The Kakuro Challenge 1

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A good introductory kakuro exercise set.......2006-03-01

This book presents us with a graded series of kakuro challenges.

The introduction is quite clear on strategy, although the Divide and Conquer section has a few paragraphs that hopefully will be corrected in later editions. However, Chisolm looks only at the case where a single digit has been discovered. As with Sudoku, a very useful tactic focuses on discovering pairs of cells that must choose from the same two candidates. In Kakuro one may sum the two choices and subtract from the block total to give information about the other cells. Similarly for three cells with three candidates, etc.

The challenges are presented in four levels of difficulty. The first level problems are presented on an 8 by 8 grid, the longest blocks are of length 5. The second level grids are 10 by 10. The third level are on a 10 by 12 grid, with some blocks of length 6. The fourth level are also on 10 by 12 grids, with a few length 7 blocks.

There are no length 8 or length 9 blocks.

It is possible to do the first level in ink, without having to record intermediate guesses. The proper choices are pretty much locally determined by the situation in blocks not more than two or three cells away. This is not true of later levels, in which some choices require resolution of situations at more distant cells. A good pencil and eraser is essential.

I worked through all 201 puzzles and found the book to be effective in acquiring improved facility.

The Everything Kakuro Challenge Book: Over 200 Brain-teasing Puzzles With Instruction for Solving (Everything: Sports and Hobbies)

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well thought out book of kakuro puzzles

The Everything Kakuro Challenge Book: Over 200 Brain-teasing Puzzles With Instruction for Solving (Everything: Sports and Hobbies)
Charles Timmerman
Manufacturer: Adams Media Corporation
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ASIN: 1598690574

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Packed with more than 200 all-new puzzles ready to stump the sharpest of minds, these tricky cross sums will challenge you from the very first number. You'll find page after page of grids and clues inviting you to pull up a chair and puzzle away for as long as you can. Solve one-and you're hooked!
Puzzle expert Charles Timmerman offers you:

Easy-to-understand rules and strategies

Tips and tricks for faster solving

200+ puzzles for hours of fun
Put your logic skills to the ultimate test with The Everything Kakuro Challenge Book!

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well thought out book of kakuro puzzles.......2007-03-19

very well thought out book of kakuro puzzles. the table in back
is an exhaustive set of combinations for every number of squares.
puzzles are challenging, perhaps not a good first book of kakuro
as the 243 puzzles are challenging (even the beginning ones), as
the title says.

Take the Kakuro Challenge: 200 Addictive Logic Puzzles

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Take the Kakuro Challenge: 200 Addictive Logic Puzzles

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ASIN: 0600615731

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Kakuro is already sweeping Japan—it’s a phenomenon even more addictive than sudoku—and now it’s here. An ingenious blend of numbers and logic, kakuro offers the supreme challenge for puzzlers of all ages. It’s played on grids of various sizes, offering different levels of difficulty. The object is to make each row add up to the number given at the top (for down rows) or the left (for across rows). Like sudoku, it uses only the numbers from 1 to 9, each appearing no more than once in each row. Here are 200 irresistibly engaging puzzles, graded from “Easy” to “Fiendish,” plus tips on how to master them. Win or lose, it always adds up to fun.

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The Kakuro Challenge 2
A second helping of puzzles

The Kakuro Challenge 2
Alastair Chisholm
Manufacturer: Walker & Company
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ASIN: 0802715362
Release Date: 2006-01-10

Customer Reviews:

The Kakuro Challenge 2.......2007-01-30

If Sudoku is boring you, this is the game you should try. I would advise you try an easier version before buying this one. Puzzles are clear, easy to read, large squares. One drawback in this book, however, is that there is either too little a margin or too much print on the edges, hampering writing notes. A minor problem.

