1Bridge Basics 1: An Introduction
Starts at the beginning, introducing the mechanics of the games. It covers bidding, play and defense.
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2Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding
Covers the concepts needed when both sides are bidding for the contract. It introduces preemptive opening bids, overcalls and takeout doubles.
3Watson's Classic Book on the Play of the Hand at Bridge
This book, by one of the first and foremost authorities on contract bridge, is regarded as the classic exposition of playing strategy. Practically all variations of play, both in attack and in defense, are explained and illustrated in it.
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4The Cardturner: A Novel about a King, a Queen, and a Joker
From Louis Sachar, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Medal for HOLES, comes the young adult novel THE CARDTURNER, an exploration of the human condition.
How are we supposed to be partners? He can’t see the cards and I don’t know the rules!
The summer after junior year of high school looks bleak for Alton Richards. His girlfriend has dumped him to hook up with his best friend. He has no money and no job. His parents insist that he drive his great-uncle Lester to his bridge club four times a week and be his cardturner—whatever that means. Alton’s uncle is old, blind, very sick, and very rich.
But Alton’s parents aren’t the only ones trying to worm their way into Lester Trapp’s good graces. They’re in competition with his longtime housekeeper, his alluring young nurse, and the crazy Castaneda family, who seem to have a mysterious influence over him.
Alton soon finds himself intrigued by his uncle, by the game of bridge, and especially by the pretty and shy Toni Castaneda. As the summer goes on, he struggles to figure out what it all means, and ultimately to figure out the meaning of his own life.
Through Alton’s wry observations, Louis Sachar explores the disparity between what you know and what you think you know. With his incomparable flair and inventiveness, he examines the elusive differences between perception and reality—and inspires readers to think and think again.
How are we supposed to be partners? He can’t see the cards and I don’t know the rules!
The summer after junior year of high school looks bleak for Alton Richards. His girlfriend has dumped him to hook up with his best friend. He has no money and no job. His parents insist that he drive his great-uncle Lester to his bridge club four times a week and be his cardturner—whatever that means. Alton’s uncle is old, blind, very sick, and very rich.
But Alton’s parents aren’t the only ones trying to worm their way into Lester Trapp’s good graces. They’re in competition with his longtime housekeeper, his alluring young nurse, and the crazy Castaneda family, who seem to have a mysterious influence over him.
Alton soon finds himself intrigued by his uncle, by the game of bridge, and especially by the pretty and shy Toni Castaneda. As the summer goes on, he struggles to figure out what it all means, and ultimately to figure out the meaning of his own life.
Through Alton’s wry observations, Louis Sachar explores the disparity between what you know and what you think you know. With his incomparable flair and inventiveness, he examines the elusive differences between perception and reality—and inspires readers to think and think again.
5The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
Published on the fortieth anniversary of its initial publication, this edition of the classic book contains a new Preface by David McCullough, “one of our most gifted living writers” (The Washington Post).
Built to join the rapidly expanding cities of New York and Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Bridge was thought by many at the start to be an impossibility destined to fail if not from insurmountable technical problems then from political corruption. (It was the heyday of Boss Tweed in New York.)
But the Brooklyn Bridge was at once the greatest engineering triumph of the age, a surpassing work of art, a proud American icon, and a story like no other in our history. Courage, chicanery, unprecedented ingenuity and plain blundering, heroes, rascals, all the best and worst in human nature played a part. At the center of the drama were the stricken chief engineer, Washington Roebling and his remarkable wife, Emily Warren Roebling, neither of whom ever gave up in the face of one heartbreaking setback after another.
The Great Bridge is a sweeping narrative of a stupendous American achievement that rose up out of its era like a cathedral, a symbol of affirmation then and still in our time.
Recommended by Michael Lopp and Brent Glass.
6Bridge to Terabithia
Jess Aarons' greatest ambition is to be the fastest runner in his grade. He's been practicing all summer and can't wait to see his classmates' faces when he beats them all. But on the first day of school, a new girl boldly crosses over to the boys' side and outruns everyone.
That's not a very promising beginning for a friendship, but Jess and Leslie Burke become inseparable. Together they create Terabithia, a magical kingdom in the woods where the two of them reign as king and queen, and their imaginations set the only limits.
That's not a very promising beginning for a friendship, but Jess and Leslie Burke become inseparable. Together they create Terabithia, a magical kingdom in the woods where the two of them reign as king and queen, and their imaginations set the only limits.
725 Bridge Conventions You Should Know
It doesn't take long before beginning bridge players want to know more about bidding systems, and especially about conventions. The authors have selected 25 basic conventions and treatments that novice players can easily assimilate into their own methods. They explain clearly and concisely how to use each one, and how it fits into a standard bidding system. Each section ends with a summary chart as well as a self-quiz to ensure that the reader has understood the concepts.
82 Over 1 Game Force
This book covers the basics of Two-Over-One Game Force, a popular variation of Standard American bidding. It shows how a small modification can make it easier for the partnership to get to the best game contract and explore the possibility of slam. Using a response of 1 NT as a forcing bid can improve the results. Bidding is color-coded in this well organized book. Summaries, exercises, and sample deals illustrate the ideas.
9Bridge for Dummies
Try a hand at bridge--and outsmart your opponents Bridge is the most popular card game in the world--and, as any player will tell you, is simply the best card game ever. Whether you're new to the game or a long-time player looking for new tricks, this new edition of Bridge For Dummies walks you through the intricacies of the game and arms you with tried-and-true tips and strategies for being a better player and beating your opponents from the very first draw.
