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Tetsuya Nishio
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According to The Times of London, "Tetsuya Nishio is the undisputed grand 'puzzle master' of Sudoku: a bespectacled fiend from the darkest suburbs of Tokyo who spends his every waking hour devising abominable new ways to torture our brain cells. His only weapon is logic, but, in his own words, 'It is a knife that kills.' His commitment to deviousness is absolute."
Nishio is a world champion of number-logic puzzles. He reigns as the single-most important figure in Sudoku in Japan. He invented O'Ekaki (Paint by Sudoku) puzzles in the late 1980s, which are steadily becoming as popular as Sudoku. He is... Read More
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Written by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback, 110 pages
On Sale: October 13, 2009
Price: $7.95
The puzzles in Sudoku Plus are conceived by Japan's greatest puzzle mind, Tetsuya Nishio, who takes extreme pleasure in handcreating his puzzles. His latest series, Sudoku Plus provides 101 Sudoku puzzles plus a handful of Sudoku-inspired variant puzzles!
Now, after readers are through with their Sudoku puzzles, they can test out a... Read more >
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Written by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: November 10, 2009
Price: $7.95
The puzzles in Sudoku Plus are conceived by Japan's greatest puzzle mind, Tetsuya Nishio, who takes extreme pleasure in handcreating his puzzles. His latest series, Sudoku Plus provides 101 Sudoku puzzles plus a handful of Sudoku-inspired variant puzzles!
Now, after readers are through with their Sudoku puzzles, they can test out a... Read more >
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Written by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: March 24, 2009
Price: $9.95
The continued success of Sudoku means that there's a new breed of Sudoku puzzler: experienced, resourceful, and ready for puzzles that transcend the rote specimens one encounters in the daily newspaper, online, or in mass market magazines. It is this sector
of puzzle solvers that grows every day, and the sector for... Read more >
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Written by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: April 28, 2009
Price: $9.95
Like Sudoku, O'Ekaki provides an entertaining test of one's logic, using a grid of boxes as its playing field. But rather than leaving the player with nothing more than a bunch of numbers, O'Ekaki ends with a flourish: an interesting piece of art that evolves as boxes are darkened until the... Read more >
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Written by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: April 22, 2008
Price: $9.95
Tired of those machines - generated sudoku puzzles you get in the daily newspaper? Want to take it to the next level?
This collection is not for the faint of heart, Conceived by Master Puzzle Craftsman Tetsuya Nishio, these puzzles are designed to provoke and stimulate even the most storied sudoku veteran.
So...think... Read more >
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Edited by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2006
Price: $9.95
Sudoku has become synonymous with the word crazy in the USA, b ut the world has yet to see much of what puzzle-masters from Japan have to offer. Higher Sudoku: New Variations from Japan is the definitive edition of puzzles that draws the curtains on a new generation of Sudoku -... Read more >
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Intelligent Designs from Its Creator
Written by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2008
Price: $9.95
Like sudoku, O'Ekaki (Paint by Numbers) provides an entertaining test of one's logic, using a grid as its playing field. But rather than leaving the player with boxes of numbers, O'Ekaki ends with a flourish: a fun piece of art that seems to magically appear when you've correctly darkened the final... Read more >
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Paint by Numbers From Its Inventor
Written by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $9.95
In this much-awaited collection, O'Ekaki (Paint by Numbers) inventor and international puzzle master Tetsuya Nishio shows us the best of 10 years' worth of logic puzzle that has charmed the entire world. Catch a glimpse of the life's work of on of the most prolific puzzle makers ever, and prepare to... Read more >
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More Challenges From The Japanese Master
Written by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: June 12, 2007
Price: $9.95
Sudoku continues to enthrall the world, but many of the offerings are still computer-made beginner-level puzzles. The new killer sudoku in Even Higher Sudoku pick up where the internationally acclaimed puzzle master Tetsuya Nishio left off. Experience the handmade pitfalls and five new diabolic variations that will refresh and deepen your... Read more >
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Edited by Kenji Onishi and Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback, 160 pages
On Sale: May 16, 2006
Price: $9.95
Imagine finishing a Sudoku puzzle and getting a picture of a cat, fireworks, or even a movie star, instead of a box of numbers. That's what happens when you finish an O'Ekaki puzzle! Once you start filling in those squares, you won't be able to stop. It's the puzzle game millions... Read more >
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Written by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback, 110 pages
On Sale: December 8, 2009
Price: $7.95
The puzzles in Sudoku Plus are conceived by Japan's greatest puzzle mind, Tetsuya Nishio, who takes extreme pleasure in handcreating his puzzles. His latest series, Sudoku Plus provides 101 Sudoku puzzles plus a handful of Sudoku-inspired variant puzzles!
Now, after readers are through with their Sudoku puzzles, they can test out a... Read more >
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Written by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: January 5, 2010
Price: $7.95
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Written by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: February 9, 2010
Price: $7.95
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Written by Tetsuya Nishio
Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: April 6, 2010
Price: $9.95
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