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 | Pancakes and Waffles Better Bidding by Simulation by Allan DeSerpa List Price: 197 pages. Paperback. by Allan DeSerpa, John Mohan and Richard Catero with Bruce Ruskin and Wes Powers. Although we rely on statistical analysis, this book is more about better bridge bidding. For the majority of players who are not especially enamored with numbers, we attempt to display statistical results sparingly, discuss them in English, and explain how you can improve your game by paying attention to them. Our w . . . read more. |
 | Shortness: A Key to Better Bidding by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg List Price: 125 pages. Paperback. This book is about only one thing: Shortness, singletons or voids. It's impossible to overestimate the value distribution plays in bidding accuracy. High cards are nice; anybody can bid games and slams when the high cards are falling out of their hands onto the table. But usually those results don't get you very far. It's usually an average or maybe just above. You don't win bridge tournaments th . . . read more. |
 | The Search for a Second Suit by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg • Danny Kleinman List Price: 178 pages. Paperback. Becoming a good declarer starts with some basic principles. All the books tell you the same thing; before playing to Trick 1, think and form a plan. But what should you think about? Players often look at a deal and see a new mystery, a complex problem. They become overwhelmed. Of all the ways of winning tricks, cashing high cards and taking finesses are easiest. But establishing a long suit requi . . . read more. |
 | Defensive Signals by Marshall Miles List Price: 216 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Regarded as one of the best ever written on the topic of signaling, this book will help you defend better regardless of your experience or skill level. It explains several ways to describe your holding which are commonly used by experts but not generally known. It compares new methods with old, including the pros and cons of upside-down versus standard signaling. It explains how to draw inference . . . read more. |
 | KK Relay by Karen McCallum • Kit Woolsey List Price: 614 pages. Paperback. Multi-time world champions Karen McCallum and Kit Woolsey explain their relay system, KK Relay, which they have used and perfected for several years. For readers not familiar with relay systems, the relay concept is quite simple: instead of making a descriptive bid, one of the partners makes a call that asks a question. Their partner answers that question. That's it! Many such systems are obtuse . . . read more. |
 | LOL: It's Loser-On-Loser by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg • Danny Kleinman List Price: 168 pages. Paperback. Just what is LOL? Yes, a common abbreviation for Laughing Out Loud, and often used to refer to a Little Old Lady, but in bridge it means a Loser-On-Loser play. At times a declarer can improve his/her situation by playing a losing card from one hand on a loser in a different suit from the hand opposite. This occurs when a player has a loser in two suits but can arrange to lose them both on one tri . . . read more. |
 | A Compendium of Double Dummy Problems by Hugh Darwen List Price: 336 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Almost 1000 double dummy problems, ranging from 'very easy' to 'fiendishly difficult', collected by the acknowledged expert in the field. Double dummy problems are to bridge players what chess problems are to lovers of that game: exercises in ingenuity, unexpected maneuvers, art and beauty. Some of the problems in this book were created before bridge -- they come from its precursor, whist, but th . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Crosswords - 2 by Jeff Chen List Price: 146 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Jeff Chen's first book of bridge-themed crosswords, Bridge Crosswords, was widely acclaimed, and his many fans will welcome a second collection. They know what to expect! As before, the difficulty level of the puzzles in this book ranges from Easy (New York Times Monday level) to Challenging (New York Times Thursday/Friday level). . . . read more. |
 | Constructive Bidding 401 by Stephen Paul List Price: 204 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. A two-book series that provides advancing partnerships a complete and consistent framework in the form of a bidding system for competition in stratified tournaments at higher levels. The first book emphasizes the importance of working with your partner, covering hand evaluation, opening bids and responses. Concepts of teamwork from the business world are presented in a bridge context with a numbe . . . read more. |
 | Constructive Bidding 402 by Stephen Paul List Price: 200 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. A two-book series that provides advancing partnerships a complete and consistent framework in the form of a bidding system for competition in stratified tournaments at higher levels. The first book emphasizes the importance of working with your partner, covering hand evaluation, opening bids and responses. Concepts of teamwork from the business world are presented in a bridge context with a numbe . . . read more. |
 | Counting At Bridge by Dianne Aves List Price: 167 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Bridge teachers emphasize to their students the importance of counting--points, distribution, tricks, and so on. But it's hard to teach and even harder to learn, let alone assimilate to the point where counting becomes automatic as one is playing. This book introduces the concept of counting for newer players, and helps them to begin acquiring a skill that is critical to their becoming better pla . . . read more. |
 | Misbid These Hands With Me by Mark Horton List Price: 197 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. In 2007, Horton wrote Misplay These Hands with Me, a deliberate homage to Reese's classic, Play These Hands with Me. The difference was that the declarer in Horton's book always made an error, sometimes obvious, sometimes not so much. This successful book was the basis of a long-running column in the ACBL's Bridge Bulletin, a sequel in 2019, and earlier this year, Misdefend These Hands with Me. N . . . read more. |
 | Misdefend These Hands with Me by Mark Horton List Price: 200 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. In 2007, Mark Horton wrote Misplay These Hands with Me, a deliberate homage to Reese's classic, Play These Hands with Me. The difference was that the declarer in Horton's book always made an error, sometimes obvious, sometimes not so much. This successful book was the basis of a long-running column in the ACBL's Bridge Bulletin, and a sequel appeared in 2019. Now the same author turns to the topi . . . read more. |
 | Shark's Pointers by Mark Aquino List Price: 208 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The original 'Shark's Pointers' article appeared in 1975, in a small Boston-area newspaper. Thirty years later, the idea re-emerged as a series of bridge columns and lectures in Massachusetts. Then, during the pandemic, Shark's Pointers went online, and it is these latter talks and the advice they contain that have now been collected into this book. Written in an over-the-shoulder style, this boo . . . read more. |
 | 5-Card Majors - The Scanian Way Swedish Expert Methods, Volume Five by Mats Nilsland List Price: 152 pages. Paperback. More than forty years ago, Mats Nilsland published a classic Swedish book Modern Standard, trying to describe his vision of natural bidding methods for the decades to come. 5-Card Majors The Scanian Way takes this vision one step further into the future. Mats has used and designed every conceivable system you can imagine. Today, Mats is back to a normal base with five-card majors, three-card mino . . . read more. |
 | An Entry, An Entry, My Kingdom For An Entry by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg • Danny Kleinman List Price: 170 pages. Paperback. This little word is vital in every bridge player's lexicon in its entirety, and especially important is the final syllable--TRY. A clear understanding of this topic should be one of the top priorities of every bridge player. When the dummy comes down, both the declarer and the defenders should be thinking about entries. Declarer is planning the transportation between the hands while the defenders . . . read more. |
 | Blocking and Unblocking Don't Paint Yourself Into A Corner by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg List Price: 166 pages. Paperback. In this book, we will see a variety of examples of how to unblock your suits and how to block theirs. Mastering these will lessen your frustrations. The plays are easy, it's the anticipation in sufficient time that is a good deal more tricky. I'm sure you will recognize some of these situations from your own times at the tables where you may have found yourself blocked. There is some overlap; som . . . read more. |
 | Bridge at the Top: Behind the Screens by Samantha Punch List Price: 256 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. In the course of her Bridge: a MindSport for All research project, sociologist Dr. Samantha Punch has been able to interview many of the world's top bridge personalities. The topics of these conversations were wide-ranging, and included the dynamics at the table, challenges, motivations, emotions, partnerships, teammates, skill development and gender issues. As a bonus, each subject offers their . . . read more. |
 | Coming Back To Bridge by Paul Goldfinger List Price: 112 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Bridge players who learned the game when they were younger and would like to start playing will find that the game has changed. There are new ways of bidding, new conventions, and other things to know before they are confident about playing even with friends. For those 'coming back to bridge', this book explains simply and clearly what you need to know to be comfortable in the modern game. . . . read more. |
 | Competitive Bids - The Scanian Way Swedish Expert Methods, Volume Six by Mats Nilsland List Price: 174 pages. Paperback. The Swedish expert Mats Nilsland has developed bridge systems and conventions for more than fifty years. Here, he sets out the philosophy for contested auctions in greater detail. Mats emphasizes the importance of cooperation in the bidding and is skeptical of very weak preemptive raises. He believes that methods should consider the likelihood of further bidding by the other side and also deal wi . . . read more. |
 | Good, Better, Best by Jan Eric Larsson List Price: 190 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Bridge players constantly argue about the 'best' bidding systems and conventions. Strong Club or Natural? With or without relays? Standard or 2/1? Weak or strong notrump? Was Blue Club really better than the natural systems in the 1950s and 1960s? Is Two-way Stayman as good as Stayman and transfers? Disciplined or undisciplined weak twos--which work better? And many, many more... Well, now we hav . . . read more. |
 | Over Hoffman's Shoulder by Martin Hoffman • Marc Smith List Price: 199 pages. Paperback. Travel the world of bridge with Martin Hoffman. After surviving the Nazi death camps, Martin Hoffman moved to England and discovered a talent for bridge. He went on to achieve great success in tournament play, and at his peak was known as the best pairs player in Europe, if not in the world. He was especially skilled at scoring well despite playing with much weaker partners. His chief weapons wer . . . read more. |
 | Parrish the Thought Book 1: Preempts and Overcalls by Adam Parrish List Price: 304 pages. Paperback. Adam Parrish covers these essential topics in his signature easy-to-understand style. The book has two distinct sections, the first covering preempts and the second overcalls. All aspects of both topics are covered, from when and how to preempt or overcall to responding to your partner's preempt or overcall to dealing with the opponents' preempt or overcall. Each chapter has a quiz to reinforce t . . . read more. |
 | Play it Safe! Making Sure of Your Contract by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: 192 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. At rubber bridge or teams scoring, declarer's objective is to make his contract--nothing else matters. Playing it safe is of vital importance. Yet playing safe can take many forms--it might involve simply choosing the best percentage line of play, or keeping one opponent off lead, preserving entries, or even giving up a trick you don't have to lose, all in the cause of bringing that contract home . . . read more. |
 | Playing to Trick One There Are No Mulligans in Bridge Second Edition by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg List Price: 178 pages. Paperback. Bridge is a game of mistakes. The best players make fewer mistakes. It's not a matter of being brilliant--the real expert players never make basic mistakes, they keep the ball in the court, in the fairway. Sure there is an occasional hand where they make a brilliant play but that's not what distinguishes the true expert from the good player. One often hears an expert say "I've seen this hand befo . . . read more. |
 | Polish Club 2020: Expert by Krzysztof Jassem List Price: 316 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The motto of the Polish Club 2020 Expert system is: 'Bid aggressively with an offensive hand, keep quiet with a defensive hand.' Non-vulnerable one-level light openings and responses are introduced here. But the main merit of the Polish Club, i.e. to 'keep an eye on the total strength of the bidders', is still preserved. In comparison to other versions of Polish Club (including Polish Club 2020 S . . . read more. |
