RECOMMENDED FOR BEGINNERS
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 | Acol Bridge For Bright Beginners
by Andrew Kambites & Hugh Kelsey
List Price: $15.99 Price: $12.79 You Save: $3.20 (20%)
Acol Bridge for Bright Beginners gives you a brief introduction of how the game is played and the equipment you need, followed by clearly-explained chapters on bidding and the play of the cards. Each chapter is backed up by carefully designed quizzes so that you can test your progress and reinforce what you have learned.
144 pages. Paperback.
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 | Barbara Seagram's Beginning Bridge
by Barbara Seagram & Linda Lee
List Price: $19.95 Price: $15.76 You Save: $4.19 (21%)
For complete beginners; covers every aspect of the game, with user-friendly tips.
208 pages. Paperback.
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 | Basic Acol Bridge Flipper
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $8.99 Price: $7.19 You Save: $1.80 (20%)
This guide contains all the essential information about Acol bidding and play for beginners.
28 pages. Booklet.
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 | Beginning Bridge
by Alan Hiron
List Price: $16.95 Price: $13.56 You Save: $3.39 (20%)
A practical book for all beginners to the game of bridge, this book starts from absolute basics--the cards--and explains the principles of bidding, building up tricks, the use of trumps, opening moves, and the development of a winning hand. Assisted by diagrams and quizzes, and encouraging constant review and practices, Beginning Bridge will enable anyone to play with confidence and competence.
159 pages. Paperback.
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 | Beginning Bridge Complete
by Michael Penick
List Price: $9.95 Price: $7.96 You Save: $1.99 (20%)
Finally a sound, humorous five-card major book that anyone will enjoy reading. From teaching the rank of the suits to a sensible glossary of terms, here is a basic bridge book for beginners that is complete yet streamlined, solid but thoroughly understandable. It is suitable for self-teaching or for classroom use.
172 pages. Paperback.
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 | Beginning Bridge Quizzes
by Michael Penick
List Price: $6.95 Price: $5.56 You Save: $1.39 (20%)
Basic bridge questions, with answers following each quiz. It can be used alone or as a companion with "Beginning Bridge Complete."
133 pages. Paperback.
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 | Better Bridge With A Better Memory
How Mnemonics Will Improve Your Game
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $16.95 Price: $13.56 You Save: $3.39 (20%)
This book will help you strengthen your memory in relation to the conventions you use and strategies you employ in bidding and play.
96 pages. Paperback.
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 | Bidding in the 21st Century
ACBL Series
by Audrey Grant
List Price: $14.95 Price: $11.66 You Save: $3.29 (22%)
Updated by Betty Starzec to reflect more modern bidding methods, this textbook now has nine lessons based on five card major openings.
The chapters are titled: Getting started; Objectives; Responses to 1NT; Responses to One of a Suit; Rebids by Opener; Rebids by Responder; Responses to One of a Suit; Overcalls Takeout Doubles and Responses; The Stayman Convention.
370 pages. Paperback.
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 | Boehm's Basic Bridge Book
by Augie Boehm
List Price: $9.95 Price: $7.96 You Save: $1.99 (20%)
Summarizes essentials; includes extensive glossary and chart of conventions.
34 pages. Booklet.
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 | Bridge At A Glance
by Audrey Grant
List Price: $9.95 Price: $7.96 You Save: $1.99 (20%)
At a Glance is a quick reference of the material in Audrey Grant's award-winning Bridge Basics series. This easy-to-use summary works in conjunction with her books, which provide the reasoning behind these guidelines. This 32-page booklet fits right inside your Conventions Card for easy reference.
31 pages. Booklet.
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 | Bridge Basics
(Std. American Edition)
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $8.95 Price: $7.16 You Save: $1.79 (20%)
This unusual book combines the traditional approach to learning bridge, where the students is presented with all the rules and basic procedures together, with the modern idea of using a series of simpler games to enable gradual learning of the aspects that distinguish bridge from other games. Combines the classic introductory approach with a short version of introducing the student to bridge through a series fo simpler games.
128 pages. Paperback.
