Charles Phillips

Framed as a traitor and a murderer and sent to Alcatraz as a result, you must escape the forbidding, top-security jail, recover the lost evidence, and stop the pollution and land sale before it's too late. Surrounded by the most notorious, dangerous, and unpredictable inmates, you will quickly learn that the only means of escape will be from solving hidden...

The third title in this ingenious series of Sherlock Holmes Escape Books, The Adventure of the Analytical Engine, is an exhilarating combination of escape room, puzzle book, and adventure story. Inspired by real-life escape rooms, where players tackle puzzles while trapped in a locked room, it is an escape room in the form of a locked book, filled with codes,...

A Sherlock Holmes Escape Book: The Adventure of the Tower of London is a unique form of puzzle book, in which the reader must solve the riddles to escape the pages. The fourth title in this ingenious series of Sherlock Holmes Escape Books, The Adventure of the Tower of London is an exhilarating combination of escape room, puzzle book, and...

Few flowers have quite the same allure or as significant a place in history as the rose. A symbol of love, power, royalty, beauty, and joy, the rose has played many roles, both literal and symbolic, in poetry, art, literature, music, fashion, medicine, perfume, decoration, cuisine, and more. In this beautifully illustrated guide, award-winning horticulturist Peter E. Kukielski and his...

Don't get stuck in a rut—unleash your ingenuity with these creative puzzles. Imaginative thinking helps you in all aspects of life. It allows you to become more resourceful at problem solving, or to develop unorthodox strategies for dealing with any situation that might come your way. These brain-training puzzles will teach you how to break out of the thought patterns...

How do captains of industry and the greatest strategic minds come to the decisions they do? Learn how to think in ways that will help keep you one step ahead, while completing enjoyable brain-training puzzles. Debating skills, sound logical reasoning, and thinking outside the box are all examined, bringing you a new understanding of tactics, strategy, and decision-making. How to...

What should you do when you know that the solution to a problem is right in front of you, but you just can't see it? Working through problems needn't be hard work—in fact, trying too hard can trap you in rigid thought patterns and blind you to unexpected but brilliant solutions. This brain-training puzzle book will help you to see...