A second helping of puzzles.......2006-03-19

I need to thank my friend, Vivian Lee, who sent me as gifts both books, Kakuro Challenge 1 and Kakuro Challenge 2. I have already reviewed Kakuro Challenge 1, and Kakuro Challenge 2 is very similar . Once again one gets a generous helping of 200 kakuro puzzles, ranked in four categories of difficulty. The layouts and difficulty are about the same as in Challenge 1. As you follow your way through the puzzles you will soon find yourself back in old familiar places, such as the intersection of 7-in-3 block with a 4-in-2 block and the friendly attraction of an 11-in-4 block intersecting a 14-in-2 block.

When Alastair comes out with a third kakuro challenge, let us hope that he corrects the last paragraph in the introduction, adds some more advanced hints about using subsets of numbers, and widens the range of puzzle layouts.

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Not a good first Kakuro book . . .
For Those Who Know

The Kakuro Challenge (Kakuro)

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Kakuro Mania is Here!

Crazy for sudoku? Try kakuros—more fun and more challenging than sudoku, they’re the hottest mind-boggling number puzzles yet to baffle the world!

To solve kakuro puzzles, also called cross sums, takes logic, skill, and concentration. Pick up a pencil and start right away; you won’t notice the time passing as your attention is riveted on filling in the empty boxes with the missing numbers.

Just one warning: Kakuros are so much fun to solve, you’ll never want to stop.

Customer Reviews:

Not a good first Kakuro book . . ........2006-04-04

I bought this as my first Kakuro book and found it disappointing because it doesn't have graduated levels of difficulty. Nothing on the cover or on the inside text indicates it isn't appropriate for beginners, but only after I've done 20+ "medium" puzzles in other books, am I finding I'm ready for Gordon's book. I find the cells a little small, but the paper quality is good for erasing.

For Those Who Know.......2006-01-29

Kakuro, also known as cross sums, is one of the puzzles quickly growing in popularity. Like many of the other logic-based puzzles to come from, or pass through, Japan, the puzzle is based on a few simple rules. The rest is left to logic and basic math skills.

Kakuro looks like a crossword with black and white boxes. But instead of filling in words, you fill in the digits from 1 to 9. Each row and column has a number to tell you what the sum of the digits is. The puzzler must find the unique solution that satisfies all of the sums. While a sum must be made up of the digits from 1 to 9 and no duplicates, the number of boxes can range from 1 (usually 2) to nine so exclusivity is less prevalent than in su doku. Fans of killer su doku, su doku with addition, will take to this one easily while straight number placement puzzlers may need to learn a few tricks.

This volume contains 68 puzzles. Each is on the same size grid and seems to be of a similar complexity. The book has almost no training but does include useful tables of unique sums. Each puzzle also has one set of boxes highlighted as a possible starting place but I often find myself starting elsewhere. Although slim in size I have found this to be one of my favorite and most enjoyable puzzle books.

Kakuro 1: Beyond Sudoku - The Ultimate Cross Sums Challenge

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Keep looking
Disappointing

Kakuro 1: Beyond Sudoku - The Ultimate Cross Sums Challenge
Dan Lindop , and Andy Johnston
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Millions have succumbed to the phenomenon of Suduko, and it has spawned thousands of books, websites and daily puzzles in a number of national newspapers throughout the world. Yet in Japan, home of Sudoku, Kakro, or Kakuro is a far bigger phenomenon, appearing in over 70 different magazines and newspapers with over one million Kakuro books sold to date.

While Sudoku uses a straightforward grid, a Kakuro consists of filled and empty cells similar to a crossword puzzle. Some black cells contain a diagonal slash with numbers in them, the clues, creating exciting, addictive puzzles that will allow the growing army of Sudoku fans to stay one step ahead of the game.

Customer Reviews:

Keep looking.......2006-08-20

Puzzles are almost impossible to solve. Many puzzles have multi-solution blocks, which are a no-no. Skip this one and keep on looking.

Disappointing.......2006-08-13

A true Cross Sum does not have more than one possible solution. I have run across several already in this book that have interchangeable numbers in one or more areas which would make this particularly difficult for a beginner.

