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	A Great Deal Of Bridge Problems by Julian Pottage Popular book containing 177 bridge problems.	Item #1487 Price $ 21.95
	Adventures In Card Play by Hugh Kelsey & Geza Ottlik Geza Ottlik had a remarkable talent for discovering and analyzing strange and fascinating aspects of card play in bridge. This brilliant book is the result of his collaboration with Hugh Kelsey, whose skill at high-level analysis of bridge problems was equalled only by his ability as an instructive writer. Adventures in Card Play is universally regarded as one of the all-time great classics of bridge.	Item #1351 Price $ 34.99
	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
	Beat The Experts At Bridge by Danny Roth Ever wish you had a syndicated bridge column? Not if Danny Roth were looking over your shoulder! In "Spot the Bridge Writer's Blunder", he took columnists to task for sloppy and just plain wrong analyses. In "Beat The Experts in Bridge" he checks up on 88 "sour" etudes. Then he asks, "What was wrong with that?" Finally, he shows you how the melody should have gone. You'll learn plenty and probably enjoy a guilty pleasure or two when you see what the columnist didn't.	Item #1293 Price $ 19.95
	Bidding On Target by George Rosenkranz & Alan Truscott Includes sections on Constructive Bidding Slams Preempts Competitive problems and Modern Warfare. "One way to improve your results at the bridge table is to discuss bidding situations with your partner. The more agreements you have the less likely you are to have a misunderstanding. And any understanding is better than no understanding. If you want to improve your results by your partner and yourself copies of this book and discuss the various sequences covered."	Item #1491 Price $ 10.95
	Breaking The Bridge Rules First Hand Play by Barry Rigal Rules are made to be broken, and bridge is no exception. The first of a planned four-book series on cardplay, this book deals with situations where the player who is on lead - defender or declarer, at the start of the deal or in the middle - needs to do something that involves ostensibly 'breaking the rules'. Not, obviously, the rules of bridge itself, but the well-tried adages that every player is taught - the rules of thumb that work in a lot of cases. Knowing when to break those rules is one of the marks of an expert player.	Item #1688 Price $ 19.95
	Bridge At The Enigma Club by Peter Winkler Robert Tischman is just looking for a game of bridge, but when a mysterious woman persuades him to partner her in a two-session event at the Engima Club, he gets much more than that. This is a book that can be enjoyed on several levels: 1) as a fun read with lots of great bridge deals; 2) as a glimpse of what the game might be like if technology were applied to it with more imagination; 3) as an exposition of the author's ideas on encrypted bidding and encrypted signals - bids and plays where, in full compliance with the Laws of Bridge, partners can exchange information that cannot be deciphered by their opponents. Consumer warning: these methods, though fascinating and ingenious, are illegal in many bridge jurisdictions.	Item #1689 Price $ 18.95
	Bridge Behind Bars by Julian Pottage & Nick Smith Bridge novel filled with unusual characters and great deals.	Item #1624 Price $ 19.95
	Bridge Master vs. Bridge Amateur by Mark Horton What makes a bridge expert, and why does he always come out on top compared to the average club player? No, it's not the ability to execute esoteric squeezes and endplays - they simply don't come up enough to account for the way the experts consistently win against weaker opposition. This book is a collection of deals that illustrate the difference between the expert player and the would-be expert. These are decisions that will come up in every club game, situations in bidding, play and defense where the amateur will often go wrong, but the expert never will. A study of the concepts in this book will take the reader a long way from amateur status towards actually becoming an expert player.	Item #1288 Price $ 18.95
	Bridge Odds For Practical Players by Hugh Kelsey & Michael Glauert Backing outsiders has ruined many a punter at the bridge table as well as the race track. Few players have any idea of how to harness the odds to solve problems that constantly recur. Which is the best line of play? Is it better to finesse or play for the drop? Will the diamonds break? Can the chances be combined? What are the exact odds? Here is the authoritative guide to these situations. Keeping it simple with theory to a minimum the authors show through many practival examples how to calculate the odds and how to find the right answer time after time at the bridge table. Anyone who learns to apply the principles given in this book need never again be accused of playing against the odds.	Item #1743 Price $ 16.00
