Card games: Bridge Books
£16.96
Master Point Press Take All Your Chances at Bridge
£14.96
Master Point Press Bridge at the Enigma Club
£11.35
Master Point Press Bridge at the Breakfast Table
£11.35
Master Point Press Clever Plays in the Trump Suit
Book SynopsisAn intermediate-level discussion of declarer play in the game of bridge.
£12.30
Master Point Press Complete Guide to Passed Hand Bidding Mike Lawrence Bridge Classic
Book SynopsisA major contribution to bidding theory, easy to understand and fun to read at the same time.
£13.25
Master Point Press Contested Auction
Book SynopsisA guide to the theory and practice of competitive auctions, a critical component of modern Bridge.
£15.15
Master Point Press Complete Book on Takeout Doubles 2nd Edition Revised A Mike Lawrence Bridge Classic
£15.95
Master Point Press Defend or Declare 72 Deals to Test Your Bridge Skill
£11.35
Master Point Press Defensive Tips for Bad Card Holders 578 Tips to Improve Your Defensive Play at Bridge
£14.20
Master Point Press Declarer Play at Bridge: A Quizbook
Book SynopsisThe previous book by this same author team, Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand (978 1897106 51 8), was named the 2010 Book of the Year by the American Bridge Teachers' Association. Building on the success of that title, this book gives near-beginners a chance to practice the principles on which sound declarer play is based: count your winners, count your losers, make a plan. This is not just a series of problem hands, however. Each section contains a brief introduction of its topic, and the ideas are reinforced with carefully explained solutions and helpful tips throughout.
£12.87
Dolman Scott Ltd Mendelson's Guide to Duplicate Bridge
£11.52
Books on Demand Apprendre à jouer au Bridge: ...il suffit d'être quatre !
£13.70
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Bridge
£12.97
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Bridge Demystified
£13.99
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Craps Roulette Baccarat Mastery 3 Books in 1 Casino Gambling Made Easy with Proven Strategies
£14.18
Orion Publishing Co Right Through the Pack Again
Book SynopsisFor everyone who plays - or is interested in the international phenomenon that is the world of bridgeIn RIGHT THROUGH THE PACK AGAIN, joint winner of the INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE PRESS ASSOCIATIONS''S 2009 BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, each card tells the story of its importance in a particular deal and in so doing the book pays homage to the original concept in the bridge classic RIGHT THROUGH THE PACK. The Old Master is in a coma and the cards attempt to bring him back to consciousness, to revive him with their tales of derring-do. Not only are the deals themselves entertaining, but they are instructive too. You can test yourself on the problems and then go to the solution later in the book and thus improve your own game.
£14.24
Orion Publishing Co Unholy Tricks
Book SynopsisReese and Bird's Monastery titles are regarded as the leading humorous bridge books. UNHOLY TRICKS is one of the funniest.
£10.44
Orion Publishing Co To Win At Bridge Have You Got What It Takes
Book SynopsisDesigned to help keen players to advance by advising on key mental attitudes and by examining in detail the systems used and the essential card play techniques employed.
£10.44
Orion Publishing Co Celestial Cardplay MASTER BRIDGE
Book SynopsisDavid Bird's hilarious accounts of the bridge-playing monks of St Titus are famous throughout the bridge world. These stories are - heavenly - funny - and also instructive.
£10.44
Orion Publishing Co Improve Your Declarer Play at NoTrumps
Book SynopsisRon Klinger brings his huge knowledge and skills as a leading teacher to bear on the difficult situations declarer faces when playing in no-trumps. This is an invaluable guide to better declarer play.
£13.94
Orion Publishing Co Doubled And Venerable
Book Synopsis'A delightful bridge book which is as amusing and droll as it is instructive' ENGLISH BRIDGE
£12.34
Orion Publishing Co Teach Your Child Bridge Using A Simplified Acol
Book SynopsisThere is every reason to start children on bridge at an early age. In addition to the obvious benefits to arithmetic and logical reasoning, bridge develops memory, judgement, concentration, planning ability and cooperation. It is a social asset for life, and boosts mental alertness later in life. Not only is it fun to play, but bridge also allows one to make new friends easily and overcomes all kinds of social barriers and physical handicaps. Bridge can be played anywhere and anytime. You will be doing your child a lifelong favour by opening the door to the world of bridge.
£10.44
Orion Publishing Co Improve Your Bidding and Play
Book SynopsisHere is a new edition of this exhilarating and ingeniously laid out guide to improving both your bidding and play. Sixty hands are presented and you must first find the key bid. Then, as declarer, you have to work out the best way to play the hand. By the time you have completed the sixty problems you will undoubtedly be a much improved player.
