Author: Mary O'Brien Publisher: O'Brien Press ISBN: 9781847171795 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 288
Book Description
The Simplex Crossword formula has been hugely successful and made bestsellers of Books 1 to 6. Appearing daily in the Irish Times for over forty years, the crossword has attracted a devoted following. The Big Book of Simplex Crosswords combines the first two bestselling titles in the Simplex series in a new edition. Great value for crossword-addicts everywhere!
Author: Mary O'Brien Publisher: Gill Books ISBN: 9780717153961 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 336
Book Description
Here are another 150 puzzles from Ireland's favourite crossword The Simplex crossword is one of the most popular items in The Irish Times, with tens of thousands of readers attempting to solve it every day for over sixty years. Challenging enough to tax the brain cells, but designed so that it can be completed on the train or in a lunch hour, this huge collection is great value and a must for every crossword fan. This is the ideal way to keep your puzzle-solving skills up to scratch whether you're on holiday, commuting or simply relaxing at home.
Author: Mary O'Brien Publisher: ISBN: 9780717178971 Category : Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
Mary O'Brien has been setting the daily Irish Times Simplex crossword for almost thirty years. An institution in Irish life and in The Irish Times, Simplex is the most popular crossword in Ireland. This latest collection of 100 puzzles from Ireland's premier setter will entertain, challenge and delight all crossword lovers.
Author: Daily Mail Publisher: Hamlyn ISBN: 060063728X Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 303
Book Description
Now anyone can play chess with this straightforward, jargon-free introduction. Written especially for beginners, it's the most comprehensive manual available and includes everything from explanations of each piece to orchestrating endgames. In addition to expert advice, simple instructions, and more than 200 easy-to-follow diagrams, novices will find: basic tactical principles, aggressive openings, the top-ten traps and attacks, specimen games to learn and crib from, and a test your chess IQ section. Basic Chess is the book you need to master the game.
Author: Shannon E. Perry Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences ISBN: 0323825877 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 1643
Book Description
Master the essentials of maternity and pediatric nursing with this comprehensive, all-in-one text! Maternal Child Nursing Care, 7th Edition covers the issues and concerns of women during their childbearing years and children during their developing years. It uses a family-centered, problem-solving approach to patient care, with guidelines supported by evidence-based practice. New to this edition is an emphasis on clinical judgment skills and a new chapter on children with integumentary dysfunction. Written by a team of experts led by Shannon E. Perry and Marilyn J. Hockenberry, this book provides the accurate information you need to succeed in the classroom, the clinical setting, and on the Next Generation NCLEX-RN® examination. - Focus on the family throughout the text emphasizes the influence of the entire family in health and illness. - Expert authors of the market-leading maternity and pediatric nursing textbooks combine to ensure delivery of the most accurate, up-to-date content. - Information on victims of sexual abuse as parents and human trafficking helps prepare students to handle these delicate issues. - Nursing Alerts highlight critical information that could lead to deteriorating or emergency situations. - Guidelines boxes outline nursing procedures in an easy-to-follow format. - Evidence-Based Practice boxes include findings from recent clinical studies. - Emergency Treatment boxes describe the signs and symptoms of emergency situations and provide step-by-step interventions. - Atraumatic Care boxes teach students how to manage pain and provide competent care to pediatric patients with the least amount of physical or psychological stress. - Community Focus boxes emphasize community issues, provide resources and guidance, and illustrate nursing care in a variety of settings. - Patient Teaching boxes highlight important information nurses need to communicate to patients and families. - Cultural Considerations boxes describe beliefs and practices relating to pregnancy, labor and birth, parenting, and women's health. - Family-Centered Care boxes draw attention to the needs or concerns of families that students should consider to provide family-centered care.
Author: John Halpern Publisher: ISBN: 9780233003962 Category : Crossword puzzles Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The crossword has been the most consistently successful puzzle of modern times. This title celebrates the world's favourite word puzzle by recounting the history of it, alongside examples of puzzles and words of wisdom from puzzle setters, crossword editors and members of the public who have racked their brains to find the solution to that elusive clue.
Author: The Times Mind Games Publisher: Collins ISBN: 9780008139810 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A new series of 80 puzzles from The "Times "adapting the cryptic puzzle for those with a hectic lifestyle and schedule. Ideal for those starting out with cryptic crosswords, and those who d like to tackle the main puzzle but feel daunted, or who can perhaps only solve a handful of clues. Appearing Monday to Friday in the puzzle pages of "Times2," this crossword has a reduced 13x13 grid size and reduced difficulty too, the intention being to encourage people to take their first steps in tackling cryptic crosswords. And also to cater for those of us who have limited time to devote to our favorite pastime and need a ready-made set of puzzles that is solvable in a short space of time. "
Author: Alan Connor Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141977116 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 246
Book Description
Two Girls, One on Each Knee: A History of Cryptic Crosswords is an audaciously constructed book on the pleasures and puzzles of cryptic crosswords and their linguistic wordplay, from Alan Connor, the Guardian's writer on crosswords On 21 December 2013, the crossword puzzle will be 100 years old. In the century since, it has evolved into the world's most popular intellectual pastime: a unique form of wordplay, the codes and conventions of which are open to anyone masochistic enough to get addicted. In Two Girls, One on Each Knee, Alan Connor celebrates the wit, ingenuity and frustration of setting and solving puzzles. From the beaches of D-Day to the imaginary worlds of three-dimensional puzzles, to the British school teachers and journalists who turned the form into the fiendish sport it is today, encompassing the most challenging clues, particular tricks, the world's greatest setters and famous solvers, PG Wodehouse and the torturers of the Spanish Inquisition, this is an ingenious book for lovers of this very particular form of wordplay. Note: The book begins with a puzzle in a standard 15-by-15 grid which incorporates all the basic clue types. The answers are also the chapter titles. Alan Connor writes twice-weekly about crosswords for the Guardian. He has contributed pieces about language for the BBC and the Guardian and works in radio and television, writing for Charlie Brooker, Caitlin Moran and Sue Perkins. His most recent writing was A Young Doctor's Notebook, a TV adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov stories starring Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm.
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