 | Polish Club 2020: Standard by Krzysztof Jassem List Price: 220 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The Polish Club bidding system is based on an ambiguous 1C opening, limited one-level openings, five-card majors and a Strong Notrump. The concept makes it possible to find partner's total strength on a lower level than in all-natural systems. In the Standard version, a 2C opening is Precision, 2D is Multi, and remaining two-level openings are weak Polish two-suiters. One of the key original feat . . . read more. |
 | Polish Club International by Krzysztof Jassem List Price: 200 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. A modern version of the definitive book on Polish Club. Includes a description of 'standard' Polish Club and its modern pro-style variations. Includes: quizzes, examples from expert play, and a special section on slam bidding. The book is intended for two groups of readers: those interested in the Polish Club system of playing bridge; those who want to get better understanding of trendy bidding t . . . read more. |
 | Second Hand High, Third Hand Not So High No Rules, Just Right by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg • Danny Kleinman List Price: 206 pages. Paperback. "Second hand low" and "third hand high" are adages we learned in Bridge 101 along with others like "cover an honor with an honor" and "always return your partner's suit." These so-called rules will get you by, but they won't see you very far. Second hand must become familiar with certain basic positions to try to foil declarer's plans, often by playing second hand high. Likewise, many contracts a . . . read more. |
 | Swing Deals by Rakesh K. Kumar List Price: 204 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. In any Swiss Teams or IMP Pairs tournament, you will soon enough find yourself facing opponents who are frequent or consistent winners. How is it that when you earn your chance to challenge them, more of the IMP swings seem to go their way than yours? That's the focus of this book, which reviews over 100 deals that generated swings in IMPs competitions. It examines how effective bidding methods a . . . read more. |
 | Test Your Bridge Judgement by Barry Rigal List Price: 207 pages. Paperback. One of Rigal's classics has been updated and modernized. Barry Rigal--the highly respected bridge commentator, author, and player--has set a series of tests of your bridge skill, and teaches you new skills at the same time. You are the player and he is your guide to making the crucial decisions at each stage of bidding and play. Rigal grades your performance and that of your partner and offers h . . . read more. |
 | The Finesse, Only a Last Resort by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg List Price: 250 pages. Paperback. How much do you really know about finesses? A finesse is one of the most common techniques in bridge and yet one of the most abused. The term "finesseaholic" describes a player who never met a finesse he/she didn't want to take. So often the finesse is really a last resort, only when other more promising lines of play are not available or have failed. As a common technique, so much is often taken . . . read more. |
 | The Partnership Coup by Adam Parrish List Price: 169 pages. Paperback. Aaron is back for another night at the Cranmer Club. This time he's playing with a partner he'd rather be rid of. Is there a solution to the age-old problem? This long-awaited sequel to The Cranmer Club tells another story of a night at Parrish's fictional club. The familiar club characters and table banter from the original return, with an exciting twist. A fun read with lots of interesting hand . . . read more. |
 | Trump Suit Headaches Rx for Declarers and Defenders by Dr. James Marsh Sternberg List Price: 250 pages. Paperback. The trump suit adds a dimension that makes bridge so different from other card games. In a suit contract, play is complicated by declarer's need to keep control. If control is lost, it may be almost impossible to make proper use of one's strength in the side suits. Before playing to trick one, one should ask what might go wrong? If playing a suit contract, is there a reason not to draw trumps? Or . . . read more. |
 | Winning at Matchpoints by Bill Treble List Price: 232 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Most players would agree that matchpoints is harder than IMPs--it's certainly different. Yet many players approach the two forms of scoring in the same way. In this book, the author explains the differences in approach, the whys and wherefores of the right way to bid, play and defend at matchpoint scoring for optimum results. . . . read more. |
 | Winning at the Club by Matthew Thomson List Price: 219 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Bridge in 2020 went online at the club. With daily opportunities to observe players while running games, teacher Matthew Thomson started on a quest to understand why players were so often making bids and plays that surprised him. This led him to ask the question, "How can I best help the club player?" Selecting a daily hand for lessons shared before each online game saw immediate results, allowin . . . read more. |
 | World Championships 2019 at Wuhan by World Bridge Federation • Brian Senior List Price: 367 pages. Paperback. The official publication of the World Bridge Championships 2019 at Wuhan. From the World Bridge Federation. Edited by Brian Senior. . . . read more. |
 | Avoid Bidding Disasters Win by Steering Clear of Trouble by Danny Roth List Price: 148 pages. Paperback. It has been proven many times that winning at bridge at all levels is not about being brilliant but far more about not being stupid. If you read reports of matches and tournaments, there will be the occasional spectacular play or defense, but for every one of those, there will be a whole string of very bad decisions, particularly in the bidding. If those can be avoided, countless trophies can be . . . read more. |
 | Barbara's Bridge Tips by Barbara Seagram List Price: 194 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Whether you have been playing for a while or you're not very experienced, this book will help you to move your game up to the next level. The tips cover all aspects of bridge--bidding, play and defense. Advice and examples are drawn from material Barbara Seagram has developed for her students over the last twenty years--it's like having your own personal bridge coach sitting beside you! . . . read more. |
 | Symmetric Relay Featuring Scamp and Spam by Nick Hughes List Price: 212 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Relay in action. As bidding sophistication continues to grow, many top pairs are turning to relay systems, where one partner asks questions and then places the final contract based on the answers. Often these methods are tied to a strong club approach: methods such as the Ultimate Club and Moscito have been around for decades. The symmetric relay is an approach that is increasingly popular in Aus . . . read more. |
 | Test Your Opening Leads Against The Experts by Danny Roth List Price: 144 pages. Paperback. The opening lead is the only card played while the dummy's (North's) hand is still concealed and is therefore one of the most difficult parts of the game. While there is a luck element and it is very easy to be "wise afterwards," deciding which suit to attack (and which card in that suit to play) is crucial. The fate of countless contracts depends on the opening lead. This book presents dozens of . . . read more. |
 | The Power of Pass by Ron Klinger • Harold Schogger List Price: 96 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. You compete with 3 hearts over 3 clubs. You play very well and manage to come to eight tricks. You are feeling good, until you open the scoresheet and find that 3 clubs has been defeated most of the time. You have gone minus when you could have been plus. Not vulnerable against vulnerable, your partner sacrifices in 5 hearts over 5 diamonds and is doubled. Partner is two off for -300. That wou . . . read more. |
 | Bridge with a Twist by Simon Cocheme List Price: 191 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. A witty and informative look at the world of bridge--its language, its history, and some of its techniques. Are pigeons more intelligent than some bridge players? What do a wooden man, a grandfather, a daydreamer and a donkey have in common? Did Zia really go nine down in 3NT? . . . read more. |
 | Strong Club, Unbalanced Diamond by Bruce Watson List Price: 234 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The basis for the system described in this book was first suggested by Marshall Miles in My System: the Unbalanced Diamond. The core of SCUD is the same as in Miles' book; that is, strong club, unbalanced diamond, five-card majors and a weak notrump. However, author Bruce Watson felt that the original treatments for the 2C and 2D openings needed to change. In addition, he wanted to use transfer r . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Entry Techniques by David Bird List Price: 214 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The Essence of Bridge Planning. This book is packed with techniques and tips on the subject of entry management, both for declarer and the defenders. A clear understanding of this topic is vital when the dummy goes down and you stop to plan your campaign. Part I contains 69 instructive deals on entries from declarer's point of view. The featured topics include: creating entries, destroying entrie . . . read more. |
 | Double, Double, Toil and Trouble by Alex Adamson • Harry Smith List Price: 248 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Somewhere Over the Rainbow. The Land of Oz is full of characters, each unique and yet also familiar to bridge players everywhere. In this third installment, the Over the Rainbow Bridge Club is threatened by dark forces led by the Wicked Witch of the West. Can Dorothy and her friends come to the rescue? Following If I Only had a Heart and Bridge Over the Rainbow, this book completes the trilogy wi . . . read more. |
 | Five Card Majors: 2-over-1 And All That by Neal Rosen List Price: 181 pages. Paperback. Have you noticed how many top pairs are playing 5-card majors and 2-over-1? This book explains how the system works and why it is so much better than traditional bidding methods. Experienced teacher and top player Neil Rosen guides you step by step through learning the system. At each stage the process is reinforced by carefully designed tips, quizzes and clear explanations.The book is packed wit . . . read more. |
 | Interesting Deals Fascinating Facts by Trevor Mathews List Price: 175 pages. Paperback. What's the connection between superstar Jeff Meckstroth and the Eurovision Song Contest? How did Tony Priday win a Silver Plate match without even being at the venue? What happened when I partnered a Viking who produced a Double Duck against a Brazilian in New Mexico? Why did Paul peter with Kx? When is it correct to bid a slam off two cashing aces? What's wrong with the Gobi Desert? The answers . . . read more. |
 | Transfer-Oriented Pinpoint Precision (TOP3) Featuring the Handshake Game Force--The Ultimate Power Club System by Jack W. Hawthorne List Price: 202 pages. Paperback. Experience the thought process used by experts applying the power of a scientific bidding system. Why do so many bridge players limit their use of transfers to notrump responses? In the Transfer-Oriented Pinpoint Precision (TOP3) system, transfer bids are everywhere! If you and your regular partner assimilate the contents of this text, your duplicate bridge performance will surely improve--beyond . . . read more. |
 | Professional Competitive Bidding Part 1: Tactics and Decisions by Krzysztof Martens • Marek Wojcicki List Price: 173 pages. Paperback. In this book we present another group of bidding problems in contested auctions chosen from the important championship events. We will show how being active impacts both pairs. Using examples, we will try to show what to do, how to do it, what not to do and why. We will show the agreements that some of the top pairs in the world have for certain bidding decisions. In some situations we propose id . . . read more. |
 | Professional Competitive Bidding Part 2: Battle of the Titans by Krzysztof Martens • Marek Wojcicki List Price: 177 pages. Paperback. We present agreements that world class pairs use in particular bidding sequences. In some situations there is a systemic approach. This book gives you an overview of how to treat most of these situations. This should help you and your partner to agree on a chosen style for contested auctions. Since there are numerous kinds of possible situations, it isn't as easy to categorize bidding treatments . . . read more. |
 | Insights On Bridge Vol. 1 Moments in Bidding by Mike Lawrence List Price: 211 pages. Paperback. This is the first in a series of books designed to turn aspiring players into good players. The Insights on Bridge series includes hundreds of mini-lessons, complete with advice you can count on. The material is devoted to situations and problems you will see at the table but not in other books. Start on the path of being a good player and a good partner. Mike Lawrence is one of bridge's greats, . . . read more. |
 | Power Up Your Bridge Game by Eldad Ginossar List Price: 184 pages. Paperback. The 30 Lessons in this book cover different aspects in bridge, including: card play, partnership bidding, useful conventions, hand evaluation, competitive auction tactics, and matchpoint consideration. Many of the lessons discuss basic topics, but the content is not at a basic level. The emphasis throughout is on "thinking bridge" rather than memorizing. The author's teaching philosophy and his . . . read more. |
