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	10 Ways to Improve Your Bridge by David Bird Ten general topics in bidding and play are analyzed in this handy resource for players looking to improve their overall bridge skills. The areas covered range from bidding the opponents' suit and battling for the part-score to support doubles and redoubles, as well as splinter bids and fit jumps. The essential points to remember are summarized at the end of each chapter and problems are included to demonstrate each new skill. This is the ultimate guide to becoming a better allround player.	Item #1385 Price $ 22.95
	365 Winning Bridge Tips by Danny Kleinman Can you learn from the errors of others? Here is a collection of problems, mostly very simple ones, that gave a variety of players, mostly "intermediate" but including occasional beginners and experts, some trouble. You won't find bidding problems worthy of the Master Solvers' Club (a monthly Bridge World feature), declarer-play problems fit for "Test Your Play" (another Bridge World feature) or problems to challenge defensive maven Eddie Kantar. Instead you will find the kinds of "bread and butter" problems that arise several times a session each time you trudge to your local duplicate bridge club or travel to a sectional or regional tournament. An invaluable collection of advice for the improving player, covering all aspects of the game.	Item #1113 Price $ 23.95
	Back Through The Pack by Julian Pottage One of today's most popular and successful bridge authors offers a sequel to one of the most popular and successful bridge books of all time. All fifty-two members of the pack have stories to tell and deuces and treys are attended to with the same respect accorded aces and kings. The cards are a bit more worldly than they were, but just as sentimental. Suspend your disbelief and travel to a timeless world of success and failure.	Item #1290 Price $ 17.95
	Better Bridge With A Better Memory How Mnemonics Will Improve Your Game by Ron Klinger This book will help you strengthen your memory in relation to the conventions you use and strategies you employ in bidding and play.	Item #1319 Price $ 16.95
	Bridge For Dummies by Eddie Kantar Bridge, as any player will tell you, is simply the best card game ever. It's challenging-each hand presents a different set of conditions you must figure out and solve. It's very social-you play with a partner and two opponents. And best of all-it's fun. This book gives you a step-by-step explanation of the fundamentals of the game in terms you can understand. It walks you through the different aspects of bridge, featuring real-life examples, so that you can feel comfortable with the basics before you ever start to play. And if you're already experienced at the game, you'll discover a wealth of tips and hints that can make you a better player. You'll learn all about: The basics of nontrump play; How to play the hand in a trump contract; Bidding for fun and profit; Taking advantage of advanced bidding techniques; Playing a strong defense and keeping score; Playing bridge on your computer; Playing in bridge clubs and tournaments; Where to find other great bridge resources. This newly revised edition features an expanded section on playing bridge online, with updated web addresses and other resources, along with new information on the latest bidding techniques. This book is for anyone from novice to pro wanting to learn bridge or learn techniques to improve their game.	Item #1333 Price $ 15.95
	Bridge In 3 Weeks by Alan Truscott A comprehensive, 3-week, day-by-day bridge course for the beginner by the bridge editor of The New York Times.	Item #1123 Price $ 9.95
	Bridge Made Easy (Std. American Edition) by Ron Klinger Teaching experience suggests that a successful way to introduce bridge is through a series of gentle increments in the form of gradually more complex games. Here, pioneer of the technique provides a step by step plan for teaching yourself or guiding your instruction of others. A breakdown of the giant step into bridge to a series of simpler games, each of which introduces another aspects of the target	Item #1270 Price $ 4.95
	Bridge Problems for a New Millennium by Julian Pottage In this quiz book, British author Julian Pottage has compiled a set of challenges that will test the reader's ability both as declarer and on defense. The hands are organized by theme, so readers are able to concentrate on a particular aspect of card-play if they wish.	Item #1126 Price $ 11.95
	Card Play Made Easy 2 by Andrew Kambites & Ron Klinger This is the second title in a series which is aimed at helping players improve their understanding of suit combinations and develop their card-play technique.	Item #1299 Price $ 14.99
	Card Play Made Easy 3 by Ron Klinger A trump suit contract provides the optimum number of opportunities for success or abject failure. This book shows how to maximize the prospect of success in trump play and become a brilliant declarer. The third book in a series, it explores ways of creating more winners and eliminating losers.	Item #1301 Price $ 14.99
