Peter Arnold

Author of The Complete Book of Card Games

84 Works 755 Members 11 Reviews

About the Author

Peter Arnold is a writer and editor, most of whose 50 or so books concern sports and games. He has written histories and encyclopedias of boxing, cricket, football and the Olympic Games. Several of his books are on table games, including some on individual card games. He is the author of four other show more Chambers card games books. show less

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Works by Peter Arnold

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The Complete Book of Card Games (1988) 212 copies, 4 reviews

Card Games for One (2002) 52 copies

The Book of Games (1985) 40 copies, 1 review

Easy Card Tricks (2002) 33 copies

How to Play Poker: And Other Gambling Card Games (2003) 29 copies

Tulips (1992) 27 copies

Complete Book of Indoor Games (1973) 21 copies

Basic Bridge (2003) 18 copies

Serial Killers: 100 Tales of Infamy, Barbarism and Horrible Crime (True Crimes) (1993) 17 copies

The Olympic Games (1983) 16 copies

Bulbs in Bloom (1999) 16 copies

The Complete Encyclopedia of Cricket (2006) 15 copies

Chambers Card Games (2007) 14 copies

The illustrated encyclopedia of world cricket (1987) 14 copies

World Cup Usa94: The Official Book (1994) 12 copies, 1 review

Book of Gambling (1974) 11 copies

Orchids (1994) 10 copies

All - Time Greats of Boxing (1987) 10 copies

100 Indoor Games You Can Play (1988) 9 copies

Illustrated Book of Table Games (1975) 9 copies, 1 review

Black Dog's Big Book of Card Games (2009) 9 copies

Tea at Rick's (Crystal Maze Mystery Puzzle Adventure Books) (1993) 8 copies, 1 review

Chambers Card Games for Families (2009) 8 copies

Family Party Games: 100 Fun Games for All Occasions (2005) 7 copies

Emergency Handbook: A First Aid Manual for Home and Travel (1980) 7 copies

Hamlyn Book of Skateboarding (1977) 6 copies

Check list for emergencies (1974) 6 copies, 1 review

The Crystal Maze (1990) 6 copies

The encyclopedia of gambling: The game, the odds, the techniques, the people and places, the myths and history (1977) 6 copies

The Illustrated History of the Test Match (1988) 6 copies

Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Cricket (1987) 6 copies

The Crystal Thief (Crystal Maze Mystery Puzzle Adventure Books) (1993) 5 copies, 1 review

An Ashes Anthology - England V. Australia (1989) 5 copies

The Sacred Necklace (Crystal Maze Mystery Puzzle Adventure Books) (1994) 5 copies, 1 review

Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century Vol 2 (1995) 4 copies

History of Boxing (1985) 3 copies

Lords of the Ring: Greatest Fighters Since 1950 (1998) 3 copies

Clouds on the Brienzer Rothorn; a short history of the Brienz Rothorn Bahn (1995) 3 copies

The Pictorial History of Boxing (1988) 3 copies

Chambers Card Games for Gambling (Chambers Games) (2008) 3 copies

The Complete Book of Cricket (1997) 3 copies

An Ashes Anthology (1989) 3 copies

Pictorial History of Boxing (1988) 2 copies

Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Boxing (1989) 2 copies

Poker pour débutants (2007) 2 copies

TT Races Diamond Jubilee 1907-1967 2 copies

Poker : Texas Hold'em och andra spel (2005) 2 copies

Complete Book of Indoor Games (1988) 2 copies

FIFA WorldCup USA94 : the official book (1994) 2 copies

Phantom in the Tower (Crystal Maze Mystery Puzzle Adventure Books) (1993) 2 copies

Snooker Pool & Billiards (Piccolo Books) (1987) 2 copies

Book of World Soccer (1973) 2 copies

The History of Boxing (1985) 2 copies

SNOOKER TODAY. (1987) 2 copies

The Crystal Maze Puzzle Book (1994) 2 copies

Crime and youth a practical guide to crime prevention 1 copy

The Ashes - A Complete Illustrated History (1990) 1 copy

The " Crystal Maze Puzzle Book: Bk. 2 (1995) 1 copy

Spitfires on the Wing 1 copy

Belgium - A New Party? - Some Lessons for Belgium Labour 1 copy

70 Easy Card Tricks: A beginner's guide to magic 1 copy

THE COMPLETE REFERENCE OF CRICKET (2007) 1 copy

Crime and youth: A practical guide to crime prevention (1976) 1 copy

Off the beaten track in Copenhagen: A Nash travel guide (1972) 1 copy

Die Bombenfunktion Zinseszins : Atom- oder Finanzbombe (2014) 1 copy

Heimurinn okkar : vísindi og mannlíf nútímans 1 copy

Making Direct Mail Work: Get great results from all your direct mail (1999) 1 copy

Men exposed (2005) 1 copy

Burglar-proof your home and car (1971) 1 copy

How to protect your child against crime (1977) 1 copy

Lady Beware: A practical guide to the physical safety of women (1974) 1 copy

The Poker Pack: Everything You Need to Become a Champion (2017) 1 copy

Farm Animals 1 copy

Pokeri (2006) 1 copy

USA-VM 1994 1 copy

Bridzs kezdőknek (2007) 1 copy

Chambers Pocket Card Games (2008) 1 copy

American Football (Pocket Library) (1987) 1 copy

New "Bullseye" Quiz Book (1988) 1 copy

The Job Search Companion: The Organizer for Job Seekers (1984) 1 copy

Crystal Maze Mystery Pack (1994) 1 copy

El libro de oro del Skateboarding. ( Monopatín) (1977) 1 copy

Black and Beautiful (2012) 1 copy

The Cricket World Cup 07 Guide (2007) 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1931
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Places of residence: London, England, UK
Spain
Occupations: author
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The Sacred Necklace (Crystal Maze Mystery Puzzle… by Peter Arnold

Another Crystal Maze book. I can't remember why I thought to reread these last year, but I did and they're still fun, albeit simple for an adult.

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finlaaaay | Aug 1, 2023 |

The Crystal Thief (Crystal Maze Mystery Puzzle… by Peter Arnold

A kids' puzzle book, from my childhood. Simple and kinda fun.

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finlaaaay | Aug 1, 2023 |

Tea at Rick's (The Crystal Maze Mystery Puzzle… by Peter Arnold

Mainly read this in honour of having recently been to the Live version in London at the end of August - which was the most fun I've had for quite some time and was over so quickly. I've got two more kids' puzzle books and a gamebook (Choose your own adventure-style) aimed at adults. I haven't reread the others yet. I seem to remember this (the first one) wasn't as good as the others, but that I could never get into the "gamebook" one.

Some of the puzzles are downright obtuse and others are too easy, anyway. At least one of them kind of required me to get a pencil and paper out but that wasn't happening, tbh. Another doesn't really have enough clues for you to work out the key on your own - I had to look it up in the answer section.… (more)

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