 | Insights On Bridge Vol. 2 Bid, Play, and Defend by Mike Lawrence List Price: 202 pages. Paperback. The latest installment of the Insights on Bridge series contains more carefully crafted mini-lessons designed to turn aspiring players into good players. The material in this book is devoted to situations and problems you will see at the table but not in other books. Mike Lawrence is one of bridge's greats, a multi-talented master of the game. As an original member of the famed Dallas Aces, he wo . . . read more. |
 | Declarer Play: Break Out of the Pack by Danny Roth List Price: 146 pages. Paperback. The key to good declarer play is to make use of information not only from the bidding, but also from the play of the early tricks, especially the first one or two. This involves knowing how many rounds of each suit are likely to be played; how many of those are likely to be won or lost; whether the tricks lost will be to East or West--in this book, declarer is South--and whether that matters; and . . . read more. |
 | Defense: Break Out of the Pack by Danny Roth List Price: 129 pages. Paperback. The key to good defense is to make use of information not only from the bidding, but also from the play of the early tricks, especially the first one or two. This involves knowing how many rounds of each suit are likely to be played; how many of those are likely to be won or lost; whether the tricks won will be to East or West--in this book, declarer is South--and whether that matters; and probab . . . read more. |
 | On the Other Hand by David Bird • Larry Cohen List Price: 226 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. A New Way to Learn Bridge Cardplay. In this unusual book, David Bird and Larry Cohen combine to present cardplay instruction in a new way. 100 pairs of deals are shown - one described by David and the other by Larry. The deals look similar (in some cases very similar) but an entirely different line of play is necessary to make each of the contracts. Only by clearly understanding the techniques in . . . read more. |
 | Defense on the Other Hand Understanding Defensive Techniques by David Bird • Larry Cohen List Price: 213 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. A unique way to study defense. In their previous book together, On the Other Hand, David Bird and Larry Cohen presented cardplay instruction in a novel way. 100 pairs of deals were shown--one described by David and the other by Larry. The deals looked similar (in some cases very similar) but an entirely different line of play was necessary to make each of the contracts. The book was well received . . . read more. |
 | Planning the Defense by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: 232 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Ten years after their award-winning Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand, Seagram & Bird tackle the hardest part of the game: defense. Using the same step-by-step approach, they guide the reader through the minefield of signaling, making a defensive plan and, above all, counting--points, tricks and distribution. . . . read more. |
 | Planning the Defense - The Next Level by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: 176 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Following on from their earlier book, Planning the Defense, Seagram and Bird move on to more sophisticated aspects of defensive cardplay for advancing players. Using the same step-by-step approach, the authors guide the reader through the issues involved in communications, deception, trump promotions, discarding and avoiding the embarrassment of being endplayed. . . . read more. |
 | Masterpiece Deals by Augie Boehm List Price: 84 pages. Paperback. Brilliance in bridge has its own kind of beauty, like a brilliant work of art. What I happen to admire most are the moments when a player produces a master stroke of card play, a striking move that would elude even the majority of experts because it involves the highly unusual. This book features card plays of such creativity and imagination that I believe they deserve to be preserved as museum p . . . read more. |
 | Useful Probability for Bridge Players by Julian Laderman List Price: 232 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The emphasis here is on 'useful'. This is not an academic tome, but a discussion of the aspects of probability that every bridge player needs to know and understand. Topics include suit splits, suit combinations, percentage plays, the Principle of Restricted Choice, and even the application of probability to bidding decisions. . . . read more. |
 | Minor Suit Inventions Respecting Neglected Suits by Allan DeSerpa List Price: 145 pages. Paperback. All bidding systems are biased toward the major suits. Hands with minor-suit orientation lack the bidding space for adequate description. The larger problem is that available space is not used efficiently. As the title implies, Minor-Suit Inventions confronts the deficiencies head-on. In most situations, responder triggers a set of relays that enables one partner or the other to describe his hand . . . read more. |
 | Winning IMPs by Rakesh K. Kumar List Price: 194 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This book highlights the strategies that contribute to success in team games. Of course, there is no magic formula for winning at bridge, given the inherent complexity, the incomplete information available to both sides, and the psychological elements involved. However, there are some characteristics common to consistent success: good bidding methods are essential these methods are useless withou . . . read more. |
 | When to Bid Notrump (And How to Play It) by Adam Parrish List Price: 255 pages. Paperback. In When to Bid Notrump (And How to Play It), Adam Parrish gives the same thorough and understandable treatment to notrump contracts that he gave to trump contracts in When to Draw Trumps. The first section deals with common questions about notrump bidding: when do you need a stopper, when do you bypass a four-card major to bid notrump, when do you choose notrump over a major-suit fit? The second . . . read more. |
 | Crocs on Squeeze Play - Volume 2 by Stephen Kennedy List Price: 261 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Do you like squeeze play? Do you like complicated endings? Do you like bridge? Then look no further: this is the book for you. From the mind of a junior bridge player comes a new book designed to challenge the norm: a book that starts where Clyde Love's classic leaves off, a book intended to push squeeze play to its absolute limits. Well-known squeezes are thoroughly examined and dissected, and a . . . read more. |
 | Crocs on Squeeze Play - Volume 1 by Stephen Kennedy List Price: 253 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Do you like squeeze play? Do you like complicated endings? Do you like bridge? Then look no further: this is the book for you. From the mind of a junior bridge player comes a new book designed to challenge the norm: a book that starts where Clyde Love's classic leaves off, a book intended to push squeeze play to its absolute limits. Well-known squeezes are thoroughly examined and dissected, and a . . . read more. |
 | Eric Rodwell's Bidding Topics - Book 1 by Eric Rodwell List Price: 169 pages. Paperback. This title won the 2017 Intermediate-Advanced ABTA Book Award. The techniques in this book are sustainable and can be incorporated into any bidding system. Learn from the best and see instant improvement in your results at the bridge table. The nine excellent topics that haven been selected will have wide appeal, including two about conventions Rodwell invented himself: Support Doubles, and Serio . . . read more. |
 | Eric Rodwell's Bidding Topics - Book 2 by Eric Rodwell List Price: 167 pages. Paperback. This book, carrying on the tradition of Eric Rodwell's Bidding Topics Book 1, contains 9 new bridge topics. Contents: 1) Fourth Suit Forcing. 2) Minor Suit Transfer Over Partner's 1NT Opening. 3) Flannery. 4) Bidding in Fourth Position. 5) Smolen. 6) Development After a Strong 2 Club Opening. 7) Lebensohl. 8) Ogust. 9) Exclusion Blackwood and Lackwood. As in the first book, each topic starts with . . . read more. |
 | Under the Table The Case Against The Blue Team by Avon Wilsmore List Price: 396 pages. Paperback. This book looks at the actions of the Italian Blue Team, whose incredible run of victories include the World Championships of 1957-1959, 1961-1969 and 1972-1975. Throughout that time, there were suspicions as to how these victories were achieved. To what extent were these suspicions justified? The actions of administrators, in response to the problem of cheating over the last 60 years, is discuss . . . read more. |
 | The Language of Bridge by Kit Woolsey List Price: 317 pages. Paperback. Kit Woolsey's first new bridge book in 35 years is aimed at an intermediate audience, but with plenty of insights for advanced and expert players. This book examines the communication between partners as they work together to reach the best contract or try to defeat declarer's contract on defense. Kit brings his unique take on the game to the subject of partnership communication -- thinking abou . . . read more. |
 | Playing Suit Combinations by Fred Gitelman • Jeff Rubens List Price: 96 pages. Paperback. This book serves two purposes: One is to enable the reader to improve card-play technique. The text illustrates how best to handle some specific holdings, and, more importantly, assists in the development of patterns of bridge problem-solving that apply not only to single-suit situations but to declarer-play and defensive problems in general. The other purpose is to share some of the beauties and . . . read more. |
 | Boost Your Bidding to a Higher Level by Danny Roth List Price: 158 pages. Paperback. Bidding is all about learning a language: how to communicate and understand. Over the years, bidding languages or, "systems," have become more explicit and accurate than they were in decades past, and thus players joining clubs and entering tournaments need to be familiar with, at least, basic bidding in current use. It is particularly important to be able to judge the quality, or trick-taking po . . . read more. |
 | Detecting Cheating In Bridge Includes Invaluable Tips To Improve Your Game by Nicolas Hammond List Price: 206 pages. Paperback. Detecting Cheating in Bridge has been a problem since Harold S. Vanderbilt introduced the current rules in 1925. Hammond shows how sophisticated modern software and statistical analysis can detect cheating players without the need to review hundreds of hours of videos. Charts, tables and graphs highlight the problem at the world class level dating back to 1955. The data shows there are active che . . . read more. |
 | Test Your Bidding Against the Experts by Danny Roth List Price: 264 pages. Paperback. There are a number of areas in bidding in which players at all levels demonstrate room for improvement. This includes bridge experts, whose (mis)bidding of actual hands constitutes the 140 problems in this book. Each chapter starts with 10 thematically linked bidding problems. In each case, you will be told where you are sitting and the conditions of play; any relevant conventional bidding and ot . . . read more. |
 | Test Your Play and Defense Against the Experts by Danny Roth List Price: 166 pages. Paperback. This book offers a collection of 72 hands that have been played at the top level and reported by writers and commentators, but where mistakes and misanalyses have abounded. Readers are invited to find the best line of play/defense so that success does not depend on lucky distribution or opponents' misplays. For most hands, the bidding and play are described up to the critical moment, but occasion . . . read more. |
 | Outsmart the Bridge Experts by Danny Roth List Price: 168 pages. Paperback. This is the fourth in the series of bridge problems highlighting hands which have been reported in books, magazines and newspapers in which the 'expert' has either misanalyzed the problem or totally missed the point of the hand. The book presents more than 60 problems in declarer play or defense, bringing the reader to the critical moment of decision--but also sometimes well short of it or past i . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Smarts A Path to Bridge Success by Augie Boehm List Price: 140 pages. Paperback. Winner of the ABTA 2016 Book of the Year award. Bridge success is the result of many factors: talent, knowledge, experience, and, to a surprising extent, luck. But there are other, perhaps less obvious, factors that are well within your control, such as maintaining stamina, an even temperment, and concentration. What to focus on? Start with evaluating what your hand is worth as an auction develop . . . read more. |
 | Bridging Two Worlds by Martin Hoffman List Price: 278 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This is a rare account of the horrors of the WW2 death camps from someone who experienced them. Born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Prague, Hoffman lost his entire family in the Holocaust. Fourteen-year-old Martin Hoffman escapes immediate death on arrival at Auschwitz by claiming to be eighteen. Through a combination of chutzpah and luck, he first survives a year at Auschwitz, then the Death . . . read more. |
