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Author : Mark Bryant
Publisher : Century
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Riddles, Ancient and Modern written by Mark Bryant and published by Century. This book was released on 1983 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Bryant
Publisher : Peter Bedrick Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Riddles, Ancient and Modern written by Mark Bryant and published by Peter Bedrick Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this unique book Mark Bryant has collected hundreds of the best riddles of all time, drawn from sources throughout the world. They range from simple jokes about fleas and worms enjoyed by earthy peasants to highly sophisticated puzzles composed by some of the greatest names in the world of letters, from Schiller, Swift and Cervantes to Edgar All Poe, Lewis Carroll and J.R.R. Tolkien. To introduce this anthology, Mark Bryant traces the history of riddles from their origins in pre-classical antiquity to modern times."--Jacket.
Author : Kalman J. Kaplan
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527523365
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)
Download or read book Parables and Riddles in Ancient and Modern Teaching written by Kalman J. Kaplan and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the difference between parables and riddles, and between different views and definitions of wisdom and various attitudes towards the possibility of its attainment. Both parables and riddles go beyond a simple rote presentation of facts, which may become tedious and likely to be tuned out or rejected. However, there is a major difference between the two. Parables are a dominant form of transmission of information in biblical writings, while riddles dominate those of ancient Greece. Parables transmit an underlying, useful life-message in a way that will not be rejected. Riddles, in contrast, are largely unintelligible, leaving one helpless, unable to derive any life-lesson. This book will be of intellectual value to educators, writers, therapists, story-tellers, clergy, and classicists, as well as anyone interested in the implications of ancient views of wisdom for modern education.
Author : Roy Rowan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (567 download)
Download or read book Riddles and Conundrums written by Roy Rowan and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Raymond Smullyan
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307819833
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The Riddle of Scheherazade written by Raymond Smullyan and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2012-08-22 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his new book, Raymond Smullyan, grand vizier of the logic puzzle, joins Scheherazade, a charming young woman of “fantastic logical ingenuity,” to give us 1001 hours of brain-teasing fun. Scheherazade, we find, has gotten back into hot water with the king, and is once more in danger of losing her head at down. But, thinking quickly, she tempts the king to stay her execution by posing him the most delightfully devious mathematical and logic puzzle ever invented. They keep him guessing for many more nights until the fatal hour has passed, and she keeps her head. The Riddle of Scheherazade includes several wonderful old chestnuts and many fiendishly original puzzles, 225 in all. There are logic tricks and number games, metapuzzles (puzzles about puzzles), liar/truth-teller exercises, Gödelian brian twisters, baffling paradoxes, and an excursion, under Scheherazade’s expert guidance, into an amusing new field invented by Smullyan, called “coercive” logic, in which the answer to a problem can actually change the fate of the puzzler! An absolute must for all puzzle fans—from the middle-school whiz to the sophisticated mathematician or computer scientist.
Author : Tim Dedopulos
Publisher : Carlton Books
ISBN 13 : 9781787390973
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book Classic Puzzles written by Tim Dedopulos and published by Carlton Books. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A superb variety of taxing teasers, including the world's oldest puzzle!
Author : Philippe Ariès
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674400047
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of Private Life written by Philippe Ariès and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Library has Vol. 1-5.
Author : Francis Adelbert Blackburn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Husband's Message & the Accompanying Riddles of the Exeter Book written by Francis Adelbert Blackburn and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781527541498
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (414 download)
Download or read book Parables and Riddles in Ancient and Modern Teaching: Achilles, a Hare and Two Tortoises written by and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the difference between parables and riddles, and between different views and definitions of wisdom and various attitudes towards the possibility of its attainment. Both parables and riddles go beyond a simple rote presentation of facts, which may become tedious and likely to be tuned out or rejected. However, there is a major difference between the two. Parables are a dominant form of transmission of information in biblical writings, while riddles dominate those of ancient Greece. Parables transmit an underlying, useful life-message in a way that will not be rejected. Riddles, in contrast, are largely unintelligible, leaving one helpless, unable to derive any life-lesson. This book will be of intellectual value to educators, writers, therapists, story-tellers, clergy, and classicists, as well as anyone interested in the implications of ancient views of wisdom for modern education.
Author : Patrick J. Murphy
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271078170
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Unriddling the Exeter Riddles written by Patrick J. Murphy and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vibrant and enigmatic Exeter Riddles (ca. 960–980) are among the most compelling texts in the field of medieval studies, in part because they lack textually supplied solutions. Indeed, these ninety-five Old English riddles have become so popular that they have even been featured on posters for the London Underground and have inspired a sculpture in downtown Exeter. Modern scholars have responded enthusiastically to the challenge of solving the Riddles, but have generally examined them individually. Few have considered the collection as a whole or in a broader context. In this book, Patrick Murphy takes an innovative approach, arguing that in order to understand the Riddles more fully, we must step back from the individual puzzles and consider the group in light of the textual and oral traditions from which they emerged. He offers fresh insights into the nature of the Exeter Riddles’ complexity, their intellectual foundations, and their lively use of metaphor.
