Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century

Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century
Author: Marshall Miles
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2000
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781894154130

In this book, Miles addresses the complex arena of competitive bidding methods for the more advanced player. He discusses current thinking, and recommends methods which will continue to be playable as bridge enters its second century. This book will appeal to fairly serious players only. There are two earlier books on this topic by the same author, 5 and 10 years old respectively, and therefore superseded by this new work.

Mathematical Card Magic

Mathematical Card Magic
Author: Colm Mulcahy
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2013-09-04
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1466509767

Mathematical card effects offer both beginning and experienced magicians an opportunity to entertain with a minimum of props. Featuring mostly original creations, Mathematical Card Magic: Fifty-Two New Effects presents an entertaining look at new mathematically based card tricks. Each chapter contains four card effects, generally starting with simple applications of a particular mathematical principle and ending with more complex ones. Practice a handful of the introductory effects and, in no time, you’ll establish your reputation as a "mathemagician." Delve a little deeper into each chapter and the mathematics gets more interesting. The author explains the mathematics as needed in an easy-to-follow way. He also provides additional details, background, and suggestions for further explorations. Suitable for recreational math buffs and amateur card lovers or as a text in a first-year seminar, this color book offers a diverse collection of new mathemagic principles and effects.

Cards of Destiny

Cards of Destiny
Author: Sharon Jeffers
Publisher: Crossing Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2006
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781580911764

"A two-part gift book combining the mystical science of playing cards with the ancient power of the calendar to reveal the universal influences ruling each day of the year"--Provided by publisher.

The Book of Card Games

The Book of Card Games
Author: Nikki Katz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2012-12-18
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1440560153

Your Favorite Card Games, All in One Place! Now you can enjoy all the games you've always loved--and find new favorites--with The Book of Card Games. From bridge and pitch to war and whist, this timeless collection outlines the rules to more than fifty classic games and a number of entertaining variations. You can reference the exact rules for gin rummy or try a new spin on the game-night staple with Manipulation Rummy. Why not switch it up on the poker table and go all in during a round of Anaconda, Football, or Omaha? You can even have fun on your own with solitary games like Free Cell and Monte Carlo. The Book of Card Games stacks the deck in your favor for hours of entertaining fun with family and friends!

The Power of Playing Cards

The Power of Playing Cards
Author: Saffi Crawford
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 785
Release: 2008-06-30
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0743277449

Few people know that today's deck of playing cards is actually based on an ancient mystical card system akin to the Tarot. In The Power of Playing Cards you can discover the playing card that is linked to your birthday and learn the secrets that each card holds about personality traits, love relationships, destiny, and luck. Remarkably accurate, this system is a synthesis of playing cards, astrology, and numerology. This easy-to-use system allows you to gain insight into your past, present, and future and introduces you to an intricate web of relationship links that is second to none. These special links can explain why you fall in love, who your ideal partner is, and who can best provide what you need. By finding out who will support you and who will challenge you, you can increase your potential for successful relationships. Equally helpful, you can deepen your understanding of what motivates your family members, friends, and business partners. Besides enhancing your relationships, this unique system offers fascinating insight into your future by interpreting cards for each year that is to come. You'll also: Identify your special qualities by knowing your signature card Become aware of relationship card links that can improve your love life and increase your understanding of others Discover which celebrities share your card Find out your good years for money, career, and new opportunities Whether you are using the cards for serious inquiry or simply for fun, this simple and enthralling guide is for all who seek to know more about themselves, their loved ones, and their futures.

The Everything Card Games Book

The Everything Card Games Book
Author: Nikki Katz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2004-09-10
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1440523010

If you find yourself coming down with a case of rainy-day boredom or "I can't watch another rerun on TV" syndrome, grab the closest deck of cards and get ready for some serious fun! The Everything Card Games Book is packed with loads of variety to keep you entertained for hours with games you can play solo or with a group of people. Wow your friends and family with your card-shark skills by mastering these basic games - along with a handful of more advanced ones, too! In addition to key rules and instructions for play, The Everything Card Games Book provides tips on shuffling and dealing, essential etiquette, and knowing when to hold and when to fold. Learn how to play: Classic games, such as bridge and whist Team games, such as pinochle and spades Variations of games, such as Mexican Stud and Pai Gow Poker Games from abroad, such as Black Maria and Scopone Scientifico Kids' games, such as Go Fish and Memory and more! The perfect way to get you up to speed on more than fifty popular games, The Everything Card Games Book is your wild card for scoring big. Pull up a seat, gather your friends, and let the games begin!

The Ultimate Book of Family Card Games

The Ultimate Book of Family Card Games
Author: Oliver Ho
Publisher: Union Square Kids
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781402750410

Pick a card game - any game Everyone loves to play cards and this ultimate collection has all the fun favourites, including rummy, spades, war, old maid, go fish, snip snap snorem and hearts. There are over 50 games in all, organised by type and difficulty, and complete with instructions, rules, strategies, colour illustrations and a brief note on each one's origins.

Dear Data

Dear Data
Author: Giorgia Lupi
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1616895462

Equal parts mail art, data visualization, and affectionate correspondence, Dear Data celebrates "the infinitesimal, incomplete, imperfect, yet exquisitely human details of life," in the words of Maria Popova (Brain Pickings), who introduces this charming and graphically powerful book. For one year, Giorgia Lupi, an Italian living in New York, and Stefanie Posavec, an American in London, mapped the particulars of their daily lives as a series of hand-drawn postcards they exchanged via mail weekly—small portraits as full of emotion as they are data, both mundane and magical. Dear Data reproduces in pinpoint detail the full year's set of cards, front and back, providing a remarkable portrait of two artists connected by their attention to the details of their lives—including complaints, distractions, phone addictions, physical contact, and desires. These details illuminate the lives of two remarkable young women and also inspire us to map our own lives, including specific suggestions on what data to draw and how. A captivating and unique book for designers, artists, correspondents, friends, and lovers everywhere.

How to Remember Anything

How to Remember Anything
Author: Dean Vaughn
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2007-04-17
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0312367341

Visualizations, sound-alike words, and odd juxtapositions of objects (the more illogical the better) are some of the elements of Vaughn's sure-fire program to remember and retain everything from the names of the presidents of the United States to birthdays and appointments. How to Remember Anything will help you remember: names and faces; vocabulary and world languages; where you put things; numbers, reports and meeting agendas; appointments, birthdays and anniversaries; your schedule and things to do; how to speak in public without notes; geography, geometry; ANYTHING.