Download or read book The Pocket Idiot s Guide to Brain Games written by Matt Gaffney and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Puzzles galore!" The most current research shows that brain games keep the mind and memory sharp, and logic bright. Plus, they're entertaining. Here's the perfect collection of challenging games, including the latest craze, Sudoku. It also has 200 challenging crosswords, trivia, matching and word games, acrostics, hangman, word jumbles, in 20 different categories (complete with solutions). An expert author of several successful puzzle books Easy, portable format High quality paper for erasing"

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to World Mythology written by Evans Lansing Smith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dictionary defines mythology as a collection of ancient tales handed down over millennia, mainly dealing with gods and goddesses, that explains the way the world works, from natural events to society at large. Many people think of the deities of Greece and Rome when they think of mythology, forgetting that almost every culture has its own set of myths to interpret and explain its distinct worldview, often showing striking and fascinating similarities to the classical myths most people are familiar with. The Complete Idiot's Guide to World Mythologyexplores the gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, monsters and angels of the myths from every corner of the globe - the Americas, the Middle East and Africa, Asia, and more. Additionally, it explores the parallels between every culture, including Greece and Rome - striking similarities in mythic figures and the structure, action, wording, and result of the stories themselves.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Pre algebra written by Amy F. Szczepanski and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on the fundamentals of pre-algebra in a concise, easy-to-follow manner and includes practice exercises throughout the book.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to the Right Words for Any Occasion written by Marylou Ambrose and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your thoughts are worth more than a penny. You’re no idiot, of course. You know words possess tremendous power. But expressing your feelings during special events or difficult situation requires more than a clichéd greeting-card sentiments. The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to the Right Words for Any Occasion shows you exactly how to spell it out—in your own words. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • Over 250 sample notes for the moments that touch people’s lives, from wedding and anniversaries to birthdays and graduations. • Inspiration quotes to help you add just the right sentiment when you can’t find your own words. • Guidance on what to say—and what not to say—during hard times. • Great ways to share your special message with people of all ages and faiths.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Fighting Fatigue written by Nadine Saubers R.N., B.S.N. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boost of energy for your customers (and your sales) Exhaustion is rampant nowadays—for both medical and lifestyle reasons. In this helpful guide, a healthcare professional and scientific researcher explains the common causes of fatigue, both physical and emotional—and the most effective ways to prevent and combat it. Readers will be able to recognize the warning signs of systemic fatigue; figure out when medical treatment is required; learn lifestyle solutions; discover alternative therapies; and consult a resource section for even more information. • Expert author brings an integrated approach—both traditional and alternative—to the prevention and treatment of fatigue • Can be used by the millions of people suffering from such conditions as fibromyalgia

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Rumi Meditations written by Yahiya Emerick and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that one of the best-selling poets in the U.S. today is a Persian mystic who lived in the thirteenth century? Mawlana Jalal-ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, known in the West simply as Rumi, was born in 1207, a Sufi theologian and poet whose words spoke of love, unity with God, and spiritual growth. Rumi and his followers believed in employing music, poetry, and dance to become closer to God, and their sema is dancing prayer practiced by them. We know them best as the Whirling Dervishes. Although hundreds of years have passed since Rumi's life and death, his poetry continues to appeal to readers the world over, who remain open to the miraculous power of love. In The Complete Idiot's Guide to Rumi Meditations, Yahiya Emerick, the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam, brings the unique practice of moving meditation to American readers of today. More than 40 meditations based on Rumi's poems will leave them drunk with the divine love Rumi continues to inspire.

Download or read book Complete Idiot s Guide to Drawing Superheroes and Villains written by Matt Forbeck and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Drawing Superheroes and Villains, Illustratedis the series' fourth release in the step-by-step, how-to-draw arena, and the first to venture outside the realm of manga. But like the two manga books before it (The Complete Idiot's Guide to Manga- Fantasy Creatures andThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Manga- Shoujo), this guide follows the same 4-color format in which readers learn how to create a variety of characters with more than 400 illustrations that are broken up into six- to eight-step series. Colour is used in each sequential step to clarify how the new strokes add to the work in progress as the reader works toward each final full-colour character. In this book, readers learn to create original superheroes and villains that are patterned after the underlying traits associated with well-known characters, but without replicating what's already been done by the likes of Marvel and DC Comics. By drawing these unique figures and seeing how they are both similar to and different from the established superheroes and villains, readers gain inspiration for creating their own truly original characters.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to the Law of Attraction written by Diane Ahlquist and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes index.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to the Science of Everything written by Steve Miller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder why the sky is blue or why most plants happen to be green? Or why stomach acid doesn't dissolve your stomach, or why there are more tornados in the Midwest than along either coast? The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Science of Everythinganswers these questions and many, many more, shedding light on the science behind more than 200 intriguing questions, educating readers on the fundamentals of science in the process. In a book that is as informative as it is entertaining, readers learn about every major branch of science, including- Physics (Why do figure skaters spin faster when they pull their arms in?) Chemistry (How does salt melt ice?) Biology (How does a chameleon change its colour?) Geology (Why do so many earthquakes occur along the Pacific coast?) Meteorology (Why does the jet stream flow from west to east in North America?) Astronomy (What causes Jupiter's big red spot?) Cosmology (Do black holes really exist and can anything escape them?) In addition, the book highlights some of the really big ideas that helped shape science as we know it today, and discusses the future of science with cutting edge topics such as nanotechnology, genetic modification, molecular medicine, and string theory.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Baby Brain Games written by Jennifer Lawler Ph.D. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play that stimulates young minds. Play is the language that babies know best. Here, readers will find over 300 games to play with infants from one week to eighteen months old. Divided into games that stimulate cognitive, language, emotional, and social development, this book will delight parents and babies as it helps foster mental and physical growth. • Written by an internationally recognized authority on brain games for babies • No other book on infant play has as many games or is as effective in linking games with their mental and physical health benefits • Focused on helping parents teach their babies how to learn, rather than pushing them beyond their developmental level