Author : Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj
Publisher : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
ISBN 13 : 9517465769
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Riddles written by Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhøj and published by Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Riddles are a journey into a fascinating world rich in delightful metaphors and ambiguity. This book is based on material drawn from all over the world and analyses both traditional true riddles and contemporary joking questions. It introduces the reader to different riddling situations and the many functions of riddles, wich vary from education to teasing, and from defusing a heated situation to entertainment. In addition to providing a survey of international riddle scholarship, the book has a comprehensive bibliography with suggestions for further reading.
Author : Mark Bryant
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000005534
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Riddles written by Mark Bryant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1990 by Routledge, Dictionary of Riddles is a collection of nearly 1500 of the most cryptic and entertaining riddles from history. Drawn from sources throughout the world, the collection ranges from earthy medieval jokes about fleas, worms and vegetables to the sophisticated puzzles composed by literary figures from Schiller, Swift, Voltaire, Rousseau and Cervantes to Edgar Allan Poe, Lewis Carroll and J.R.R. Tolkien. The book traces the history of riddles from their origins in antiquity through the golden age of the Renaissance, to their decline into the nursery and the first few signs of their modern revival, and draws together all the strands of the riddling art. Dictionary of Riddles received a Special Commendation in Reference Review’s Best Specialist Reference Books of 1990 Awards.
Author : Dominic Olivastro
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)
Download or read book Ancient Puzzles written by Dominic Olivastro and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1993-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising the entire brainteasing spectrum from the silly and quirky to the clever and profound and drawing on classic wisdom from around the world and from as far back as 7,000 B.C., this collection features puzzles via Hebrew mystics, medieval Muslims, Benjamin Franklin, Sun Tsu, and more.
Author : Andrew Tomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book We are Not the First written by Andrew Tomas and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jan Kwapisz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110270617
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book The Muse at Play written by Jan Kwapisz and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 2011, a conference on riddles and word games in Greek and Latin poetry took place at the Institute of Classical Studies of the University of Warsaw. The conference was intended as an open forum where specialists working in different fields of classical studies could meet to discuss the varied manifestations of riddles and other technopaegnia - both terms being understood broadly to encompass the full range of play with language in classical antiquity, in keeping with the use made of the two terms in ancient and early modern theoretical discussions. This volume offers revised versions of the papers presented during the conference. Contributions by scholars from Europe and the USA treat a number of interconnected topics, including: ancient and modern attempts to formulate a definition of the riddle; poetic games at Greek symposia; experimentation with language in late classical poetry; riddles in the book cultures of the Hellenistic age and late antiquity; the functions of word games carved in stone, written on papyrus, or inscribed on the wall as graffiti; authors famed for their obscurity, such as Heraclitus and Lycophron; wordplay in Neo-Latin poetry; oracles, magic squares, pattern poetry, palindromes and acrostichs.
Author : Daniel Tiffany
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226803112
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)
Download or read book Infidel Poetics written by Daniel Tiffany and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry has long been regarded as the least accessible of literary genres. But how much does the obscurity that confounds readers of a poem differ from, say, the slang that seduces listeners of hip-hop? Infidel Poetics examines not only the shared incomprensibilities of poetry and slang, but poetry's genetic relation to the spectacle of underground culture. Charting connections between vernacular poetry, lyric obscurity, and types of social relations—networks of darkened streets in preindustrial cities, the historical underworld of taverns and clubs, the subcultures of the avant-garde—Daniel Tiffany shows that obscurity in poetry has functioned for hundreds of years as a medium of alternative societies. For example, he discovers in the submerged tradition of canting poetry and its eccentric genres—thieves’ carols, drinking songs, beggars’ chants—a genealogy of modern nightlife, but also a visible underworld of social and verbal substance, a demimonde for sale. Ranging from Anglo-Saxon riddles to Emily Dickinson, from the icy logos of Parmenides to the monadology of Leibniz, from Mother Goose to Mallarmé, Infidel Poetics offers an exhilarating account of the subversive power of obscurity in word, substance, and deed.
Author : Anthony Idalion
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781979205900
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Riddles and Brain Teasers written by Anthony Idalion and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you like riddles and brain teasers or maybe you are a problem solver or you think outside the box? If yes to any of these questions, then definitely this book is perfect for you. The civilization of Ancient Greece was flourished from the 8th century BC to the 7th century AD. Ancient Greece was a mecca for intellectuals and of course artists. The majority of modern day logic, mathematics and literature are mainly based on ideas that were conceptualized by Greek Ancient people. Greeks were enthused about riddles. Many great Greeks philosophers wrote and loved riddles for a variety of reasons but mainly to keep their brain sharp. Brain teasers and riddles is considered a form of training someone's brain! Neuroscientists have proved that while completing brain teasers, main areas of your brain are considerably improved such as: speed, memory, attention, flexibility and problem solving Taking regular brain training by solving Brain teasers and riddles, you will definitely increase your efficiency at work or at school. Additionally someone can benefit from enhanced concentration, faster thinking and quicker problem-solving skills.