Kamikaze Kakuro: The Toughest Challenge Yet!

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Kamikaze Kakuro: The Toughest Challenge Yet!
Dan; Johnstone, Andy Lindop
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The Kakuro Challenge (Puzzler Media)
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Sudoku / Kakuro Challenge
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Beating the Business Cycle
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Marketing Propaganda

A lot to pay for an advertisement

Disappointing

A little less chest thumping please

Breath of fresh air

Beating the Business Cycle
Lakshman Achuthan , and Anirvan Banerji
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ASIN: 0385509537
Release Date: 2004-05-18

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How can you make wise decisions about your company and your personal future when you have no idea where the economy is headed?

The answer is, you can’t. But you can learn how to accurately predict turns in the economy so that you can see the road ahead. And Beating The Business Cycle shows you how.

In Beating the Business Cycle, Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji, the directors of the renowned Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) show how anyone can predict and profit from the inevitable booms and busts of the economy.

Why should we believe them? Because while so many economists and financial gurus have failed to predict recessions in the past, ECRI’s forecasts are known for being uncannily accurate. The institute successfully predicted the U.S. recession of 2001 many months before the economists did; the 1990 recession and later recovery; and most recently, the weak U.S. recovery in 2002. ECRI is in constant demand by corporate America and the media. It is the “secret weapon” of companies from Disney to DuPont, the major fund managers, and many central banks.

Beating the Business Cycle is the first book to reveal how decision makers at all levels—managers, small business owners, and individuals—can see into the economy’s future when making key decisions. Should a large company search out new clients and build new factories or stores, or should it consider cost cutting and layoffs? Is it the right time for you to splurge on that luxury vacation or addition to your house, or would it be more prudent to cut back on big expenditures and save money for a rainy day?

Written in an easy-to-understand, accessible style, Beating the Business Cycle takes the guesswork out of deciding which of the hundreds of economic indicators to trust and which ones to trash. It will give you the tools and confidence you need to make the right decisions at the right times—even when the rest of the investing and business world would persuade you otherwise. Whether you are a corporate manager or the owner of a small business, whether you have your money invested in stocks or in your home, Beating the Business Cycle will give you the edge you need to trump the competition and stay ahead of the crowd.

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How can you make wise decisions about your company and your personal future when you have no idea where the economy is headed? The answer is, you can't. But you can learn how to accurately predict turns in the economy so that you can see the road ahead. And Beating the Business Cycle shows you how.

In Beating the Business Cycle, Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji, the directors of the renowned Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) show how anyone can predict and profit from the inevitable booms and busts of the economy.

Why should we believe them? Because while so many economists and financial gurus have failed to predict recessions in the past, ECRI's forecasts are known for being uncannily accurate. The institute successfully predicted the U.S. recession of 2001 many months before the economists did; the 1990 recession and later recovery; and most recently, the weak U.S. recovery in 2002. ECRI is in constant demand by corporate America and the media. It is the "secret weapon" of companies from Disney to DuPont, the major fund managers, and many central banks.

Beating the Business Cycle is the first book to reveal how decision makers at all levels—managers, small business owners, and individuals—can see into the economy's future when making key decisions. Should a large company search out new clients and build new factories or stores, or should it consider cost cutting and layoffs? Is it the right time for you to splurge on that luxury vacation or addition to your house, or would it be more prudent to cut back on big expenditures and save money for a rainy day?

Written in an easy-to-understand, accessible style, Beating the Business Cycle reveals which of the hundreds of economic indicators to trust and which ones to trash. It will give you the tools and confidence you need to make the right decisions at the right times—even when the rest of the investing and business world would persuade you otherwise. Whether you are a corporate manager or the owner of a small business, whether you have your money invested in stocks or in your home, Beating the Business Cycle will give you the edge you need to trump the competition and stay ahead of the crowd.

