The Art of Card Reading at Bridge

The Art of Card Reading at Bridge
Author: Fred L. Karpin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 253
Release: 1982-06-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486217876

This book addresses players of intermediate calibre who seek the inspiration or advantage that will catapult their play and ranking to peak heights. Karpin, a Life Master known as the first contemporary advocate of 4-3-2-1- point-count bidding, has taught the advantage to over 30,000 pupils, and to many more through his numerous, clearly written books.

How to Read Your Opponent's Cards

How to Read Your Opponent's Cards
Author: Mike Lawrence
Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-03-28
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780910791489

Each chapter takes a principle, helps the reader understand it, and gives examples, plus a quiz on the subject. A great help if you seem to guess right half the time or less when playing the dummy.

The New York Times Bridge Book

The New York Times Bridge Book
Author: Alan Truscott
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2004-08
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780312331078

A guide to the popular card game includes anecdotes about great players, major tournaments, scandals, and strategies that make bridge so legendary.

Bridges

Bridges
Author: David Blockley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2012-04-26
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0199645728

Bridges are remarkable structures. Often vast, immense, and sometimes beautiful, they can be icons of cities. David Blockley explains how to read a bridge, how they stand up, and how engineers design them to be so strong. He examines the engineering problems posed by bridges, and considers their cultural, aesthetic, and historical importance.

Royal Goldsmiths

Royal Goldsmiths
Author: Christopher Hartop
Publisher: John Adamson Dist A/C
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2005
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

The partnership of Philip Rundell and John Bridge began in London toward the end of the eighteenth century and went on to become the greatest firm of goldsmiths, jewelers and medalists of the age. Its stable of distinguished artists, headed by the sculptor John Flaxman, was the driving force in the adoption of a new imperial style

Reading the Cards

Reading the Cards
Author: David Bird
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2001
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781894154345

Intended for intermediate players, these three books complete a twelve-book series that takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Each book is short and full of practical examples, and end-of-chapter quizzes reinforce the concepts. The series will appeal to beginners who are anxious to improve in stages, and to more experienced players who want to improve their knowledge of a specific aspect of card play.

Bridge My Way

Bridge My Way
Author: Zia Mahmood
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994-10
Genre: Bridge whist
ISBN: 9780963471529

If you have never been in love, don't read this book! If you have never thought of yourself as a little bit crazy, don't read this book! But if you believe in fairy tales and fantasy, romance and obsession, read on -- this book is for you. Zia says, "This book is for all those people who ever started doing something and became so involved that they lost all track of time, because the 'thing' that I started doing was playing bridge and the time that flew so painlessly by was my life.". Bridge My Way is the irresistible story of the world's most flamboyant bridge player -- Zia -- how he rose in a few short years from an unknown rubber bridge player to the world's most charismatic bridge star.