The Biggest Book of Lateral Thinking Puzzles
More than 100 brainteasers to ponder
Published on 19. September 2019
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-1-78739-273-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Biggest Book of Lateral Thinking Puzzles requires you to take a novel approach to puzzle-solving. The problems in this book describe situations which are unusual or even bizarre, and which defy any attempt to find a ready explanation. However, each puzzle is constructed in a manner that will make the circumstances fit one, and only one, reasonable and logical answer.
What caused the diner to shoot himself and his old friend in the middle of the restaurant?
How did the employee who sleeps all day still manage to get a raise?
How did the runner, who was overtaken at the finish line, still win gold?
What caused the diner to shoot himself and his old friend in the middle of the restaurant?
How did the employee who sleeps all day still manage to get a raise?
How did the runner, who was overtaken at the finish line, still win gold?
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Headline Publishing Group
Illustrations
200 clr illus
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78739-273-1 (9781787392731)
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Person
Mensan Erwin Brecher, PhD, was educated in Vienna, Czechoslovakia and London, where he studied physics, economics and engineering. He has written many books on non-fiction subjects. He received the Order of Merit in gold from the city of Vienna in recognition of his literary achievements.
Content
The Mobile Telephone * The Deal of the Year * Cry Your Heart Out * Witnesses for the Defence * The Fancy Dress Ball * The Rolls Royce Corniche * A True Incident * The Murderer * Communication Problem * Deadly Scotch * Crafty Cabby * The Telephone Conversation * A Job in a Million * The Wolf and the Sheep * Murder in the Family * Embassy Meeting... and many more.