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A "must-have" for intermediate to advanced woodworkers seeking to create truly brain-teasing gifts.
MUST HAVE for puzzle builders

Geometric Puzzle Design
Stewart Coffin
Manufacturer: AK Peters
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Binding: Paperback

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Crafting Wood Logic Puzzles: 18 Three-dimensional Games for the Hands and Mind
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New Wood Puzzle Designs
Wonders in Wood: 46 Puzzles and Other Novelties to Make and Solve
Puzzlers' Tribute: A Feast for the Mind

ASIN: 1568813120
Release Date: 2007-01-02

Product Description

This book discusses how to design good geometric puzzles: two-dimensional dissection puzzles, polyhedral dissections, and burrs. It outlines major categories of geometric puzzles and provides examples, sometimes going into the history and philosophy of those examples. The author presents challenges and thoughtful questions, as well as practical design and woodworking tips to encourage the reader to build his own puzzles and experiment with his own designs. Aesthetics, phychology, and mathematical considerations all factor into the definition of the quality of a puzzle.

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A "must-have" for intermediate to advanced woodworkers seeking to create truly brain-teasing gifts........2007-06-09

Written by veteran woodworker and expert wood puzzle designer Stewart Coffin, Geometric Puzzle Design is a one-of-a-kind guide to creating intriguing, three-dimensional wooden puzzles. Special techniques for creating oddly shaped small puzzle pieces accurately and safely, recommendations for drafting one's own original designs, mathematical concepts that can be applied as engineering tools, and much more fill this original craftsman's manual. A "must-have" for intermediate to advanced woodworkers seeking to create truly brain-teasing gifts.

MUST HAVE for puzzle builders.......2007-05-09

Coffin does it again, with the quintessential wooden puzzle builder's guide. If you're fortunate enough to have previous works by Stewart, keep in mind that this is an updated version, so a lot will be repetitive. Then again, if you have the previous version, you're probably a Puzzle Junkie, in which case the updates alone are probably worth it.
If I were going to be stuck on a desert island...and there were trees, and I had a knife and a sharpening stone...then this would be the One Book I'd want.

Coffin'S Game (Commander John Coffin Mysteries (Paperback))

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The game is to find your way out of this book...
A Good Writer but Not the Best of Her Work

Coffin'S Game (Commander John Coffin Mysteries (Paperback))
Gwendoline Butler
Manufacturer: Worldwide Library
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ASIN: 0373263538

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Following a terrorist bombing, the battered corpse of a woman is found in a house on Percy Street in London. Her fingertips have been removed and her face made unrecognizable by a sadistic killer. The only clue to her identity is a handbag, and the owner of the handbag is Stella Pinero, the beloved actress wife of Chief Commander John Coffin.

Several things complicate the investigation into the murder. Coffin refuses to believe that the remains could be Stella's. In addition, Coffin does not welcome the uncomfortable questions posed by Chief Superintendent Archie Young about the tempestuous Stella's personal life. And all the while the secretive Inspector Lodge of the Terrorist Squad harbors suspicions of his own.

When a second body is discovered, Coffin finds himself drawn into a nightmarish game. He is forced to confront death and treachery in his very own back yard. And the answers he finds could destroy his peaceful life as he knows it.

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The game is to find your way out of this book..........2000-08-10

I've read most of the other books in this series, and I've liked them a lot. John Coffin is a curious creature--silent, stalwart, and at the same time romantic and soft. He's an ace detective with a white lap dog. His wife, Stella, is beautiful and talented, and driven to succeed as an actress. She carries designer handbags and tells lies to those she loves, including John.

So, what we have are two enigmatic main characters and a fluff of a dog, several murders, and the usual display of Gwendoline Butler's flakes and perverts. The plot is filled with twists and turns, some of which lead to undisclosed past events and some of which are a result of the characters' own dark secrets.

Do we have a good book? Not exactly. Things do get logically put together in the end, and the motives are sex, money, and revenge. But somehow, there's an integration lacking here--too much of the plot and the characterization seems to be decorations which are not integrated with function. Like lace doilies on the arm of a flowered chintz sofa, there's too much "stuff" to be anything but a distraction.

A Good Writer but Not the Best of Her Work.......2000-07-22

This latest installment in Gwendoline Butler's Coffin series was a disappointment. The plot was a convoluted mess of kidnapping, misplaced loyalties, a number of secrets, the usual deviants, detectives looking over their shoulders, a group of terrorists, and Chief Commander Coffin who knows all but tells nothing.