£8.99
Orion Publishing Co The Golden Rules of Competitive Auctions MASTER
Book SynopsisCompetition brings many benefits - or so all the politicians say. Bridge players certainly subscribe to the theory. These days somewhere between two-thirds and three-quarters of all auctions see both sides entering the fray. Having a basic knowledge of how to get into or stay in the bidding is therefore a key attribute for success at the bridge table.You will often hear rules quoted such as ''do not double them into the game'' or ''leave the five level to the enemy''. This book covers all the rules likely to help you and, as usual in this series, you will find plenty of examples both for and against each one.
£10.44
Orion Publishing Co NoTrump Bidding MASTER BRIDGE
Book SynopsisThis intelligent and original book describes a complete and coherent method of partnership bidding after the opening bidder has announced a balanced hand.
£9.99
W Foulsham & Co Ltd Bridge for People Who Dont Know One Card from
Book SynopsisBridge isn't difficult once you've jumped the first hurdle, but that hurdle can seem imposing to anyone who hasn't a clue about card games. And the jargon can seem pretty bewildering too. This book strips away the mystery and presents the basics in a concise way.
£8.92
Orion Publishing Co International Laws of Contract Bridge 1993
Book SynopsisThe International Laws of Contract Bridge have been effective since 1 January 1993. The laws described in the book apply only to Rubber bridge.The copyright in the British Commonwealth (other than in the Western Hemisphere), the continent of Africa, in India, Spain, Portugal, and all English-speaking countries is vested in the Portland Club. The Portland Club is a London card-playing game club and the recognised early authority on the games of whist and bridge. It is reputedly the oldest card club in the world. Founded some time before 1815 as the Stratford Club, it was given its present name in 1825.The copyright in all non-English-speaking countries in Europe (other than Spain and Portugal) is vested in the European Bridge League.The copyright in the Western Hemisphere and in the Republic of the Philippines is vested in the American Contract Bridge League.
£6.47
Orion Publishing Co Card Play Made Easy 3
Book SynopsisEach chapter covers a different area of trump play and illustrates the required skill with plentiful examples
£8.50
Batsford Ltd Moments of Truth at the Bridge Table
Book SynopsisJoin an expert bridge player at the table to analyze crucial decisions from major tournaments. Develop a better understanding of the game through a series of themed chapters, each of which examines a particular technique and unravels the thought processes of expert players.
£10.44
Orion Publishing Co The Power of Positive Bidding
Book SynopsisBidding secrets of the internationally-acclaimed Italian ChampionsTrade ReviewThis remarkable book is based on the close observation of the solutions by the Italian Champions to bidding problems. You will find that accurate judgements by them produced astonishing results. The authors have compiled an exhilarating text. -- Michael Brennan * NEWS & STAR *
£14.24
Orion Publishing Co Playing Doubled Contracts
Book SynopsisHow to ensure by the use of logic that you find the right play.
£9.99
Orion Publishing Co Defending Doubled Contracts
Book SynopsisHow to find the best way to inflict maximum damage on opponents.
£9.99
Devyn Press Inc.,U.S. Play of the Hand in the 21st Century ACBL Bridge
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£21.56
Master Point Press The Pocket Guide to Declarer Play at Bridge
Book SynopsisUsing 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 (Master Point Press; 2004; ISBN 978 189415 447 5).
£12.32
Master Point Press Last Call in the Menagerie
Book SynopsisJust 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 (Hideous Hog, Rueful Rabbit, Oscar the Owl and the rest), but they appeared in various magazines around the world, and if you weren't a subscriber, you didn't get to read them. This is the fourth and final collection of these lost Menagerie gems, collected for the first time in book form. Previous titles in this series: Bridge in the Menagerie; The Hog Takes To The Precision; Diamonds are the Hog's Best Friend; Swings and Arrows.
£17.92
Master Point Press Tips on Competitive Bidding
Book Synopsis20 years ago, bridge writer Mike Lawrence published a series of short pamphlets for intermediate players 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 comprising about 10 of the original booklets. Mike Lawrence is acknowledged as one of the two or three best writers in the world for intermediate players, and there will be a ready audience for this series in its new format. The second volume in a three-volume series, 'Mike Lawrence Bridge Tips', based on bridge tips for intermediate players first published twenty years ago. All the material has been completely revised and updated.
£18.32
Master Point Press Planning the Defense
Book SynopsisTen years after their award-winning Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand (August 2009, ISBN 978 1897106 51 8), Seagram & Bird tackle the hardest part of the game: defence. Using the same step-by-step approach, they guide the reader through the minefield of signalling, making a defensive plan and, above all, counting – points, tricks and distribution.
£15.95
Master Point Press Barbara's Bridge Tips
Book SynopsisAn expert bridge coach’s guide for beginners who are looking to move their game up to the next level. This book is for readers who have finished their beginner lessons, and are trying to move their game up to the next level. The tips cover all aspects of bridge -- bidding, play and defence. 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!