 | Expert Hand Evaluation by Augie Boehm List Price: 142 pages. Paperback. If bidding were as simple as counting high-card points, most of us would have lost interest in bridge a long time ago. Appreciating the life-long challenge of a game immune to mastery, experts are always trying to hone their bidding judgment. This book's aim is to help you develop good bidding judgment by refining and improving your hand evaluation, which is the bedrock of good bidding. Learning . . . read more. |
 | Gaining the Mental Edge at Bridge by Kim Frazer List Price: 182 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The Inner Game of Bridge. Bridge players spend countless hours working on bidding conventions and cardplay techniques, yet give little attention to the mental side of the game. Maintaining focus and concentration, dealing with nerves, and other issues are largely ignored. In this book, Kim Frazer--an Olympian, winner of gold medals at three consecutive Commonwealth Games and an Australian interna . . . read more. |
 | Robin Hood's Hold-up by David Bird List Price: 180 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. 12th-Century Bridge Adventures... Journey back to Sherwood Forest and Nottingham Castle in David Bird's fourth book of Robin Hood bridge stories. The 32 stories contain well over 100 splendid deals and provide the laugh-aloud humor and painless instruction for which the author is renowned. The cast list features Robin Hood, Maid Marian and the Outlaws--also their arch-enemies, the Sheriff of Nott . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Literature by Nick Smith List Price: 179 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. First published in 1993, and long out of print, Nick Smith's Bridge Literature is an anthology of literary parodies that for the most part appeared first in magazines such as English Bridge and International Popular Bridge Monthly. Characters from Shakespeare, Marlowe, the Bible, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Thomas Hardy, Lewis Carroll and George Orwell all make their appearanc . . . read more. |
 | More Bridge Literature by Nick Smith List Price: 205 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Nick Smith's first book, Bridge Literature, was originally published in 1993 and has since been acclaimed as one of the quirky classics of the game. More Bridge Literature takes a similar form, as a set of parodies of well-known works of English literature. King Lear finds himself playing for France, Winnie-the-Pooh makes his first slam and Lady Bracknell proves hard to impress. Sherlock Holmes' . . . read more. |
 | Santa Fe Precision by Dennis Dawson List Price: 212 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This book on Precision is quite different. It is a very simplified version, based on the system played by Rodwell and Meckstroth so successfully, but aimed at club players. Eric Rodwell has endorsed the system and the book. Dennis Dawson learned Meckwell Lite fifteen years ago when playing on teams with Rodwell and Meckstroth. He then used it while representing the US in the Senior World Team Cha . . . read more. |
 | Bachelor Bridge by David Bird • Simon Cocheme List Price: 152 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Originally published in 1994, this book of humorous bridge stories met with widespread acclaim as one of the funniest to be published in a long time. Now updated and with new material added, the book chronicles the amorous (mis)adventures of Jack O'Hearts, which somehow always seem to involve interesting and amusing bridge hands. . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Outside the Box with Val Kovachev by Dennis Dawson • Charlie Wilkins List Price: 196 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Val's bids are sometimes outrageous, but he always bases them on logic. He believes in following his logic wherever it may lead, not in following a bunch of 'rules.' Val takes more risks than most players. His goal is to push opponents out of their comfort zones and help his partner find the best lead, even if at some risk. He makes as few bids as possible to reach the final contract, never descr . . . read more. |
 | Don't Be Fooled! Counter-deception at Bridge by Danny Roth List Price: 246 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Many books have been written on falsecards and other deceptive plays at the bridge table. However, there is very little help available for the player who wants to learn how to recognize when the opponents are trying something sneaky, and what can be done in terms of counter-measures. This book fills that gap--readers will learn the most common situations where deceptive play by the opposition may . . . read more. |
 | Misplay More Hands with Me by Mark Horton List Price: 184 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This is the sequel to Misplay These Hands With Me (2007), which is based on Horton's popular series of articles in the ACBL Bulletin. In an over-the-shoulder style, the author offers an account of a plausible line of play on each example hand, always without success, then gently points out how the contract could and should have been made with just a little more thought. Perfect for improving play . . . read more. |
 | Partnership Bidding - A Workbook 25th Anniversary Ed by Mary Paul List Price: 104 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Have you ever had a bidding misunderstanding, even with your regular partner? Of course you have--it's really hard to be sure you've covered every possible sequence, and even if you can do that, you have to remember what you decided. Whatever your preferred system, Mary Paul's Partnership Bidding is the perfect way for you and your partner to work through all the common situations and record your . . . read more. |
 | Pattern Relays Working Miracles with your Two-Notrump Structure by Allan DeSerpa List Price: 230 pages. Paperback. How to Work Miracles over Two Notrump. The first step in describing your exact hand is to show your suits If you have two suits (even two four card suits), SHOW THEM! For every two suiter, there are EIGHT key cards four aces, two key kings and two key queens. TELL opener which ones you have! But before running off to the five level: Get feedback from that partner who showed 20-21 points. Give som . . . read more. |
 | Preempts by Warren Watson List Price: 197 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. It has been many years since any bridge author attempted a comprehensive description of preemptive bidding, and much has changed in the interim. Modern players open the bidding on lighter values, and preempts, formerly based in at least a semblance of sanity, are now made on the flimsiest of excuses. This is a comprehensive treatment of preemptive bidding - not just when to open and with what, bu . . . read more. |
 | Sleeping on the Couch The adventures of Dave playing bridge with his wife, Anne by Dave Caprera List Price: 202 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. All profits from the sale of this book will be donated to the United States Bridge Federation Junior Program. Here is what some of Dave's friends who appear in the book had to say: "I don't bid like that because if I do I will end up sleeping on the couch." - Mike Passell. "When they travel to tournaments, Dave chooses their hotel by the comfort of the sofas." - Chris Compton. "If Dave had just b . . . read more. |
 | Tricks of the Trade Strategic Thinking for Advanced Bridge by Larry Cohen List Price: 144 pages. Paperback. This book is for players who take their bridge seriously. It is intended for those who want to improve their technique and understanding, to become more-desirable partners, to achieve better results, and to gain increased respect among their colleagues. The book investigates many paths to achieving these ends: increasing the value of experience by knowing what things to watch for, learning how to . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Over The Rainbow by Alex Adamson • Harry Smith List Price: 238 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. A sequel to If I Only Had a Heart, once again featuring Dorothy, the Tin Man and the rest of the gang at the Over the Rainbow Bridge Club. Some of these stories have appeared in BRIDGE magazine, and in Australian Bridge, but all are collected here in book form for the first time. Bill Buttle's illustrations add to the fun. . . . read more. |
 | Last Board Everything Depends On It by Mark Horton List Price: 242 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Over 100 years of bridge history, it is not surprising that one can find many matches that came down to the last board, or even the last card, played. And of course, there is an added poignancy in these situations that derives from the fact that bridge is a unique sport in one aspect--the players do not know the score. In this book, the authors collect dozens of fascinating deals, each of which i . . . read more. |
 | Master of Bridge Psychology Inside the remarkable mind of Peter Fredin by Jeppe Juhl • Peter Fredin List Price: 240 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Sweden's Peter Fredin is notorious for making bids and plays that no one else would even think of, but are often brilliantly successful--as well as being entirely logical once he explains his thinking. This may be the funniest bridge biography you will ever read. Peter Fredin of Sweden won the 2009 European Pairs championship, and is a multiple medalist in events at the world level. His style and . . . read more. |
 | More Conventions, More Practice by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: 139 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. You asked for more! Following the runaway success of Practice Makes Perfect, bridge teachers asked the authors to produce a similar companion book to 25 More Bridge Conventions You Should Know. And here it is--a brief summary of each of those 25 more conventions, together with example hands that can be dealt out and used to apply your new knowledge. This book gives a brief summary of each convent . . . read more. |
 | Playing 2/1: The Rest of the Story by Paul Thurston List Price: 200 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Paul Thurston's 25 Steps to Learning 2/1 was an instant bestseller, winning the 2003 American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award. In a tantalizing postscript to that book, he promised a sequel, one that would cover 'the rest of the story' for those who wanted to add modern sophistication to their 2/1 bidding. Here at last he delivers, and the long wait has been worth it. The book . . . read more. |
 | A Simpler Blue Club System Mississauga Style by Dan Berkley List Price: 264 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Keep it Simple. Strong club bidding systems dominated the world of bridge until a few decades ago. The reason? The system thinks for you, the experts say. The experts are right: if you stick to the rules, the system leads you effortlessly to the right decision. The drawback? It is complicated. This book presents a simplified and modernized version of one of the most successful bidding systems of . . . read more. |
 | MOSSO: A Complete Bidding System by Richard Granville • David Burn List Price: 268 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. For the last three years, the authors have been developing MOSSO, a new bidding system derived from 2/1, Fantunes and Polish Club. MOSSO brings together the best features of its parent systems, while providing an effective interface between them. The system has been the subject of enthusiastic discussion on the popular website bridgewinners.com. This is a two-book series. The first volume describ . . . read more. |
 | MOSSO: Example Auctions and Quizzes by Richard Granville • David Burn List Price: 246 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. For the last three years, the authors have been developing MOSSO, a new bidding system derived from 2/1, Fantunes and Polish Club. MOSSO brings together the best features of its parent systems, while providing an effective interface between them. The system has been the subject of enthusiastic discussion on the popular website bridgewinners.com. This is a two-book series. The first volume describ . . . read more. |
 | Standard Modern Precision Second Edition by Daniel Neill List Price: 204 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Play the System National Champions Play. Over the last 20 years a consensus bidding system among American national champions has been chosen and is now the lingua franca for hundreds among the pro circuit, top junior players and strong tournament players. This book will introduce you to the system, called Standard Modern Precision (or SMP), with lots of examples, quizzes and real-life hands bid b . . . read more. |
 | The Working Horse by Krzysztof Martens • May Sakr List Price: 233 pages. Paperback. Every bridge player needs a "Working Horse" who neighs tirelessly hand in and hand out. He never stumbles in counting up to thirteen or forty, he can anticipate what happens in trick seven and prevent a simple endplay. Do you remember Boxer from Orwell's novel Animal Farm? A huge working horse, strong, laborious and helpful. Now imagine Boxer at the bridge table, pulling the defenders' wagon fro . . . read more. |
 | Trick One The Right First Move by David Bird List Price: 225 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. A huge percentage of failing contracts go down because declarer did not play optimally on the first trick. Similarly, countless contracts are allowed to slip through because the defender in third seat made the wrong play. With 125 instructive deals, David Bird covers all aspects of the first card played from dummy, the first move by the defender in third seat and the card chosen by declarer from . . . read more. |
