Picture Puzzles for Dummies

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Exercise your brain with hundreds of colorful, mind-blowing photo puzzles Sudoku, crosswords, word searches, and other brainteasers are wildly popular these days-not just because they're fun, but also because they stimulate the mind and keep it active and healthy. Now there's a new puzzle guide guaranteed to hone your powers of observation and perception. Picture Puzzles For Dummies features 100 full-color puzzles that use sight to enhance your brain capacity as well as keep you amused for hours! This portable guide features 100 fun and challenging photo puzzles Includes "spot the changes" puzzles, "cut-ups," "which one of these is not like the others," and a collection of bewildering "black and white" puzzles Visual puzzles have been proven to strengthen memory, attention span, and creativity, as well as amplify logic, vocabulary, and deduction skills. Whether you're completely new to puzzles or you're a puzzle fanatic, Picture Puzzles For Dummies is the perfect guide to keep you entertained. Picture Puzzles For Dummies® About the Authors Dedication Authors’ Acknowledgments Table of Contents Introduction About This Book Conventions Used in This Book What You’re Not to Read Foolish Assumptions How This Book Is Organized Icons Used in This Book Where to Go from Here Part I: Picking Apart Picture Puzzles Chapter 1: Getting Set to Solve Picture Puzzles Getting a Feel for the Picture Puzzle Types Serving Up Solving Strategies Pumping Mental Iron with Picture Puzzles Part II: Progressing through the Puzzles Puzzle 1: Easy, Breezy, Beautiful Puzzle 2: Buyer Beware! Puzzle 3: Slip into Something Comfortable Puzzle 4: Home on the Range Puzzle 5: A Trendy Spot for a Trim Puzzle 6: Con-grad-ulations! Puzzle 7: Kickin’ Back on the Beach Puzzle 8: Here Kitty, Kitty! Puzzle 9: Undercover Café Puzzle 10: Wrap It up! Puzzle 11: Float Like a Butterfly Puzzle 12: Hats off to the Ladies! Puzzle 13: Oil Can!! Puzzle 14: A Royal Pair Puzzle 15: Furry Valentine Puzzle 16: Among the Ruins Puzzle 17: Fall Family Portrait Puzzle 18: Say It with a Smile Puzzle 19: Sweet Siblings Puzzle 20: Tourist Trap Puzzle 21: Clownin’ Around Puzzle 22: Sail Away, Sail Away . . . Puzzle 23: All about the Accessories Puzzle 24: Rustic Charm Puzzle 25: Surf’s Up! Puzzle 26: Heartfelt Sentiments Puzzle 27: Dining Al Fresco in Mexico Puzzle 28: Let Them Eat Cake! Puzzle 29: Say What? Puzzle 30: Fender Bender Puzzle 31: Don’t Blink! Puzzle 32: Bricks, Balconies, and Balusters Puzzle 33: Fully Equipped Puzzle 34: Putting the Kart before the Horsepower Puzzle 35: Breezy Palms Puzzle 36: Around and Around We Go Puzzle 37: Work It, Girl! Puzzle 38: Totems at Attention Puzzle 39: Suburban Serenity Puzzle 40: Wings of Change Puzzle 41: Jolly Trolley Time Puzzle 42: A Classic Castle Puzzle 43: Food and Flora Puzzle 44: Horsin’ Around with the Family Puzzle 45: Climbing Higher Puzzle 46: Junk in the Trunk Puzzle 47: Don’t Be a Pansy Puzzle 48: Tie One On Puzzle 49: Trackside Traveler Puzzle 50: Airspeed, Altitude, Altimeter, Oh My! Puzzle 51: A Book Lover’s Retreat Puzzle 52: Cozying Up to the Canal Puzzle 53: Backyard Barbecue Puzzle 54: Welcome Home Puzzle 55: Flower Power Puzzle 56: Just Lion Around Puzzle 57: Lots o’ Luggage Puzzle 58: Chomping at the Bit Puzzle 59: Pole Position Puzzle 60: A Grand Vista Puzzle 61: Grins and Giggles Puzzle 62: Brick by Brick Puzzle 63: Artful Renovation Puzzle 64: What’s Good for the Goose . . . Puzzle 65: Getting a Great View Puzzle 66: Free Fallin’ Puzzle 67: Don’t Miss the Boat Puzzle 68: Reaching New Heights Puzzle 69: Flowers and Foliage Puzzle 70: Dive On In! Puzzle 71: Where Are the Pink Flamingoes? Puzzle 72: Down in the Valley Puzzle 73: Full of Hot Air Puzzle 74: On the Hunt Puzzle 75: Read All About It Al Fresco Puzzle 76: Make It Work — STAT! Puzzle 77: Architecture with Inspiration Puzzle 78: All Revved Up Puzzle 79: Living on the Edge Puzzle 80: A Colorful Cavalcade of Containers Puzzle 81: Peering over Navy Pier Puzzle 82: If Walls Could Talk Puzzle 83: No Horsin’ Around Puzzle 84: Angles and Architecture Puzzle 85: Sticks and Stones . . . Puzzle 86: Up, Up, and Away! Puzzle 87: A Colorful Carnival Landscape Puzzle 88: Mmm, Mmm, Good! Puzzle 89: Speed Trap Puzzle 90: One Man’s Trash . . . Puzzle 91: A Room with a View Puzzle 92: Views from the Valley Puzzle 93: Botanical Beauties Puzzle 94: Switches in the Swatches Puzzle 95: Mountain Town Puzzle 96: Three Fair Maidens Puzzle 97: Kooky, Spooky Castle Puzzle 98: Hills and High Places Puzzle 99: Purr-fectly Poised Puzzle 100: Neighborhood Watch Part III: Checking Your Work—No Peeking! Part IV: The Part of Tens Chapter 2: Ten Tips for Solving Getting Organized Establishing a Solving Routine Keeping Track of What You’ve Done Limiting Distractions Scanning the Forest . . . . . . Scouring the Trees Trying a New Strategy Taking a Break . . . But Don’t Quit! Wrangling out of a Rut Noticing the Unnoticeable Chapter 3: Ten Ways to Build Your Brain for Better Solving Keeping Your Focus Finding the Right Spot to Settle In Engaging Your Attention Trying a Variety of Other Puzzles Taking a Break from Mind-Numbing Activities Learning Something New Reading, Writing, and ’Rithmetic Clearing Your Mind Eating Right Keeping Active