Download or read book Monster Book of Japanese Puzzles written by Michael Mepham and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2006-03-10 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this monster book with more than 400 mind-bending puzzles, Mepham brings his famous Sudoku and Kakuro puzzles together with three puzzles that are now taking over Japan: Hitori, Masyu, and Nurikabe.
Download or read book The Monster Book of Japanese Puzzles written by Michael Mepham and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2006 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing over 400 puzzles, this title brings Sudoku and Kakuro puzzles together with three puzzles, Hitori, Masyu, and Nurikabe. It also presents five Michael Mepham introductions to give the tools needed to solve them.
Download or read book The Monster Book of Logic Puzzles and Sudoku written by Nikoli and published by Puzzlewright. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, there's a compendium of all the wicked puzzles from Nikoli! For millions of fans worldwide, that's big news. Nikoli, publisher of Japan's very first puzzle magazine, and a sudoku superpower, offers up a selection of akari, fillomino, hashi, heyawake, hitori, LITS, masyu, number link, nurikabe, ripple effect, shikaku, slitherlink, yajilin, and the perennial favorite, sudoku. The rules to these puzzles may seem simple (how hard could a maze without walls be?), but finding the solution can be diabolically difficult. The dozens of teasers here guarantee hours of fun, and tax your brain cells to the max!
Download or read book Will Shortz Presents The Monster Book of Sudoku for Kids written by Will Shortz and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sudoku has taken America by storm! Now kids can enjoy the puzzle that keeps their parents' minds racing and pencils sharpened. This edition, designed for children 8 and up, begins with a sudoku lesson from Will Shortz and very easy 4 x 4 grids to warm up. Then young solvers advance to more challenging 6 x 6 grids and finally tradition 9 x 9 sudoku puzzles. Features: · 150 all-new sudoku puzzles · Four difficulty levels including smaller "kid grids" · Fun commentary and illustrations · Edited by legendary New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz · Big grids with lots of space for easy solving
Download or read book The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies written by John LeMay and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nessie. Bride of Godzilla. Gamera vs. Wyvern. Mothra vs. Bagan. Batman Meets Godzilla. All fans have heard of these tantalizing lost films, but few know of their full histories...until now. With information straight from the Japanese sources learn how Gamera was made in 1965 to make use of miniature sets made for a disastrous movie about giant rats called Giant Horde Beast Nezura which was partially shot in 1963. Marvel at a blind Godzilla's battle with the invisible monster Chamelegon in Tokyo S.O.S.: Godzilla's Suicide Strategy! Watch in amazement as Godzilla and Kong battle in the flames of Mt. Aso in Continuation: King Kong vs. Godzilla! Explore the tortured history of the Toho/Hammer team-up Nessie about a kaiju-sized Loch Ness Monster. Recoil in horror at the sights of Great Prophecies of Nostradamus, a 1974 film so controversial that a self-imposed ban was placed on it by Toho. Baffle at Hanuman, the monkey monster of Thailand's Chaiyo Studios which teamed with Ultraman and his brethren in 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army. Puzzle over a psychedelic Italian colorized version of Godzilla, King of the Monsters! code-named "Cozzilla." Then uncover the $100,000 fan made epic Legendary Beast Wolfman vs. Godzilla! But that's not all-this book also contains essays by kaiju fan experts such as Dr. Ayame Chiba, Stan Hyde, Mark Jaramillo and Ted Johnson on subjects as diverse as unmade Kong films to heretofore unknown independent films like Atragon 2 and Wanigon vs. Gamaron!
Download or read book Writing Japanese Monsters From the Files of The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies written by John Lemay and published by Bicep Books. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the secret histories behind Japanese movie monsters like Godzilla, Mothra, Gamera, and Ultraman and how talented screenwriters breathed creative life into the monsters well before the special effects technicians could!
Download or read book Will Shortz Presents The Monster Book of KenKen written by Tetsuya Miyamoto and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monster edition of KenKen contains 300 3x3 to 9x9 size puzzles with "How to Solve" instructions and an introduction by puzzlemaster Will Shortz. The puzzles use all four mathematical operations and increase in difficulty. Features: · 300 easy-to-hard sudoku · Edited by legendary New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz · Big grids with lots of space for easy solving
Download or read book The Book of Yokai written by Michael Dylan Foster and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-01-14 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monsters, ghosts, fantastic beings, and supernatural phenomena of all sorts haunt the folklore and popular culture of Japan. Broadly labeled yokai, these creatures come in infinite shapes and sizes, from tengu mountain goblins and kappa water spirits to shape-shifting foxes and long-tongued ceiling-lickers. Currently popular in anime, manga, film, and computer games, many yokai originated in local legends, folktales, and regional ghost stories. Drawing on years of research in Japan, Michael Dylan Foster unpacks the history and cultural context of yokai, tracing their roots, interpreting their meanings, and introducing people who have hunted them through the ages. In this delightful and accessible narrative, readers will explore the roles played by these mysterious beings within Japanese culture and will also learn of their abundance and variety through detailed entries, some with original illustrations, on more than fifty individual creatures. The Book of Yokai provides a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its ever-expanding influence on global popular culture. It also invites readers to examine how people create, transmit, and collect folklore, and how they make sense of the mysteries in the world around them. By exploring yokai as a concept, we can better understand broader processes of tradition, innovation, storytelling, and individual and communal creativity. Ê
Download or read book The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Vol 1 1954 1982 written by John LeMay and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-09 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition of the original is here, covering over 25 new films including Warning from Space (1956), Half Human (1957), The Birth of Japan (1959), The Whale God (1962), The Lost World of Sinbad (1963), Great Yokai War (1968), Voyage Into Space (1970), Submersion of Japan (1973), 6 Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (1974), The Bermuda Depths (1978) and Attack of the Super Monsters (1982) to name only a few. And, delve even deeper into the Japanese kaiju movies that you love with new trivia and production information on every entry from the Godzilla, Gamera and Daimajin series.