 | The Blue Team in the History of Bridge by Carl'Alberto Perroux List Price: 384 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Translated into English by Maurizio Di Sacco. Edited by Mark Horton. The Man Behind The Legend: How did Italy reach the summit of World Bridge and then remain there for more than fifteen years? How did a game that seems so little suited to the Italian temperament end up being the one that Italy dominated for so long? The answers to these questions can be found in this book through the diary of th . . . read more. |
 | Judgment At Bridge What Went Wrong? Avoid the Common Errors by Mike Lawrence List Price: 151 pages. Paperback. Covers the short club, the takeout double, sign-offs, overbidding, suit preference, and many other neglected areas of the game. . . . read more. |
 | Judgment at Bridge 2 Be A Better Player & More Difficult Opponent by Mike Lawrence List Price: 224 pages. Paperback. In his original Judgment at Bridge, Mike Lawrence gave us a lot of great advice on how to think at the bridge table. In Judgment at Bridge 2, Mike continues with his guidance on how to approach the game. Take Mike's counsel and you will become a better player and a more difficult opponent. Contents: 1) Luck; 2) A Winning Attitude; 3) Introducing Dubious Bridge Rules 4) Preempting; 5) Bidding When . . . read more. |
 | The Two-Club Marionette Good-Bye Forcing Notrump by Allan DeSerpa List Price: 110 pages. Paperback. Getting to play one notrump offers at least four ways of winning a board: (1) you may not have a better contract; (2) even if you do, it will not always be easy to find it; (3) even when one notrump is not the best contract, the opponents rate to give away a trick with an aggressive opening lead; (4) even if responder finds the better contract; the opposition gets another opportunity to get back . . . read more. |
 | Wanna Play Bridge The 2/1 Way? by Kathy Rolfe List Price: 193 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This book can be used as an absolute beginner book, teaching the 2/1 bridge bidding system from the start. Use just Chapters 1-5 to teach children as young as 6! They can learn how to play before they are ready to learn how to bid. Older than 9, kids can move right along with adults into learning the bidding system. The book can also be used by a novice player who has the mechanics down but who s . . . read more. |
 | Close Encounters: Bridge's Greatest Matches Book 1 (1964-2001) by Eric Kokish • Mark Horton List Price: 262 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Close Encounters is a two-book series that describes some of the most memorable bridge matches of the last fifty years. It features titanic struggles for World and National titles, involving the greatest players from North America and Europe. There are amazing comebacks, down to the wire finishes, overtime victories, and an insight into how the game has changed over the last half century. Book 1 . . . read more. |
 | Close Encounters: Bridge's Greatest Matches Book 2 (2003-2017) by Eric Kokish • Mark Horton List Price: 318 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Close Encounters is a two-book series that describes some of the most memorable bridge matches of the last fifty years. It features titanic struggles for World Championship and National titles, involving the greatest players from North America and Europe. There are amazing comebacks, down to the wire finishes, overtime victories, and insights into what it takes to win a match against determined o . . . read more. |
 | Almost the Only Bridge Book You Will Ever Need - Volume 1 by Randall Baron List Price: 256 pages. Paperback. This book "is unique. It is a distillation of Randy's vast experience as a player, as a frequent teacher and as someone whose knowledge of the literature of the game is unsurpassed. Randy has produced a treasury of tips--useful, practical advice, written with sincerity and with a deep respect and affection for the game and its beauties--that will benefit any player. My friend Randy Baron's book i . . . read more. |
 | Almost the Only Bridge Book You Will Ever Need - Volume 2 by Randall Baron List Price: 250 pages. Paperback. This book "is unique. It is a distillation of Randy's vast experience as a player, as a frequent teacher and as someone whose knowledge of the literature of the game is unsurpassed. Randy has produced a treasury of tips--useful, practical advice, written with sincerity and with a deep respect and affection for the game and its beauties--that will benefit any player. My friend Randy Baron's book i . . . read more. |
 | A Good Game of Modern Bridge (You Too Can Play) by Ron Klinger List Price: 272 pages. Paperback. Bidding methods come and go, but the ones that work stay. The popular style of bidding today is quite a bit removed from that of the 1960s, 1970s and even the 1980s. While high card values are still very important, today there is far more emphasis on shape. That affects your decision whether to open or not and your choice of rebid. In general bidding is far more competitive than it was thirty yea . . . read more. |
 | A Taste of Bridge by Jeff Bayone List Price: 215 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This book is based on the beginners' course at Honors Bridge Club in New York, a series of six lessons that have started thousands of students on the road to enjoying the game. This book is intended to give the reader a taste of bridge, and whet the appetite for more. . . . read more. |
 | Bridge Philosopher 4 by James S. Kauder List Price: 174 pages. Paperback. Surprise! Yet again that old curmudgeon, the Bridge Philosopher, is back. This fourth book in the Bridge Philosopher Series, once again does a great job of explaining the art of dummy play. Contrary to the author's prediction, he has not yet lost his memory, and certainly not his quick ability to analyze a bridge hand and amuse you in the process. His infamous wit will give you a glimpse into wor . . . read more. |
 | Demystifying Defense by Patrick O'Connor List Price: 136 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Beginners typically have more trouble with defense than any other part of the game, and this book goes a long way towards removing this unease. After carefully explaining the basic concepts, author Patrick O'Connor takes the reader through forty problems, using an 'over the shoulder' style, and explaining every play as it is made. . . . read more. |
 | Famous Bridge Swings by David Bird List Price: 225 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Learn from their Mistakes. After a hard-fought match or perhaps a weekend of matchpoint play, it is well worth the effort to look at all your bad boards and see if any lessons can be learned. In this book you will have the chance to learn from other players' mistakes. We will look at over 150 big swings from international play. The net swings will average over 18 IMPs per deal, with some of more . . . read more. |
 | Five to Five Hundred by Tim Kohl • Bob Jiobu List Price: 232 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This is a book for improving players who have graduated from the novice class and are embarking on the long journey to that coveted Life Master title - which now in North America requires winning 500 masterpoints. Written in a light, readable style, with liberal use of cartoons and aide-memoires, the book first addresses the mental approach necessary for bridge success--topics including how to . . . read more. |
 | Hand of the Week by Joel Martineau List Price: 221 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Perhaps the best way to improve your bridge is to watch an expert play, and to try to understand the reasoning behind their bids and plays. Readers follow the bidding and play (or defense) of fifty-two hands--one a week for a year--and listen to the author's thinking as each hand develops. Understanding why the experts do what they do is the first step towards being able to do it yourself--at le . . . read more. |
 | Keys to Winning Bridge The Advancing Player's Handbook For Success by Frank Stewart List Price: 224 pages. Paperback. Syndicated columnist and author Frank Stewart believes that two factors determine who wins and loses at the bridge table. This book emphasizes sound fundamental skills and keeping avoidable errors to a minimum. In play and defense, he treats basic techniques; in the bidding, he discusses style and discipline -- concepts rarely found in the literature. The importance of conventions and systems is . . . read more. |
 | Planning the Play: The Next Level by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: 208 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This sequel to 2010 ABTA book of the year, Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand, extends the idea of making a plan as declarer to more complex situations, covering ideas such as safety plays, avoidance play, trump control, dummy reversal, and endplays. It will appeal to players who have a solid grasp of the basics of declarer play, and are looking to improve from there. Seagram and Bird's Plannin . . . read more. |
 | The Big Payoff: Slam Bidding at Bridge by Bill Treble List Price: 244 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The rewards for slam success are high, but so are the penalties for failure. As a launching pad, the author introduces some useful agreements and conventions. How and why to try for slam, advanced techniques, competitive auctions and a final quiz: this book makes for a smooth transition to becoming an effective slam bidder. Slam bidding is perhaps the most exciting part of bridge, but at the same . . . read more. |
 | The Mathematical Theory of Bridge by Emile Borel • Andre Cheron List Price: 502 pages. Hardcover. Also available as an E-book. 134 Probability Tables, Their Uses, Simple Formulas, Applications & 4000 Probabilities. Originally published in 1940, and revised in 1954, this classic work on mathematics and probability as applied to Bridge first appeared in English translation in 1974, but has been unavailable for many years. This new edition corrects numerical errors found in earlier texts; it revises the previous English tra . . . read more. |
 | What Do These Bids Mean? A brief bidding review by Timothy LeVan List Price: 213 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. A Bidding Review for You and Partner. Visualize everyone's hands from their bids only. What do their bids promise? Deny? Multiple possible Bids and Rebids show minimum, medium, or maximum hands. Are they forcing? What cards and points are required? What Seat are you in? Your bids will vary based on your Seat. Review a Bidding Concept and Bidding Sequences. Consult What Do These Bids Mean? and Tho . . . read more. |
 | A Complete System for the Tournament Bridge Player by Tugrul Kaban List Price: 233 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This book is designed as a ready-made complete system for the tournament player. The system framework is 2/1, which is laid bare in the first part of the book. Then comes the author's choice of conventions and methods to cover all practical aspects of bidding and carding, taking each part of the convention card in turn. Some of the conventions suggested are outside the mainstream such as Muiderbe . . . read more. |
 | Arrow Through the Heart by David Bird List Price: 200 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. David Bird's third book of Robin Hood bridge stories provides a feast of entertainment for his fans. The 27 stories contain 113 splendid deals and provide the laugh-aloud humor and painless instruction for which the author is renowned. The cast list features Robin Hood, Maid Marian and the Outlaws - also their arch-enemies, the Sheriff of Nottingham and his hapless side-kick, Sir Guy of Gisborne . . . read more. |
 | How to Remember Every Card in the Deck by Bob Hampton List Price: 81 pages. Paperback. Have you ever wondered how many hearts are left or what happened to the Jack of Spades? This book will teach you how to remember which cards have been played and in what order. Bob Hampton is one of the country's most successful memory teachers. He applied his memory techniques to his own card play with amazing results. If you play Bridge, Canasta, Gin Rummy, Spades, Blackjack or other card ga . . . read more. |
 | Multi-Landy The Killer Defense vs. 1NT Second Edition by David Oakley List Price: 283 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. When the opponents open one notrump, you are faced with a dilemma. Versus a strong notrump, the opponents have the power; versus a weak notrump, they force you or your partner to compete at the two-level. This second edition adds Part 5: Comparison with Other Conventions and a new section, Criteria for an Overcall. Multi-Landy comprises four components: - Multi. 2D shows a 6-card or longer major. . . . read more. |
 | Never a Dull Deal: Faith, Hope and Probability in Bridge by Robert F. MacKinnon List Price: 199 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. In Bob Mackinnon's bestseller, Bridge, Probability and Information, the author drew on his professional background in mathematics to introduce readers to the mysteries of information theory and Bayes Theorem, and their surprisingly practical applications for bridge players. In this sequel, he takes these same ideas further, exploring the application of the concepts of conditional probability to o . . . read more. |
 | Scramble Stayman by Doug Bennion List Price: 119 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Don't Settle for 1NT. Scramble Stayman examines (1) which types of hands qualify to scramble, (2) the scramble technique to use (beginning with 2 Clubs and overlaying standard Stayman) and (3) how the various scramble contracts score compared to 1NT, measured over thousands of hands. The book features a 100-board 'match' between one player staying in 1NT, and another scrambling to a (usually) be . . . read more. |