	Celestial Cardplay by David Bird As ever, the irascible Abbot makes his acerbic presence felt and the long-suffering fraternity diverts itself with much entertaining and excitingly interesting Bridge, in the 10th collection of this celebrated series. The pompous and self-important Abbot hosts a tricky visit from Monsignor Vecchio, a representative of the Vatican authorities. Everything must be done to ensure that the visitor, a very moderate bridge player, finishes well in the monastery duplicate. In another story, the Abbot visits the Convent of St. Hilda's and is not overjoyed to be put in partnership with the 80-year-old Mother of Discipline. Regular followers of David Bird's work will know what to expect--a first-rate mixture of excellent bridge, entertaining characters, and sparkling dialogue.	Item #1668 Price $ 22.95
	Challenge Your Declarer Play by Danny Roth In this quiz book, the well-known author, Danny Roth, has compiled a set of challenges that will test readers' ability as a declarer, and at the same time, introduce some stratagems that may be unfamiliar. The hands are tougher than those in Focus on Declarer Play, and they are not presented in the same teaching mode, rather, they are in a random order as one might encounter them at the bridge table.	Item #1135 Price $ 15.95
	Cut For Partners by S. J. Simon Reprint of the long out of print sequel to "Why You Lose at Bridge" featuring the four unforgettable, fictional players: The Unlucky Expert, Mrs. Guggenheim, Mr. Smug, and Futile Willie. "Cut for Partners" chronicles further adventures of the foursome introduced earlier. But where "Why You Lose" . . . emphasized technique first, the author's theories second, and entertainment third, the follow-up inverts those priorities. Laughter flows from almost every page. The deals are splendid."	Item #1080 Price $ 9.95
	Divine Intervention by David Bird & Terence Reese Always humorous, the monks of St. Titus treat readers to a first-class mix of exhilarating bridge and hilarious dialogue in this fifth book of the series. "The monks are back. That's all you need to know if you have already been exposed to the wonderful series by Terence Reese and David Bird, featuring high-level bridge deals and high-level laughter, about the fanatical bridge-playing denizens of St Titus. Divine Intervention follows one of the earlier books by including an African interlude. But the high-spot in this book comes when a director tries to give a ruling in an unprecedented situation involving the silent Brother Anthony.	Item #1635 Price $ 24.95
	Doubled And Venerable Further Miracles Of Card Play by David Bird & Terence Reese This is the third book in the Monastery series featuring the bridge-playing monks of St. Titus, whose exploits delight readers the world over. The style and humor of the narrative enhance the bridge deals, which are of considerable technical interest. The huge success of these books lies not only in their being extremely funny, but also in their being instructional, as they are crammed with gems of bridge bidding and play. Bridge enthusiasts who have not yet encountered the Abbot and his monastic team should make their acquaintance without delay.	Item #1371 Price $ 20.00
	Eliminations & Throw-ins The Bridge Technique Series by David Bird & Marc Smith Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn.	Item #1152 Price $ 7.95
	Expert Bridge Simplified Arithmetic Shortcuts For Declarer by Jeff Rubens This book takes a lighthearted approach to tackling challenging problems. It demystifies bridge mathematics for the practical player.	Item #1646 Price $ 23.95
	Famous Leads And Defences by David Bird This is a collection of famous opening leads and key decisions in defence. On each deal, David Bird sets the scene and leaves the choice of which card to play to the reader, who can compare his efforts with those of the champion who originally held the cards.	Item #1302 Price $ 18.00
	Focus on Bidding by Danny Roth This is not a book about systems, nor is it a book about conventions (although I confess I shall attempt to persuade you to adopt one or two in the course of it). This is a book about bidding and the places in the auction that we (and I use the word advisedly) go wrong. I don't care whether you prefer to play a weak or a strong notrump, or eight-card majors, or the Purple Spotted Forcing Club. But I do care about how you decide when to bypass a major to bid one notrump, or what constitutes a decent opening bid, and why, and what sequences you regard as forcing. You see what I mean about 'bidding' as opposed to 'system'? - Danny Roth	Item #1508 Price $ 17.95
