Hillebrand, Linda Lascelle.
Summary: Whether you are learning sign language to communicate with a family member, student, coworker, or friend, remembering and using sign language can be easy and fun! A creative way to review and practice, each of the twenty-five puzzles corresponds to a chapter in The Joy of Signing (Third Edition) and includes the answer key
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Publisher / Publication Date: Logion 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 419 HILSummary: A Scrabble-like game in which one to eight players form individual crossword puzzles with words that can change as players continue to draw tiles throughout the game. When there are no more tiles to draw, first player to use all his/her letters wins. Four alternate games described.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bananagrams, Intl. 2006
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.732 OLSSummary: Accessible, fast-paced fun for everyone! In Bananagrams, players race against each other to build crossword grids and use all their letter tiles. There's no turn-taking it all happens at once and it's a race to the finish. No matter how old you are and how many anagram games you've played, Bananagrams is sure to drive you absolutely bananas in the best possible way! Durable off-white plastic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: MaxiAids 2024
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1 available in Games, Call number: GAME BRAShechtman, Anna
Summary: "Combining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen's Gambit, a renowned puzzle creator's compulsively readable memoir and history of the crossword puzzle as an unexpected site of women's work and feminist protest. The indisputable 'queen of crosswords,' Anna Shechtman published her first New York Times puzzle at age nineteen, and later,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHECHTMAN, ANNA SHEHall, Parnell.
Summary: Chief Harper comes to Cora Felton, asking her to solve a crossword puzzle found on the body of old man Overmeyer. Small problem. Cora's niece, Sherry, who is off on her honeymoon, actually writes Cora's crossword puzzle column for her. So Cora pokes into Overmeyer's death, hoping to prove he died of natural causes. But she soon learns that the cranky hermit was the sole surviving member of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2009
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Publisher / Publication Date: Multnomah Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROPGerber, Daryl Wood
Summary: "The annual crossword puzzle contest has drawn contestants from near and far to Crystal Cove, and Jenna watches in amazement as puzzle-themed books fly off the shelves at the Cookbook Nook. When the prominent puzzle constructor who's acting as master of ceremonies has his throat slit while he's out hiking, the police instantly peg Aunt Vera as the culprit. It's been clear since the victim...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2024
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1 available in New Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GERKeene, Carolyn.
Summary: Nancy, Bess and George are invited to Peru to help a friend solve a "monkey mystery," which promises to lead to a fabulous treasure. The clue is an old crossword cipher carved on a wooden plaque. The quest to decode the crossword leads the girls to the Incan ruins at Cuzco and Machu Picchu.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1967
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Summary: "The crossword is a feature of the modern world, inspiring daily devotion and obsession from not just everyday citizens looking to pass the time but icons of American life, such as Bill Clinton, Yo-Yo Ma, and Martha Stewart. It was invented in 1913, almost by accident, when a newspaper editor at the New York World was casting around for something to fill some empty column space for that year's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 793.73 RAPThorogood, Robert
Summary: "Judith Potts is seventy-seven years old and blissfully happy. She lives on her own in a faded mansion just outside Marlow, there's no man in her life to tell her what to do or how much whisky to drink, and to keep herself busy she sets crosswords for The Times newspaper. One evening, while out swimming in the Thames, Judith witnesses a brutal murder. The local police don't believe her story,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction ThorogoodSummary: Retired archaeologist Judith Potts's peaceful evening in Marlow is shattered when she witnesses a brutal murder. With the local police, led by newly promoted DS Tanika Malik, reluctant to believe her story, Judith teams up with local dog-walker Suzie and unfulfilled vicar's wife Becks to investigate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: This fourth Big Nate activity book contains mazes, crossword puzzles, comics, quizzes, and sudoku.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2014
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 793.73 PEISummary: "Elementary students will keep their minds sharp with these interactive games and activities designed to prepare them for the school year ahead.; This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the Standard Launchpad; Improve reading and comprehension skills; Master math skills; Learn sign language."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: JT Launchpad DashHall, Parnell
Summary: When the obnoxious sixteen-year-old Peggy Dawson asks Cora Felton to solve a puzzle for her, Cora is delighted to find that the puzzle has been stolen. She is less delighted, however, when a blood- Soon a body is discovered in the middle of Main Street, and Cora has a murder investigation on her hands. It does not help matters when she hears that her least favorite ex-husband, Melvin, is in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALJance, J. A. (Judith A.)
Summary: Former Seattle homicide cop J. P. Beaumont, is learning to enjoy the new realities of retirement-- doing morning crossword puzzles by a roaring fireplace; playing frisbee with his new dog; having quiet lunches with his still working wife. When an acquaintance from long ago, Alan Dale, shows up on Beau's doorstep with a newborn infant in hand and asking for help locating his missing daughter,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M JANSummary: Crossword puzzle constructor Mary Horowitz is smart and pretty, but a disaster that shakes news cameraman Steve to the core. Set up on a blind date with Steve, Mary thinks the chemistry is undeniable and just knows she's found her soulmate. She decides to do anything and go anywhere to be with him. Mary's escalating infatuation is encouraged by the self-serving actions of news reporter Hartman...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD AHall, Parnell
Summary: Cora Felton's ex-husband's sensational tell-all memoir, Confessions of a Trophy Husband: My Life with the Puzzle Lady, has been optioned for the movies-- and the Puzzle Lady herself is signed on as an associate producer. Cora hopes to have some control over the project, but the truth is that she needs the money. Filming in New York City, Cora finds she doesn't like the script, she doesn't like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HALHall, Parnell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007