"Need some fast and easy duct tape projects for your makerspace? You're in luck! From spinners and beads to wallets and bookmarks, these engaging 10-minute projects will have kids making in no time!"--

In the course of a game of chess, questions continually arise that test a player's reasoning skills. Questions such as: "Who has the better position?""Should I resolve the tension in the center?""How can I improve the placement of my pieces?"In this long-awaited extension of the classic Best Lessons of a Chess Coach, the reader is invited to take a seat in the classroom of a renowned chess teacher, and learn how to answer such questions while experiencing...

Packed inside this book are more than fifty astonishing magic tricks that anyone can do. Learn mystifying card tricks, awe-inspiring coin tricks, mind-reading routines, deceptive bets, and amazing visual tricks that will make you the life of the party!

Learn to do astounding feats with few or no props and a minimum of sleight of hand. Tricks with cards, coins and rope, comedy magic, mental dexterity and much more, including expert advice on psychological misdirection and dramatic presentation. 247 black-and-white illustrations.

A basic reference to board and table games from around the world, providing the rules and methods of play for 182 games, including Ma-jong, backgammon, and Parchisi; with descriptions of the origin and history of many popular games.

"Minecraft is one of the world's hottest games, with millions of active players globally. Read about the game's most dangerous enemies, its rarest ores, and more in this one-stop collection of fun facts!"--

In the tradition of The Professor and the Madman, Longitude, and The Orchid Thief, Hallman transforms an obsessive quest for obscure things into a compulsively readable and entertaining weaving of travelogue, journalism, and chess history. In the tiny Russian province of Kalmykia, obsession with chess has reached new heights. Its leader, a charismatic and eccentric millionaire/ex-car salesman named Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, is a former chess prodigy and...

An official guide to Minecraft construction shares essential tips and tricks for building creative structures and innovations ranging from theme parks and waterslides to pirate coves and animal cannons.

Explains in simple terms how to encode and decode messages in various ciphers, describes coding machines, and gives formulas for invisible ink.

Learn to communicate without words with these authentic signs! Learn over 525 signs developed by the Sioux, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and other tribes. Written instructions and diagrams show you how to make the words and construct sentences. Book also contains 290 pictographs (language in pictures) of the Sioux and Ojibway tribes.