 | The Bridge Journal (CD) The Complete Collection by The Bridge Journal Price: $79.95 1485 pages. Compact disc. Also available as an E-book. This collection contains digital replicas of all 30 issues (over 1400 pages) of The Bridge Journal ever published, reproduced exactly as they originally appeared. The Bridge Journal was a magazine published from 1963 to 1966, produced by unpaid young tournament enthusiasts who were hoping to improve the game in several dimensions: technique, partnership methods, logistics, laws, forthrightness in . . . read more. |
 | Defending at Bridge: A First Course by Bill Treble List Price: 160 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Just the facts, ma'am. The basics of defense at bridge in eight short, clearly explained lessons, with lots of practical examples. Topics include opening leads, signaling, second- and third-hand play, and discards. . . . read more. |
 | Play Bumblepuppy Bridge by Julian Laderman List Price: 101 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Bumblepuppy Bridge is a wonderful stepping-stone to standard bridge. A total beginner can learn in an hour how to play the game - without any help from a bridge player. This novel game was created by award-winning bridge author and historian Julian Laderman, by blending simple features from several early forms of bridge. The game is appropriate for ages 6 to 106. A free video enables readers to w . . . read more. |
 | Should I or Shouldn't I Drawing Trumps at Bridge by Marc Smith List Price: 241 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. To draw or not to draw? (trumps, that is)? You might be forgiven for thinking this is an easy question to answer, and on many deals it is. But there are also a large number of situations where it's all too easy to make the wrong decision. As declarer, you (usually) have the majority of cards in the trump suit, but managing them to best effect isn't always quite so simple. This book looks at thos . . . read more. |
 | Six Steps to Winning Declarer Play by Jay Apfelbaum List Price: 225 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Do you want to play the hand better than you do now? Too many players have trouble deciding how to set about a contract as declarer. Do they worry about losers or winners? Do they draw trumps or not? Should they be guarding against bad breaks? There are so many things to think about, it's easy to get sidetracked. In this book, you will learn about the right questions to ask yourself as declarer . . . read more. |
 | When to Draw Trumps by Adam Parrish List Price: 307 pages. Paperback. The Ultimate Guide to Playing a Trump Contract. Knowing when to draw trumps is absolutely fundamental to playing a suit contract, but it is not always an easy decision to make. How many times have you drawn trumps immediately, only to realize later that you should have waited? Or, trying to learn from your mistake, put off drawing trumps when you shouldn't have and gone down in a cold contract? T . . . read more. |
 | Battling the Best My Journey Through the 2014 Reisinger by Sartaj Hans List Price: 209 pages. Paperback. More than just a book of great hands (there are, of course, lots of great hands), this book features Sartaj's distinctive take on high-level bridge: the ups and downs of playing in the ACBL's toughest event, the psychology of great performance at bridge. Many hands are the type not featured in books--the in-the-trenches battles for overtricks in mundane partscore contracts that are the heart and . . . read more. |
 | Practice Makes Perfect 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: 140 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. You asked for it! 25 Conventions You Should Know has sold more than 250,000 copies since it was first published, and continues to top the bridge bestseller lists. Over the years, readers have suggested that it would be an even better book if it offered some way to practice what they had learned. Now, here it is: a brief summary of each of those 25 conventions, together with example hands that can . . . read more. |
 | The Right Bid At the Right Time by Neil Kimelman List Price: 230 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This book completes the trilogy that Kimelman started with Improve Your Bidding Judgment, continued with The Thin Fine Line. He explores the delicate process of making the right decisions in the auction, especially in competitive situations. Examples are taken from high-level bridge events, presented in quiz format, so the reader can make his own call before the options are discussed and the auth . . . read more. |
 | The Secrets of Winning Bridge Second Edition by Jeff Rubens List Price: 224 pages. Paperback. The classic, easy-to-understand shortcut to winning bridge. Jeff Rubens' classic book is as relevant today as when it was first published to critical acclaim. The secrets herein are not system-dependent; they pertain to general bridge skills and to bridge thinking. The book consistently makes successful bridge players' top-10 list of most influential books. Now back in print in a modernized Secon . . . read more. |
 | Two-over-One: A First Course by Bill Treble List Price: 176 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Designed for players who are familiar with standard bidding, this book covers all aspects of switching over to a 2/1 game-forcing approach. It's a comprehensive eight-lesson course, and includes dozens of full-deal examples that can be used to practice bidding and cardplay. . . . read more. |
 | What's Your Call? The Bridge Player's Handbook of Basic Bidding by Frank Stewart List Price: 224 pages. Paperback. This book helps intermediate players improve their valuation skills and provides a sound bidding foundation. Focusing more on judgment than on system, the author utilizes a question-and-answer format, with quizzes and short tutorials. Each chapter discusses a different stage of the auction, from the opening bid onwards. The author presents his views on key issues, followed by a series of problems . . . read more. |
 | What's Your Line? 100 Instructive Bridge Problems by David Bird List Price: 206 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Fine-Tune Your Cardplay. This collection of 100 problems features instructive deals that have appeared in David Bird's bridge columns over the past few years. The author has aimed to present problems that will give you a good chance of finding the solution. They illustrate a wide range of card-play techniques. Each problem is presented in two-hand format on a righthand page, with the solution and . . . read more. |
 | Players Quick Reference Companion by Larry Harris List Price: 106 pages. Spiral bound. Recommended for intermediate to advanced players. This book is for serious non-experts and will help bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be. It facilitates quick direct look-up for answers about bidding, play and defense. By using PQRC you can avoid bidding accidents with your partner and apply continuous pressure on your opponents. . . . read more. |
 | Getting to Good Slams: 30 Key Ideas by Terry Bossomaier List Price: 199 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Bidding Slams is Fun. Slams are one of the most exciting parts of bridge and, at club level, they occur much more often than they are bid. This book aims to help average and aspiring players to bid a few more of those slams. Unlike many other books on bidding, this book does not provide a system or set of gadgets. Instead, it looks at a number of tournament events and develops a set of thirty key . . . read more. |
 | Startup Bridge - And Beyond by Lynn Berg List Price: 205 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Nothing is scarier than not knowing what to expect-as we all know, knowledge is power. I'm here to inform you, encourage you and help you (and your partner) help yourselves. Use this book as a way to get into the mysteries of bridge and its most challenging form, duplicate. Sure, knowledge of basic bidding protocols is necessary, but so is knowing what to expect, how to develop a partnership, wha . . . read more. |
 | From Short Whist to Contract Bridge by Hans Secelle List Price: 303 pages. Hardcover. Also available as an E-book. In From Short Whist to Contract Bridge, the author takes the reader on a fascinating journey through space and time and introduces him to such games as KarnOffel, Whist, Hombre, Quadrille, Boston, Cayenne, Vist-Preferans, Russian Whist, Yeralash and Stormwhist. These old and mostly forgotten games will eventually lead to the assembly of a number of 'proto-bridge' variants, of which only Collinson . . . read more. |
 | Professional Slam Bidding (Part 1) by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 194 pages. Paperback. Bidding in the slam zone is an art. It requires good hand evaluation, a well-prepared set of bidding tools, and a large number of additional agreements with particular emphasis on competitive auctions. It helps to have the ability to make decisions under pressure and camouflage information on those hands where the final contract depends on the opening lead. A good imagination is crucial, and accu . . . read more. |
 | Professional Slam Bidding (Part 2) by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 170 pages. Paperback. Bidding in the slam zone is an art. It requires good hand evaluation, a well-prepared set of bidding tools, and a large number of additional agreements with particular emphasis on competitive auctions. It helps to have the ability to make decisions under pressure and camouflage information on those hands where the final contract depends on the opening lead. A good imagination is crucial, and accu . . . read more. |
 | The Art of Declarer Play by Tim Bourke • Justin Corfield List Price: 386 pages. Paperback. Anybody can make straightforward contracts. This book is about how to handle the rest. If you already have a good grasp of declarer-play technique, the blocking and unblocking plays, the eliminations and the squeezes, then this is the book for you. Bourke and Corfield begin where most of the other books finish, and reveal what goes on inside the mind of an expert, explaining how to anticipate the . . . read more. |
 | More Breaking the Rules by Barry Rigal • Josh Donn List Price: 226 pages. Hardcover. To master bridge, we need to learn the rules and algorithms that govern the game, but we must also take them with a pinch of salt. The "rules," or best practices, are there because they work. But not always. The more deals you play, the more you realize that context determines whether or not you should follow the general principles that operate successfully more often than not. And that is what t . . . read more. |
 | Demon Defense and Demon Doubling Defend With Skill and Double for Keeps Third Edition by Augie Boehm List Price: 172 pages. Paperback. This book teaches the principles of good defense. When you feel reasonably confident about your ability to defend, you will feel more secure in doubling the opponents. Successful penalty doubles are a sure way to improve your performance. Using the Socratic method, the book links defense to penalty doubles in a sequential progression. This book will have strong appeal to tournament players of int . . . read more. |
 | Big Deal A Memoir from the Wonderful World of Bridge by Augie Boehm List Price: 220 pages. Paperback. In this charming memoir, Augie Boehm shares tales and insights from his unique perspectives as an expert bridge player and a world-class musician. The book chronicles Augie's life journeys and reveals the highs and lows of a life in and around the game of bridge, from the highest-level tournaments to the most-dubious bridge club in Times Square; from the carriage trade to luxurious cruise ship . . . read more. |
 | The Canterbury Bridge Tales by David Silver List Price: 157 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. A disparate group of travellers meets by chance at a motel while on the way to the Nationals in Canterbury, Florida, and naturally they begin swapping stories. Sound familiar? Professor Silver returns in a new collection of short stories, in which literary parody is interwoven with Tim Bourke's brilliant bridge hands. Murder, mystery, sex and the supernatural--and that's just in the first three . . . read more. |
 | Tips on Bidding Mike Lawrence Bridge Tips by Mike Lawrence List Price: 286 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. 20 years ago, Mike Lawrence published a series of short pamphlets for intermediate players with advice on various aspects of bidding and cardplay. Long unavailable, this material has now been revised, updated, and republished in three anthology volumes, each comprised of about 10 of the original booklets. The topics here include: The Three-Card Raise, Penalty Doubles, Preempts and The Fine Art of . . . read more. |
 | Last Call in the Menagerie by Victor Mollo List Price: 230 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Just about every bridge player over forty has read Victor Mollo's Bridge in the Menagerie, a book that is on any list of the all-time top ten on the game. Towards the end of his life, Mollo continued to write stories about the same well-loved characters (the Hideous Hog, the Rueful Rabbit, Oscar the Owl, and the rest), but they appeared in various magazines around the world, and if you weren't a . . . read more. |