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 | Bridge Basics 1: An Introduction
by Audrey Grant
List Price: $11.95 Price: $9.56 You Save: $2.39 (20%)
This book starts at the beginning, introducing the mechanics of the game through its history. It covers the fundamentals of the three aspects of the game . . . bidding, play, and defense. 32 prepared deals carefully give you a chance to practice what you've learned.
The concepts and information presented are the most current and accurate available, developed with the assistance of the game's top champions. The material is presented in a clear, well-organized format, moving smoothly from one topic to the next.
202 pages. Paperback.
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 | Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding
by Audrey Grant
List Price: $11.95 Price: $9.56 You Save: $2.39 (20%)
This book covers the concepts needed when both sides are bidding for the contract. It introduces the basic competitive tools--preemptive opening bids, overcalls, and takeout doubles. The concepts and information presented are the most current available, developed with the assistance of the game's top champions.
227 pages. Paperback.
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 | Bridge For Children
(Std. American Edition)
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $9.95 Price: $7.96 You Save: $1.99 (20%)
This book expands on the author's original research into using a series of games, each slighty more complicated than the last, to build up the student's knowledge until it reaches bridge. Learning approaches are matched to approximate age levels. Suggestions for parents include how to supplement the activities offered here and how to pursue a child's interest further. Teaching bridge through a series of games is combined with matching learning techniques to the student's age; advice for parents.
96 pages. Paperback.
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 | Bridge For Dummies
Second Edition.
by Eddie Kantar
List Price: $16.99 Price: $8.49 You Save: $8.50 (50%)
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.
408 pages. Paperback.
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 | Bridge In 3 Weeks
by Alan Truscott
List Price: $9.95 Price: $7.56 You Save: $2.39 (24%)
A comprehensive, 3-week, day-by-day bridge course for the beginner by the bridge editor of The New York Times.
224 pages. Paperback.
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 | Bridge Made Easy
(Std. American Edition)
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $4.95 Price: $4.06 You Save: $0.89 (18%)
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
92 pages. Booklet.
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 | Cardplay Fundamentals
by Easley Blackwood and Keith Hanson
List Price: $8.95 Price: $7.16 You Save: $1.79 (20%)
Designed to help you improve your declarer play and defensive techniques. How to develop extra tricks, planning your contract, basic card combinations and much more.
114 pages. Paperback.
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 | Elementary Bridge Five Card Major Student Text
by Shirley Silverman
List Price: $5.95 Price: $5.00 You Save: $0.95 (16%)
Ten lessons on the mechanics of bridge for the absolute beginner. Basic vocabulary; Opening suit; No trump bids; Responses; Scoring; Leads; Signals; Slams; Finesse; Basic play of the hand.
64 pages. Booklet.
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 | Gary Brown's Learning to Play Bridge
A Modern Approach To Standard Bidding With 5-Card
by Gary Brown
List Price: $18.00 Price: $11.16 You Save: $6.84 (38%)
Winner of the American Bridge Teachers' Association 2007 Book of the Year award in its original edition, this book has an entirely new approach to teaching the game. It is intended to be a short first course for people who have never played bridge before. No prior experience with any card game is necessary, and the ideas are developed in short, easy steps.
120 pages. Paperback.
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 | How To Play Contract Bridge
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $11.95 Price: $9.56 You Save: $2.39 (20%)
Along with a compact formulation of the basics in all areas of the game, this clear presentation gives the student a strong overview of what to expert if pursuing further. A section on how to behave and how to improve add practical wisdom to technical knowledge. Clear presentation of fundamentals in all areas using the traditional, all-in-one-step approach.
72 pages. Paperback.
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 | Improve Your Bridge Memory
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $15.00 Price: $11.85 You Save: $3.15 (21%)
Many bridge errors arise from a poor memory, and those who learn to improve their memories will automatically improve their games. This book covers beginner, intermediate, and advanced players; rather than just a course of memory lessons, it helps one learn and remember what is important to bridge players.
96 pages. Paperback.
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 | Improving Your Judgement 1: Opening The Bidding
by Audrey Grant
List Price: $11.95 Price: $9.56 You Save: $2.39 (20%)
This book introduces concepts that help in making decisions when you are in the position to open the bidding. You will discover how to:
Use the guideline of 20 in first and second position.
Make light of opening bids in the third position.
Benefit from guidelines of 15 in fourth position.
