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Pomegranate | The New York Times Crossword Puzzles 2008 Desk Calendar
Product# 200800001963
Selling for $12.99
"The New York Times Crossword Puzzles Desk Calendar: With their colorful, up-to-date vocabulary and witty, cultured clues, The New York Times crossword puzzles set the standard for American crosswords. Edited by puzzlemaster extraordinaire Will Shortz, this calendars 314 New York Times puzzles become increasingly difficult as the week progresses. Mondays is relatively straightforward; by Saturday, the puzzle is so challenging we give you two days to solve it (each Saturday and Sunday share a page and a puzzle). Also included are yearly grids for 2008 and 2009, and pages for notes."... |
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Barnes & Noble | Would You Rather 2008 Desk Calendar
Product# 200800010951
Selling for $9.95
"Would You Rather Desk Calendar: The Would You Rather...? calendar features hundreds of preposterous predicaments and quirky quagmires to perplex, pique, and entertain you every day of the year. You'll find yourself between the rockiest of rocks and the hardest of hard places as you consider the mind-blowing dilemmas in the areas of curses, sex, fantasies, deaths, tortures, and more. Waste a little time with the Deity each day as you ask yourself and your friends: Would you rather..."... |
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Andrews McMeel | Pat Sajak's Code Letter Cross'd Words and More 2008 Computer Calendar
Product# 200800006133
Selling for $14.99
"Pat Sajak's Code Letter Cross'd Words and More calendar: Enjoy viewing your Microsoft® Outlook® appointments alongside your favorite Pat Sajak Games puzzle right on your computer desktop. Packed with features: Operates on PCs and Macs; integrates with Microsoft® Outlook®, Entourage®, and iCal® can be used as soon as they're purchased; can be personalized with users' own photos; reminds users of upcoming events; lets users view and import calendars from friends and organizations; features enhanced to-do list; offers more customization options; allows users to save, print, and e-mail favorite pages; makes it easy to skip to different days; features up-to-date content delivered daily."... |
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Workman Publishing | 365 Mensa Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day 2008 Desk Calendar
Product# 200800005337
Selling for $11.95
"365 Mensa Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day Desk Calendar: It’s a year of brawny puzzles for brawny brains. Created by puzzle master Abby F. Salny and sanctioned by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society, 365 Brain Puzzlers is the smart puzzle calendar for people who aren’t afraid of a challenge. Word Ladders. Palindrome Pals. Odd Man Out. Metamorphosis, Family Trees, Cubic Chaos, and Tom Swifties. Each day’s cranial conundrum will push your neurons to the limit. And just in case the puzzles get the best of you, answers are on the back."... |
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Pomegranate | Optical Illusions 2008 Desk Calendar
Product# 200800002098
Selling for $12.99
"Optical Illusions Desk Calendar: Palm trees that look crooked but stand perfectly straight. Mysterious blue dots that flicker like fireflies. These and the other amazing optical illusions in this 314-illusion calendar (Saturday and Sunday share a page and an illusion) will have your brain doing somersaults all year long. Commentary accompanies each of the illusions, some of which are in Q&A format (so you can decide whos right—you or your cerebral cortex). Also included are yearly grids for 2008 and 2009, and pages for notes."... |
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Pomegranate | 366 Days of Word Puzzles by Will Shortz 2008 Desk Calendar
Product# 200800001956
Selling for $11.99
"366 Days of Word Puzzles by Will Shortz Desk Calendar: New York Times puzzle editor Will Shortz is familiar to millions of American radio listeners as the puzzlemaster on NPRs Weekend Edition–Sunday. Here he brings together 314 of his toughest puzzles (Saturdays and Sundays share a page and a puzzle), guaranteed to fill your year with exquisite frustration. Are you up to the challenge? Fortunately, the calendar includes all the answers—Dont peek!—as well as yearly grids for 2008 and 2009, and pages for notes."... |
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Wide World Publishing | Mathematics 2008 Wall Calendar
Product# 200800008829
Selling for $10.95
"Mathematics Wall Calendar: Each day of every month of this wonderful calendar has its own math problem, whose solution is the date. The fun lies in figuring out how to arrive at the answer, and possibly discovering more than one way to do it. In addition to the daily puzzles, each month features an intriguing math topic. More than just a place to make note of birthdays and dentists appointments, The Math Calendar demystifies the subject, making it approachable and even downright fun."... |
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Barnes & Noble | Magic Eye 2008 Deluxe Wall Calendar
Product# 200800010569
Selling for $12.95
Magic Eye Wall Calendar: Delve into 2008 with the latest 3D images from Magic Eye! Each monthly image contains an enchanting hidden 3D image which materializes before your eyes. Magic Eye images challenge and entertain—and they have scientific and medical uses as well. Optometrists and vision specialists have proven that viewing Magic Eye images is useful for vision therapy. Magic Eye images are aerobics for your eyes.... |
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Andrews McMeel | Tangram Puzzle-a-Day 2008 Desk Calendar
Product# 200800005923
Selling for $14.99
"Tangram Puzzle-a-Day Desk Calendar: With 7 simple shapes and unique puzzle designs on each day, the fun will just fall into place. Arrange and rearrange the 7 magnetic pieces (tans) into something new every day. From animals to people to boots and cactus, you'll be amazed by the wonderful images created throughout the year."... |
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Andrews McMeel | Pat Sajak's Code Letter Cross'd Words and More 2008 Desk Calendar
Product# 200800006038
Selling for $11.99
