A look into the world of New York Times crossword puzzle aficionados, who number in the millions. Focuses on New York Times puzzle editor Will Shortz and participants in the 28th Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Stamford, Connecticut.

A sparkling anthology of short works by 15 previously unpublished adult writers -- students or alumni from Isobel Warren's Right to Write classes in Newmarket, Canada. All genres from humour and romance to poetry and biography to sci-fi and fantasy -- from a fire fighter's wrenching battle with depression to a gardener's squabble with a chipmunk, from a Christmas Eve clash with a kidney stone to an elder's deeply moving reunion with a long-lost grandson...

Annie Ware is new, I thought you knew, Grab a book for yourself and come along too And one for a friend, the total is two, We'll explore the adventures of this bubbly one, See and experience, the word battle is won Learning the difference between a shoe, And something to do to a fly is shoo Annie will show you, how fun it can be To expand your vocab, win a spelling bee Suitable for sharing under moon or sun Here's homophone fun for daughter or son!...

Dive into China's cool new web-based subculture with China Online! Using Baidu, China's form of Google, young Chinese web-surfers are creating their own language on the Internet. With this book, you can get an insider's view of the way the new wave of Chinese youth communicates in code. Author and translator Véronique Michel guides you on a tour of the lifestyles inhabiting modern-day "tribes" on the Internet: • The "Moonlight" or "Starlight" Tribe...

The Best Brain Teasers of All Time gives you hours of fun-filled entertainment with brain teasers that develop your problem-solving skills in math, logic, and wordplay. Organized as an integrated challenge, these brain teasers build in momentum as they increase in difficulty from classic nursery rhymes to the riddle of the sphinx.

Offers an abundant cache of ideas about using words and wordplay to create engaging riddles and jokes. Children love to read jokes, tell jokes, and make up jokes. Tells how you can turn homographs, homophones, homonyms and idioms into jokes and riddles.

Fifteen word-play riddles based on the concept of finding words within other words, such as "pet" in "trumpet" and "ten" in "kitten."