 | Tips on Cardplay Mike Lawrence Bridge Tips by Mike Lawrence List Price: 309 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Twenty years ago, Mike Lawrence published a series of short booklets for intermediate players, entitled Topics on Bridge, with advice on various aspects of bidding and card play. Long unavailable, this material has now been revised, updated, and republished in three anthology volumes, each comprised of about ten of the original booklets. The topics here include: Defense, including opening leads, . . . read more. |
 | Tips on Competitive Bidding Mike Lawrence Bridge Tips by Mike Lawrence List Price: 280 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Twenty years ago, Mike Lawrence published a series of short booklets for intermediate players, entitled Topics on Bridge, with advice on various aspects of bidding and card play. Long unavailable, this material has now been revised, updated, and republished in three anthology volumes, each comprised of about ten of the original booklets. The topics here include: Four-Card Overcalls, Bidding over . . . read more. |
 | Accurate Cardplay by Terence Reese • Roger Trezel List Price: 232 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. In the 1970s, two of the best bridge writers of all time collaborated on a series of eight small books on cardplay. Long out of print, these books are being republished now in two combined volumes, updated by Bridge magazine editor Mark Horton. Accurate Cardplay comprises Safety Plays in Bridge; Blocking and Unblocking Plays in Bridge; Elimination Play in Bridge; When to Duck and When to Win in B . . . read more. |
 | Bidding at Bridge: A Quizbook by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: 159 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The third in an award-winning series for near-beginners, this book gives the reader a chance to practice the principles on which sound bidding is based, from the opening bid onward. Bridge teachers and students will find this book invaluable. The same author team produced Declarer Play at Bridge: A Quizbook, which was named the 2013 Book of the Year by the American Bridge Teachers' Association. . . . read more. |
 | Imaginative Cardplay by Terence Reese • Roger Trezel List Price: 248 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. In the 1970s, two of the best bridge writers of all time collaborated on a series of eight small books on cardplay. Long out of print, these books are being republished now in two combined volumes, updated by Bridge magazine editor Mark Horton. Imaginative Cardplay is based on Master the Odds in Bridge; Snares and Swindles in Bridge; Those Extra Chances in Bridge; The Art of Defense in Bridge. Th . . . read more. |
 | Play Bridge With Me by Frank Stewart List Price: 216 pages. Paperback. The "over-my-shoulder" genre in bridge literature allows the reader to get into the mind of an expert player and follow their thought processes. The reader is exposed to techniques--such as counting and drawing inferences--that are supposedly reserved for experts. The author focuses on logical thinking, and problem solving. During a session, a player faces hundres of decisions. Some can be resolv . . . read more. |
 | Who Has The Queen? The Bridge Player's Handbook of Card Reading by Frank Stewart List Price: 206 pages. Paperback. An introduction to inference, counting, assumption and related topics, things players can use to see their opponents' cards. It's in a quiz format and treats both declarer play and defense. This book is full of interesting deals in which finding a missing queen, or one of her relatives, is the key to making a contract. The problems cover various types of logical thinking, including: counting and . . . read more. |
 | Winning Duplicate Tactics by David Bird List Price: 238 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Matchpoints is a different game from IMPs and party bridge, and it requires a whole different approach. This book explains the right strategies for bidding, play and defense at matchpoint pairs for players starting out on their competitive careers. Duplicate bridge is a different game. It's true that you can get by if you play exactly the same way as you would in a home social game or a team matc . . . read more. |
 | A Second Book of Bridge Problems by Patrick O'Connor List Price: 128 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Like the author's first book (A First Book of Bridge Problems, named Book of the Year for 2011 by the American Bridge Teachers Association), this sequel comprises fifty problems in declarer play and defense for the beginning or near-beginning player, presented in approximate order of difficulty. The problems are slightly more advanced than those in the first book. Experienced players recognize ce . . . read more. |
 | Falsecards 2nd Edition by Mike Lawrence List Price: 188 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The definitive book on (legally) pulling the wool over your opponents' eyes. Even if you don't want to get into more esoteric situations, there are times at the bridge table when playing a misleading card is essential if you are to have any chance of an optimum result. This new edition of a classic from Mike Lawrence is an expert account of falsecarding with suggestions for applications, and inc . . . read more. |
 | Introduction to Declarer Play (Revised Ed.) Revised Edition by Eddie Kantar • Barbara Seagram List Price: 152 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The classic first book on declarer play at bridge, covering the topic with clarity, skill and humor. More than fifty years after its first publication, this book has been revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play and bridge education. . . . read more. |
 | Introduction to Defense (Revised Ed.) Revised Edition by Eddie Kantar • Barbara Seagram List Price: 162 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The classic first book on defensive cardplay at bridge, covering the topic with clarity, skill and humor. More than fifty years after its first publication, this book has been revised and updated to bring it into line with modern methods of play and bridge education. . . . read more. |
 | Optimal Hand Evaluation by Patrick Darricades List Price: 149 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Accurate hand evaluation is critically important to reaching the right contract in bridge. Yet, for over 75 years now, hand evaluation has essentially relied on Milton Work's 4-3-2-1 honor point count - a count known to be seriously flawed and inaccurate. The method gives a very unsatisfactory, inaccurate point count which leads, too often, to the wrong contract. In this book, the author addresse . . . read more. |
 | Optimal Hand Evaluation in Competitive Bidding by Patrick Darricades List Price: 149 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. In his first book, Optimal Hand Evaluation, the author introduced a number of corrections to the Goren point count to reach "optimal" hand evaluation accuracy. That first book focused on non-competitive bidding situations where no further adjustments were needed as a result of the opponents' bidding. This book now deals with this specific topic. First, it challenges the very premise of the Law of . . . read more. |
 | The Complete Book On Balancing In Contract Bridge Revised Edition by Mike Lawrence List Price: 451 pages. Paperback. Since it was first published, this has been the definitive book on the tough topic of balancing your bridge hand. It examines auctions where the opponents bid something and you are given the opportunity to either let them have it or to balance. This revised and expanded edition is updated to reflect modern bidding practices and covers almost any possible auction. The cost of not balancing can be . . . read more. |
 | Card Play Technique Or The Art Of Being Lucky Second Edition by Victor Mollo • Nico Gardener List Price: 310 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. This is perhaps the single most-requested out-of-print bridge book, and is widely regarded as the best intermediate-level book on card play ever written. Gardener's technical expertise and Mollo's witty writing style combine to provide a unique instructional experience. This new edition has been revised and modernized by Bridge Magazine editor Mark Horton. . . . read more. |
 | A Treasury Of Bidding Tips 554 Tips To Improve Your Partner's Game by Eddie Kantar List Price: 199 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. 554 tips on bidding, an updated version of one of Kantar's most popular books for intermediate players. Twenty years ago, Kantar set about distilling his bridge wisdom into a trilogy of books for the intermediate player, one each on Bidding, Play and Defense. Each consisted of several hundred short Tips, and the author believes that any reader who absorbs even a fraction of them will improve his . . . read more. |
 | Bridge and the Romantics by Nick Smith List Price: 250 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. It is June 1822. Percy Shelley is planning a new bridge book. It will feature the most dazzling, difficult deals ever published, the bridge of the gods... But before he leaves on his ill-fated trip to Livorno, Shelley only has time to send his publisher a short 'Declarer Play Problems' pamphlet. Nick Smith, however, has unearthed a series of hitherto unchronicled episodes in the poet's life, whic . . . read more. |
 | ACBL Laws Of Rubber Bridge 2014 Edition by ACBL (American Contract Bridge League) List Price: 61 pages. Booklet. Formerly the "Laws of Contract Bridge". The rules for rubber bridge games. This will settle disputes in your foursome and will familiarize the players with accepted etiquette and customs. . . . read more. |
 | Cuebids in a Nutshell by Dee Berry List Price: 132 pages. Spiral bound. The ability to grasp and use one single bridge tool, the cuebid, is the way to most easily judge those players who will make real progress in bridge. "Cuebids in a Nutshell" is dedicated to advancing students and players who want a firm grasp of the cuebid in it's many guises. Cuebid more and win more. . . . read more. |
 | Diamonds Are The Hog's Best Friend by Victor Mollo List Price: 216 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. The second MPP collection of lost Menagerie stories, collected for the first time in book form (following The Hog Takes to Precision in 2011). Victor Mollo is everyone's favorite bridge humorist, and a genuinely new book from him will be greeted as something to be treasured. Illustrations by bridge cartoonist Bill Buttle add to the fun. . . . read more. |
 | Teach Your Child Bridge Using a simplified Acol system by Ron Klinger List Price: 96 pages. Paperback. This is the Acol version of the book Bridge For Children. It is identical in the early part and introduces Acol near the end. The 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 inc . . . read more. |
 | Test Your Bridge Play Vol. 2 by Eddie Kantar List Price: 234 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Become a better declarer - and Eddie Kantar promises it will be relatively painless! The problems in this book are not for experts - they are, however, for anyone whose ambition is to become a better bridge player. The problems involve the everyday cardplay maneuvers you have to master if you are going to improve as a declarer. As you work through this book, you will encounter more than one exa . . . read more. |
 | Two Over One in a Nutshell by Dee Berry List Price: 70 pages. Spiral bound. Designed for quick and easy access to the most popular bridge system of the 21st century, 2/1 In A Nutshell offers easy guidelines to key parts of the system, including brief summaries of conventions necessary to 2/1 and modern bridge. All possible sequences and conventions are not included but the careful reader will learn to open the bidding, respond, and rebid effectively. Special cases are sp . . . read more. |
 | Simply The Best 20 of the Greatest Bridge Players of All Time by Brian Senior List Price: 72 pages. Booklet. This booklet features profiles on 20 of the all-time greatest bridge players. . . . read more. |
 | Sixpack Repack Keycards And Queecards in the Twilight Zone by Allan DeSerpa List Price: 193 pages. Paperback. Sixpack kicks in whenever you announce a two-suited hand and force the auction to game. As the name Sixpack implies, six-keycard Blackwood comes of age in the delivery of four aces, two key kings, and two "queecards." Sixpack packs them all into a compact bidding space below the major-suit game. It then discovers other key honor cards that become important in the context of the auction. Sixpack c . . . read more. |
 | Enterprising Bridge Tales: The Next Generation by Marc Smith List Price: 247 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Bridge in the 24th Century. Decades after the adventures of Captain James T Quirk and the crew of the USS Competitor, we now follow the next generation of bridge crusaders as they traverse the universe. Led by Captain Jonathan Lucian Pillar III, the starship's latest incarnation is crewed by many familiar characters: an android Science Officer, an imposing Klingon as Chief of Security, and a youn . . . read more. |
 | 52 Bridge Mistakes To Avoid by David Bird List Price: 220 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Why are the world's top players so successful? They make very few basic mistakes! Players at a less exalted level often make the same mistakes over and over again throughout their bridge careers. In this book you will see 52 of the most frequent mistakes--in bidding, play and defense. The chapter on each mistake will contain several deals where the original player went wrong. It will end with som . . . read more. |
