Will Shortz Presents The Ultimate KenKen Omnibus: 500 Easy to Hard Logic Puzzles That Make You Smarter

by Tetsuya Miyamoto, Will Shortz (Introduction)

Overview

Perfect for solvers who just can't get enough, this colossal collection contains 500 easy to hard KenKen puzzles -- perfect for novices and experts alike.

Features:
· 500 easy-to-hard KenKen puzzles
· Edited by legendary New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz
· Big grids with lots of space for easy solving

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312596767
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/13/2009
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	592
Sales rank:	281,994
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

TETSUYA MIYAMOTO, the creator of KenKen, is a math teacher who runs a unique mathematics class for grade school children in Japan where he practices "The Art of Teaching Without Teaching." His teaching method and use of KenKen in his classroom has proven extremely successful. His students regularly go on to be accepted at the most prestigious schools in Tokyo.

WILL SHORTZ has been the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times since 1993. He is also the puzzlemaster on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and is founder and director of the annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. He has edited countless books of crossword puzzles, Sudoku, KenKen, and all manner of brain-busters.

Editorial Reviews

“A puzzling global phenomenon” —The Economist

“The biggest craze to hit The Times since the first crossword puzzle was published in 1935.” —The Times of London

“England's most addictive newspaper puzzle.” —New York magazine

“The latest craze in games” —BBC News

“Sudoku is dangerous stuff. Forget work and family—think papers hurled across the room and industrial-sized blobs of correction fluid. I love it!” —The Times of London

“Sudokus are to the first decade of the 21st century what Rubik's Cube was to the 1970s.” —The Daily Telegraph

“Britain has a new addiction. Hunched over newspapers on crowded subway trains, sneaking secret peeks in the office, a puzzle-crazy nation is trying to slot numbers into small checkerboard grids.” —Associated Press

“Forget crosswords.” —The Christian Science Monitor

From the Publisher