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
| Author | Book's name | Year | Type | Added into library  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grabarchuck | Neo sliding block puzzles Part 2. | 1999 | ![]() |
2010-07-20 10:15 |
| Hamanaka | Tangled paper. Figures of knots and rings made of paper. | 2010 | ![]() |
2010-07-20 10:03 |
| - | - | 2010-07-20 10:03 | ||
| Benjamin, Shermer | Secrets of mental math. The mathemagian's guide to lightning calculation and amazing math tricks. | 2006 | ![]() |
2010-07-20 09:50 |
| Stewart | Cows in the maze and other mathematical explorations | 2010 | ![]() |
2010-07-20 09:41 |
| Hess | All-Star mathlete puzzles | 2009 | ![]() |
2010-07-20 09:36 |
| Gardner | Scietific American mathematical games adapted from the column by Martin Gardner - Knowledge gards | 2010 | 2010-06-02 16:38 | |
| Stewart | Professor Stewart's hoard of mathematical treasures. | 2010 | ![]() |
2010-05-27 08:36 |
| Vakkuri | 40 ongelmaa. Ajattelun kehittäminen mallien avulla. | 2001 | ![]() |
2010-02-25 10:18 |
| Petkovic | Famous puzzles of great mathematicians | 2009 | ![]() |
2010-01-19 14:28 |



