"When Andres saw the new kid in the neighborhood solve a Rubik's cube super fast, he wondered if he could learn to solve one too. He tried twisting and turning the multicolored cube but it seemed impossible. With a little encouragement from his mom, Andres began to practice every day. And when he discovered a Rubik's cube competition to qualify for the biggest championship, he knew he had to try! Andres and His Rubik's Cube Madness is based on the true story of Andres "€" a boy who cleverly practiced hard and learned hundreds of algorithms to solve the Rubik's cube in lightning speed. He was dedicated and persistent, but most importantly, he never gave up."

Are you going cube-crazy? This easy to follow guide has everything you need to know about the Rubik's cube. From simple step-by-step instructions showing how to complete it, to how the cube was invented, plus lots of other cube challenges to test your skills - it's time to get cubing!

Co-written by the cube's inventor, this book serves as a comprehensive guide to the Rubik's cube. It opens up a wealth of fascinating mathematics and offers a vast number of new ideas and possibilities to those who have solved the cube as well as to those who remain puzzled.

'More than just a memoir. A manifesto for a whole way of thinking' Daily Mail 'An idiosyncratic and gripping memoir about his life and the indomitable career of the Cube' Observer 'The rise and enduring power of the world's most popular puzzle toy . . . Cubed is less a memoir than a chronicle of Rubik's evolving relationship with his creation' Financial Times *** As a child, Erno Rubik became obsessed with puzzles of all kinds. To him, they weren't just games - they were challenges that captured his imagination, creativity and perseverance. Rubik's own puzzle went on to be solved by millions worldwide, becoming one of the bestselling toys of all time. In Cubed, he tells us the story of the unexpected and unprecedented rise of the Cube for the very first time - and makes a case for why rediscovering our playfulness and inner curiosity holds the key to creative thinking.

With over five million copies sold, this is the ultimate annual for every gaming fan! Teeming with outstanding records, amazing stats and jaw-dropping trivia from your favourite games, Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2018 is the most exciting and action-packed yet.Get all the creature-catching highlights with the trailblazing smash that is Pok�mon GO, join the most successful stars from the fast-growing spectator sport of pro-gaming, and meet the biggest YouTube celebrities - including the mighty Minecrafter DanTDM and the iconic iHasCupquake.NEW NAMES, NEW GAMESWe have awesome new photography, exclusive interviews and spectacular chapters devoted to science fiction, fantasy and sports. Let your eyes be dazzled by the colourful shoot-outs of Overwatch, venture into the fantastical realms of The Last Guardian and celebrate the triumphant return of The Legend of Zelda. Gasp in awe at our line-up of the largest videogame characters ever created, and visit the site of the world's longest-running games tournament.FROM CYBORGS TO SUPERHEROESThis year's edition is brimming with incredible insights and fascinating stories in our special features - see for yourself as you step into a futuristic world of transhumanist gaming to marvel at cyborg arms and the latest Virtual Reality innovations. And, as the first superhero game turns 40 years old (take a bow Superman), we deliver a thrilling special section devoted to costumed crime-busting, from the brooding battles of the Batman Arkham series to the blocky adventures of LEGO Marvel Avengers, to the online universes of Marvel Heroes and DC Universe Online. Whether it's Super Mario, Skylanders or Spider-Man, you'll find it all here!

For anyone who dreams of sailing away, here's an engrossing, gritty memoir of a 15,000-mile solo expedition in a tiny, hand-made boat. Bent on discovery, Ladd ranges from Montana to a harrowing sail along the pirate-ridden coast of Panama and Colombia, across the Andes, down a 600-mile river by night to avoid guerrillas, to the Antilles and the Caribbean. Robbed, capsized, arrested and befriended, he sails and rows through a tumult of uncharted adventures. The cast of characters: Dieter, mad ex-Nazi on a desert island; Hans, the smuggler who disappears at sea; castaways, prostitutes, and fortune seekers. Stow away with a poetic storyteller on a stormy, soulful voyage through nineteen countries, on the razor's edge between freedom and fear, loneliness and love.

This book contains AI Escargot, the world famous sudoku puzzle which became the most difficult sudoku puzzle known in 2006. There are also several hints for solving AI Escargot in the shortest and most logical way. In addition, the book has 166 other sudoku puzzles in 11 categories. This makes it very convenient to find out your own level and to learn more! The author, Arto Inkala, is a puzzle creator and a doctor of science in the field of applied mathematics.

'Science has never had an advocate quite like David Deutsch ... A computational physicist on a par with his touchstones Alan Turing and Richard Feynman, and a philosopher in the line of his greatest hero, Karl Popper. His arguments are so clear that to read him is to experience the thrill of the highest level of discourse available on this planet and to understand it' Peter Forbes, Independent In our search for truth, how far have we advanced? This uniquely human quest for good explanations has driven amazing improvements in everything from scientific understanding and technology to politics, moral values and human welfare. But will progress end, either in catastrophe or completion - or will it continue infinitely? In this profound and seminal book, David Deutsch explores the furthest reaches of our current understanding, taking in the Infinity Hotel, supernovae and the nature of optimism, to instill in all of us a wonder at what we have achieved - and the fact that this is only the beginning of humanity's infinite possibility. 'This is Deutsch at his most ambitious, seeking to understand the implications of our scientific explanations of the world ... I enthusiastically recommend this rich, wide-ranging and elegantly written exposition of the unique insights of one of our most original intellectuals' Michael Berry, Times Higher Education Supplement 'Bold ... profound ... provocative and persuasive' Economist 'David Deutsch may well go down in history as one of the great scientists of our age' Scotsman

In this instant New York Times bestseller, a young and successful entrepreneur makes the case that politics has no place in business, and sets out a new vision for the future of American capitalism. There's a new invisible force at work in our economic and cultural lives. It affects every advertisement we see and every product we buy, from our morning coffee to a new pair of shoes. "Stakeholder capitalism" makes rosy promises of a better, more diverse, environmentally friendly world, but in reality this ideology championed by America's business and political leaders robs us of our money, our voice, and our identity. Vivek Ramaswamy is a traitor to his class. He's founded multibillion-dollar enterprises, led a biotech company as CEO, he became a hedge fund partner in his 20s, trained as a scientist at Harvard and a lawyer at Yale, and grew up the child of immigrants in a small town in Ohio. Now he takes us behind the scenes into corporate boardrooms and five-star conferences, into Ivy League classrooms and secretive nonprofits, to reveal the defining scam of our century. The modern woke-industrial complex divides us as a people. By mixing morality with consumerism, America's elites prey on our innermost insecurities about who we really are. They sell us cheap social causes and skin-deep identities to satisfy our hunger for a cause and our search for meaning, at a moment when we as Americans lack both. This book not only rips back the curtain on the new corporatist agenda, it offers a better way forward. America's elites may want to sort us into demographic boxes, but we don't have to stay there. Woke, Inc. begins as a critique of stakeholder capitalism and ends with an exploration of what it means to be an American in 2021--a journey that begins with cynicism and ends with hope.