Bridge: 25 Ways to Be a Better Defender (Seagram Barbara)(Paperback)

Bridge: 25 Ways to Be a Better Defender (Seagram Barbara)(Paperback)

Defence is the hardest part of playing bridge, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible to learn. The authors explain how to make a plan as a defender: how to work out from the auction and play what declarer probably has, and which of the strategies available to defenders is likely to be

25 More Bridge Conventions You Should Know (Seagram Barbara)(Paperback)

The squel to ... 25 bridge conventions you should

25 Ways to Compete in the Bidding (Seagram Barbara)(Paperback)

A follow-up book from the author team that produced the award-winning and best-selling 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know. Aimed at the same novice/social player audience as their first book, this new title deals with competitive auctions in which the opponents have opened the bidding. This is

Play It Safe! (Seagram Barbara)(Paperback)

A guide to the many ways of playing safe in contract bridge when your primary objective is to make your contract and nothing else

25 Ways to Take More Tricks as Declarer (Seagram Barbara)(Paperback)

Another 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

Planning the Defense (Seagram Barbara)(Paperback)

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

Declarer Play at Bridge: A Quizbook (Seagram Barbara)(Paperback)

This title gives near-beginners at bridge 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

Bidding at Bridge: A Quizbook (Seagram Barbara)(Paperback)

Building on the success of 'Declarer Play at Bridge', this book gives the near-beginner a chance to practise the principles on which sound bidding is based, from the opening bid onward. Each section contains a brief introduction to its topic, and the ideas are reinforced with carefully explained

Barbara's Bridge Tips (Seagram Barbara)(Paperback)

An expert bridge coach's guide for players who have finished their beginner lessons and are looking to move their game up to the next

Planning the Play: The Next Level (Seagram Barbara)(Paperback)

Seagram and Bird's Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand was named Book of the Year in 2010 by the American Bridge Teachers' Association. It introduced the basic concepts of how to go about making a plan as declarer for beginning and improving players, and is a popular text for bridge teachers. This

Planning the Defense: The Next Level (Seagram Barbara)(Paperback)

Following on from their earlier book, Planning the Defense, Seagram & 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

A Guide to Better Card Play (Klinger Ron)(Paperback)

The world's oldest, and leading, bridge magazine, The Bridge World, said of this book: 'Guide to Better Card Play is an elementary-through-intermediate textbook on declarer play and defence. Appropriately, the two phases of the book receive equal attention. The book can be used either as a

Bee Alert (Rustin Barbara)(Paperback / softback)

Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders (Miller Todd)(Paperback)

Is it possible to create a borderless world? How might it be better equipped to solve the global emergencies threatening our collective survival? Build Bridges, Not Walls is an inspiring, impassioned call to envision-and work toward-a bold new reality.'Todd Miller cuts through the facile media

75 Ways to Be a Better Teacher Tomorrow: With Less Stress and Quick Success (Breaux Annette)(Paperback)

Highly effective teachers have something in common: They do simple things extraordinarily well--simple, uncomplicated things on a daily basis. In this new book by bestselling authors and presenters Annette Breaux and Todd Whitaker, you'll learn the secrets of these tried-and-true techniques that

Leverage Change: 8 Ways to Achieve Faster, Easier, Better Results (Jacobs Robert W. Jake)(Paperback)

Organizational change doesn't have to be so difficult. Leading change expert Jake Jacobs shares eight fail-safe ways to make any change initiative at any organization easier, faster, and more effective. In a recent Fast Company article, nine CEOs said the biggest challenges their companies face are

Guide to Better Acol Bridge (Klinger Ron)(Paperback)

For those needing to grasp the fundamentals of sound bidding and play, Ron Klinger's BASIC BRIDGE is the answer. GUIDE TO BETTER ACOL BRIDGE is intended for the large majority who are ready to advance beyond the basics. While GUIDE TO BETTER ACOL BRIDGE emphasises better bidding, each chapter

14,000 Things to Be Happy About.: Newly Revised and Updated (Kipfer Barbara Ann)(Paperback)

Something to be happy about: This mesmerizing bestseller is revised and updated. Originally published 25 years ago (happy anniversary ) from a list that Barbara Ann Kipfer started making as a child, it's the book that marries obsession with happiness. And it now has 4,000 fresh and more current

Best Self: Be You, Only Better (Bayer Mike)(Paperback)

Rainbow Bridge (Orlando Steve)(Paperback)

RAINBOW BRIDGE is an original graphic novel from Steve Foxe and Steve Orlando - the first to be published under AfterShock's new YA imprint: SEISMIC PRESS. What if the Rainbow Bridge was the Bifrost? ANDY's parents rescued ROCKET when Andy was just a toddler, and they grew up together, with Rocket

100 Ways to Make the World Better! (Gerry Lisa)(Paperback)

This uplifting book inspires the next generation to step up and make the world a better place. In keeping with the Nat Geo Kids mission, it is full of practical, positive, and powerful ideas that every kid can consider, from simple acts of kindness to creative adventures to good-for-the-planet

Bridge: Things You Should Know (Blatnick Joe)(Paperback)

As any aspiring player will attest, many bridge techniques, be they bidding or play, are interwoven with others. Nothing stands alone in this game. However, an attempt has been made to keep things in their own space bidding, declarer play and defence. And as the reader would expect, each of these

Acts of Kindness: 101 Ways to Make the World a Better Place (Sciortino Rhonda)(Paperback)

Random or otherwise, acts of kindness and generosity are essential to making our world a better place. A celebration of humanity at its best, author and motivational speaker Rhonda Sciortino inspires and delivers in Acts of Kindness, a powerful little book, rich with love. Through the simplest act

Bridge at the Top: Behind the Screens (Punch Samantha)(Paperback)

Academic research into the sociology of bridge showing what it takes to be a top player or coach, and featuring interviews with the world's top bridge