Captivating Lateral Thinking Puzzles

by Paul Sloane

Welcome to the world of captivating lateral thinking puzzles! These tricky little conundrums always have more than meets the to unravel them, you need to think completely outside the box. Solvers must decide which of the facts in each puzzle are important and which are red herrings; they even have to project into the future and guess what crucial details have yet to be revealed! That’s what makes these challenges so entertaining. They provide hours of speculation and amusement, help improve readers’ reasoning skills, and expand the imagination. There’s a wide range of difficulty to choose from, and great illustrations plus a wacky sense of humor add to the fun. A clues section will help out if you get stuck.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Paul Sloane read Engineering at Trinity Hall Cambridge. He came top of Sales School at IBM, became MD of Ashton-Tate UK, VP International for MathSoft and CEO of Monactive. He now writes, speaks and gives workshops on lateral thinking in business, creativity, innovation and leadership. He is married and lives in Camberley in Surrey. He has three grown-up daughters. He is a keen chess and tennis player and he plays keyboards in a rock band, the Fat Cats. He has written a series of lateral thinking puzzle books, many co-authored with Des MacHale, published by Sterling Publishing. They have sold over 2 million copies and been translated into many languages. He has also written two management books, published by Kogan Page, and many articles for blogs and websites. He manages the Lateral Puzzles Forum where puzzlers can set and solve lateral puzzles.