	Bridge Out Of School by Bill Townsend What do you think of the central idea? Students who dont have the capabilities to cope with the "hard" sciences and math can take bridge classes instead. After all, it is a subject that deals with critical thinking and has language implications! Is that a look at our future? The bridge and the plot of this book are inextricably interwoven. There are heroes, heroines, villains, love, blackmail, and LOTS of interesting bridge hands.	Item #1289 Price $ 15.95
	Bridge Probability And Information by Robert F. MacKinnon While firmly rooted in sound mathematics, this is a book that aims to be accessible to any bridge player. It develops the ideas of probability and information theory and applies them to bridge in a way no previous author has done. Concepts such as Vacant Spaces, Restricted Choice, and how splits in one suit affect the probabilities in other suits, are discussed in depth. Readers will emerge with a much better understanding of how to apply these ideas at the table, and with some very practical rules and advice that will make them more successful players.	Item #1687 Price $ 19.95
	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
	Bridge Squeezes Complete: Winning Endplay Strategy 2nd Edition by Clyde E. Love This book was first published in 1959, and quickly became one of the classics of the game. Generations of bridge players have learned the fundamentals of squeeze play from Love. The original version has been out of print for some time, however, and it is now being republished in its first revision in 50 years. In its new modernized form, the concepts and terminology are much more accessible, and the book includes a number of squeeze concepts that have been discovered since the first publication. Revised and edited by Linda Lee and Julian Pottage.	Item #1685 Price $ 24.95
	Calf by Krzysztof Martens Practice in developing the level of concentration needed to act effectively on defense. Includes techniques and pitfalls to avoid.	Item #1660 Price $ 28.00
	Camouflage, Waiting Bid by Krzysztof Martens When to give the table accurate information, when to conceal it, and when to broadcast misinformation.	Item #1738 Price $ 20.00
	Card By Card by Roy Hughes This book gives the reader a chance to watch an expert play a number of hands, either as declarer or defender. Most of the hands come from the author's own experience of top-level play. As usual in this type of presentation, the reader is offered the opportunity to make his own decisions at critical points in the play, and will be able to learn from situations where an expert took a different line of play - rightly or wrongly!	Item #1134 Price $ 18.95
	Deceptive Card Play 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. At this price, what bridge player could stand not to have all twelve?	Item #1144 Price $ 7.95
	Dormer on Deduction by Albert Dormer Why do bridge players so often fail to make the right decisions? The answer to successful card play lies in correct thinking and in asking the right questions. Albert Dormer, internationally respected both as a player and as a writer of great distinction, shows how, through the use of deduction, bridge players can greatly enhance their card play and enormously increase their pleasure in this fascinating game.	Item #1309 Price $ 19.99
	Double Squeezes by Anthony Moon	Item #1739 Price $ 39.95
	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
	False Cards by Mike Lawrence An expert account of falsecarding with suggestions for applications.	Item #1096 Price $ 16.95
	Guide Dog (Part 1) by Krzysztof Martens How to develop effective defensive-card-play understandings with a regular partner. How to help partner solve problems independent of the methods employed.	Item #1736 Price $ 34.00
	Guide Dog (Part 2) by Krzysztof Martens How to develop effective defensive-card-play understandings with a regular partner. How to help partner solve problems independent of the methods employed.	Item #1737 Price $ 34.00
	Imagination And Technique in Bridge by Tim Bourke & Martin Hoffman From the authors of Defence in Depth and Maastricht Challenge Bridge Quiz, a brand-new book to give the player the extra edge. The reader is presented with 84 difficult declarer play and defensive problems in which he or she is invited to assess the problem, picture the unseen hands, and decide whether an unusual or psychological move is needed. All the hands are from real-life situations where competent players went wrong at the table, but which are solvable with lines of reasoning that may not be familiar to most players.	Item #1641 Price $ 15.95
	Imagination, Bridge Stories by Krzysztof Martens How to expand your capabilities to think in different ways and handle new situations.	Item #1659 Price $ 25.00