Download or read book The Knot Monster written by Jennifer Hazen Buss and published by Library LaRue Press . This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A school-aged girl named Ellie hates having her hair brushed in the morning. Her mother tells her a story of a little purple monster called the Knot Monster who parties in her hair while sleeping, causing all the knots! Ellie sets out to catch the monster and when she does, he isn't what she expected!
Download or read book The Jumbo Book of Japanese Puzzles written by The Puzzle Society and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are living in puzzling's golden age right now." --Will Shortz, New York Times A colossal assortment of the six most popular Japanese puzzles--Sudoku, Sodoku X, Kakuro, Masyu, Hitori, and Nurikabe--ranging in difficulty from gentle to diabolical. A collection of four hundred puzzles-six different types of mind-bending games-ranging in difficulty levels so that players of every level will be challenged. Features include a complete answer key along with short, illustrated tutorials for each game-which proves particularly useful for the less familiar challenges, including: * Hitori: The ultimate logic teaser. Begin with a complete Sudoku grid and the object is to "paint" out blocks so that no number appears twice in any row or column. * Masyu: A charming but sophisticated invention where you are required to "string" black-and-white "pearls" with a series of vertical and horizontal lines that form a continuous loop. * Nurikabe: Beginning with a grid of squares scattered with numbers seemingly placed at random, the idea is to paint the black squares to make walls, leaving patches of white behind.
Download or read book The Monster on the Road Is Me written by J.P. Romney and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J.P. Romney's The Monster on the Road Is Me is a darkly comic debut novel about the unexpected strength we find when we are tested beyond our limits. It starts with the crows. When you see them, you know he’s found you. Koda Okita is a high school student in modern-day Japan who isn’t very popular. He suffers from narcolepsy and has to wear a watermelon-sized helmet to protect his head in case he falls. But Koda couldn’t care less about his low social standing. He is content with taking long bike rides and hanging out in the convenience store parking lot with his school-dropout friend, Haru. But when a rash of puzzling deaths sweeps his school, Koda discovers that his narcoleptic naps allow him to steal the thoughts of nearby supernatural beings. He learns that his small town is under threat from a ruthless mountain demon that is hell-bent on vengeance. With the help of a mysterious—and not to mention very cute—classmate, Koda must find a way to take down this demon. But his unstable and overwhelming new abilities seem to have a mind of their own...
Download or read book Tales of Japan written by Chronicle Books and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A goblin with no body and a monster with no face. A resourceful samurai and a faithful daughter. A spirit of the moon and a dragon king. This collection of 15 traditional Japanese folktales transports readers to a time of adventure and enchantment. Drawn from the works of folklorists Lafcadio Hearn and Yei Theodora Ozaki, these tales are by turns terrifying, exhilarating, and poetic. • Striking illustrations by contemporary Japanese artist Kotaro Chiba • Special gift edition features an embossed, textured case with metallic gold ink, and a satin ribbon page marker • Part of the popular Tales series, featuring Nordic Tales, Celtic Tales, Tales of India, and Tales of East Africa Fans of Ghostly Tales, and Japanese Notebooks will love this book. This book is ideal for: • Fans of fairytales, folklore, ghost stories, Greek mythology, roman mythology, Chinese mythology, and Celtic mythology • Anyone interested in Japan's history books and culture studies • People of Japanese heritage • Collectors of illustrated classics
Download or read book The Giant Book of Japanese Puzzles written by Yukio Suzuki and published by . This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Book of Japanese Folklore An Encyclopedia of the Spirits Monsters and Yokai of Japanese Myth written by Thersa Matsuura and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover everything you’ve ever wondered about the legendary spirits, creatures, and figures of Japanese folklore including how they have found their way into every corner of our pop culture from the creator of the podcast Uncanny Japan. Welcome to The Book of Japanese Folklore: a fascinating journey through Japan’s folklore through profiles of the legendary creatures and beings who continue to live on in pop culture today. From the sly kitsune to the orgrish oni and mischievous shape-shifting tanuki, learn all about the origins of these fantastical and mythical creatures. This gorgeous package is complete with stained edges and stunning four-color illustrations. With information on their cultural significance, a retelling of a popular tale tied to that particular yokai, and how it’s been spun into today’s popular culture, this handsome tome teaches you about the stories and histories of the beings that inspired characters in your favorite movies, animes, manga, and games. Adventure, mystery, and amazing tales await in The Book of Japanese Folklore.
Download or read book Terror of the Lost Tokusatsu Films From the FIles of The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies written by John Lemay and published by Big Book of Japanese Giant. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special effects films from Japan are about as inventive as they come. But wait until you read about the ones they didn't make such as FRANKENSTEIN VS. THE HUMAN VAPOR, INVISIBLE MAN VS. THE HUMAN TORCH, and AFTER JAPAN SINKS. Also covered are rare films that never made their way to America, like FEARFUL ATTACK OF THE FLYING SAUCERS (1956).
Download or read book Giant Book of Japanese Puzzles written by Yukio Suzuki and published by JG Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
