Amazing "Aha!" Puzzles (Paperback)

~ Lloyd King (Author) "What magic word does this wizard say?..." (more)
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Product Description

DO YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR ABILITY TO THINK 'OUTSIDE THE BOX' AND BOOST YOUR CREATIVITY?

This truly mind-altering and inspirational book of more than 300 brand new lateral puzzles provides a fantastic opportunity for anyone to improve their creativity and mental flexibility. It is packed with all kinds of fun and imaginative problems of varying degrees of difficulty that encourage you to break out of familiar thought patterns and to think creatively and ‘outside the box’. In addition, the puzzles have extremely rewarding and addictive "Aha!" answers absolutely guaranteed to make you both groan and smile at the same time. This book will keep you perplexed and entertained for many enjoyable hours, days and weeks to come.

About the Author

Lloyd is the designer of numerous original lateral/creative puzzles and is the author of Test Your Creative Thinking (The Times).

Product Details

• Paperback: 180 pages
• Publisher: Lulu.com (January 10, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1411613309
• ISBN-13: 978-1411613300
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #613,221 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lloyd keeps you guessing, January 10, 2005

By	William Bultas (St. Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Even if you'd worked through a number of Lloyd's lateral thinking puzzles, each has its own unique twist. It's always "what the heck is he up to now". You generally don't need any special knowledge to solve these, but they are on average fairly difficult. The problems contain excellent illustrations. Lots of fun!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars King sized creativity, July 15, 2005

By	coldwell (Durban, South Africa) - See all my reviews

Coming from a relatively puzzle-less background, I am a recent convert to the imaginative puzzle world presented by Lloyd King's special brand of AHA! creative magic. This beautifully presented book contains puzzles ranging from the relatively simple to the almost impossible. Fortunately all the answers, with full and elaborate explanations, are available in the book so the reader is not only able to obtain emotional release if the need arises (as assuredly it will!) but is also able to gain a real insight into the mechanics of a truly creative and imaginative mind and in so doing improve his/her own creative and lateral thinking. This is a highly recommended book.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Puzzles that exercise the brain, November 2, 2004

By	B. M. Clegg (Wiltshire, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This isn't just a recreational book of puzzles, although they are great just for fun. The aim according to the author is to 'improve your ability to "think outside the box" and boost your creativity.'

It's an attractive concept that has some validity. Just as we need to exercise our physical muscles to achieve more with them, we need to give our mental muscles workouts at problem solving and idea generation, and one way to do this is through using puzzles.

There's plenty in there, 317 in all, ranging from the relatively trivial to the absolutely stumping. One or two are frustrating because the logic is a little twisted or depends on what something sounds like (risky if English isn't your first language), but there's certainly a good mental workout.

Probably the bigges single lesson is to look at each problem you are faced with in a range of different ways. Don't take things at face value. Watch out for the assumptions. It's easy enough to chant this mantra, but much harder to do it in practice - that's where plenty of exercise comes in. Highly recommended.