Hobbies, quizzes & games
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Around the world in 80 games
£22.00Around the world in 80 games
‘Brilliantly clear and captivating prose’ Stephen Fry
An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them.
Where should you move first in Connect 4?
What is the best property in Monopoly?
And how can pi help you win rock paper scissors?
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Around the world in 80 games
£10.99Around the world in 80 games
‘BRILLIANTLY CLEAR AND CAPTIVATING PROSE’ STEPHEN FRY
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR 2023
An award-winning mathematician explores the maths behind the games we love and why we love to play them.
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Basic chess
£7.99Basic chess
Now anyone can play chess with this straightforward, jargon-free introduction. Written especially for beginners, it’s the most comprehensive manual available and includes everything from explanations of each piece to orchestrating endgames. In addition to expert advice, simple instructions, and more than 200 easy-to-follow diagrams, novices will find: basic tactical principles, aggressive openings, the top-ten traps and attacks, specimen games to learn and crib from, and a test your chess IQ section.
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Batsford’s Chess Bible
£16.99Batsford’s Chess Bible
A chess book for beginners, taking you from the very basics to an advanced level of play, with a design-led approach.
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Castles
£3.99Castles
Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun!
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Churches and cathedrals
£3.99Churches and cathedrals
Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun!
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Fossils and rocks
£3.99Fossils and rocks
Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun!
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Garden challenge
£7.99Garden challenge
Take on the i-SPY challenge with 50 things to do to get closer to nature!
Kids will have fun collecting points with activities to enjoy nature in your garden and help look after wildlife.
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Headscratchers
£14.99Headscratchers
This highly engaging collection of 70 puzzles comes from the popular weekly column in New Scientist magazine. You’ll find puzzles that are great for sharing with friends at a pub, problems drawn from real-life situations, games with intriguing strategies, and puzzles with such creative and whimsical storylines that they need to be explained to be believed. With the solutions you’ll read the untold back stories behind the puzzles, and a fascinating exploration of related puzzles and mathematical ideas. You’ll learn why a particular puzzle adaptation involved talking to an expert in sheep genetics, which solution was thought up by the BBC Radio 5 Drive team, and outside-the-box solutions to apparently straightforward challenges.
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I-SPY At the Seaside
£3.99I-SPY At the Seaside
Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun!
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I-SPY Birds
£3.99I-SPY Birds
Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun!
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i-SPY countryside challenge
£7.99i-SPY countryside challenge
Take on the i-SPY challenge with 50 things to do to get closer to nature!
Kids will have fun collecting points with activities to enjoy nature in the countryside and help look after wildlife.
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I-SPY Creepy Crawlies
£3.99I-SPY Creepy Crawlies
Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun!
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I-Spy Garden Birds
£3.99I-Spy Garden Birds
Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun!
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I-SPY in the Garden
£3.99I-SPY in the Garden
Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun!
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i-SPY in the night sky
£3.99i-SPY in the night sky
Beat the boredom and take time out from screens with this pocket-sized book packed with facts, photos and fantastic spots for hours of fun!
£3.99