 | Short Club and Transfer Responses by Brian Senior List Price: 32 pages. Booklet. Systems based on a short club opening with transfer responses are becoming sufficiently popular that, even if one does not wish to use them oneself, it is a good idea to know something about how they work and how to defend against them, as more and more opposing pairs are employing such methods. This booklet gives a general overview of this type of system then goes on to discuss one complete m . . . read more. |
 | Improve Your Play At Trump Contracts by Ron Klinger List Price: 128 pages. Paperback. Following the successful Improve Your Declarer Play at Notrumps, Ron Klinger shows how to make the most of your assets in trump contracts. When to cross-ruff and many more topics are covered to make you a better declarer and make that extra trick or two to give you a top score. . . . read more. |
 | Kickback: Slam Bidding at Bridge Second Edition by Robert Munger List Price: 98 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Expert Slam Bidding for Everyone. Until now, the Kickback convention has been the purview of the expert community. This book makes Kickback accessible to all tournament players for the first time. The author starts by explaining why Kickback is easier to use and more efficient than Roman Keycard Blackwood. The book addresses such vital issues as setting the trump suit, which strain to use to a . . . read more. |
 | Bridge in The Menagerie by Victor Mollo List Price: 168 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Bridge in the Menagerie is on any list of the all-time top ten books on the game. Everyone can relate to the characters, the bridge hands are brilliant, and the stories themselves hilarious. This is the book against which all subsequent attempts at bridge humor are measured. It has been out of print for some time, and is reissued now with illustrations by bridge cartoonist Bill Buttle. . . . read more. |
 | Bridge At The Edge by Boye Brogeland • David Bird List Price: 245 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. An in-depth, over-the-shoulder look at top-level bridge. While describing almost 200 deals that he played in World and European Championships, one of the world's best players, Boye Brogeland, discusses bidding and cardplay, as well as his approach to the mental side of the game. This is a fascinating glimpse into the thought processes of a champion bridge player, as well as a look at state-of-the . . . read more. |
 | Boehm's Card Play Essentials by Augie Boehm List Price: 56 pages. Paperback. If you have already taken beginner bridge classes and feel uncertain about how to play or defend a hand, this booklet is right for you. You won't find endplays, squeezes or other rarities: what you will find are the card play techniques that occur with the greatest frequency and therefore present the most common challenges. For the most part, all four hands are displayed in the illustrated deal . . . read more. |
 | It's All In The Game The Fun Side Of Winning Bridge by Robert Ewen • Jeff Rubens List Price: 236 pages. Paperback. 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! . . . read more. |
 | Opening Leads by Mike Lawrence List Price: 289 pages. Paperback. Covers all standard lead considerations plus more. Hundreds of example hands will help the intermediate to expert player make the proper lead in every situation. There are also quizzes, review hands, rules and exceptions to the rules to raise the level of your game. . . . read more. |
 | Swings and Arrows by Victor Mollo List Price: 196 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Just about every bridge player over forty has read Victor Mollo's Bridge in the Menagerie, a book that is on any list of the all-time top ten on the game. Towards the end of his life, Mollo continued to write stories about the same well-loved characters (the Hideous Hog, the Rueful Rabbit, Oscar the Owl, and the rest), but they appeared in various magazines around the world, and if you weren't a . . . read more. |
 | The Hog Takes to Precision by Victor Mollo List Price: 184 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Just about every bridge player in the world has read Victor Mollo's Bridge in the Menagerie, a book that is on any list of the all-time top ten on the game. Towards the end of his life, Mollo continued to write stories about the same well-loved characters (the Hideous Hog, the Rueful Rabbit, Oscar the Owl, and the rest), but some appeared only in the pages of obscure magazines, while others were . . . read more. |
 | Winning Suit Contract Leads by David Bird • Taf Anthias List Price: 232 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. Winning Notrump Leads was a ground-breaking and very well-received book that used the power of computers to determine which opening leads work best against a variety of auctions at notrump. Using enhanced software, the authors now turn their attention to suit contracts. . . . read more. |
 | 15 Winning Cardplay Techniques by David Bird • Tim Bourke List Price: 200 pages. Paperback. Your dummy play needs improving, right? You would like a few new tricks up your sleeve? This is the book for you. You will find the reading experience enjoyable and illuminating. Two of the world's best bridge writers have produced a fine summary of fifteen declarer play techniques. Tim Bourke's elegant and instructive deals illustrate the many variations of each technique. Everything is explai . . . read more. |
 | The Pocket Guide To Bridge World Standard 2017 by The Bridge World List Price: 76 pages. Paperback. Bridge World Standard (BWS 2017) is the standard system developed by The Bridge World magazine based on the preferred methods of leading American experts. The system is ideal for use by impromptu or casual partnerships and as a basis for discussion by those who wish to formulate their own system. It is used as a framework for problems in the magazine's monthly Master Solvers' Club contest beginni . . . read more. |
 | The Biggest Little Bridge Book In The World - Book 1 (Yellow) by Beverly Card School • Jim Becker List Price: 65 pages. Paperback. A stand alone text covering all aspects of bidding and play. Mastery of the fundamentals is of first-rate importance for all bridge players. The series of "Biggest Little Books" are written in concise form to answer bridge questions that commonly arise, and provide answers to your questions as you advance in your knowledge of the game. This is the latest edition (2008). . . . read more. |
 | The Biggest Little Bridge Book In The World - Book 2 (Blue) Play and Defense in Suit Contracts by Beverly Card School • Jim Becker List Price: 55 pages. Paperback. Explains basics of play and defense in suit contracts. Mastery of the fundamentals is of first-rate importance for all bridge players. The series of "Biggest Little Books" are written in concise form to answer bridge questions that commonly arise, and provide answers to your questions as you advance in your knowledge of the game. This is the latest edition (1999). . . . read more. |
 | The Biggest Little Bridge Book In The World - Book 3 (Red) Play and Defense in Notrump Contracts by Beverly Card School • Jim Becker List Price: 69 pages. Paperback. Explains basics of play and defense in no trump contracts. Mastery of the fundamentals is of first-rate importance for all bridge players. The series of "Biggest Little Books" are written in concise form to answer bridge questions that commonly arise, and provide answers to your questions as you advance in your knowledge of the game. This is the latest edition (1999). . . . read more. |
 | The Biggest Little Bridge Book In The World - Book 4 (Green) Everyday Bridge Conventions by Beverly Card School • Jim Becker List Price: 71 pages. Paperback. Explains basic conventions in modern bridge bidding. Mastery of the fundamentals is of first-rate importance for all bridge players. The series of "Biggest Little Books" are written in concise form to answer bridge questions that commonly arise, and provide answers to your questions as you advance in your knowledge of the game. This is the latest edition (2005). . . . read more. |
 | Calf by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 165 pages. Paperback. Practice in developing the level of concentration needed to act effectively on defense. Includes techniques and pitfalls to avoid. . . . read more. |
 | Camouflage, Waiting Bid Bidding Like Music by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 175 pages. Paperback. When to give the table accurate information, when to conceal it, and when to broadcast misinformation. . . . read more. |
 | Extra Length Transfer Bids Bidding Like Music by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 103 pages. Paperback. Brings the reader up to date with cutting-edge suggestions for using the transfer principle. . . . read more. |
 | Guide Dog (Part 1) by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 300 pages. Paperback. How to develop effective defensive-card-play understandings with a regular partner. How to help partner solve problems independent of the methods employed. . . . read more. |
 | Guide Dog (Part 2) by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 257 pages. Paperback. How to develop effective defensive-card-play understandings with a regular partner. How to help partner solve problems independent of the methods employed. . . . read more. |
 | Hand Evaluation, Bidding Decisions Bidding Like Music by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 146 pages. Paperback. Expert-level valuation techniques, including adjustments based on analyzing the auction. . . . read more. |
 | Imagination, Bridge Stories by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 148 pages. Paperback. How to expand your capabilities to think in different ways and handle new situations. . . . read more. |
 | Opening Lead by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 165 pages. Paperback. How to think about the opening lead from an expert perspective. Larger number of analyzed practice examples. . . . read more. |
 | Owl, Fox And Spider by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 233 pages. Paperback. How to develop expert deceptive capabilities. . . . read more. |
 | Practical Aspects Of Declarer Play by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 251 pages. Paperback. How to take legal advantage of the opponents' behavior and develop an appreciation for the perspectives of the other players. . . . read more. |
 | The Martens System Bidding Like Music by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 232 pages. Paperback. The author's system, distinguished by mechanisms that allow one partner to control the bidding when it seems appropriate. . . . read more. |
 | The World Of Transfers Bidding Like Music by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 241 pages. Paperback. Using transfers to overcome traditional problems in contested auctions. . . . read more. |
 | Tiger And Fly by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 203 pages. Paperback. Advanced deals for the serious player. Emphasis on staying alert to possibilities. . . . read more. |
 | Virtual European Championship (Part 1) Dynamic Declarer Play by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 230 pages. Paperback. Huge collection of advanced play deals in a simulated European Championship. . . . read more. |
 | Virtual European Championship (Part 2) Dynamic Declarer Play by Krzysztof Martens List Price: 249 pages. Paperback. Huge collection of advanced play deals in a simulated European Championship. . . . read more. |
 | ACBL Laws of Duplicate Bridge 2017 Revised Ed. by ACBL (American Contract Bridge League) List Price: 138 pages. Paperback. The revised 2017 edition contains the most recent changes. A must for the director and every serious duplicate player. . . . read more. |
 | Reese on Play by Terence Reese List Price: 186 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. 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. . . . read more. |
 | Richelieu Plays Bridge by Robert F. MacKinnon List Price: 240 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book. From the author of Samurai Bridge, this bridge novel is set in 17th century France. Through the medium of fictional bridge games, we see the politics and intrigue of the French court play out, and follow Cardinal Richelieu's career as he becomes the queen's confidant and the real power behind the throne. The bridge is deftly woven into the everyday life of the culture we are observing, so that it . . . read more. |
 | Unholy Tricks by Terence Reese • David Bird List Price: 160 pages. Paperback. 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. . . . read more. |
 | Expert Bridge Simplified Arithmetic Shortcuts For Declarer by Jeff Rubens List Price: 416 pages. Paperback. This book takes a lighthearted approach to tackling challenging problems, and demystifies bridge mathematics for the practical player. After mastering the basic techniques for declarer, bridge players improve by applying those procedures more effectively. The most common question among those who study declarer's craft is: "How do I calculate the odds?" Even highly experienced players sometimes st . . . read more. |
 | Matchpoints Second Edition by Kit Woolsey List Price: 370 pages. Paperback. Matchpoints, originally published in 1982, is one of the absolute classic bridge books. World Champion Kit Woolsey discusses every aspect of bridge -- constructive bidding, competitive bidding, declarer play, defense -- from the perspective of matchpoint expectation: how many matchpoints will I win if I am right, and how many matchpoints will I lose if I am wrong? Even veteran matchpoint players . . . read more. |
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