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The Language Lover’s Puzzle Book
Lexical perplexities and cracking conundrums from across the globe
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Ideal for crossword enthusiasts, code-breakers and word game fans, this collection appeals to anyone eager to challenge their mind and celebrate the quirks of language.
From thebestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland and Can You Solve My Problems? comes a fascinating, hugely entertaining collection of puzzles for crossword addicts and language-lovers of all stripes.
From the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland and Can You Solve My Problems? comes a fascinating, hugely entertaining collection of puzzles for crossword addicts and language-lovers of all stripes.
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'Alex Bellos is a wizard.' - Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist
The Language Lover's Puzzle Book is a book of more than 100 surprising and entertaining puzzles that celebrate the amazing diversity of the world of words and language.
Featuring a huge variety of ancient, modern, and even invented languages, this collection of problems will introduce you to unusual alphabets and scripts, curious vocabularies and phonologies, and global variations in simple behaviours like counting, telling the time, and naming children.
Whether you are a crossword solver, a code-breaker, or a Scrabble addict, these puzzles are guaranteed to twist your tongue and sharpen your mind.
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ISBN: 9781783352197
Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 October 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Guardian Faber Publishing
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 343g
Pages: 416
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About the Author
Alex Bellos is a grandmaster of the puzzling world, brilliant on all things cryptic. His bestselling, award-winning books include Alex's Adventures in Numberland, Alex Through the Looking-Glass and Can You Solve My Problems?, and have been translated into more than twenty languages. He is also the coauthor of two mathematical colouring books and the children's series Football School. His YouTube videos have been seen by more than twenty million people, and he writes a popular maths and puzzle blog for the Guardian. @alexbellos
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