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  1. Fry's English Delight: Seies 2

    Fry's English Delight: Series 2

    Stephen Fry looks at the oddities of the English language in the second BBC Radio 4 CD of this name. Learn More

    Regular Price: £ 12.99

    Special Price: £ 9.99

  2. Mastering Chinese

    Mastering Chinese: The Complete Course for Beginners

    An effective starting course of paperbacks and CDs for learning Mandarin Chinese. Learn More

    Regular Price: £ 29.99

    Special Price: £ 26.99

  3. Negotiate to success

    Negotiate to Success(DVD)

    This new DVD provides a thorough training programme on the best ways to negotiate successfully. Learn More
    £ 49.99
  4. Can Gerry Robinson fix dementia care homes?

    Can Gerry Robinson fix Dementia Care Homes?

    A two hour BBC/Open University DVD in which Gerry Robinson visits a number of dementia care homes and examines their care standards. Learn More
    £ 16.99
  5. The Times Su Doku 10

    The Times Su Doku 10

    150 Sudoku tests from the Times ranging from simple to fiendishly difficult. Learn More

    Regular Price: £ 5.99

    Special Price: £ 5.29

  6. The Ultimate Trivial Pursuit Book

    The Ultimate Trivial Pursuit Question and Answer Book

    A Trivial Pursuit book full of extra questions and answers Learn More

    Regular Price: £ 10.99

    Special Price: £ 9.99

  7. Teach Yourself Win at Bridge

    Teach Yourself Win at Bridge

    Improve your bridge with this updated and revised book, packed with interactive quizzes, insights and insider tips to build up your skill. Learn More

    Regular Price: £ 9.99

    Special Price: £ 8.79

  8. The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests

    The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests

    Discover how smart you really are....and improve. Learn More

    Regular Price: £ 7.99

    Special Price: £ 6.99

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  • Canny Minds Board Game of the Month

    Rubik's 360

    Rubik's 360

    *New to Canny Minds* our Game of the Month is the Rubik's 360! A brand new sphere shaped challenge from the creators of the Rubik Cube. A fun and challenging puzzle that will test you to the limit! Learn More
    £ 13.99
  • Our DVD of the month

    The Hurt Locker

    The Hurt Locker

    Critically acclaimed and triumphant six times Oscar winning war film about an army bomb disposal crew in Iraq. Learn More
    £ 14.99

    Please join our viewing group and participate in the discussion

  • Our recommended reading of the month

    Ascension

    Ascension

    A gripping novel following the fortunes of a tightrope walker from Transylvania to New York's skyscrapers. Learn More

    Regular Price: £ 7.99

    Special Price: £ 6.99

    Please join our reading group and participate in the discussion

  • We are in the news

    Canny Minds in the news - Sudoku can help you lose weight
  • What they say, August Reviews

    Carol Vorderman lists Canny Minds in her top 5 brain training websites
  • Canny Minds teams up with Open University

    Canny Minds teams up with Open University

Canny Minds Top 20

  1. The Times Su Doku 10

    The Times Su Doku 10

    Regular Price: £ 5.99

    Special Price: £ 5.29

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  2. Teach Yourself Keep Your Brain Sharp

    Teach Yourself Keep Your Brain Sharp

    Regular Price: £ 10.99

    Special Price: £ 9.99

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  3. Q1: The Pocket Book of General Ignorance

    QI: POCKET BOOK OF GENERAL iGNORANCE

    Regular Price: £ 6.99

    Special Price: £ 5.99

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  4. Fry's English Delight: Series 2

    Fry's English Delight: Seies 2

    Regular Price: £ 12.99

    Special Price: £ 9.99

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  5. 100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know : Answered

    100 Essential Things You Didn't know You didn't know

    Regular Price: £ 10.00

    Special Price: £ 8.99

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  6. The Story of Maths (DVDs)

    The Story of Maths (DVDs)
    £ 18.49
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  7. Daily Mail New Cryptic Crosswords: Volume 12

    Daily Mail New Cryptic Crosswords Volume 12

    Regular Price: £ 5.99

    Special Price: £ 5.19

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  8. The Times Fiendish Sudoku: Volume 3

    The Times Fiendish Sudoku Volume 3

    Regular Price: £ 6.99

    Special Price: £ 6.19

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  9. The Hurt Locker

    The Hurt Locker
    £ 14.99
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Latest News and Views

  • Ascension

    The book we have chosen for our March reading group is 'Ascension', the new novel by Steven Galloway, author of 'The Cellist of Sarajevo'

  • Learning to play a new Instrument

    Learning to play a musical instrument can help children to learn languages

  • Never a cross word

    Doing crosswords or sudoku puzzles can help couples to make up more quickly after arguments, according to new research

  • The Hurt Locker

    March's Viewing Group Choice has to be The Hurt Locker. Now a six times Oscar Winner, directed by Kathryn Bigelow.

  • Alone in Berlin

    The book we have chosen for our February reading group is Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada. Vivid, haunting & raw.

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