	Focus on Declarer Play by Danny Roth For most intermediate bridge players, declarer play is both fascinating and challenging, but too often they are left after a hand is over with the sinking feeling that they could have done better. In this book, acclaimed British author Danny Roth takes his readers through the most common causes of errors on play: mishandling communications, making errors involving trumps, failing to take advantage of all possible chances, and many more. He explains how to recognize the danger signals, and how to avoid the pitfalls. The situations he describes are encountered every day; careful study of the examples in this book will make the reader a better card player, and improved scores will certainly follow.	Item #1509 Price $ 14.95
	Following the Law by Larry Cohen Following the LAW, the sequel to To Bid or Not to Bid, was published in 1994, and took the basic concepts explained in the first book to a higher level of sophistication, while giving many practical examples from expert play of how to use the Law of Total Tricks correctly. Both books are must-reads for every improving bridge player.	Item #1161 Price $ 15.95
	How The Experts Win At Bridge by Burt & Lynn Rose-Hall Represents the best thinking of the experts on every aspect of the game.	Item #1602 Price $ 16.95
	Introduction To The Law The Law of Total Tricks Simplified by Larry Cohen After his two landmark books on this subject, Larry Cohen has now authored an easy-to-understand explanation of his theories. Chapters include the Definition of the Law, Why the Law works, When to use it, Fine-tuning the Law, and Logic to apply to the Law.	Item #1033 Price $ 5.95
	Kantar on Kontract by Eddie Kantar A treasury of short pieces from one of the bridge world's favorite writers. Great stories, great hands, tips and tricks to help your game - the best of the best!	Item #1177 Price $ 16.95
	Masterpieces of Defence by Julian Pottage Defense: the mere word can cause bridge players to step back. Yet the fact remains that you will defend roughly twice as many hands as you declare. A solid grasp of what it takes to break a contract is thus a key element of winning on a regular basis. Julian Pottage shows how players of all levels can optimize their talents.	Item #1320 Price $ 15.99
	Matchpoints by Kit Woolsey The best advanced book on Matchpoint tactics, theory & strategy. Examines all of the crucial aspects of duplicate bridge. The chapters include: General concepts Constructive bidding Competitive bidding Defensive bidding and the play.	Item #1087 Price $ 14.95
	Miracles of Card Play by Terence Reese & David Bird The first title in a renowned series of hilarious stories that remains without equal in the bridge world. Detailing the fictitious exploits of the bridge-playing monks of St. Titus, this uproarious collection of adventures includes their involvement in the Gold Cup, the Hubert Phillips Bowl, the National intermonastery championship, and a mission to Africa to convert the Bozwambi tribe to the Acol system. Leading the way for a hugely entertaining series, this title is a tribute to the bridge and writing skills of two very distinguished authors.	Item #1392 Price $ 27.95
	Misplay These Hands With Me by Mark Horton The late Terence Reese, perhaps the greatest bridge writer of all time, introduce the 'over-the-shoulder' style of bridge writing in his classic Play These Hands with Me. In this wry homage to the master, Horton leads the reader through a plausibly logical line of play on each instructive deal, but one that ends in failure. In each post-mortem, the 'expert' realizes how he could have improved on his play, and (usually) have made his contract. The deals are all from top-class events, which prove to be a remarkably fertile source of such material. A book filled with subtle humor and great bridge. A tounge-in-cheek homage to Reese's classic, only this time declarer always finds in the post-mortem that there was a better line of play. Entertaining and instructional.	Item #1282 Price $ 18.95
	Play It Again, Slam Pastiches and Parodies by Phillip & Robert King	Item #1498 Price $ 15.95
	Playing with the Bridge Legends by Barnet Shenkin Since winning the world's most prestigious pairs event in his early twenties, with the equally precocious Michael Rosenberg, Barnet Shenkin has continued to build a an impressive bridge career. Over the last 25 years, he has had the opportunity to play with and against some of the best in the world, and in this book he recounts his favorite hands and stories. While much of his early career was based in Scotland and England, Barnet now lives in Florida and is well-known on the US tournament scene. The book comes to a climax with the US team's record-breaking world title win in January 2000, an event which Barnet covered as a journalist.	Item #1203 Price $ 17.95
	Practical Slam Bidding (Std. American Edition) by Ron Klinger A guide to slam bidding in bridge, this book offers 120 deals for readers to test themselves and their partners. It provides many helpful tips, and all the deals are from games played at the highest level, enabling players to dramatically improve their play.	Item #1261 Price $ 14.95
