Nikki Katz Books in Order

Rules for more than fifty card games range from bridge and whist to spades, poker variations, and children's favorites. Instructions cover individual and group play, with advice on shuffling, dealing, and etiquette to help readers learn unfamiliar games or clarify familiar ones.

Hundreds of coded puzzles invite readers to decipher quotations, sayings, and familiar phrases. Arranged for different skill levels and built around varied themes, including spirituality and politics, the collection offers practice in recognizing patterns and unraveling encrypted language.

Hundreds of riddles and unlikely scenarios challenge readers to question assumptions and approach problems creatively. Organized by subject and puzzle type, the collection combines easier and harder exercises with clues and solutions for both newcomers and experienced lateral-thinking enthusiasts.

Crossword puzzles introduce each chapter of this exploration of the pastime's philosophical appeal. Katz considers why people enjoy solving, how puzzles encourage reflection, and how a familiar word game can become a practice connected to awareness and personal growth.

This reference presents rules for more than fifty traditional card games and their variations, including family favorites, poker formats, and solitaire. Readers can revisit familiar games such as gin rummy or discover less familiar ways to play alone or with a group.

Ballet student Penny begins recalling a life unlike the one she knows inside an isolated Italian finishing school. With kitchen boy Cricket's help, she questions the controlling Master and seeks escape, but must uncover her past before his influence closes around her.

Kalen can uncover memories through touch, a power he uses to interrogate the king's prisoners. Saving Prince Cirrus from a coma reveals a banished princess whose fate may determine the kingdom's survival, sending Kalen, Cirrus, and a thief on a dangerous search.