Stella Pinero goes on a short R&R to calm her inner demons, the ones that seem to wake her in the middle of a performance and ask, "What are you doing and why are you doing it?" She leaves shortly after two explosions (presumably placed by terrorists) occur in one day in the Second City. Stella disappears for several days, but her purse turns up at the scene of a murder, along with her clothing on the body of the deceased. There is also a disturbing photograph of Stella chewing on a human arm. Even the Chief Commander admits:

"It's like a Victorian melodrama ... The heroine's handkerchief turns up to incriminate her."

Of course, when Stella shows up, she acts as if nothing has happened. Oh, those actresses and their pesky secrets!

The investigation continues, along with much agonizing on everyone's part for having to suspect the Chief Commander's wife. Archie Young tries to get along with Inspector Lodge, a specialist in terrorism brought in to help out with the bombings. Phoebe Astley is as competent as ever, but her boss is worried about who she's sleeping with. But these have little to do with the overall plot and don't really do much to advance the story.

Coffin's "game" turns out to be little more than an investigation technique of walking the witness through familiar places. He turns it into a game of trust between him and his wife, trying to determine whether she will trust him with the truth, and it plays out rather like the melodrama Coffin alludes to earlier as he uncovers once of Stella's secrets from the past.

Butler's focus on her main character is overwhelmingly ponderous throughout the book. Coffin never seems to grow out of his staid isolationism. The seconary characters -- even the criminals -- are more interesting. While it's admirable that the author focuses on people to tell the story rather than the plot alone, it's obvious she didn't give enough attention to the plot in this police procedural. Her die-hard fans will find only a small growth in the relationship between John Coffin and Stella Pinero, but little else of interest.

The Western Empire: A Sourcebook for the Palladium Fantast Rpg

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Disappointed
Wester Empire Sourcebook Review

The Western Empire: A Sourcebook for the Palladium Fantast Rpg
Bill Coffin
Manufacturer: Palladium Books Inc
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ASIN: 1574570153

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Disappointed.......2006-08-08

The first 150 pages of this book consist mainly of very detailed descriptions of nobles you'll probably never meet and complicated politics you'll probably never be a part of. What I wanted were maps, monsters, magic items, and adventures. These things come mainly in the last 70 pages, but there is nothing breathtakingly new, and the adventures are pretty run-of-the-mill. Could have been much stronger.

Wester Empire Sourcebook Review.......2001-05-09

I like this book because it gives me more information about the Western Empire plus it helps me with the quests my friends and I make. I think that this would be a great book for any fan of Palladium.

Folklore in America tales, songs, superstitions, proverbs, riddles, games, folk drama and folk festivals.

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Folklore in America tales, songs, superstitions, proverbs, riddles, games, folk drama and folk festivals.
Tristram Potter; Cohen, Hennig Journal of American folklore.; Coffin
Manufacturer: Doubleday
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LC0TEY

Folklore of American Holidays: A Compilation of More Than 600 Beliefs, Legends, Superstitions, Proverbs, Riddles, Poems, Songs, Dances, Games, Plays, Pageants, Fairs, Foods and Processions

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Folklore of American Holidays: A Compilation of More Than 600 Beliefs, Legends, Superstitions, Proverbs, Riddles, Poems, Songs, Dances, Games, Plays, Pageants, Fairs, Foods and Processions

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Rifts: Game Master Guide (Rifts)
Kevin Siembieda , and Bill Coffin
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Land of the Damned Two: Eternal Torment (Palladium Fantasy RPG)

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Land of the Damned Two: Eternal Torment (Palladium Fantasy RPG)
Kevin Siembieda , and Bill Coffin
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ASIN: 1574570617

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Top
It really is an A to Z review on play
Fantastic book on play

Bridge Play from A to Z
George Sturgis Coffin
Manufacturer: Dover Pubns
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ASIN: 0486238911

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Top.......2005-06-15

Find it and GET it. You will find deals and material not found elsewhere, and G.Coffin is -da- master of endplays!
Terminology will sound weird, but your game will improve a lot. Warning -> Advanced players only. Do not hope that you will understand anything if you are a beginner: Coffin has no mercy!

