-Bending Puzzles runs an engaging gamut of cunningly crafted conundrums. Condensed into a cube, this 365-day, 313-puzzle calendar (Saturdays and Sundays share pages and puzzles) will baffle you throughout 2009. Also included are yearly grids for 2009 and 2010, and pages for notes. $ 12.99
 200900005869 The New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzles 2009 Hardcover Engagement Calendar
Pomegranate The New York Times Sunday Crossword Puzzles Engagement Calendar: The Sunday crossword puzzles of The New York Times are the benchmarks of the puzzlemasters craft. In this handsome, highly functional calendar, Will Shortz and his wickedly erudite contributors present fifty-three extra-large Sunday Times puzzles that will tone up your intellect with their dazzling creativity and linguistic rigor. Also included are the puzzle answers (thank heavens!), full-page 2009 and 2010 yearly grids, a list of international holidays, and a personal information page. $ 14.99
 200900005870 The New York Times Crossword Puzzles 2009 Desk Calendar
Pomegranate The New York Times Crossword Puzzles Desk Calendar: With their colorful, up-to-date vocabulary and witty, cultured clues, The New York Times crossword puzzles set the standard for American crosswords. Edited by puzzlemaster extraordinaire Will Shortz, this calendars 314 New York Times puzzles become increasingly difficult as the week progresses. Mondays is relatively straightforward; by Saturday, the puzzle is so challenging we give you two days to solve it (each Saturday and Sunday share a page and a puzzle). Also included are yearly grids for 2009 and 2010, and pages for notes. $ 12.99
 200900004442 Optical Illusions 2009 Softcover Engagement Calendar
Pomegranate Optical Illusions Engagement Calendar: Since the Renaissance, artists have relied on rigorous laws of perspective to produce orderly, rational images of the world. In this engagement calendar, Robert Ausbourne violates every optical law in the book, presenting pictures that challenge us to imagine wildly unfamiliar forms. Opposite each of the twenty-seven optical illusions scattered throughout the year is a blank page for your own sketch (or for notes and lists). $ 13.99
 200900002400 Ultimate Word Games 2009 Desk Calendar
Sellers Publishing Ultimate Word Games Desk Calendar: If you're happy when your life is in Alphabetic Disorder, you love getting The Last Word, and you are most happy searching for the perfect words or staring at Talking Pictures, then this is the perfect daily calendar for you. The Ultimate Word Game calendar presents a variety of word games sure to provide a little puzzlement—and enjoyment to each and every day of the year. $ 12.99
 200900002404 Mad Libs 2009 Desk Calendar
Sellers Publishing Mad Libs Desk Calendar: Mad Libs is fun to play with friends, but you can also play it by yourself! To begin, DO NOT look at the story on the next page. Fill in the blanks for the parts of speech listed on the page. Then, using the words you have selected, fill in the blank spaces in the story the next day. Now you've created your own hilarious Mad Libs game. $ 12.99
 200900002417 World of Warcraft 2009 Mini Wall Calendar
Sellers Publishing World of Warcraft Mini Wall Calendar: Mystical priestesses, fearsome warriors, and powerful warlocks battle for honor, prestige, and hidden treasure in the fantastic landscapes of World of Warcraft. Players of the game and followers of the series can display this collective capsule of the best and most visually stunning imagery from the virtual world of Azeroth, bringing such as Orgimmar, Undercity, and Grom' Gol Camp to life. A bonus 7 x 7 poster is included! $ 7.99
 200900000379 Los Angeles Times Crossword Puzzles 2009 Desk Calendar
Mead Los Angeles Times Crossword Puzzles Desk Calendar: With a convenient tear-off page for each day of the year, the LA Times Crossword Puzzle Year-In-A-Box calendar features a puzzle a day and is ideal for use by the phone, at the desk, or on the nightstand. Buy one for yourself; several for friends! $ 12.99
 200900009336 Scene It Movie 2009 Desk Calendar
Screenlife Scene It Movie Desk Calendar: From the world's most popular DVD game comes the Scene It? Daily Movie Trivia Calendar, a daily dose of fun facts and questions from the silver screen. Tear off a page and jumpstart every day with a classic movie moment! $ 12.95
 200900000483 USA Today Multi-Puzzles 2009 Desk Calendar
Mead USA Today Multi-Puzzles Desk Calendar: Start your day with USA Today's exciting stumpers and headscratchers. This daily calendar includes a variety of puzzle types including Crosswords, Word Roundups, QuickCross, Up & Down Words, and Sudoku. $ 12.99
 200900003411 Halo 2009 Poster Calendar
Trends International Corp. Halo Poster Calendar: The video game’s rich sci-fi experience includes vehicle- and foot-based action with intense online multiplayer shootouts. Its weapon and mission variety ultimately helped make this game one of the most popular ever. This calendar features Halo artwork. Perfect for decorating anywhere, this poster calendar includes 14 posters! Perforated edges make removing your posters easy, while the hanger makes displaying your calendar trouble-free. $ 12.99
 200900006040 Bingo 2009 Desk Calendar
Accord Publishing Bingo Desk Calendar: Try your luck at a game of bingo—Every Day!™. . . and WIN an ALL YOU CAN EAT BUFFET—Just kidding. But the amount of fun you'll have playing a new game of Bingo each day will be PRICELESS. Simply:1. Lift a bingo ball flap2. Highlight the number on your card3. Be the first to shout BINGO!Play it today or save it for another day with our patented Easy Fold-a-Round™ box. This Lift-a-Flap Bingo™ Calendar includes:Lift-a-Flap™ bingo balls to pick from each dayPunch-out bingo cards for up to 3 players $ 14.99
 200900003843 Jumble 2009 Desk Calendar
Imagination Games Play America's favorite word game every day of the year. Take our word for itthis is cryptographic fun for anyone who loves a good challenge! Play solo or with friends to see whose gray matter rates highest on the Jumble Genius Scale. Of course, it doesn't take a genius to work out that this is also a real calendar, with all the days, dates and holidays. $ 11.99
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