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How to Solve Conundrums
by AnonymousA complete guide to solve riddles titled “How to Solve Conundrums”, is leisure read if you are puzzle lover. Written by anonymous author, this book contains witty sayings such as “Why is Great Britain like Palestine? Because it’s the Holy Land”, “What is the difference between the earth and the sea? One is dirty, the other tidy“ etc...
Amusements in Mathematics
by Henry Ernest DudeneyAmusements in Mathematics, is a book of mathematical puzzles written by Henry Ernest Dudeney, an English mathematician remembered as creator of mathematical puzzles. This book contains detailed description of various type of puzzles and how to solve them using algebra and mathematics. A huge list of puzzles such as money puzzles, age and kinship..
Chess Fundamentals
by Jose Raul CapablancaChess Fundamentals is a strategic guide to the game written by Jose Raul Capablanca, a Cuban player remembered as “Human Chess Machine” for his rapid play and endgame skills which made him the Chess Champion during 1921 – 1927. Capablanca mentions in the preface that in spite of Hypermodern Theory which is only a form of change, this book writte..
Floor Games
by H. G. WellsWells thought the raw materials available in the local stores were just not enough for creative kids to play thrilling games. Rather he guided his sons to develop two interesting games. Game of wonderful islands comprising of various imaginative geographies with floor as the sea. Twin cities is a game in which the kids can create many enginee..
Little Wars
by H. G. WellsH. G. Wells Little Wars is a book of game with set of rules followed by his earlier work Floor Games. While it will be more interesting to play it as a game, the real war is the worst artificial calamities which can be avoided by mankind. While the elementary level of the game is simple rules of movement and firing with set timings, an extension of..
Golf Architecture - Economy in Course Construction and Green-Keeping
by Alister MackenzieMy partner, who is the author of these short essays on Golf Course Architecture, has asked me to write an introduction. This is, however, hardly necessary, as the name of Dr. Mackenzie is so well known in connection with this subject.Many years ago now the idea came to him, as to a few others, that it might not be impossible to create a golf course..
Mancala, the National Game of Africa
by Stewart CulinThe comparative study of games is one that promises an important contribution to the history of culture. The questions involved in their diffusion over the earth are among the vital ones that confound the ethnologist. Their origins are lost in the unwritten history of the childhood of man. Mancala is a game that is remarkable for its peculiar distr..
The Game of Go - The National Game of Japan
by Arthur SmithThis book is intended as a practical guide to the game of Go. It is especially designed to assist students of the game who have acquired a smattering of it in some way and who wish to investigate it further at their leisure.The game of Go belongs to the class of games of which our Chess, though very dissimilar, is an example. It is played on a boar..