The Editors Word puzzler Codeword Unlimited + (4/5 stars, currently priced at $1.19) offers crosswords without clues, that you solve like logic puzzles. From Amazon: Codeword Unlimited + is an application to play the popular word game known as Codeword (also known as Cipher crosswords) For those unfamiliar with Codeword puzzles, they provide a grid of words, … Read more
The creatures with which we share the planet can seem mysterious and even alien to us, but they’re often more intelligent than we give them credit for. What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins (5/5 stars, currently priced at $12.99) A New York Times Bestseller Do fishes think? Do they … Read more
If you love matching puzzles and hidden object adventure games, check out Venice Mystery Puzzle FULL (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $2.99): a kind of Mahjohng, match game, seek-and-find adventure game hybrid. From Amazon: Pair up and match colorful tiles to clear over 400 levels and solve an ancient mystery. Gather special power-ups that will … Read more
These books can tell you everything you ever wanted to know about some of history’s most notorious mobsters. The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins (4.5/5 stars, currently priced at $5.03) The classic, bestselling account of the infamous Kray twins, now a major film, LEGEND, starring Tom Hardy. Reggie and … Read more
Richard Matheson’s name may not be as familiar to readers as those of King, Straub and Preston, but you’re probably already familiar with many film adaptations of his work. Matheson is a horror author other horror authors admire. Nightmare At 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories By Richard Matheson (4/5 stars, currently priced at $7.99) Remember that … Read more
These books explore the many ways our minds have evolved to deceive us, and how to take off the blinders we don’t even realize we’re wearing. You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself (4.5/5 stars) An … Read more
Ready for some escapist fun the whole family can enjoy? Percy Jackson & The Olympians movies are just the ticket. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief (PG, 4/5 stars) It’s the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student … Read more
These thrilling, true-life tales of the brave men who tried, and sometimes failed, to conquer the Antarctic are fascinating. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage (5/5 stars, currently priced at $11.99) Bound for Antarctica, where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton planned to cross on foot the last uncharted continent, the Endurance set sail from England in August … Read more