"Would it help you decide when to leave a job, buy a house or step up your investing, if you had a good feel for when business was about to turn up (or down)? It sure will help me. This easy-to-read book tells you how the respected ECRI calls turning points, and how you can, too."
   JANE BRYANT QUINN, NEWSWEEK COLUMNIST

"While 95% of economists failed to predict the start and end of the last recession, Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji got both right. Beating the Business Cycle shows just how far the state of the art in cycle forecasting has advanced, and how investors can profit from it."
   JON MARKMAN, AWARD-WINNING CNBC/MSN FINANCIAL COLUMNIST

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Marketing Propaganda.......2007-07-29

This book is nothing more than a marketing pamphlet for the author's services that cost an exorbitant amount of money. They repeatedly tell you how other forecasters and economists fail where they succeed. How other forecasters and economists continually suffer from "attribution bias" blaming their failures on uncontrollable events while taking full credit for their successes. However, they also attempt to explain away the failure of their indexes to successfully predict economic shifts, and therefore also suffer from attribution biases.

A lot to pay for an advertisement.......2006-09-06

You pay for a book, you expect some information. This book sings the praises of ECRI's numbers, then tells you how to buy them.

Disappointing.......2006-07-18

I bought this book thinking it will explain business cycles, what causes them, and how to forecast them. Unfortunately, the book does not do any of that. Instead the authors keep telling the reader again and again that they are the only people who know business cycles and the only way to understand and forecast business cycles is to subscribe to their website. Beside that, I learned very little from this book.

Although the authors are respected researcher in the area of business cycles, their book is a disappointment. It is more of an advertisement for the authors.

The best book I have seen on business cycles is:
"Recessions and Depressions: Understanding Business Cycles", by Todd A. Knoop.

If you are interested in business cycles for the purpose of investing and asset management, I recommend the following books:
1. "The Investor's Guide to Active Asset Allocation", by Pring.
2. "Using Economic Indicators to Improve Investment Analysis", by Tainer.
3. "Timing the Market", by Weir. (this book is not about business cycles, but a very good book for market timing)

A little less chest thumping please.......2006-04-01

I like this service, their method and the results but I was a bit put off by the amount of time spent in this little book talking about how well they've done in the past without enough discussion of the methods they employ. Their focus on the data without any philosophical axe to grind is admirable. Their method provides a fine tour of recent economic history. It would have been interesting to hear a discussion of that history in the context of examining that data.

Breath of fresh air.......2006-02-13

After getting sick and tired of all the hot air that economists spew, this book gave me some hope for the dismal science. Yes the authors discuss how their calls were correct, but I see this as a necessary part of the story being told, i.e., that through the prism of good leading indexes for growth, inflation and jobs, the wild and crazy path that the economy has taken over the past few years is understandable, and more importantly, not a surprise. I'm torn as I write this review as I might be better off as an investor if others did not read this book! Still, their advice on how to use the Weekly Leading Index to make better decisions is an important gift to society.

Short Cycle Selling: Beating Your Competitors in the Sales Race

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Great Ideas to help shorten your sales cycle
Buy One Sales Book and Stick to the Plan
Must read for large account selling and closing large deals

Short Cycle Selling: Beating Your Competitors in the Sales Race
Jim Kasper
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The first book on short cycle sellingthe fast-track route to a higher closing ratio

Sales professionals today waste untold hours worrying about identifying, tracking, and timing their sales cycles. In Short Cycle Selling, author Jim Kasper trains his sights on the only important concept and goal in sales cyclesshortening them. He walks professionals point-by-point through the series of steps that constitute the sales cyclefrom identifying prospects to negotiating and closingand at each step shows how to streamline the process.

Short Cycle Selling is the first book to deal specifically with proven techniques that condense the time from prospecting to closing, while taking advantage of today's most innovative concepts in selling skills and E-technology. Packed with case studies and actual examples of short cycle selling successand techniques that were field tested on clients from Amoco and Pentax to Wells Fargo Bankthis hands-on book reveals how to:

Land more accounts
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Great Ideas to help shorten your sales cycle.......2002-05-30

As a business owner I HIGHLY recommend this book. If you are currently selling products and services in a market where the sales cycle tends to drag on, then Short Cycle Selling is a great resource in reducing this potential lenghty process. I found myself stopping to take notes as I read the book. I have already started to implement some of the ideas shared by Jim Kasper. He does a great job of taking you from the early stages (prospect) all the way through to getting a referral from your client.

