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Lateral Thinking Puzzles is an interesting and varied collection of more than one hundred brain teasers. Summary Of The Book This collection of puzzles by Erwin Brecher is designed to sharpen the reader’s imagination and intelligence. It employs creative, indirect and logical thinking to solve the problems. The book has more than a hundred brainteasers that require lateral thinking. The questions include unusual and bizarre situations which makes it tough to find a solution. In an exciting and entertaining manner, the book tries to make the readers think for themselves. If Mr. A buys 1, it is 20 cents, if he buys 12, it is 40 cents and if he buys 234, it is 60 cents. What is Mr. A buying? Another brainteaser asks, Why would a man walking along the track jump ten feet towards the train before jumping away? The book includes many such engaging and original puzzles. The many quirky challenges in the book allows the readers to answer employing logic rather than luck. Lateral Thinking Puzzles: More Than 100 Brainteasers to Solve with Logical Reasoning has many different kinds of brain teasers and puzzles that will tickle the grey cells. Lateral Thinking Puzzles: More Than 100 Brainteasers To Solve With Logical Reasoning was published in 2011 by Carlton Publishing Group. About Erwin Brecher Erwin Brecher is an Author and former aircraft designer. Some of his other books include How Do You Get an Egg Into a Bottle?: And Other Puzzles, Are There Rainbows on the Moon?: Over 200 Weird & Wonderful Science Questions Answered, Challenging Science Puzzles, Chess: 80 Classic Problems: One Move and You're Dead!, and Pocket IQ Brain Trainer: Visual Puzzles. Brecher has also served in the Czech Army as an Aircraft designer. He escaped to England during the Nazi invasion. He worked in the Banking field and was Chief Executive of many companies in Brazil, Switzerland and US. An Order of Merit in Gold recipient, he is also a member of the High IQ society of Mensa international. He has contributed significantly to magazines and radio at home and abroad. Many of his works have been translated to Spanish, Dutch, Russian and other languages. He also has two German books to his credit. He enjoys playing bridge and lives with his wife in Ellen in England.