Bridge books and supplies - General

Bridge Books - General

	A Taste of Bridge
	Jeff Bayone
	A new textbook for teaching beginners to play bridge, one step at a time. Twenty-eight easy lessons, intended to be covered over the course of an 8 to 12 week course. Emphasis on play, and having fun, over bidding.
	$19.95		Available now and ready to ship

	52 Bridge Mistakes to Avoid
	David Bird
	The most common bidding, play, and defensive errors made my improving players, and how to spot them. Illustrated with examples from tournaments.
	$18.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Winning Duplicate Tactics
	David Bird
	Coverage of all aspects of how duplicate strategy differs from rubber bridge strategy -- everything from accepting game tries, 3NT vs. 5C, to styles of opening leads. Many examples drawn from computer simulation of which contracts are most successful.
	$19.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Thinking about IMPs
	John Boeder
	Many duplicate players play matchpoints every week, and IMPs only for the Sunday Swiss at their annual local tournament. This book covers the skills needed to maximize your score at IMPs. Chapters on partscore bidding, choosing the right game, slam bidding, opening leads, and planning the play and defence. Also, special sections on partnership compatibility and sensible choice of bidding system.
	$12.95		By special order only

	Bridge at the Edge
	Boye Brogeland
	Read the biography of Norway's star player and learn his favorite conventions and declarer-play tips. The man who spearheaded the huge bridge cheating busts of 2015 and brought down Fisher-Schwartz and Fantoni-Nunes!
	$21.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Bridge Crosswords
	Jeff Chen
	A collection of fifty bridge-themed crossword puzzles, comparable in difficulty to the classic New York Times puzzles (for which Jeff Chen also occasionally composes.) A great gift for your bridge friends!
	$12.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Bridge Crosswords 2
	Jeff Chen
	Fifty more bridge-themed crosswords from a puzzle-maker whose work has often appeared in the New York Times and elsewhere. Spiral-bound for easy tearing out of individaul puzzles.
	$15.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Bridge With a Twist
	Simon Cocheme
	This series of short stories covers the history of bridge, gives some humorous advice about the game, and is fun light entertainment. Easy to read one short chapter, easy to read the whole thing in one sitting!
	$18.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Swiss Team Tactics
	Harold Feldheim
	A detailed look at how Swiss Teams strategy differs from longer knockout teams matches and from pairs play. Special sections on how to cope with exceptionally weak or strong opponents. This is a very underrated book, very readable, and the bidding and delcaring advice is excellent in general even if you don't play Swisses particularly often. A popular out-of-print item. Only one left in stock!
	$10.00		Available now and ready to ship

	Battling the Best: My Journey Through the 2014 Reisinger
	Sartaj Hans
	The author describes in detail his experience playing in the Reisinger Board-a-Match Teams, the toughest event in the North American tournament calendar. He covers interesting bidding, defense, and declarer play problems, that arose at his table, as well as sharing the thoughts than ran through his mind at different stages of the contest. A great way to be immersed in the tournament experience for those of us who haven't been there ourselves yet!
	$18.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Bridge Master vs. Bridge Amateur
	Mark Horton
	A collection of tips to improve all aspects of your game -- presented by showing a series of deals, and discussing where the beginner's and the expert's thought processes differ when faced with the same decision. An ideal book for the student looking to move beyond simple textbook advice.
	$18.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Secrets Your Bridge Friends Never Tell You
	Cathy Hunsberger
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	$12.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Persistent Human Bridge Errors
	Danny Kleinman and Nick Straguzzi
	Further tales of Chthonic, the perfect bridge-playing computer, and the trouble he has making sense of his human partners, teammates, and opponents. Not just stories - each story has a moral, a lesson about mistakes mere mortals frequently make at the table. Lots of material that didn't appear in The Bridge World!
	$19.95		Available now and ready to ship

	100 Winning Bridge Tips
	Ron Klinger
	A treasury of one-liners with advice for your bidding, declarer play, and defense, with a page of explanation and examples for the logic behind each one. The Rule of Seven, the Rule of Eleven, the Even Suit-Break Test, an explanation of why 1C-1S-1NT-2S promises not five but six spades, and much more.
	$17.99		Available now and ready to ship

	100 Winning Duplicate Tips
	Ron Klinger
	A hundred more short tips to improve your pairs game score: 25 on constructive bidding, 35 on competitive bidding, 20 on opening leads, and 10 each on planning the play and defending. Each tip is illustrated with a full deal showing it in action.
	$22.95		By special order only