Covering not only traditional contract bridge, but other popular variations of the game--including ACOL, Rubber, and Duplicate Bridge--this hands-on, friendly guide takes the guesswork out of this beloved game and arms you with the knowledge and know-how to make your game mates your minions. From knowing when and how high to bid to bringing home the tricks when you end up in a trump contract, it'll take your bridge skills to the next level in no time!
Strategize with your bridge partner Confidently play bridge in clubs and tournaments Use basic and advanced bidding techniques Find bridge clubs and tournaments all over the world Are you ready to trump the competition? Success is a page away with the help of Bridge For Dummies.
Covering not only traditional contract bridge, but other popular variations of the game--including ACOL, Rubber, and Duplicate Bridge--this hands-on, friendly guide takes the guesswork out of this beloved game and arms you with the knowledge and know-how to make your game mates your minions. From knowing when and how high to bid to bringing home the tricks when you end up in a trump contract, it'll take your bridge skills to the next level in no time!
Strategize with your bridge partner Confidently play bridge in clubs and tournaments Use basic and advanced bidding techniques Find bridge clubs and tournaments all over the world Are you ready to trump the competition? Success is a page away with the help of Bridge For Dummies.
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10Bridge in the Menagerie
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11Bridge at a Glance
This has been the go-to quick reference booklet for thousands of Bridge players since it was originally published. Slim and portable, it offers concise summaries of a wide variety of bids and coordinates with Grant's Bridge Basics books. A color-coded Bidding Ladder indicates the meaning of bids, and tabs grant quick access to any of the topics. This revision adds four pages, providing expanded information and a handy new scoring chart.
12How to Read Your Opponents Cards
13How to Play a Bridge Hand: 12 Easy Chapters to Winning Bridge by America's Premier Teacher
Neither for beginners nor for experts but for the 90 percent of players in between, How to Play a Bridge Hand includes more than 300 of bridge master William Root's favorite hands. Hailed by the American Bridge Teachers' Association as the "Book of the Year." Line drawings.
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14Eddie Kantar Teaches Modern Bridge Defense
In 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.
15Bridge Basics 3: Popular Conventions
Audrey Grant does it again with an amazing new book, Popular Conventions, the third book in the series, covers everything from playing at a party table to a tournament table. Popular Conventions teaches you the core conventions that will strengthen your game for sure. It introduces you to the Stayman convetions, Jacoby transfer bids, the strong artificial two club opening, Blackwood and Gerber. This book gives you a chance to get ahead and win!
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16Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades K - 1
AWARD-WINNING WORKBOOK: Summer Bridge Activities K - 1 is the Wall Street Journal #1 Best-Selling Nonfiction Combined book for the Week ended June 8, 2019 in addition to being the recipient of the 2018 Kids' Product of the Year Award and Travel Fun of the Year Award from "Creative Child Magazine." This workbook was designed to prevent summer learning loss and help your child get a headstart on the next year.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for kindergarten to 1st grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus stickers and flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for kindergarten to 1st grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus stickers and flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
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17Bridge My Way
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18The Rodwell Files: The Secrets of a World Bridge Champion
1925 More Bridge Conventions You Should Know
The squel to ... 25 bridge conventions you should know--Cover.
20Card Play Technique or the Art of Being Lucky
This book looks at the situations bridge players find themselves in and how to deal with them. It explains how any determined player can aspire to the art of card-reading, seeing the hands of the other players and how to master the art of being lucky.
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21To Bid or Not to Bid: The Law of Total Tricks
This guide explains the Law of Total Tricks, invented by the French in the 1950s. It is one of the best-selling and most influential bridge books of the past three decades.
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22Into the Fire (Bridge, #2)
“The ultra-sexy second book in Meredith Wild’s Bridge series will hook both fans of the series and newcomers...This steamy modern romance had us fanning ourselves.” ~iBooks Editors’ Notes
Darren Bridge is living a bachelor’s dream. When he’s not running into burning buildings with his crew, he’s training the flavor of the week at his brother’s gym. Few women have ever been off limits...until Vanessa. Smart, beautiful, and legs for days, she’s unlike anyone he’s ever met. Too bad he’s sworn to leave her alone.
Overworked with no end in sight, Vanessa Hawkins hasn’t had a vacation in two years. When Cameron and Maya’s destination wedding takes her out of the office for a much-needed break, she finds herself struggling to resist her attraction to the best man. Darren is dangerously good-looking with enough charm to make any hot-blooded woman want to drop her panties and enjoy the ride, no matter how long it lasts.
When they return to the city, Darren realizes the single life has lost its glimmer. But with everything else on her plate, Vanessa doesn’t have room in her life for a man, let alone a player. Can Darren find his way into her heart and convince her that he’s worth the risk?
Darren Bridge is living a bachelor’s dream. When he’s not running into burning buildings with his crew, he’s training the flavor of the week at his brother’s gym. Few women have ever been off limits...until Vanessa. Smart, beautiful, and legs for days, she’s unlike anyone he’s ever met. Too bad he’s sworn to leave her alone.
Overworked with no end in sight, Vanessa Hawkins hasn’t had a vacation in two years. When Cameron and Maya’s destination wedding takes her out of the office for a much-needed break, she finds herself struggling to resist her attraction to the best man. Darren is dangerously good-looking with enough charm to make any hot-blooded woman want to drop her panties and enjoy the ride, no matter how long it lasts.