	Reading the Cards Test Your Bridge Technique Series by David Bird & Tim Bourke Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn.	Item #1212 Price $ 9.95
	Reese on Play by Terence Reese This book is one of the all-time classics, a landmark in the development of bridge, especially in the field of card play. First published in 1948, it is now back in print after being unavailable for a number of years. In it, the author reveals what counts in play and defense and shows the reader how to join the ranks of the experts. This is a book that every improving bridge player must own.	Item #1214 Price $ 15.95
	Right Through The Pack by Robert Darvas and Norman de V. Hart This classic, first published in 1947, is now reprinted for your enjoyment. This brilliant fantasy features each card in the deck telling its own fascinating story. Darvas was a Hungarian famous for his extraordinary gift of discovering the unusual features of hands; De V. Hart helped create the fictional world of cards and wove the hands together into this unique tale. The delightful humor sets it apart from all other bridge books and each of the 52 stories contains shrewd advice for all levels of players.	Item #1036 Price $ 14.95
	Right Through The Pack Again Master Bridge Series by Ron Klinger By having each card tell the story of its importance in a particular deal, this book pays homage to the original concept of the 1947 bridge classic Right Through the Pack. The Old Master is in a coma and the cards attempt to bring him back to consciousness--to revive him with their tales of derring-do, which are both entertaining and instructional for bridge players. Card enthusiasts can test themselves on the problems and then go to the solution later in the book, thus improving their game with this new version of a great classic.	Item #1622 Price $ 29.95
	Roman Keycard Blackwood (5th Edition) The Final Word by Eddie Kantar Definitive book on a convention that every serious player uses; completely revised and updated.	Item #1598 Price $ 22.95
	Ron Klinger's Master Class by Ron Klinger In his new book, Ron Klinger has brought together and enlarged upon the ten key topics covered in his recent successful Master Class tour. With topics that range from bidding and opening leads to better card play and slams, this is a stimulating book for all players from one of the world's leading bridge instructors.	Item #1326 Price $ 15.95
	Safety Plays Test Your Bridge Technique Series by David Bird & Tim Bourke Short and full of practical examples, each book takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate, play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews, these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. At this price, what bridge player could stand not to have all twelve?	Item #1219 Price $ 9.95
	Story of an Accusation by Terence Reese In 1965, the bridge world was rocked by an accusation of cheating at the world championships in Buenos Aires. The pair involved were Britain's Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro, two of the world's best players. Now, almost fifty years later, the true inside story can be told - the investigation, the accusation, and the very different results of the World Bridge Federation and British Bridge League inquiries. Terence Reese, arguably in the 1960s the world's best player as well as its best writer on the game, was effectively finished in international bridge after Buenos Aires. This book, long out of print and now updated, was written in his own defense against the Buenos Aires cheating allegations.	Item #1227 Price $ 21.95
	Swiss Match Challenge by Jeff Rubens Challenge these hands, have some fun, and gain the judgment and insight needed to become a winning player. Try to find the best call or play--then check the analysis to help strengthen your bidding and play and see how your decisions turn out.	Item #1243 Price $ 17.95
	The Abbot's Great Sacrifice by David Bird In this eighth collection of stories featuring the bridge-crazy monks of St. Titus, the pompous Abbot suffers more than his share of the game's aggravations. David Bird once again treats readers to a first-class mix of exhilarating bridge and hilarious dialogue.	Item #1323 Price $ 19.99
	The Biggest Little Bridge Book In The World - Book 1 (Yellow) 2008 Edition by The Beverly Card School/Jim Becker A stand alone text covering all aspects of bidding and play.	Item #1751 Price $ 7.00
	The Biggest Little Bridge Book In The World - Book 2 (Blue) Play and Defense in Suit Contracts 2008 Edition by The Beverly Card School/Jim Becker Explains basics of play and defense in suit contracts.	Item #1752 Price $ 7.00
	The Biggest Little Bridge Book In The World - Book 3 (Red) Play and Defense in Notrump Contracts 2008 Edition by The Beverly Card School/Jim Becker Explains basics of play and defense in no trump contracts.	Item #1753 Price $ 7.00
