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Item ImageACBL Laws Of Rubber Bridge
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by ACBL (American Contract Bridge League)
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61 pages. Booklet.

Formerly the "Laws of Contract Bridge". The rules for rubber bridge games. This 2014 Edition will settle disputes in your foursome and will familiarize the players with accepted etiquette and customs. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageBoehm's Card Play Essentials
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by Augie Boehm
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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.

                                   
Item ImageBridge Basics 3: Popular Conventions
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by Audrey Grant
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222 pages. Paperback.

This book covers the common conventions that today's plays are expected to know. It introduces the Stayman conventions, Jacoby transfer bids, the strong artificial 2 clubs opening, Blackwood and Gerber. The concepts and information presented are the most current and accurate available, developed with the assistance of the game's top champions. The material is presented in a clear and well-or . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageBridge In Muttropolis Book 1
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by Jeff Rubens
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40 pages. Booklet.

A fun-filled romp featuring unusual bridge in unusual circumstances. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageBridge In Muttropolis Book 2: The Bet
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by Jeff Rubens
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48 pages. Booklet.

This book is a send-up of bridge in the 1970's which makes most bridge aficionados' best-ever lists. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageBridge With Jackie Book 2
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by A. Moyse Jr.
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40 pages. Booklet.

Join our favorite curmudgeon in everyone's favorite battle-of-the-sexes spanning four decades. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageComing Back To Bridge
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by Paul Goldfinger
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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.

                                   
Item ImageDemystifying Defense
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by Patrick O'Connor
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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.

                                   
Item ImageFive Card Major Bidding In Contract Bridge
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by Harold Feldheim
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181 pages. Paperback.

A clearly written discussion of the five card major approach that is now considered Standard American by most duplicate players. Covers two-over-one game force auctions, forcing notrump structure, limit raises and negative doubles. Includes many quizzes. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageHands On - Weak Two Bids
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by Joan Anderson
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125 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

Weak two-bids are well ensconced in the bridge world and are now part of any beginning program of lessons. They are, however, in that class of "most abused" conventions. An understanding of all the important tools that are at your fingertips will serve you well in making these decisions at the table. This book will walk you through the solutions to the problems you meet every day in offensive and . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageImproving Your Judgment 2: Doubles
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by Audrey Grant
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163 pages. Paperback.

The book reviews the basics and introduces tools to improve your judgment. Topics covered include: The takeout double Responding to (Advancing) the takeout double Rebids by the doubler and the advancer Balancing and other doubles . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageIntermediate Bridge Five Card Major Student Text
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by Shirley Silverman
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64 pages. Booklet.

Ten lessons on all phases of bidding: Forcing; Non-forcing sequences; Preemptive bidding; Balancing; Stayman; Play of the hand; Plus review of basics. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageMore Conventions, More Practice
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by Barbara Seagram • David Bird
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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.

                                   
Item ImageOne Trick At A Time
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by Jim Jackson
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168 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

This is not a book for players who win regularly at their local bridge club--it is for those who don't, but would like to. The author does not claim to be a top-level expert, and admits that he made many mistakes on his way to earning the coveted title of Life Master. This book is intended to help others avoid those same mistakes and to learn from those that they do make. Written in a conversatio . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageOut of Hand...Out of Mind
A Humorous Look at Bridge
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by Bill Buttle
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146 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

Bill Buttle's 'Out Of Hand' cartoon panels appear regularly in a number of bridge magazines, notably the ACBL's monthly Bridge Bulletin. This is his first collection devoted soley to bridge humor. A great gift for any bridge enthusiast in your life. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImagePlay Of The Hand As Declarer & Defender Student Text
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by Shirley Silverman
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64 pages. Booklet.