When they return to the city, Darren realizes the single life has lost its glimmer. But with everything else on her plate, Vanessa doesn’t have room in her life for a man, let alone a player. Can Darren find his way into her heart and convince her that he’s worth the risk?
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23Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 2 - 3
AWARD-WINNING WORKBOOK: Summer Bridge Activities is the recipient of the 2018 Kids' Product of the Year Award and Travel Fun of the Year Award from "Creative Child Magazine." This workbook was designed to prevent summer learning loss and help your child get a headstart on the next year.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 2nd to 3rd grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus stickers and flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 2nd to 3rd grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus stickers and flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
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24Play Bridge with Reese
When one talks of bridge writers, the name Terence Reese is synonymous with excellence. Several of his books are landmarks in the development and understanding of bridge, especially in the field of card play. In this brilliant sequel to the classic Play These Hands with Me he once again allows the reader to follow his thoughts through a series of challenging deals.
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25Bridge with the Blue Team
Bridge With the Blue Team sets down the most outstanding hands played by the Blue Team, the astonishingly successful Italian team that achieved a record number of victories in world class championships. The 140 chosen hands are first set out in single dummy form so that readers can make their own decisions about how to play the hand before reading the analysis provided. Sections at the end of the book give a summary of the bidding systems employed and a chronological account of the Blue Team's triumphal progress in world championship tournaments.
26Points Schmoints!: Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets
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27On My Knees (Bridge, #1)
This is an alternate cover edition for B00J1WF59E
Haunted by the responsibility of caring for her troubled family, Maya Jacobs gave the only answer she could when Cameron asked her to marry him. Years later, entrenched in a soulless professional routine, she distracts herself from the lingering regret of her decision with a “work hard, play hard” lifestyle that guarantees no man will ever find his way into her heart again.
Cameron Bridge has spent the past five years married to the military, trying to escape the painful memory of losing Maya. After fighting his own war in the desert, he starts a new life in New York City, with his siblings, Olivia and Darren, by his side.
When fate brings Maya back to him in the heart of a city filled with its own hopes and shadows, can Cameron find the girl he once loved in the woman she’s become?
Haunted by the responsibility of caring for her troubled family, Maya Jacobs gave the only answer she could when Cameron asked her to marry him. Years later, entrenched in a soulless professional routine, she distracts herself from the lingering regret of her decision with a “work hard, play hard” lifestyle that guarantees no man will ever find his way into her heart again.
Cameron Bridge has spent the past five years married to the military, trying to escape the painful memory of losing Maya. After fighting his own war in the desert, he starts a new life in New York City, with his siblings, Olivia and Darren, by his side.
When fate brings Maya back to him in the heart of a city filled with its own hopes and shadows, can Cameron find the girl he once loved in the woman she’s become?
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28Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 3 - 4
AWARD-WINNING WORKBOOK: Summer Bridge Activities is the recipient of the 2018 Kids' Product of the Year Award and Travel Fun of the Year Award from "Creative Child Magazine." This workbook was designed to prevent summer learning loss and help your child get a headstart on the next year.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 3rd to 4th grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus stickers and flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 3rd to 4th grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus stickers and flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
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29Take All Your Chances at Bridge
Selecting the best line of play in a bridge hand as declarer is not easy. In this book of novice to intermediate bridge problems, Eddie Kantar shows the reader how to do this - there is always a line of play that will allow you to take all your chances, and bring home your contract.
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30Play Bridge With Mike Lawrence
A two-session matchpoint event at a regional tournament, How to gather information from the auction, play of the cards, the atmosphere at the table, when to go against the field.
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31The Complete Book on Overcalls in Contract Bridge
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32Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense
Eddie Kantar's various bridge books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in ten languages, not least because of his unique style and the humor that he introduces into the learning process. Advanced Bridge Defense is intended to cover some of the more complex concepts of defense for the modern novice player, and will undoubtedly be a standard reference work and teaching tool for many years to come. The topics covered here (including defensive strategy, inferences, various ways of counting the hand, developing extra trump tricks, falsecarding, and lead-directing doubles) are handled so thoroughly that even more advanced players will benefit from studying this book. Designed to be used by students learning on their own or by bridge teachers, this book contains a host of features that help the reader to grasp the material: clearly laid-out concepts, margin notes, practice hands, chapter-end quizzes, key-point summaries at regular intervals, and an index. This book covers more advanced topics than its companion, Eddie Kantar teaches Modern Bridge Defense. Eddie Kantar is a professional bridge player, writer, and teacher, and has been inducted into the Bridge Hall of Fame. He has been World Champion twice, and has won thirteen North American Championship titles. Among his many books are Defensive Bridge Play Complete, Introduction to Defender's Play, Bridge for Dummies and Roman Key Card Blackwood. He writes regularly for numerous bridge magazines around the world, and is a frequent host on bridge cruises. He lives in Santa Monica, CA.
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33Reese on Play
This book is one of the all-time classics, a landmark in the development of bridge, especially in the field of card play. First published in 1948, it is now back in print after being unavailable for a number of years. In it, the author reveals what counts in play and defense and shows the reader how to join the ranks of the experts. This is a book that every improving bridge player must own.
