Ten Days Wonder

Ten Days' Wonder is a novel that was published in 1948 by Ellery Queen. It is a mystery novel primarily set in the imaginary town of Wrightsville, USA.

Imaginary Companions and the Children Who Create Them

Many parents delight in their child's imaginary companion as evidence of a lively imagination and creative mind. At the same time, parents sometimes wonder if the imaginary companion might be a sign that something is wrong. Does having a pretend friend mean that the child is in emotional distress? That he or she has difficulty communicating with other children? In this fascinating book, Marjorie Taylor provides an informed look at current thinking about pretend friends, dispelling many myths about them.

Optical Illusion Magic: Visual Tricks & Amusements

Illustrated in full colour, these optical illusions are cool and fun for all ages. Entertain yourself or impress your friends for hours. Boggle your mind with afterimages, impossible figures, flip-flopping faces, and more that will confuse your vision. Figure out what the secret message is in letters that are stretched out. Look at two lines and decide which one is longer (or are they both the same length?). “Bend” a rigid pencil. Stare at a pattern of triangles and see how your mind organizes them into all sorts of imaginary patterns, shapes, peaks, and shades.

 

An Imaginary Tale: The Story of i

Today complex numbers have such widespread practical use--from electrical engineering to aeronautics--that few people would expect the story behind their derivation to be filled with adventure and enigma. In An Imaginary Tale, Paul Nahin tells the 2000-year-old history of one of mathematics' most elusive numbers, the square root of minus one, also known as i. He recreates the baffling mathematical problems that conjured it up, and the colorful characters who tried to solve them.

There are many good things about this novel, the second book in the Alex Delaware series. For starters, the reader really gets to know Alex better in this book and he's beginning to grow on us. The core plot is dandy and the resolution is a page turner. And, while Alex is based in Los Angeles, much of the action takes place near the Mexican border in an interestingly twisted imaginary town called La Vista.

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