Make effective use of preemptive bids.
Produce the most descriptive bid with powerhouse hands.
150 pages. Paperback.
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 | Improving Your Judgement 2: Doubles
by Audrey Grant
List Price: $11.95 Price: $9.56 You Save: $2.39 (20%)
The book reviews the basics and introduces tools to improve your judgment.
Topics covered include:
The takeout double
Responding to (Advancing) the takeout double
Rebids by the doubler and the advancer
Balancing and other doubles
163 pages. Paperback.
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 | Learn Bridge In Five Days
by Terence Reese
List Price: $7.95 Price: $6.20 You Save: $1.75 (22%)
With this guide by their side, even newcomers who have never played before can become the star of their bridge club in just five days! A daily schedule of fundamental techniques and rules helps players absorb the basics more quickly and easily, leaving them more time to develop and perfect winning strategies. Day One begins the game, from the initial cut to simple bidding procedures. Then, it's time to move on to more advanced bidding techniques, a round of declarer's play, and defensive play. "Check-back" quizzes at the end of each lesson reinforce what has been learned and establish what needs more practice. For anyone who has ever yearned to learn the game, this is the ticket to victory.
96 pages. Paperback.
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 | Learn To Play Bridge In 9 Minutes
by Pamela & Matthew Granovetter
List Price: $11.00 Price: $4.40 You Save: $6.60 (60%)
Easy to learn but difficult to master, the game of bridge provides a stimulating challenge for people of all ages. With a simple step-by-step approach, bridge champions Pamela and Matthew Granovetter will teach you how to play bridge - one minute at a time - in just nine minutes. * In this essential guide, you'll find: All the elements of the gamre including setup, tricks, bidding and more; A glossary of bridge terms; A complete lesson in scoring; A pop quiz to test your bridge knowledge; The history of the game; And much more...
100 pages. Paperback.
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 | Memory-Aids and Useful Rules Flipper
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $8.99 Price: $7.19 You Save: $1.80 (20%)
This new Fast Fact Finder provides memory-aids for use in bidding and play. It also gives the key numerical rules, which guide players in specific bidding and play situations.
32 pages. Booklet.
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 | Modern Losing Trick Count Flipper
by Ron Klinger
List Price: $9.95 Price: $7.96 You Save: $1.99 (20%)
Players will bid more accurately with the help of this easy-to follow guide to a method of hand valuation. The Losing Trick Count (LTC) is a way of measuring the trick-taking potential of a trump contract without the need to count
points. It enables you to calculate the playing strength and the tricks in your own hand, and to accurately estimate the useful tricks in a partner's hand. Put these two figures together and you have the trick-taking capacity of the two hands. Used correctly, the LTC is a vastly superior valuation technique for accurate bidding.
28 pages. Booklet.
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 | Opening Leads Flipper
by Ron Klinger & Mike Lawrence
List Price: $8.95 Price: $7.16 You Save: $1.79 (20%)
The opening lead is the most vital lead in card play. This fast fact finder provides the general questions you must ask yourself before leading, and gives a vast number of expert tips for specific lead situations. Helping any bridge player improve their chances of making devastating opening leads, this is an invaluable resource.
28 pages. Booklet.
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 | Planning The Play Of A Bridge Hand
by Barbara Seagram & David Bird
List Price: $20.00 Price: $15.20 You Save: $4.80 (24%)
Beginning bridge players are taught some of the basic techniques of declarer play: suit establishment, ruffing losers, the finesse, and so forth. The hard part is learning when each applies. There is that terrible moment when the dummy comes down, and the novice declarer has no idea even how to start thinking about the right things. This book, starting from the basics, explains how to make a plan as declarer. The reader learns how to recognize which technique to apply on a given deal, both in notrump contracts and suit contracts. By the end of the book readers will be comfortable with slightly more advanced material, such as entry management and elementary counting.
232 pages. Paperback.