	Inferences at Bridge by Marshall Miles In this book, Miles addresses the complex area of inferences for the more advanced player. A good bridge player must be like a detective, constantly on the alert for those vital clues in the auction or play that will lead him to draw the right inferences and make the right bids or plays. The author shows how to do this, and describes many common situations where inferences are typically missed by less advanced players. Remembering just one or two of the ideas explained here will improve any player's results.	Item #1174 Price $ 18.95
	Inspired Cardplay by David Bird & Martin Hoffman In this exciting new book, you will find out what goes on in the minds of great bridge players. Twelve important areas of cardplay have been chosen, involving both declarer play and defence. For those not in the know, the various plays appear to be inspired, but they are in fact the result of cold hard logic. Learn the correct thought processes yourself and your cardplay will improve significantly.	Item #1322 Price $ 19.99
	It's All In The Game The Fun Side Of Winning Bridge by Bob Ewen and Jeff Rubens Expert-level bridge is a serious game but that doesn't mean it can't be wild, wacky and downright fun! In this humorous book, Bob Ewen and Jeff Rubens bring us some of the funniest bridge stories ever collected. The bridge is top-notch, and the zany cast of characters and their escapades are unforgettable. Come join them and take a look into the fun side of winning bridge!	Item #1832 Price $ 23.95
	Kelsey on Squeeze Play by Hugh Kelsey The ability to understand and execute squeezes is widely recognized as the hallmark of an expert bridge player. Here for the first time in one volume are Hugh Kelsey's four outstanding books on the squeeze play: Simple Squeezes, Strip Squeezes, Double Squeezes, and Triple Squeezes. A range of squeezes of different levels of sophistication and difficulty are addressed with clear instructions and guidelines. This is the perfect resource for anyone looking to up their bridge skills.	Item #1354 Price $ 36.00
	Logic, Intuition and Instinct at the Bridge Table by R. Jayaram The author takes a ringside seat beside you the player - declarer or defender - and runs through a series of thought processes as they normally occur in every Bridge deal, teaching you bridge logic.	Item #1101 Price $ 15.95
	Master Class: Lessons from the Bridge Table by Fred Gitelman Imagine sitting beside a world-class bridge player and being able to listen to his thoughts as each hand develops... you can help but improve your own game! Every hand in this fascinating book comes from actual play; many of them are taken from the author's own experience in world-level competition. Fred Gitelman believes that there is something to be learned from every bridge hand, whether you are a novice or an expert, and he proves it here. Just as fascinating as the bridge, however, are Fred's observations on his partners and opponents, who range from world champions to famous amateurs like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.	Item #1180 Price $ 17.95
	Matchpoint Tricks by Ib Axelsen & Villy Dam A collection of declarer play problems in matchpoint pairs. How do you manufacture that vital overtrick, or, just as importantly, give the defenders a chance to go wrong? A book for all duplicate players.	Item #1182 Price $ 9.95
	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
	Off-Road Declarer Play Unusual Ways to Play a Bridge Hand by David Bird Every intermediate player is familiar with the routine techniques of dummy play. What this book describes are less well-known stratagems that may save the day in non-routine situations. They include methods for creating entries, surviving bad trump breaks, elopements, getting the defenders to help you out, and many more. In this unique and quirky book, the author introduces to the reader to new ways of thinking about declarer play, ways that just might help him make that next contract!	Item #1192 Price $ 18.95
	Owl, Fox And Spider by Krzysztof Martens How to develop expert deceptive capabilities.	Item #1662 Price $ 28.00
	Play Bridge With Reese by Terence Reese Reese introduced the 'over the shoulder' approach to describing bridge hands in this classic book, and it was an immediate success. In this book, the reader can follow the thought processes of an expert through the bidding and play of many fascinating hands. First published in 1960, it is now back in print after being unavailable for a number of years.	Item #1200 Price $ 19.95
	Play or Defend? 68 Hands to Test Your Bridge Skill by Julian Pottage This is an unusual problem book in the style of Diosy's There Must Be a Way, in that the reader is shown all four hands and asked whether declarer or defense should prevail with best play. A fascinating challenge for the advancing player.	Item #1201 Price $ 13.95
