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![]() | Beginning Bridge Complete by Michael Penick List Price: Finally a sound, humorous five-card major book that anyone will enjoy reading. From teaching the rank of the suits to a sensible glossary of terms, here is a basic bridge book for beginners that is complete yet streamlined, solid but thoroughly understandable. It is suitable for self-teaching or for classroom use. . . . read more. |
![]() | Boehm's Basic Bridge Book by Augie Boehm List Price: Everything you need to know to play a good game of bridge. This booklet summarizes the essentials of bridge, beginning with an extensive glossary and ending with a chart of the conventions used in it. Chapters: Part I - Club level - explains the objectives and rules; Part II - Diamond level - is for the recreational player and stresses fundamentals; Part III - Heart level - adds refinements; Part . . . read more. |
![]() | Bridge At A Glance by Audrey Grant List Price: At a Glance is a quick reference of the material in Audrey Grant's award-winning Bridge Basics series. This easy-to-use summary works in conjunction with her books, which provide the reasoning behind these guidelines. This 32-page booklet fits right inside your Conventions Card for easy reference. . . . read more. |
![]() | Bridge Basics 1: An Introduction by Audrey Grant List Price: This book starts at the beginning, introducing the mechanics of the game through its history. It covers the fundamentals of the three aspects of the game . . . bidding, play, and defense. 32 prepared deals carefully give you a chance to practice what you've learned. The concepts and information presented are the most current and accurate available, developed with the assistance of the game's . . . read more. |
![]() | Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding by Audrey Grant List Price: This book covers the concepts needed when both sides are bidding for the contract. It introduces the basic competitive tools--preemptive opening bids, overcalls, and takeout doubles. The concepts and information presented are the most current available, developed with the assistance of the game's top champions. . . . read more. |
![]() | Bridge For Children (Std. American Edition) by Ron Klinger List Price: This book expands on the author's original research into using a series of games, each slighty more complicated than the last, to build up the student's knowledge until it reaches bridge. Learning approaches are matched to approximate age levels. Suggestions for parents include how to supplement the activities offered here and how to pursue a child's interest further. Teaching bridge through a se . . . read more. |
![]() | Cardplay Fundamentals by Easley Blackwood • Keith Hanson List Price: Designed to help you improve your declarer play and defensive techniques. How to develop extra tricks, planning your contract, basic card combinations and much more. . . . read more. |
![]() | Cuebids in a Nutshell by Dee Berry List Price: 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. |
![]() | Elementary Bridge Five Card Major Student Text by Shirley Silverman List Price: Ten lessons on the mechanics of bridge for the absolute beginner. Basic vocabulary; Opening suit; No trump bids; Responses; Scoring; Leads; Signals; Slams; Finesse; Basic play of the hand. . . . read more. |
![]() | Gary Brown's Learn to Play Bridge A Modern Approach To Standard Bidding With 5-Card Majors by Gary Brown List Price: Winner of the American Bridge Teachers' Association 2007 Book of the Year award in its original edition, this book has an entirely new approach to teaching the game. It is intended to be a short first course for people who have never played bridge before. No prior experience with any card game is necessary, and the ideas are developed in short, easy steps. . . . read more. |
![]() | Improving Your Judgment 1: Opening The Bidding by Audrey Grant List Price: This book introduces concepts that help in making decisions when you are in the position to open the bidding. You will discover how to: Use the guideline of 20 in first and second position. Make light of opening bids in the third position. Benefit from guidelines of 15 in fourth position. Make effective use of preemptive bids. Produce the most descriptive bid with powerhouse hands. . . . read more. |
![]() | Improving Your Judgment 2: Doubles by Audrey Grant List Price: 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. |
![]() | Planning The Play Of A Bridge Hand by Barbara Seagram • David Bird List Price: Beginning bridge players are taught some of the basic techniques of declarer play: suit establishment, ruffing losers, the finesse, and so forth. The hard part is learning when each applies. There is that terrible moment when the dummy comes down, and the novice declarer has no idea even how to start thinking about the right things. This book, starting from the basics, explains how to make a plan . . . read more. |
![]() | The Biggest Little Bridge Book In The World - Book 1 (Yellow) by Beverly Card School • Jim Becker List Price: 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: 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: 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: 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. |
![]() | The Game of Bridge by Terence Reese List Price: The purpose of this book is to provide a complete and objective account of how to become acquainted with the fascinating game of bridge. Reese was not concerned simply to give rules of thumb, as were so many authors both before and after him. He was concerned with providing a basic handbook of bridge that tells players the reasons for certain lines of bidding and play. The principles of strategy, . . . read more. |
![]() | The Pocket Guide to Bridge by Barbara Seagram • Ray Lee List Price: 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. |
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