	The Biggest Little Bridge Book In The World - Book 4 (Green) Everyday Bridge Conventions 2008 Edition by The Beverly Card School/Jim Becker Explains basic conventions in modern bridge bidding.	Item #1754 Price $ 7.00
	The Bridge Bum: My Life and Play by Alan Sontag The Bridge Bum is on everybody's list of the top ten bridge books ever written, and it's not hard to see why. It has everything, history, stories about the great players, Sontag's own fascinating hands, cheating, hustling, gambling and the glamor and grind of the bridge professional's life, and most of all the game itself, which Alan Sontag describes with such vigor and eloquence that it's easy to understand why he loves it so much. This new edition brings back to life a classic that has been out of print for twenty years. It's revised and updated with new stories, new insights and perspectives, and the drama of Sontag's first world title win over the Italians in one of the closest matches of all time.	Item #1121 Price $ 19.95
	The Bridge World's Test Your Play by Jeff Rubens North America's oldest and most prestigious bridge magazine, The Bridge World features a monthly column entitled 'Test your Play', which presents difficult problems in declarer play for readers to solve. This is a collection of some of the best of these from the last twenty years; if you can solve even half of them, you may be one of the best declarers in the world!	Item #1129 Price $ 11.95
	The Golden Rules for Rubber Bridge Players by Julian Pottage Rubber bridge is the world's most widely played social game. This book shows, in a series of clearly expressed rules, how bidding and play in rubber bridge differs from duplicate bridge. Whether you want to win more often or simply enjoy your playing more, this is the book for you.	Item #1367 Price $ 20.00
	The Lone Wolff Autobiography of a Bridge Maverick by Bobby Wolff The world champion and former ACBL and WBF President discusses his own career with honesty and emotion, and tackles the big issues that others are afraid to talk about: players cheating at the top levels, destructive bidding systems, sponsorship, and professional players.	Item #1483 Price $ 24.95
	The Mistakes You Make At Bridge by Terence Reese & Roger Trezel Aimed at the majority of bridge players, and one of the classic books on the subject, The Mistakes You Make at Bridge will deepen your understanding of the game and help you learn where not to follow conventions slavishly in bidding, defense, and dummy play.	Item #1338 Price $ 19.95
	The New Complete Book of Bridge by Albert Dormer & Ron Klinger No other bridge book covers bidding and play in such comprehensive detail. Written by two of the leading names in bridge, this is a must for anyone with aspirations to become a good player.	Item #1327 Price $ 29.99
	The New York Times Bridge Book (Hardcover) by Alan Truscott A detailed study of the game, filled with anecdotes about famous players, key tournaments, strategies, and instruction. It includes how it all began, the first and only bridge table murder, cheating, and how the modern game is played.	Item #1560 Price $ 25.95
	The Pocket Guide to Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara Seagram & Marc Smith Using the same format as The Pocket Guide to Bridge, this book provides a handy pocket summary of about two dozen basic bidding conventions. In a concise but readable manner, it summarizes most of the material presented in 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by the same author team--a book that is now the bestselling bridge title of the last 50 years (more than 130,000 copies in print).	Item #1756 Price $ 9.95
	The Times Bridge Common Mistakes And How To Avoid Them by Andrew Robson A bridge guide aimed at the less experienced or social player who longs to improve but keeps repeating the same mistakes, often not knowing that they are mistakes.	Item #1410 Price $ 18.00
	To Bid or Not To Bid by Larry Cohen Since its publication in 1992, To Bid or Not to Bid has sold over 50,000 copies in English alone and has been published in several other languages. Undoubtedly the best-selling bridge book of the 1990s, its lucid exposition of the empirical Law of Total Tricks (a simple guide to making the right decisions in competitive bridge auctions) has made it a book that literally every serious bridge player just has to read.	Item #1234 Price $ 19.95
	Unholy Tricks by David Bird & Terence Reese In this further collection of bridge tales involving the eccentric monks of St. Titus, the brothers become involved in duplicate matches against nuns, visiting Italians, and even the local police. All this in addition to their usual rubber bridge games--and they play for surprisingly high stakes at the monastery.	Item #1382 Price $ 24.00
	Why You Lose At Bridge by S. J. Simon The classic. Win more consistently with the skill you already possess by following this simple advice. A wealth of common sense, philosophy, and "how to attain the best result possible."	Item #1081 Price $ 11.95