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34Killing Defence at Bridge
Killing Defence at Bridge is one of the great classics of bridge. It carries the mark of a genius and was the first in a series of major books written by Hugh Kelsey, who became internationally recognised as a leading authority on the analysis of bridge. He coupled this incisive thinking with a brilliant skill with words and made the most complex techniques in bridge sound simple and easy to grasp. Killing Defence features a foreword by Ron Klinger, one of bridge's leading teachers.
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35Right Through the Pack
This brilliant fantasy features each card in the deck telling its own fascinating story.
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36Over the Edge (Bridge, #3)
Olivia Bridge has always been a good girl—good grades, good friends, and a good job that her wealthy parents handed her. Desperate to carve out a life that is truly hers, Liv walks away from it all and takes on the challenge of helping her brothers open a chain of fitness centers in New York City. Just as she’s beginning to find her footing in a new place, she’s caught between two men who couldn’t be more determined to turn all her goodness inside out.
Will Donovan has the capital to make the Bridge brothers’ entrepreneurial dreams a reality. Taking their uptight sister to bed seems a reasonable perk for the risk. Liv is the smartest, sexiest prude Will’s ever met, and he can’t wait to break her down.
Life is too short for Ian Savo to play by anyone’s rules. Sharing women with his best friend isn’t anything new, so when Will introduces him to Liv, he can’t wait to get a taste. But falling for the same girl, or falling at all, was never in the plans...
Will Donovan has the capital to make the Bridge brothers’ entrepreneurial dreams a reality. Taking their uptight sister to bed seems a reasonable perk for the risk. Liv is the smartest, sexiest prude Will’s ever met, and he can’t wait to break her down.
Life is too short for Ian Savo to play by anyone’s rules. Sharing women with his best friend isn’t anything new, so when Will introduces him to Liv, he can’t wait to get a taste. But falling for the same girl, or falling at all, was never in the plans...
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37Michael Lawrence's Opening Leads
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38Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 1 - 2
AWARD-WINNING WORKBOOK: Summer Bridge Activities is the recipient of the 2018 Kids' Product of the Year Award and Travel Fun of the Year Award from "Creative Child Magazine." This workbook was designed to prevent summer learning loss and help your child get a headstart on the next year.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 1st to 2nd grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus stickers and flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 1st to 2nd grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus stickers and flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
39Winning Notrump Leads
To discover which opening lead is best from a given West hand against a particular auction, the authors use computer software to generate 5000 deals that match the North-South bidding. (The West hand remains the same and the other three hands are chosen randomly.) The software then plays these deals automatically, seeing which of the 13 possible opening leads works best at both IMPs (rubber bridge/Chicago) and match-point pairs. By analysing the results, the authors pass on to the reader the secrets of finding the best lead against notrump contracts on a wide range of different auctions.
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40Idoru
'Fast, witty and cleverly politicized' Guardian
Tokyo, post-event
After an attack of scruples, Colin Laney's skipped out on his former employer Slitscan - avoiding the rash of media lawyers sent his way - and taken a job for the outfit managing Japanese rock duo, Lo/Rez. Rez has announced he's going to marry an 'idoru' by the name of Rei Toi - she exists only in virtual reality - and this creates complications that Laney, a net runner, is supposed to sort out. But when Chai, part of Lo/Rez's fan club, turns up unaware that she's carrying illegal nanoware for the Russian Kombinat, Laney's scruples nudge him towards trouble all over again. And this time lawyers'll be the least of his worries . . .
'Sharp, fast, bright . . . a must' Arena
'A classic technothriller . . . lean, evocative, tense' Wired
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Tokyo, post-event
After an attack of scruples, Colin Laney's skipped out on his former employer Slitscan - avoiding the rash of media lawyers sent his way - and taken a job for the outfit managing Japanese rock duo, Lo/Rez. Rez has announced he's going to marry an 'idoru' by the name of Rei Toi - she exists only in virtual reality - and this creates complications that Laney, a net runner, is supposed to sort out. But when Chai, part of Lo/Rez's fan club, turns up unaware that she's carrying illegal nanoware for the Russian Kombinat, Laney's scruples nudge him towards trouble all over again. And this time lawyers'll be the least of his worries . . .
'Sharp, fast, bright . . . a must' Arena
'A classic technothriller . . . lean, evocative, tense' Wired
(Source: back cover)
Recommended by Catherine Mayer.Catherine Mayer
His powers of prediction are astonishing and in Idoru he predicts ‘fake news’. [source]
41Bridge at a Glance: A Modern Standard
Discover Your Essential Bridge Companion: Bridge at a GlanceThis compact, pocket-sized booklet is your must-have bridge companion, designed to accompany you wherever your bridge adventures take you. Slip it into your purse, back pocket, or convention card holder for easy access at all times. Inside, you'll find invaluable resources such as the color-coded Bidding Ladder, clarifications on bid meanings (forcing, invitational, or sign-off), and a user-friendly glossary. Whether you're playing Duplicate or Chicago, we've got you covered with handy scoring guides. Its intuitive tab design ensures you can swiftly and effortlessly access the information you need.Bridge at a Glance serves as your go-to quick reference guide, condensing the key insights from Audrey Grant's acclaimed Bridge Basics series. These summaries complement Grant's books, offering a concise overview of her guidelines while her books delve deeper into the rationale behind them. Your bridge journey is about to get easier and more enjoyable with Bridge at a Glance by your side.
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42More Killing Defence at Bridge
This sequel to Hugh Kelsey's bestselling Killing Defence at Bridge focuses on the importance of what to discard and how to control options in defence. By helping you develop insights into the hidden possibilities in the lie and play of the cards, this book will make you a sought-after partner, and a respected opponent.