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 | Play Of The Hand
ACBL Series
by Audrey Grant
List Price: $14.95 Price: $11.81 You Save: $3.14 (21%)
Audrey Grant and the Contract Bridge League have worked together to produce a series of bridge books for new players and experienced players who would like to review the basics and improve their game. * Audrey Grant, a Canadian educator and world famous bridge teacher, calls herself "an authority on simplicity." She has an uncanny knack for teaching people to play bridge, the most popular game on the panet. * The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL), with nearly 170,000 members in Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the United States, is the main sanctioning body for organized bridge in North America. It sponsors more than 1,000 bridge tournaments a year and has more than 3,500 affiliated bridge clubs. * Grant has written more than 20 books on bridge. Those most in demand are the five books which make up the the ACBL Bridge Series - Bidding (Club Series), Play of the Hand (Diamond Series), Defense (Heart Series), Commonly Used Conventions (Spade Series), and More Commonly Used Conventions (Notrump Series). * Grant's passion is teaching. In this series of books, she makes it easy to learn the game of bridge and to improve the knowledge and skills of the reader/student. Her attitude toward bridge is what sets Grant apart. While many approach the game with the grim seriousness of a brain surgeon, she approaches it with a sense of fun. * The ACBL and Audrey Grant have collaborated on a series of television programs for PBS.
362 pages. Paperback.
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 | Pocket Guide to Bridge
by Barbara Seagram & Ray Lee
List Price: $8.95 Price: $6.98 You Save: $1.97 (22%)
Do you need a quick hint about what to bid? Do you know what you are supposed to lead from KJ10x? Have you forgotten what a reverse is? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, this is the book that you need!
64 pages. Booklet.
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 | The ABCs of Bridge
by William S. Root
List Price: $16.00 Price: $12.64 You Save: $3.36 (21%)
This book is for those who want to play bridge but are afraid the game is too difficult. It is also for those who played bridge in the past but need a refresher because they have not had time to play in recent years. It contains clear, up-to-date instruction on standard bidding, play and defense for beginners and those who want to take a fresh look at the world?s most popular card game.
304 pages. Paperback.
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 | The Bridge Player's Dictionary
First Edition.
by Randall Baron
List Price: $19.95 Price: $15.56 You Save: $4.39 (22%)
The valuable reference book which contains over 1600 entries from "Above The Line" to "Zero". Virtually all terms associated with the game of bridge are included and it is enhanced by over 100 descriptive photos and cartoons. Recommended for all players.
277 pages. Paperback.
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 | The First Bridge Book
by Jeremy Flint & John Gullick
List Price: $14.99 Price: $11.99 You Save: $3.00 (20%)
Jeremy Flint and John Gullick have pooled their enormous experience of playing and teaching bridge to produce this invaluable guide for absolute beginners, as well as those who would welcome a refresher course. The First Bridge Book follows the very latest methods of teaching the game from bridge schools and follows also the ACOL system of bidding. All the rules, conventions, and terms are explained here, systematically and sensibly for the newcomer.
223 pages. Paperback.
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 | The Fun Way To Advanced Bridge
by Harry Lampert
List Price: $12.00 Price: $9.48 You Save: $2.52 (21%)
This continues where his first book left off, with valuable information on counting, refining your bidding technique and advanced declarer play. More superb cartoons complement his unique style of instruction.
158 pages. Paperback.
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 | The Fun Way To Better Bridge Play
by Harry Lampert
List Price: $16.95 Price: $11.19 You Save: $5.76 (34%)
Make yourself a winner at the bridge table. Have all the important tools at your fingertips for successful card play. Starting from ground zero, this book gives you the solutions to the problems you meet every day as a declarer or a defender. From the basics of cashing high cards in the right order, establishing lower ranking honors, finessing techniques and handling long suits, a foundation is created for winning play in both suit and notrump contracts.
233 pages. Paperback.
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 | The Game of Bridge
by Terence Reese
List Price: $19.95 Price: $15.76 You Save: $4.19 (21%)
The purpose of this book is to provide a complete and objective account of how to become acquainted with the fascinating game of bridge. Reese was not concerned simply to give rules of thumb, as were so many authors both before and after him. He was concerned with providing a basic handbook of bridge that tells players the reasons for certain lines of bidding and play. The principles of strategy, starting with the fundamentals and working up to some quite advanced points, are explained. No rules are laid down without the reasons for them being explained. Here you will find not only what to do but why you should do it. While the bidding is traditional British Acol, Reese's instruction on card play and defense remains valuable even for a modern North American reader.
208 pages. Paperback.
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