A World Treasury of Riddles |
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| Author:
| Cousineau, Phil |
| Foreword by:
| Nisker, Wes "Scoop" |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60925-127-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2001 |
| Publisher: | Mango Media
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| Imprint: | Conari Press |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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The bestselling author of The Art of Pilgrimage and Once and Future Myths presents a selection of mind-bending brain teasers.Riddles by any name--enigmas, conundrum, word puzzles, teasers--have been posed since ancient times to test people's wit and stretch their imaginations. Mythologist and adventurer Phil Cousineau resurrects this lost art form in
A World Treasury of Riddles. Drawing from world literature, history, myth, and folklore, Cousineau has...
More Description The bestselling author of The Art of Pilgrimage and Once and Future Myths presents a selection of mind-bending brain teasers.Riddles by any name--enigmas, conundrum, word puzzles, teasers--have been posed since ancient times to test people's wit and stretch their imaginations. Mythologist and adventurer Phil Cousineau resurrects this lost art form in A World Treasury of Riddles. Drawing from world literature, history, myth, and folklore, Cousineau has created a one-of-a-kind book that presents riddles from ancient Greece to the Ozarks, from Leonardo da Vinci to Lewis Carroll, and more.Previously published as Riddle Me This: A World Treasury of Word Puzzles, Folk Wisdom, and Literary Conundrums