It really is an A to Z review on play.......2004-06-18

One of top books on play. Ranks with Master Play and Play of the Hand. Needs updating and editing, and would be a best seller again.

Fantastic book on play.......2000-12-21

If you ever get a chance to buy or borrow this book, do so. I would say that this is an intermediate text, but it covers everything from the basics to simple endplays and squeezes. This is a better and more comprehensive book on play of the cards than any other I've read. If you get a chance, pick up anything by George Coffin.

The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections: Hundreds of 3-D Puzzles to Build and Solve (Recreations in Mathematics)

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No math? Are you JOKING?
Good enough book, I suppose, but horrible misadvertised
An Excellent Resource
My favorite puzzle bock!!
This is the best book ever written on how to make puzzles.

The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections: Hundreds of 3-D Puzzles to Build and Solve (Recreations in Mathematics)
Stewart T. Coffin
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
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Wonders in Wood: 46 Puzzles and Other Novelties to Make and Solve
New Wood Puzzle Designs

ASIN: 0192861336

Book Description

The Book version of The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections has been out of print since 1992. It is the most significant work ever produced concerning geometrical mechanical puzzles. It is of equal interest to puzzle collectors, recreational mathematicians and woodworkers.

Along with the original 200 plus line drawings, this HTML version has been enhanced with many color photographs of the beautiful geometric puzzles made from exotic hardwoods by several puzzle craftsmen.

In addition, the CD-ROM contains page images suitable for viewing or printing of the highly desirable 1985 version (100 pp.) and 1992 version (80 pp.) of Steart's Puzzle Craft booklets. There is very little overlap between these two versions. Finally, the Puzzle World web site with hundreds of handcrafted mechanical puzzles (with many of Stewart's newer puzzles) is also included.

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No math? Are you JOKING?.......2001-12-03

The reviewer who said this book has zero mathematical content must have a different definition of mathematics than I do. True, the book has no formulas, no algebra, no arithmetic, and very few numbers, but it's FULL of combinatorics and geometry, especially symmetry, dissections, and polyhedra. In a sense, this book is nothing BUT math!

If you're at all interested in mathematical puzzles, or symmetry, or geometry, or woodworking, you MUST buy this beautiful book! But if you're looking for a book of numbers and formulas, buy something else.

Good enough book, I suppose, but horrible misadvertised.......2000-07-27

This is a good book iff you're interested in puzzles as toys, or puzzles as art, or puzzles as anything other than a playground for mathematics. Even the recreational mathematician will be disappointed if he or she is hoping for much math content, because there's none whatsoever. And don't interpret "none" as "low level" or "elementary"; we're talking about the empty set here. The only reason I give 2 or 3 stars is that I'm sure the book would be useful to those wanting to see the designs of a number of different puzzles. It does that. It's more of a history and showcase. The author seems to make no pretense about the mathematical content, expect, perhaps, through the title, but the reviews I had read here at Amazon and elsewhere sure did lead me to expect good stuff. T'was a real disappointment.

An Excellent Resource.......2000-02-15

Has all the math you may need without getting bogged down in formulas. This CD is perfect for both a beginner or a seasoned pro of puzzle theory. This the best resource I have found to date for those interested in either puzzles or geometric studies for fun.

My favorite puzzle bock!!.......1999-05-07

This book opens up a whole world of possibilities for puzzle enthusiasts! It does a systematic break down of the ideas behind the design of burr puzzles, puzzles whose assembled interlocking pieces form ployhedra. It contains the most amazing puzzles of this sort I've ever seen. If you love puzzles, you'll love this book!!

This is the best book ever written on how to make puzzles........1998-08-10

Finally the best book ever written on how to make three dimensional wooden mechanical puzzles is again available. And the format of the CD makes it quite easy to find more than a hundred of Stewart Coffin's beautiful puzzles. The photographs, illustrations and drawings of the puzzles are a visual treat. And he even has information on the selection of wood and woodworking techniques for those that want to make the puzzles. Some of the puzzles can be made with simple hand tools and others require accurate power tools and advanced woodworking skills. But everyone will enjoy this classic book of polyhedral puzzles.

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folklore in America Tales, Songs, Superstitions, Proverbs, Riddles, Games, Folk Drama and Folk Festivals
Tristram P. and Hennig Cohen Coffin
Manufacturer: Doubleday & Co.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J0VRCG

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