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43Bridge Odds for Practical Players
Backing outsiders has ruined many a punter at the bridge table as well as at the race track. Few players have any idea of how to harness the odds to solve problems that constantly recur. Which is the best line of play? Is it better to finesse or play for the drop? Will the diamonds break? Can the chances be combined? What are the exact odds?
Here is a simple guide to solving the problems that arise in assessing the odds in play at bridge. Keeping theory to a minimum, the authors show by means of many practical examples how to calculate the odds and how to come up with the right answer at the bridge table. Anyone who learns to apply the principles set out in this book need never again be accused of playing against the odds.
Here is a simple guide to solving the problems that arise in assessing the odds in play at bridge. Keeping theory to a minimum, the authors show by means of many practical examples how to calculate the odds and how to come up with the right answer at the bridge table. Anyone who learns to apply the principles set out in this book need never again be accused of playing against the odds.
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44Dynamic Defense at Bridge
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45Countdown to Winning Bridge
Did you ever notice how the bridge experts always seem to know where every card is? How their finesses always seem to succeed? How their guesses are nearly always perfect? This book won't teach you to play quite that well, but it will introduce you to some very simple techniques that the experts use on play and defense. As declarer or defender, counting the hand is the one thing that will help you the most. But how do you keep track of all those cards? This book will show you how - explaining the tricks of the trade, and helping anyone who can count to thirteen to become a much better player. Full of practical examples of how to apply the information you get from counting, this book is sure to improve your game.
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46Defense in the 21st Century: The Heart Series
This is the 3rd in the American Contract Bridge League's series of bridge books for beginning and advancing players. Successfully used for over 20 years, this edition has been updated to reflect modern theory. Lessons include Opening Leads vs. Notrump Contracts, Opening Leads vs. Suit Contracts, Third-Hand Play, Second-Hand Play, Defensive Signals, Developing Defensive Tricks, Interfering with Declarer, Making a Plan, and the new bonus lesson on Negative Doubles.
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47Bridge: 25 Ways to Learning 2/1 (Bridge (Master Point Press))
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48Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts
Jerry Bridges contends that as you begin to explore the scope of God's power over nations, nature, and the detailed lives of individuals, you'll begin to acknowledge His loving control. And as you come to know Him better, you'll find yourself trusting Him more completely.
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49How to Play Card Combinations: Unlocking the Secrets
52 hands presented as problems. Discusses the proper way to play each combination. Each hand concludes with further analysis.
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50Winning Suit Contract Leads
Winning Notrump Leads was a ground-breaking and very well-received book that used the power of computers to determine which opening leads work best against a variety of auctions at notrump. Using enhanced software, the authors now turn their attention to suit contracts. They generate millions of random deals, retaining those that match the chosen auction, for example 1S-2S-4S. By playing these deals automatically against each of the 13 possible opening leads from a given hand, they are able to discover which lead is most likely to beat the contract (also the best lead at matchpoint pairs). The authors provide insightful commentary to each result, answering timeless questions such as: When should I lead a trump? When is a doubleton a good opening lead? Should I lead differently against a partscore? Should I make an aggressive or a passive lead? Should I lead an ace against a small slam? Which leads work best against a grand slam? By using the number-crunching computer power available nowadays, there is no longer any need to rely on general opening-lead guidelines passed down by our ancestors. We think you will be surprised by many of the discoveries made during this investigation! DAVID BIRD (top) and TAF ANTHIAS were contemporaries at Cambridge University, both reading mathematics. They carried out research and development on software systems for over 30 years at IBM's UK Laboratories. In the 1970s they formed a successful bridge partnership, winning a number of national events. David is now one of the world's top bridge writers with 116 books to his name. Taf moved on to the USA, where he became a vice president of Cisco Systems. They have joined forces on this ground-breaking book.
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51Matchpoints
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52I Love This Game
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53Bridge In The Fourth Dimension
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54Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 6 - 7
AWARD-WINNING WORKBOOK: Summer Bridge Activities is the recipient of the 2018 Kids' Product of the Year Award and Travel Fun of the Year Award from "Creative Child Magazine." This workbook was designed to prevent summer learning loss and help your child get a headstart on the next year.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 6th to 7th grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus flash cards for studying.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 6th to 7th grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus flash cards for studying.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
55Big Preschool Workbook
Big Workbooks promote comprehensive learning from preschool through sixth grade. Each workbook includes activities organized by major skill areas. Contents are drawn from the I Know It and Get Ready series. 320 Full-Color Pages.
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56Adventures in Card Play
Géza Ottlik had a remarkable talent for discovering and analysing strange and fascinating aspects of card play in bridge. This brilliant book is the result of his collaboration with Hugh Kelsey whose skill at high-level analysis of bridge problems was equalled only by his ability as a writer able to express complex ideas in simple prose.
ADVENTURES IN CARD PLAY is regarded universally as one of the all-time great classics of bridge.
ADVENTURES IN CARD PLAY is regarded universally as one of the all-time great classics of bridge.
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57Frank Stewart's Bridge Club
A collection of hands that take the reader through a year at the author's (fictional) bridge club. The characters make all the common errors, so the author manages to instruct while he entertains. For fans of Stewart's enormously popular syndicated bridge column, in which these characters appear regularly.