£15.95
Master Point Press 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know
Book SynopsisSince its publication in 1999, 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know has sold more than 250,000 copies in six languages. It has become a much-valued text and reference for everyone from social players to those who regularly spend time at their local bridge club. But bridge has changed in the last 23 years. Bidding has changed. Some of the conventions in the original book have fallen into disuse, while others have gained in popularity and importance. Many basic conventions have changed in subtle ways as bidding methods have developed. Today's players need to be in tune with what is happening and stay current. This new edition has been thoroughly updated, while retaining the approach and features that made the original so popular. Every convention in the book has been carefully revised to reflect the way it is used in the modern game. Students are now universally taught to play transfers in response to a strong no-trump opening, and the new edition reflects that change in several ways. Three chapters (Landy, Grand Slam Force and Ogust responses to Weak Twos) have been dropped completely in favour of Bergen Raises and the DONT and Meckwell defenses to 1NT.
£17.95
Master Point Press Playing No Trump Contracts
Book SynopsisForty years ago, in 1980, Robert Berthe and Norbert Lébely put the finishing touches to two books that would revolutionize the teaching of bridge cardplay: the first two books in the Step by Step series (Pas à Pas in the original French). Based on an innovative yet clear and easily understandable teaching approach, involving the reader in a series of questions and answers, the series would allow hundreds of thousands of readers over the years to absorb easily techniques known to be arduous and complex. Now available in English for the first time, this edition reflects the updates made by Lébely in 2020. He did the revision alone, as Robert Berthe had passed away in 2016. The first part of the book teaches the techniques, by the leading the reader 'step by step' through a series of examples. The second part consists of problem deals where what has been learned can be applied and reinforced.
£15.95
Master Point Press Bridge's First Hippie
Book SynopsisFascinating autobiography of the controversial three-times world bridge champion who brought the sensibility and dress sense of 1960s San Francisco to the staid bridge scene. Peter Weichsel has won three world bridge championships, twenty-five North American titles and became a member of the Bridge Hall of Fame in 2004. He has been part of great teams (C.C. Wei's Precision Team in the 1970s, and the Aces later on), and has won everything it is possible to win in the game. But that's just his bridge career. This autobiography tells the story of the man behind those accomplishments. Weichsel has always marched to his own tune, from his Jewish immigrant years in New York to experiencing the 60s culture in San Francisco and living through periods as a sports betting baron, a pool shark, and even a mob hit target. There's great bridge in here, of course, and lots of it. This is a man who has spent almost 60 years playing with and against the best in the world, and he pulls no punches when it comes to partners and opponents -- or, indeed, his own failings. The chapter on cheating at bridge, at the very top levels, will be of particular interest in view of the upheaval in the world game that this problem continues to cause.
£16.95
Bridges First Hippie Book Two
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£18.95
Master Point Press Confessions of a Bridge Addict
£21.33
Master Point Press Eddie Kantar Teaches Modern Bridge Defense
Book SynopsisIn 1974, Eddie Kantar wrote Defensive Bridge Play Complete (Wilshire Books), a book which has only recently gone out-of-print, and is a consensus nominee as one of the ten top bridge books ever written. But the technical theory of the game has come a long way in the last 25 years. This book covers the basic concepts of bridge defense for the modern novice player, and will undoubtedly be the standard teaching tool and reference work for the next quarter-century. Kantar's various beginner books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies, not least because of his unique style and the humour that he introduces into the learning process. Designed to be used by bridge teachers, or by students learning on their own, it contains a host of features that help the student to grasp the material: clearly laid-out concepts, margin notes, practice hands, chapter-end quizzes, key-point summaries at regular intervals, and an index.
£24.72
Master Point Press Bridge: 25 Ways to Win with 2/1
Book SynopsisAnother title in the best-selling '25' series, using the same popular format. Over the last fifteen or so years, the 2/1 Game Forcing bidding method has gained substantial popularity, but for various reasons it is not taught in beginner classes. This book is therefore designed for players who are familiar with Standard bidding and are interested in switching to the 2/1 method. It covers basic concepts as well as the differences between 2/1 and Standard auctions, and includes a discussion of more advanced ideas and conventions that fit particularly well with 2/1 methods. Existing books on this topic (notably by Max Hardy and Mike Lawrence) are too advanced and/or too technical for this level of player.
£19.31
Master Point Press Bridge: 25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer
Book SynopsisAnother title in the best-selling '25' series, from award-winning author and master teacher Barbara Seagram, and using the same popular format as earlier books. Other titles in the series have revolved around bidding; this one deals with the play of the cards as declarer, a major topic in beginner and intermediate bridge lessons. As usual in this series, basic ideas on the strategies and tactics available to declarer are covered comprehensively in the early part of the book, while in later chapters, more advanced players will find ideas and topics that challenge their own understanding of the game.
£19.21
Master Point Press The Pocket Guide to 2/1
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£11.67
