{"product_id":"the-language-lovers-puzzle-book-lexical-perplexities-and-cracking-conundrums-from-across-the-globe-paperback","title":"The Language Lover's Puzzle Book: Lexical perplexities and cracking conundrums from across the globe (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland and Can You Solve My Problems? comes a fascinating, hugely entertaining collection of puzzles for crossword addicts and language-lovers of all stripes.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Bellos is a wizard.' - Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Language Lover's Puzzle Book is a book of more than 100 surprising and entertaining puzzles that celebrate the amazing diversity of the world of words and language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing a huge variety of ancient, modern and even invented languages, this collection of problems will introduce you to unusual alphabets and scripts, curious vocabularies and phonologies, and global variations in simple behaviours like counting, telling the time, and naming children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you are a crossword solver, a code-breaker or a Scrabble addict, these puzzles are guaranteed to twist your tongue and sharpen your mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Bellos\u003c\/b\u003e is a grandmaster of the puzzling world,\nbrilliant on all things cryptic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis bestselling, award-winning books\ninclude \u003ci\u003eAlex's Adventures in Numberland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAlex Through\nthe Looking-Glass\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCan You Solve My Problems?\u003c\/i\u003e, and have\nbeen translated into more than twenty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e He is also the coauthor of two\nmathematical colouring books and the children's series Football School. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHis\nYouTube videos have been seen by more than twenty million people, and he writes\na popular puzzle blog for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e. @alexbellos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45008541810895,"sku":"9781783352197","price":21.8,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_f0bb2109-99a1-4889-b5f4-0d3e6ed33105.jpg?v=1777345945","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/the-language-lovers-puzzle-book-lexical-perplexities-and-cracking-conundrums-from-across-the-globe-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}