Recommended by Bill Gates.Bill Gates
CEO/Microsoft
On Bill Gates's reading list in 2011. [source]
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58Tips on Competitive Bidding
5925 Bridge Conventions You Should Know 2nd Edition
The bridge bestseller of the 21st century with more than 300,000 copies sold in six languages. Now completely revised and updated to reflect changes in bidding over the last 20 years, including three new chapters.
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60Tips on Cardplay - Mike Lawrence Bridge Tips
20 years ago, Mike Lawrence published a series of short pamphlets for intermediate players with advice on various aspects of bidding and cardplay. Long unavailable, this material has now been revised, updated, and republished in three anthology volumes, each comprised of about 10 of the original booklets.
The topics here comprise: Defense (including opening leads, signaling and third hand play) and declarer play (including endplays, simple squeezes, loser on loser plays, and timing). There is also a general discussion of the mistakes we all make in cardplay but need to avoid.
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 topics here comprise: Defense (including opening leads, signaling and third hand play) and declarer play (including endplays, simple squeezes, loser on loser plays, and timing). There is also a general discussion of the mistakes we all make in cardplay but need to avoid.
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.
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61The Discipline of Grace: God's Role and Our Role in the Pursuit of Holiness
The Discipline of Grace offers a clear and and thorough explanation of the gospel and what it means to be a believer.
Written by Navigator author Jerry Bridges, this book explores how the same grace that brings us to faith in Christ also disciplines us in Christ. In learning more about grace, you also will learn about God's character, His forgiveness, and the Holy Spirit.
Written by Navigator author Jerry Bridges, this book explores how the same grace that brings us to faith in Christ also disciplines us in Christ. In learning more about grace, you also will learn about God's character, His forgiveness, and the Holy Spirit.
62Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding (The Official Better Bridge Series, 2)
This book covers the concepts needed when both sides are bidding for the contract. It introduces the basic competitive tools – preemptive opening bids, overcalls, and takeout doubles – as used in today's game. The concepts and information presented are the most current and accurate available, developed with the assistance of the game's top champions. The material is presented in a clear and well-organized format, showing how to use the various competitive options to best advantage. Through this book, you'll be taking the next step into the magical world of bridge.
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63You Need Never Lose at Bridge: Winning Tactics from Victor Mollo's Bridge Club
Against a rich background of subtle bids and brilliant plays, every member of the Griffins does his own thing with gusto, which is why they are all winners. Readers will recognise them all and himself too.
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64Better Bidding With Bergen Vol II, Competitive Bidding, Fit Bids, & More
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65Bridges: Ministering to Those Who Question
With the advancement of the internet, changing worldviews, and the rising generation of millennials, Latter-day Saints today face unique challenges to faith on an unprecedented scale. Unlike most books written to help those struggling with their testimonies, Bridges: Ministering to Those Who Question is geared at helping local leaders and family members better understand the sources of these challenges and how to minister to those affected by them. This ministering is done through building bridges of love, empathy, and trust regardless of whether or not someone retains their belief or continues to participate. Author David B. Ostler, a former mission president, utilizes surveys with local leaders and disaffected members, research from social science and religious studies, and teachings from Church leaders to show how Latter-day Saints can work to better support those who have questions and create church environments where all can feel welcome.
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66The Expert Game
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67Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades PK - K
AWARD-WINNING WORKBOOK: Summer Bridge Activities is the recipient of the 2018 Kids' Product of the Year Award and Travel Fun of the Year Award from "Creative Child Magazine." This workbook was designed to prevent summer learning loss and help your child get a headstart on the next year.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for preschool to kindergarten. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, early learning skills, phonics, handwriting, counting, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus stickers and flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for preschool to kindergarten. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, early learning skills, phonics, handwriting, counting, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus stickers and flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
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68The Complete Guide to Takeout Doubles (2nd Edition)
This text provides an exploration of the oldest - and most useful - convention in bridge, the takeut double. Originally published in 1994, this book has been revised and updated to take into account modern developments in competitive bidding, one of the most rapidly changing parts of the game, not least in the new and varied uses of doubles.
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69How to Defend a Bridge Hand
A complete work covering every angle of defending a bridge hand, by "America's number one bridge teacher."--Alfred Sheinwold, Los Angeles Times Syndicate. This is the first book on the 68-year history of the game to deal in a comprehensive, organized way with every aspect of this vital area.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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70Introduction to Declarer's Play
One of the most outstanding bridge players and best-known bridge writers in the world will teach you the all-important declarer's play skills you need to play winning bridge.
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71Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 5 - 6
AWARD-WINNING WORKBOOK: Summer Bridge Activities is the recipient of the 2018 Kids' Product of the Year Award and Travel Fun of the Year Award from "Creative Child Magazine." This workbook was designed to prevent summer learning loss and help your child get a headstart on the next year.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 5th to 6th grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus flash cards for studying.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 5th to 6th grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus flash cards for studying.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
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72The Complete Book on Balancing in Contract Bridge
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73Ruby Bridges Goes To School: My True Story
In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges walked through an angry crowd and into a school where she changed history. This is the true story of an extraordinary little girl who helped shape our country when she became the first African-American to attend an all-white school in New Orleans. With simple text and historical photographs, this easy reader explores an amazing moment in history and the courage of a young girl who stayed strong in the face of racism.
Scholastic Reader Level 2
Scholastic Reader Level 2
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74Take All Your Chances 2
Selecting the best line of play in a bridge hand as declarer is not easy. In this title of intermediate bridge problems, Eddie Kantar shows the reader how to do this - there is always a line of play that will allow you to take all your chances, and bring home your contract.
