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  • The Official Bletchley Park Puzzle Book

    £16.99

    Retrace the footsteps of famous codebreakers and solve mind-bending hidden codes, cryptic crosswords, secret languages and complex riddles inspired by the missions Bletchley Park assisted in during World War II.Would you have been an indexer targeting Air Enigma in Hut 3? Or a Wren operating Colossus in the Newmanry looking for D-Day intelligence? Or maybe an RAF recruit in JAFO deciphering Japanese codes?Whilst World War II operations began in the famous Victorian mansion, new buildings soon materialised to accommodate the 9,000-strong workforce and machines that would help to penetrate the heart of Axis powers.But that success didn’t begin in the park. Information was first collected in the sheds of amateur radio operators and findings sent to a PO Box in Barnet. Once at Bletchley, it travelled between huts and atop desks, each stop uncovering a clearer picture of the battleground.Could you turn that data into intelligence? And intell

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  • Headscratchers

    £10.99

    ‘A fantastic and varied collection of problems authored by some of the best puzzle setters around’ – Alex Bellos ‘A book of delightful puzzles. It’s just as good as you’d expect.’ – Tim Harford ‘A marvellous miscellany of mysteries’ – Simon Singh ‘Hours of arguing and puzzling. I loved it.’ – Matt Parker 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

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