Download or read book The Pocket Idiot s Guide to Super Sudoku written by Matt Gaffney and published by . This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It s the hottest puzzle game sweeping the nation. Nearly every major newspaper includes a Sudoku puzzle grid next to its crossword and acrostic games. Hundreds of thousands of books have sold to puzzles hungry for more and more and challenging puzzles. And that s only in America! It s a worldwide craze popular from London to Tokyo complete with dozens of websites with tips, insights and games. The Pocket Idiot s Guide to Super Sudokuis the latest and most powerful entry into this white hot market. Matt Gaffney, known throughout the gaming community as the champion crossword puzzler and creator, has created a unique book, full of challenging new puzzles, inside strategies and tips for beginner and seasoned Sudoku puzzlers alike. It also includes a full array of the every changing variants to the game bursting on the scene.

Download or read book The Pocket Idiot s Guide to Extreme Sudoku written by Matt Gaffney and published by Alpha Books. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More puzzles than ever … Here are more puzzles to challenge players of the hottest puzzle craze sweeping the nation. Featuring the most extreme brain stumpers of all, this is the newest entry into this red-hot market, offering 240 of the toughest Sudoku puzzles players will find anywhere. Matt Gaffney—known throughout the gaming community as a champion crossword puzzler and creator—has taken this unique book to new heights of difficulty, complete with strategies and puzzle-busting hints, plus a full array of variants on the game. • Expert gaming author and world class puzzler • 240 Mensa-level puzzles that offer the ultimate mental challenge • Complete overview and sample of the latest variants, such as the circular and super grid puzzles • More instructions, tips, and strategies than any other competing book • Convenient, slim trim size for easy portability

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to Weird Word Origins written by Paul McFedries and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready to chew the fat. This engaging, humorous new book explains the not-so-common origins of such commonly used phrases as “apple-pie order,” “chew the fat,” and “hat trick.” Presented in a fun, easy-to-read style, it provides entertaining insight on metaphorical phrases, weird words, and strange expressions and takes readers on a journey through the bizarre and eccentric origins that make up our everyday speech. • Word books have gained in popularity not just with students and linguaphiles, but with a general population interested in the fascinating development of our language. • Contains back stories for 500 intriguing words and phrases. • Fun to flip through and also fun to read cover to cover.

Download or read book The Complete Idiot s Guide to 40 000 Baby Names written by Marcia Layton Turner and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining parents' guide to naming their baby features more than 200 lists of popular names in different categories, along with an alphabetized name section, name histories and meanings, and information and advice on selecting the perfect name. Original.

Download or read book The Pocket Idiot s Guide to Not So Useless Facts written by Dane Sherwood and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pocketful of triviaaspecial hardcover edition! People love weird facts. And this gift hardcover is bursting with 208 pages of all sorts of amazing, arcane, interesting, and shocking bits of information about everything under the sunaand then some. Put together by an expert team of fact finders and pop culture specialists, this collection includes fascinating facts that could be useful to students, collectors, tourists, and enthusiasts alike. a[ Nearly 1,000 amazing, not-so-useless facts

Download or read book The Pocket Idiot s Guide to Breaking Up written by Laurie A. Helgoe Ph.D. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-12-05 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wise guide to handling the end of a relationship. A breakup doesn’t mean everything has to fall apart. Laurie Helgoe uses her years of experience as a clinical psychologist to show those who are coping with a breakup to pick up the pieces and move on with their lives. This guide provides sage advice on how to handle every aspect of separating from a partner, from knowing when to stop communicating, dealing with the blues, and when to start dating again. • Edgy and humorous, yet full of practical advice • The first book to deal with being the dumper, as well as the dumpee • Tips that will get readers through lonely nights and days of “retail therapy”—without insulting their intelligence or getting involved in 12-step therapy speak

Download or read book The Pocket Idiot s Guide to Texas Hold em written by Randy Burgess and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete, revised guide to the Texas Hold'em game of poker takes readers step by step through the fundamental principles and strategies of the popular card game, covering the rules of the game, the art of betting, Hold'em lingo, and more. Original. 25,000 first printing.