Buy One Sales Book and Stick to the Plan.......2002-03-21

On a rolling sea of sales self help books Mr. Kasper sails a true course for success.

Every other quick-fix, programmatic, book-based, step-by-step approach to selling is weak and at best enjoy a limited shelf life. If find that customers today are sophisticaed enough to know when they are receiving a canned approach and are better prepared than ever to resist the most common methods.

Mr. Kasper offers a grown-up approach. Inside this book you will not find a quick fix. You will find the universal and timeless keys to unlocking sales - sooner. This book works for any professional sales person selling any product or service.

Easy to read without talking down to the audience - and perfect for novices to career sales professionals. This is one to keep handy - for reinforcing Mr. Kaspers clearly defined and detailed message or for just in time reminders about how customers buy and how effective sales people get more business sooner.

Must read for large account selling and closing large deals.......2002-03-21

While there are hundreds of sales books only a handful deal with large accounts or the process of longer, more involved sales. Reducing the time it takes to get business and controlling the process instead of launching a proposal over the wall and then praying for a phone call is what this book is all about. May be the most important book on sales in a long time. A must read for anyone who sells to corporations, hospitals, or other sales that can't be closed in one meeting. This isn't a book about someone else's success or entertaining stories. The book explains a way of thinking and a process to control the sale in order to make more of them in a shorter period of time.

Beating the budget cycle: confront the economy's inevitable ebb and flow, and come out on top.(Association Budgets): An article from: Association Management

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Beating the budget cycle: confront the economy's inevitable ebb and flow, and come out on top.(Association Budgets): An article from: Association Management
Melanie L. Herman , and George L. Head
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This digital document is an article from Association Management, published by American Society of Association Executives on May 1, 2004. The length of the article is 3452 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Beating the Business Cycle: How to Predict and Profit from Turning Points in the Economy

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Lakshman Achuthan , and Anirvan Banerji
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How can you make wise decisions about your company and your personal future when you have no idea where the economy is headed?
The answer is, you can’t. But you can learn how to accurately predict turns in the economy so that you can see the road ahead. And BEATING THE BUSINESS CYCLE shows you how.

In BEATING THE BUSINESS CYCLE, Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji, the directors of the renowned Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI) show how anyone can predict and profit from the inevitable booms and busts of the economy.

Why should we believe them? Because while so many economists and financial gurus have failed to predict recessions in the past, ECRI’s forecasts are known for being uncannily accurate. The institute successfully predicted the U.S. recession of 2001 many months before the economists did; the 1990 recession and later recovery; and most recently, the weak U.S. recovery in 2002. ECRI is in constant demand by corporate America and the media. It is the “secret weapon” of companies from Disney to DuPont, the major fund managers, and many central banks.

BEATING THE BUSINESS CYCLE is the first book to reveal how decision makers at all levels–managers, small business owners, and individuals–can see into the economy’s future when making key decisions. Should a large company search out new clients and build new factories or stores, or should it consider cost cutting and layoffs? Is it the right time for you to splurge on that luxury vacation or addition to your house, or would it be more prudent to cut back on big expenditures and save money for a rainy day?
Written in an easy-to-understand, accessible style, BEATING THE BUSINESS CYCLE reveals which of the hundreds of economic indicators to trust and which ones to trash. It will give you the tools and confidence you need to make the right decisions at the right times–even when the rest of the investing and business world would persuade you otherwise. Whether you are a corporate manager or the owner of a small business, whether you have your money invested in stocks or in your home, BEATING THE BUSINESS CYCLE will give you the edge you need to trump the competition and stay ahead of the crowd.

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