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Product Description Exercise your brain without straining your eyes with large-print cryptograms Cryptograms, stimulating brain teasers based on the ancient art of decoding ciphers, test the mind and memory. This cryptogram puzzle book features ciphers so challenging, they’ll keep even the most avid puzzlers guessing. What sets Best of Cryptograms apart from other cryptogram books: 450 large-print puzzles―For beginners and experienced enthusiasts alike, these easy-to-read cryptograms will challenge you to analyze coded messages and recognize common words, names, and patterns with plenty of room on each page to work. Classic coding―Designed using the Caesar Cipher technique, a code that replaces each letter with a different letter, these head-scratchers would baffle the Roman ruler himself. Inspired themes―Spanning the fields of US history, literature, and the arts, this engrossing puzzle book features quotes that transform gibberish into meaningful mantras and inspiring quotes when solved. It’s no mystery―boost brain cells while enjoying hours of entertainment in big type with the Best of Cryptograms. Review “I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get tired of staring at screens. I want to keep my brain engaged with something, but without my phone, my tablet, my laptop, or even the television. I just want to unplug. And for those moments, I’ve found the perfect low-tech diversion. Best of Cryptograms: 450 Large-Print Puzzles to Flex Your Brain is filled with quotes from history and pop culture written in code.”―Jill N. “Scientific studies have shown that exercising your mind will keep you mentally young. The Best of Cryptograms is conveniently large-print for those of us getting older, which is all of us if you think about it. The large print is also double spaced, giving you plenty of room to write two choices for a letter if mistakes occur.”―Diane H. “I’m not just glad I found this book: I’m downright grateful. I had forgotten how much I loved the process of working things out myself. I’m afraid that, as things are simplified more and more by the devices in our lives, these books will become more and more rare. And don’t get me wrong... I love my smartphone, and Kindle books, and my computer. It’s just that sometimes greater satisfaction comes from simply using my mind.”―Katherine O.