Ten lessons: Declarer play - Defender play - Holdup plays - Finesses - Placing the cards - "thinking through" a hand - Suitable for the beginner, intermediate or the social bridge player . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageStayman Auctions (PYB)
Practice Your Bidding Series
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by Barbara Seagram • Linda Lee
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68 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

With these handy little books, you can: Learn a new convention, or extend your knowledge of it; Learn and practice by yourself using the unique quiz format; Practice with your partner using the specially selected sample hands, and compare your results with the recommended auctions. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageSurviving Duplicate Bridge
The first 23.69 points
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by Kathleen Vishner
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100 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

Bridge partnerships can be fun. We all know that. Of course, they can also be difficult, maddening, disappointing, and frustrating. When the players of these partnerships are also spouses - well that's when things can get downright tricky. Kathleen Vishner shares with you the highs and lows of learning duplicate bridge while partnering with her ever-patient husband, Andy. Experience as she does t . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageTeach Your Child Bridge
Using a simplified Acol system
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by Ron Klinger
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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.

                                   
Item ImageThe Best of Robert Gray Book 1
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by The Bridge World
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40 pages. Booklet.

Features the outstanding humorous and technically brilliant articles of Scotland's star puzzler-analyst. The books include articles from the 1940-50's and from the 1960-70's, respectively. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageThe Eight of Clubs was Good?
Comfort food for the bridge player's soul
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by Elizabeth Flynn
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150 pages. Paperback. Also available as an E-book.

As a new bridge player, Elizabeth Flynn began blogging about her experiences with the game and the people she met. Through a series of heartwarming and humorous anecdotes, the author details in this book her struggles as a new player learning a complex game. We encounter some of the remarkable people she has met in the world of bridge and the often funny, sometimes touching, things that have happ . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageThe Pocket Guide to Bridge
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by Barbara Seagram • Ray Lee
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64 pages. Booklet. Also available as an E-book.

Do you need a quick hint about what to bid? Do you know what you are supposed to lead from KJ10x? Have you forgotten what a reverse is? If you answered 'yes' to any of these questions, this is the book that you need! . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageThe Pocket Guide To Bridge World Standard 2001
by The Bridge World
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72 pages. Paperback.

Bridge World Standard (BWS 2001) 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 was also used as a framework for problems in the magazine's monthly Master Solvers' Club contest f . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageThe Pocket Guide To Bridge World Standard 2017
by The Bridge World
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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.

                                   
Item ImageThe Pocket Guide to Declarer Play at Bridge
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by Barbara Seagram • David Bird
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72 pages. Booklet. Also available as an E-book.

Using the same format as The Pocket Guide to Bridge, this book provides a handy pocket summary of about two dozen basic concepts in declarer play. In a concise but readable manner, it summarizes most of the material presented in 25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer, by the same author team. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageThe Pocket Guide to Defensive Play at Bridge
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by Barbara Seagram • David Bird
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72 pages. Booklet. Also available as an E-book.

Using the same format as The Pocket Guide to Bridge, this book provides a handy pocket summary of about two dozen basic concepts in defensive cardplay. In a concise but readable manner, it summarizes most of the material presented in 25 Ways to be a Better Defender by the same author team. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageThe Pocket Guide To Even More Bridge Conventions
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by Barbara Seagram • David Bird
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71 pages. Booklet. Also available as an E-book.

A pocket-sized edition of 25 More Bridge Conventions You Should Know by the same authors, this is a handy guide to popular intermediate-level conventions such as Bergen Raises, Support Doubles, Puppet Stayman, Inverted Minor Raises, Forcing 1NT and more. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageThe Pocket Guide To SAYC
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by Ned Downey • Ellen (Caitlin) Pomer
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64 pages. Spiral bound. Also available as an E-book.

The most popular natural bidding system for thousands of player's worldwide is the "Standard American Yellow Card" or SAYC. This book is a hand reference for anyone learning SAYC, ort for those who have grasped the basics of the system and are eager to fill the gaps in their knowledge. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageTwo-Over-One Game Force Revised and Expanded
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by Max Hardy
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314 pages. Paperback.

The most popular bidding style today. New edition: revised, updated, expanded. The system played by many consistent winners. A thorough explanation of opening bids and responses, plus competitive bidding and useful gadgets. Recommended for: Intermediate through expert. . . . read more.

                                   
Item ImageWhat's Your Call?
The Bridge Player's Handbook of Basic Bidding
by Frank Stewart
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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.

                                   
Item ImageWho Has The Queen?
The Bridge Player's Handbook of Card Reading
by Frank Stewart
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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.