"Pat Sajak's Code Letter Cross'd Words and More Desk Calendar: Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak puts a new spin on games and puzzles with Pat Sajak's Code Letter Cross'd Words and More calendar. Weekdays feature a new Cross'd Words puzzle, which is a crossword puzzle with code symbols. Fill in a space with a code symbol, and that letter can be used in other spaces with the same symbol throughout the puzzle. Bonus weekend puzzles feature various other Code Letter games and puzzles such as Mix-Up Madness, Finders-Keepers, and Riddles."... |
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Sellers Publishing | Funny Cryptograms 2008 Desk Calendar
Product# 200800001397
Selling for $11.99
"Funny Cryptograms Desk Calendar: In this new desk calendar, Shawn Kennedy challenges your mind and makes you laugh. Decode each day's puzzle using the hints, or just peek at the answer on the back of the page."... |
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Barnes & Noble | Boggle Brainbusters 2008 Desk Calendar
Product# 200800014015
Selling for $10.95
"Boggle Brainbusters Desk Calendar: BOGGLE BrainBusters are single-player word puzzles that go with you anywhere. To play, first find as many words (of three or more letters) as you can by linking the letters in the BOGGLE grid up and down, side to side, and diagonally. Then step up to the brain-busting challenge: using the accompanying clues, try to find the featured bonus in each BOGGLE grid. With 366 BOGGLE BrainBusters one per day for the entire year! this calendar is the ultimate desktop companion for puzzle lovers with a taste for challenging wordplay."... |
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Avalanche Publishing | Kakuro 2008 Desk Calendar
Product# 200800005502
Selling for $11.99
"Kakuro Desk Calendar: Just as Sudoku has swept the nation with puzzle mavens in a frenzy for product, Kakuro is the next new puzzle craze! Also called Cross Sums, Kakuro puzzles are mathematical crossword-style puzzles in which you add numbers across and down to equal the given clues. Perfect for puzzle players ready for the next craze!"... |
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Andrews McMeel | Kirigami 2009 Desk Calendar
Product# 200900006031
Selling for $14.99
Kirigami Desk Calendar: Don't throw yesterday away! Just (1) Fold it! (2) Cut it! (3) Open itto 100s of unique and beautiful designs throughout the year. It's easy and fun with step-by-step illustrated instructions for each day! Scissors not included.... |
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Accord Publishing | Tangram Puzzle-a-Day 2009 Desk Calendar
Product# 200900006018
Selling for $14.99
"Tangram Puzzle-a-Day Desk Calendar: With 7 simple shapes and unique puzzle designs on each day, the fun will just fall into place. Arrange and rearrange the 7 magnetic pieces (tans) into something new every day. From animals to people to boots and cactus, you'll be amazed by the wonderful images created throughout the year."... |
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Andrews McMeel | Word Origin 2009 Desk Calendar
Product# 200900006012
Selling for $12.99
"Word Origin Desk Calendar: Ever wondered where everyday words, expressions, and brand names come from such as vamoose, deadpan, kudos, and on the lam, and Ovaltine? Each day offers entertaining insight into the origin and development of the colorful words and phrases we all use."... |
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Workman Publishing | 365 New Words-A-Year Page-A-Day 2009 Desk Calendar
Product# 200900005914
Selling for $11.99
"365 New Words-A-Year Page-A-Day Desk Calendar: 365 New Words is the best and bestselling word calendar and the essential desk accessory for word buffs, language enthusiasts, and people on a quest for the ne plus ultra of vocabularies. Here are sophisticated words (soigné: well-groomed, sleek), fun-to-say words (catawampus: askew, awry, catercorner), scientific words (extremophile: an organism that lives under extreme conditions), and more, all selected by the editors of America’s most respected dictionary, Merriam-Webster. Each entry includes a definition, pronunciation, sample sentence, and fascinating word history and lineage."... |
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Workman Publishing | 365 Mensa Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day 2009 Desk Calendar
Product# 200900005919
Selling for $11.99
"365 Mensa Brain Puzzlers Page-A-Day Desk Calendar: It’s a year of brawny puzzles for brawny brains. Created by puzzle master Abby F. Salny and sanctioned by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society, 365 Brain Puzzlers is the smart puzzle calendar for people who aren’t afraid of a challenge. Word Ladders. Palindrome Pals. Odd Man Out. Metamorphosis, Family Trees, Cubic Chaos, and Tom Swifties. Each day’s cranial conundrum will push your neurons to the limit. And just in case the puzzles get the best of you, answers are on the back."... |
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Andrews McMeel | Magic Eye 2009 Wall Calendar
Product# 200900004650
Selling for $13.99
Magic Eye Wall Calendar: Family and friends will enjoy hours of entertainment while viewing the amazing 3D Illusions in this Magic Eye 2009 Calendar. Embedded within each Magic Eye Image is an enchanting 3D hidden image that materializes before the viewer's eyes. The calendar contains simple viewing instructions and a solution key.... |
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Sourcebooks | Word Nerd 2009 Desk Calendar
Product# 200900002693
Selling for $11.99
"Word Nerd Desk Calendar: As practical as a dictionary and enormously fun as a conversation piece. Are you a geek, word freak, wordsmith, ink slinger or someone who just loves to talk or read? You’ll love this collection of little known facts about common—and not so common—words in the English language, including amazing word origins, obscure and fascinating usages, vocabulary-expanding definitions, and compelling bits of information you won’t get from anyone else except a “Word Nerd”. Gurgulation? Another word for stomach rumbling. Deadline? It’s actually a Civil War term for a line that marked the distance a prisoner could go before being shot on sight. And lots, lots more."... |
