Welcome

Hello! My name is Matti Linkola, and this is my private collection of books about puzzles, games, mathematical recreations, optical illusions, magic, origami etc.

Some statistics

Total books and authors

At the moment there are 1439 books by 1154 authors in the library.

Book types

  • 348 hard backs
  • 791 paper backs
  • 62 ring backs
  • 105 photo copies
  • 119 stabled leaflets

Languages

  • Bulgarian 1
  • Chinese 8
  • Czech 14
  • Danish 3
  • Dutch 25
  • English 787
  • Estonian 3
  • Finnish 209
  • French 4
  • German 51
  • Italian 12
  • Japanese 72
  • Norwegian 2
  • Polish 2
  • Portuguese 2
  • Russian 41
  • Spanish 1
  • Swedish 62

10 most recently added books

the complete book list

AuthorBook's nameYearType Added into library 
GrabarchuckNeo sliding block puzzles Part 2. 1999 Ring back 2010-07-20 10:15
HamanakaTangled paper. Figures of knots and rings made of paper. 2010 Stabled leaflet 2010-07-20 10:03
--     2010-07-20 10:03
Benjamin, ShermerSecrets of mental math. The mathemagian's guide to lightning calculation and amazing math tricks. 2006 Paper back 2010-07-20 09:50
StewartCows in the maze and other mathematical explorations 2010 Paper back 2010-07-20 09:41
HessAll-Star mathlete puzzles 2009 Paper back 2010-07-20 09:36
GardnerScietific American mathematical games adapted from the column by Martin Gardner - Knowledge gards 2010   2010-06-02 16:38
StewartProfessor Stewart's hoard of mathematical treasures. 2010 Paper back 2010-05-27 08:36
Vakkuri40 ongelmaa. Ajattelun kehittäminen mallien avulla. 2001 Paper back 2010-02-25 10:18
PetkovicFamous puzzles of great mathematicians 2009 Paper back 2010-01-19 14:28

the complete book list