	Play These Hands With Me by Terence Reese Reese was the first author to introduce the 'over the shoulder' approach to describing bridge hands, and it was an immediate success. In this book, the reader can follow the thought processes of an expert through the bidding and play of many fascinating hands. First published in 1960, it is now back in print after being unavailable for a number of years.	Item #1202 Price $ 19.95
	Playing To Win At Bridge by Ron Klinger This is the revised edition of an established classic guide to bridge. It uses ingenious problems to help improving players achieve better results.	Item #1375 Price $ 15.99
	Serendipity in Bridge by R. Jayaram Imagine picking up a bridge book without noticing the author's name. Could you identify the author without reading the text? Kantar? Sure! Reese? Probably. Any other? A unique voice has recently surfaced in the world of bridge. With his first book, Logic, Intuition, and Instinct at the Bridge Table, R .Jayaram (Jay) advanced the revolutionary idea that bridge is NOT exclusively a game of logic. His second book, Moments of Truth at the Bridge Table further extended that idea. Now this third book makes the case that the best results, sometimes unexpectedly, come when you utilize both halves of your brain, the creative side (right) as well of the logical side (left). Most, but not all, of the subjects of Jay's stories are prominent players from his native India. But, Bill Gates, Zia, and Eric Rodwell make appearances. Your perception of our favorite game will forever be changed.	Item #1094 Price $ 15.95
	Sharpen Your Bridge Technique How To Think Like An Expert by Hugh Kelsey In this intriguing book, Hugh Kelsey shows what the characteristics of the expert mind are, and how the less successful can improve by studying the techniques involved. Card reading and card sense, mental rehearsal, the application of logic, mental concentration and relaxation, the assessment of probabilities, imaginative defense, and when to employ deceptive plays are all considered and used by the expert mind to achieve above average results.	Item #1364 Price $ 20.00
	Somehow We Landed In Six Notrump by David Bird World's finest players tackle all manner of 6NT contracts, plus humorous short stories.	Item #1630 Price $ 19.95
	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 Bridge Magicians by Mark Horton & Radoslaw Kielbasinski This is two books in one. You can treat it is an advanced text on declarer play, trying to solve each problem hand as it comes up. Or you can just relax and enjoy finding out more about these Polish stars who have won more international medals than the players from any other country over the last twenty years.	Item #1124 Price $ 17.95
	The Bridge Philosopher by James S. Kauder The problems are interesting and the answers logical and informative, but each hand has a connected story, and that's where the fun starts. The author's comments about his partners and opponents are unprecedented.	Item #1104 Price $ 17.95
	The Encyclopedia of Card Play Techniques at Bridge by Guy Leve Unique in the literature of the game, this book describes and classifies hundreds of tactics, stratagems and coups used during the play of the hand at bridge. Each technique is illustrated with an example deal, and its application fully explained. The topics run the gamut from the simplest finesses to the most complex squeeze positions, and cover literally everything in between. This book will be an essential component of any bridge library.	Item #1285 Price $ 33.95
	The New Kings' Tales by Phillip & Robert King	Item #1460 Price $ 15.95
	The Real Deal: Advanced Level (CD) by Larry Cohen Sixty interactive deals with Larry's comments and feedback, in an "over-my-shoulder" presentation. Based on five years of ACBL Real Deal columns. PC Format.	Item #1747 Price $ 19.95
	Tiger And Fly by Krzysztof Martens Advanced deals for the serious player. Emphasis on staying alert to possibilities.	Item #1661 Price $ 28.00
	Triple Squeezes by Anthony Moon & Tim Bourke This is the third book in the series on bridge squeezes and covers the positions where one defender is squeezed in three suits. 108 positions are shown as diagrams showing the cards remaining and how each position is played. There are also 113 examples which are drawn from several sources--the author's own experience, friends, books, submissions, creations and newspaper articles. These examples show how the basic position was reached and the preparation needed to achieve it. The mnemonic TOWEL (threats, over, winners, entries, losers) is used to categorise and analyse each position and describe its essential characteristics. This book is in two parts; the first covers the essential triple squeezes and the second describes some positions with new types of threats which are closely related to the strip squeezes.	Item #1740 Price $ 39.95
	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