	Useful Probability for Bridge
	Julian Laderman
	A very readable exposition of how to solve at-the-table problems with the help of probability. He goes out of his way to make the math as painless as possible, and emphasizes situations where a player's experience already guides him most of the way to the answer. Suit breaks, HCP, and much more.
	$19.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Judgment at Bridge, 2nd edition
	Mike Lawrence
	Long-awaited sequel to Mike Lawrence's classic book on bidding judgment. Not just a revision, but coverage of new topics: should I preempt or not? Should I give a simple raise or limit raise? should I double or overcall with 5431 pattern? and much more.
	$23.95		By special order only

	Bridge Probability and Information
	Robert MacKinnon
	Learn the math behind the simple rules like "eight ever, nine never" and "finesse into the preemptor." The Principle of Vacant Spaces, the Principle of Restricted Choice, and much more. Great emphasis placed on how to think about the hand as a whole, rather than merely looking at suits in isolation to find the best chance.
	$19.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats : A Newcomer's Journey into the World of Bridge
	Edward McPherson
	A (former) non-bridge-player journals his entry into the exciting world of duplicate bridge, starting from his first beginner's lesson at the Manhattan Bridge Club on up to his attendance at the NABC. Intended for general audiences, but of interest to bridge players. A great gift for your non-bridge-playing friends and relatives this Christmas!
	$14.95		Available now and ready to ship

	The Golden Rules for Rubber Bridge Players
	Julian Pottage
	135 tips to improve your bidding, play, and defense in social bridge games. A special section at the end covers the rarely addressed topic of how "having a leg on" affects your strategy.
	$17.99		Available now and ready to ship

	Bridge at the Top: Behind the Screens
	Samantha Punch
	Samantha Punch is a sociologist studying bridge players. This book is a collection of her interviews with the world's top players, giving us a peek into how the experts cope with the challenges of life as a bridge pro.
	$22.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Things Your Bridge Teacher Won't Tell You
	Dan Romm
	A high-stakes money bridge player talks about methods and tactics that have made him a winner. The first third of the book is about mental preparation and overall approach; the second part tips applicable to particular situations; the third part covers 20 popular bidding conventions: why he loves some, why he hates others. An excellent practical resource if you play a lot of individual tournaments or a wide variety of pickup partners.
	$16.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Beat the Experts at Bridge
	Danny Roth
	A collection of 88 hands published in books and newspaper columns that were incorrectly analyzed by the original author. Get to enjoy a laugh at the expense of your favorite columnists and learn even more about the game while you do.
	$20.00		Available now and ready to ship

	Swiss Match Challenge
	Jeff Rubens
	A set of fifty-six challenging problems in bidding, declarer play, and defense, set up as a series of eight seven-board matches against strong Swiss Team opponents.
	$11.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Pocket Guide to Bridge
	Barbara Seagram and Ray Lee
	Spiral-bound summary of basic bridge: bidding, opening leads, planning the play.
	$9.95		By special order only

	Why You Lose at Bridge
	S. J. Simon
	First appearing in 1940, one of the classic books of the game! Two volumes in one. Part one is about five common types of technical errors, while part two is about the psychology of the game. Emphasis on techniques applicable to rubber bridge and pickup partnerships.
	$14.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Becoming a Bridge Expert: Sure-fire Tips and Secrets to Boost Your Scores
	Frank Stewart
	Fifteen mini-lessons each, about bidding, play, defense, and the game in general, to aid intermediate players in progressing toward expert status. Some of the advice is a bit dated, especially about bidding - but play and defense advice never goes out of date!
	$25.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Bridge at the Breakfast Table
	Paul Thurston
	Selected articles from Paul Thurston's daily National Post column. A mixture of bidding and play advice, and simply presenting curious deals for your reading enjoyment.
	$19.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Winning at Matchpoints
	Bill Treble
	A guided tour of how to think about common matchpoint decisions, illustrated with an abundance of examples. For example, to help you decide whether to invite with 8HCP after partner opens a 15-17 1NT, he shows a dozen example hands and how many tricks each makes. (Spoiler: at MP it's usually better to pass than bid 2NT.)
	$19.95		Available now and ready to ship

	Bridge in 3 Weeks
	Alan Truscott
	Twenty-one chapters taking you from what a trick is, past point count and Blackwood, all the way to squeeze plays. Features a quiz at the end of every chapter, and a review of what you have learned at the end of each "week" of chapters.
	$15.95		Available now and ready to ship

	The New York Times Bridge Book
	Alan Truscott
	Subtitle: An anecdotal history of the development, personalities, and strategies of the world's most popular card game.
	$13.95		By special order only

	Matchpoints
	Kit Woolsey
	Kit Woolsey's classic collection of essays on how on how matchpoint bidding, play, and defense is different from rubber bridge and team games. Topics range from how to choose between 3NT and 4 of a major when you have an 8-card fit, to some controversial suggestions on how often to play Moysian fits. Updated and revised for the 21st century.
	$24.95		Available now and ready to ship

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