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75Complete Book on Hand Evaluation in Contract Bridge
How to refigure your assets as the bidding proceeds
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76Slam Bidding Made Easier
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77The Bridge Home
When Viji and her sister, Rukku, whose developmental disability makes her overly trusting and vulnerable to the perils of the world, run away to live on their own, the situation could not be more grim. Life on the streets of the teeming city of Chennai is harsh for girls considered outcasts, but the sisters manage to find shelter on an abandoned bridge. There they befriend Muthi and Arul, two boys in a similar predicament, and the four children bond together and form a family of sorts. Viji starts working with the boys scavenging in trash heaps while Rukku makes bead necklaces, and they buy food with what little money they earn. They are often hungry and scared but they have each other--and Kutti, the best dog ever. When the kids are forced from their safe haven on the bridge, they take shelter in a graveyard. But it is now the rainy season and they are plagued by mosquitos, and Rukku and Muthu fall ill. As their symptoms worsen, Viji and Arul must decide whether to risk going for help--when most adults in their lives have proven themselves untrustworthy--or to continue holding on to their fragile, hard-fought freedom.
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78Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 4 - 5
AWARD-WINNING WORKBOOK: Summer Bridge Activities is the recipient of the 2018 Kids' Product of the Year Award and Travel Fun of the Year Award from "Creative Child Magazine." This workbook was designed to prevent summer learning loss and help your child get a headstart on the next year.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 4th to 5th grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus stickers and flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 4th to 5th grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus stickers and flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
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79Safety Plays in Bridge (Terence Reese Master Class)
This 52 card set follows the ancient tradition of divination. Choosing a card each day can offer daily inspiration and guidance.
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80Defend These Hands with Me
Julian Pottage worked on a number of books with the late Terence Reese, and this one pays homage to a man who was arguably the best bridge writer of his time. One of Reese's classics, Play these hands with me, pioneered the 'over-the-shoulder' style of bridge writing. What that book did for declarer play, the present one does for defense: readers can follow the thinking of an expert player, stopping at critical points in the deal to make their own decisions about how to continue. Julian Pottage (Wales) is best known as a bridge problem constructor, and his many awards include IBPA Book of the Year. His most recent book for MPP was Defend or Declare?
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81Falsecards (2nd Edition) - A Mike Lawrence Classic
The definitive book on (legally) pulling the wool over your opponents eyes. Even if you dont want to get into more esoteric situations, there are times at the bridge table when playing a misleading card is essential if you are to have any chance of an optimum result. This new edition of a classic from Mike Lawrence includes a number of ideas that are new since it was originally published.
82Bid Better Play Better: How to Think at the Bridge Table
The top woman player in the World Bridge Federation rankings gives clearheaded advice on winning at bridge. "The best bridge book ever written. It teaches you how to think like an expert."--B. Jay Becker
83The Fun Way to Serious Bridge
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84Summer Big Fun Workbook Bridging Grades 1 & 2 (Highlights(TM) Summer Learning)
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85The Fruitful Life
We want to live loving, joyful, anxiety-free lives. Yet how can we live in grace when we're so busy battling our old patterns of behavior?
Jerry Bridges explores the nine aspects of the "fruit of the Spirit" described in Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These qualities of character can truly mark our lives if we devote ourselves to a twofold pursuit: God-centeredness and God-likeness. Jerry shows us how to practice the fruit in daily life.
When The Fruitful Life first released, Jerry said, "It was the book I had wanted to write that included everything I forgot and/or learned since The Pursuit of Holiness."
Jerry Bridges explores the nine aspects of the "fruit of the Spirit" described in Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These qualities of character can truly mark our lives if we devote ourselves to a twofold pursuit: God-centeredness and God-likeness. Jerry shows us how to practice the fruit in daily life.
When The Fruitful Life first released, Jerry said, "It was the book I had wanted to write that included everything I forgot and/or learned since The Pursuit of Holiness."
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86Advanced Play at Bridge
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87Master of Bridge Psychology: Inside the Remarkable Mind of Peter Fredin
This may be the funniest bridge biography you will ever read. Peter Fredin of Sweden won the 2009 European Pairs championship, and is a multiple medalist in events at the world level. His style and approach to bridge owe more to psychology than to the mathematics of the game, something that often lands him in unusual situations at the table. Being one of the world's best card players, he can generally find a way to extricate himself. Danish journalist Jeppe Juhl, a close personal friend of Fredin, has collected some of Fredin's best and worst moments into a book that offers superlative entertainment for any bridge player.
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88Defensive Bridge Play Complete (Melvin Powers self-improvement library)
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89Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 7 - 8
AWARD-WINNING WORKBOOK: Summer Bridge Activities is the recipient of the 2018 Kids' Product of the Year Award and Travel Fun of the Year Award from "Creative Child Magazine." This workbook was designed to prevent summer learning loss and help your child get a headstart on the next year.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 7th to 8th grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
INCLUDES: One Summer Bridge Activities workbook for 7th to 8th grade. This workbook focuses on all subjects - math, writing, reading, science, social studies, fitness and character building. It also includes bonus flash cards.
15 MINUTES A DAY: These best-selling summer activity books are designed to prevent learning loss in just 15 minutes per day. Each page is numbered by day so children and parents can track progress and reach monthly learning goals.
