Cracking Codes and Cryptograms For Dummies (repost)

Solve compelling and challengingpuzzles to uncover secrets andconspiracy plots
Fascinated with the culture of conspiracy? Uncover the mysteries and test your knowledge of secret societies by solving cryptograms and deciphering codes that not only unveil historical fact and fiction but entertain you as well.

Walk in the footsteps of a symbologist by solving everything from the simplest puzzles to fiendishly difficult ciphers, using secret codes and lost symbols.
Think like a symbologist — discover a variety of codes and wordplay and the strategies for solving each one
Build your code-cracking skills — work your way from solving simple cryptograms to difficult Masonic and double level ciphers
Uncover a bigger mystery — use the answers you discover to solve three conspiracy stories contained in the book
Appreciate the history of code and encryption — reveal the secret world of Freemasonry, the Illuminati, and the Knights Templar
Check your work — find hints and answers for all the book's puzzles
Open the book and find:
Over 350 handcrafted cryptograms and ciphers of varying types
Tips and tricks for cracking even the toughest code
An introduction to the history and relevance of using code
Puzzle strategies and hints to help nudge you in the right direction
Fun and intriguing anagrams and story wordplay puzzles
Fascinating number ciphers that reference the keypad letters on your cellphone
Puzzles of all levels: Easy, Tricky, and Treacherous
Learn to:
Expose conspiracies like the characters do in Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
Decipher cryptic puzzles
Understand the role coded messages play in secret societies
Use encrypted alphabets to unveil secrets of the past