TEACHER-RECOMMENDED: Summer Bridge is a teacher-recommended workbook that parents have loved and trusted for the last 10 years. Summer Bridge Activities is available for preschool through 8th grade. Support your children through the end of middle school!
SUMMER LEARNING LOSS: Summer learning loss is when children lose skills learned in school over the course of the summer season. Two months of learning loss occurs during the summer, with the highest losses being in math and spelling.
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90Daily Summer Activities: Moving from 5th Grade to 6th Grade, Grades 5-6
Even during the carefree months of summer, children can be preparing for the next grade with Daily Summer Activities. It's packed with engaging activities that will build learners' confidence for the next grade level by practicing essential skills. Activities offer practice of essential skills across subject areas, including reading, math, writing, spelling, and geography. With just one or two activities per day over a 10-week period, Daily Summer Activities helps to keep skills sharp without getting in the way of vacation time. Updated in 2018, the revised Daily Summer Activities reflects grade-level expectations and includes open-ended questions to develop your child's critical thinking skills. Each week includes: - 2 fiction or nonfiction reading passages with 4 comprehension questions - 12 spelling words - 2 activities practicing a variety of grammar and usage skills - 1 sentence-editing activity to correct capitalization, punctuation, and other errors - 1 vocabulary activity practicing skills such as compound words, word parts, synonyms, and homographs - 3 math activities practicing skills such as word problems, fractions, decimals, and measurement - 1 geography activity testing basic map-reading skills and concepts - 2 creative writing exercises - 1 critical thinking activity - record form to jot down memorable moments and keep a reading log
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91Card Play Technique: The Art of Being Lucky
Whether you're an explorer or a tourist, the journey often proves to be more exciting than the place you arrive at. Not to mention more alarming, entertaining, spectacular, dangerous or farcical. All of which is pretty closely connected with the mode of transport you're dependent on - from stubborn mule to ancient plane. Brian Thacker has been on the look-out for unusual vehicles ever since he travelled down the Ovens River in the Victorian Alps on a rubber inner tube when he was nine years old. Here he writes about his most memorable journeys, including his trip on the Trans Siberian Express, his pub crawl on the London tube, his journey down the east coast of Australia in a truck and a camel safari with a particularly grumpy camel.
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92Play These Hands with Me
Reese was the first author to introduce the 'over the shoulder' approach to describing bridge hands, and it was an immediate success. In this book, the reader can follow the thought processes of an expert through the bidding and play of many fascinating hands. First published in 1960, it is now back in print after being unavailable for a number of years.
93Bridge Basics 4: Play of the Deal
This books is an essential resource for bridge players looking to refine their declarer play in both notrump and suit contracts it delves into the strategies for developing a solid plan, focusing on techniques to create extra winners in notrump contracts and minimize extra losers in suit contracts. The book offers detailed guidance on the most effeciant sequence of card play, emphasizing the importance of timing and sequenceing in executing your plan. Additionally, it provides strategies to anticipate and counter defensive maneuvers, ensuring that you can effectively navigate potential challenges posed by your opponents with illustrative examples and practical tips, this guide will elevate your card play, decision making skills snd deepen your appreciation for the complexities and subtleties of bridge. In the Bridge basics series award winning author Audrey Grant condenses her decades of bridge playing and teaching experience into easily accessible guides designed to refine your skills. Whether you are a beginner looking to learn the basics or experienced looking to brush up on the fundamentals this books has something for players of all skill levels. Play of the deal is the fourth installment of the bridge basics series joining best sellers "an introduction" "popular conventions" and "competitive bidding" these guides will allow you to learn from the best and take your bridge skills to the next level.
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94Defensive Signaling at Bridge
The author begins this thorough discussion of a neglected but vital topic by examining the real purpose of defensive signalling, and the basic kinds of signals that are available. He goes on to recommend a comprehensive set of signalling agreements, and analyzes more complex situations in the light of these agreements. Most of the chapters are followed by a quiz, and the answer to each signalling problem includes a full 52-card diagram to demonstrate the effectiveness of the recommended signal. The book finishes with a chapter that looks at the signalling methods of eight world-class pairs, with examples of their methods in action. A book any player who is looking to improve will want to read.
95Commonsense Bidding: The Most Complete Guide to Modern Methods of Standard Bidding
96Bidding in the 21st Century
97Play of the Hand in the 21st Century
This is the 2nd in the American Contract Bridge League's series of bridge books for beginning and advancing players. Successfully used by students and teachers for over 20 years, this edition has been updated to reflect current standards for playing bridge. This book concentrates on the play of the hand (making a plan, promoting winners, finessing, trumping losers, etc.). The initial bidding concepts are reviewed and Jacoby transfers and slam bidding are introduced.
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98The Hog Takes to Precision
Just about every bridge player in the world has read Victor Mollo's 'Bridge in the Menagerie'. Towards the end of his life, Mollo penned a number of stories about the same well-loved characters, but they appeared only in the pages of obscure magazines. Now, for the first time, they are available collected in book form.
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99The Complete Guide to: Passed Hand Bidding
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100The Impact of Opening Leads Against Notrump Contracts: How to Take More Tricks on Defense
Renowned bridge educator Audrey Grant looks at defending against notrump contracts with a focus on how the opening lead impacts subsequent defense. She covers the oldest maxim, when to lead partner s suit, why to avoid leading the opponents suit, what to lead from a sequence, when to lead the top of nothing, and when to take the tricks and run. Sixteen practice deals help the advancing player improve. Additional deals illustrate the various points."