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Library Books
| Title | Author(s) | Level | Category | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Technique Series : Deceptive Card Play | Bird,David | Intermediate | Play | 2000 |
| "Book 5 in The Bridge Technique Series. Deceptive card play is useful in disrupting the defenders' signalling and misleading the opponents about the strength or weakness you have in a suit. Creating losing options for the opposition will make you a sharper and more successful bridge player. Includes lots of quizzes, summaries and practice hands." | ||||
| Bridge Technique Series : Deceptive Play | Bird, David | Intermediate | Play | 2000 |
| Why should you want to polish your technique in the area of deception? There are two very good reasons: first, give your opponents a chance to wrong and they will often take it! The second reason is that opportunities to use deception, either as declarer or defender, will arise on nearly every deal of every bridge session you play. So the rewards to be gained are considerable. | ||||
| Bridge Technique Series : Defending Suit Contracts | Bird, David | Intermediate | Defence | 2005 |
| A good text with lots of problems covering defense against a suit contract. | ||||
| Bridge Technique Series : Defending No Trump Contracts | Bird, David | Intermediate | Defence | 2005 |
| Why should you want to polish your defensive technique? There are two very good reasons. The first is that it is the hardest aspect of the game. Even expert defenders have to work on every deal. The more practice you have, the better you will get. The second reason is that in every bridge session you play, you will be a defender roughly twice as often as you will be declarer. So the rewards to be gained are considerable. | ||||
| Bridge Technique Series : Elimination Plays | Bird, David | Intermediate | Play | 2004 |
| Why should you want to polish your elimination play technique? There are two very good reasons. The first is that it is a relatively easy play to perform. Often you will not even need to keep track of which cards have been played! The second reason is that the opportunities to use this technique, or to defend against it, will arise in nearly every bridge session you play. So the rewards to be gained are considerable. | ||||
| Bridge Technique Series : Eliminations and Throw-Ins | Bird, David | Intermediate | Play | 2004 |
| This handy book introduces the different forms of elimation play and will teach you about loser on loser plays, partial eliminations, throw-ins and just as importantly, how to defend against these techniques when the opposition is playing the hand. | ||||
| Bridge Technique Series : Tricks with Trumps | Bird, David | Intermediate | Play | 2000 |
| The book will teach you how to play a hand via a dummy reversal, what a trump coup is (and how to counter it), scoring more tricks en passant, how to promote your little trumps, how to promote your partner's trumps via an uppercut, as well as more advanced topcis such as the smother play and the Devil's Coup. | ||||
| Bridge Technique Series : Reading the Cards | Bird, David | Intermediate | Play | 2001 |
| Learn to make assumptions from what the opponents have bid or not bid, and the cards they have played so far. You'll take more tricks as you learn to count a hand out and reconstruct the opponents hand shapes and strengths. | ||||
| Bridge Technique Series : Reading the Cards | Bird, David | Intermediate | Play | 2005 |
| It sometimes seems that expert players are able to see through the backs of the cards! Their finesses win more often, and they choose unerringly between alternative lines of play. There is a simple reason for this: they are adept at drawing the correct inferences about their opponents' hands, from the auction and the cards their opponents play to each trick. You can learn to do the same thing, if you are prepared to work a little.The basic principles of card-reading are straightforward, but applying them is not always so easy. Rest assured that some serious challenges await you in these pages! | ||||
| Defensive Signalling at Bridge | Bird, David | Intermediate | Defence | 2010 |
| Bird recommends 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. | ||||
| To Bid or Not to Bid | Cohen, Larry | Advanced | Competitive Bidding | 1992 |
| WINNER - 1992 - American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year Voted # 6 - Best Bridge Book Ever Written The Law is a simple guide to making the right decisions in competitive bridge auctions. To Bid or Not to Bid was the best-selling bridge book of the 1990s - a clear and thorough exposition of The Law. Cohen illustrates his case for the importance of The Law with dozens of example hands takesn from real life tournaments. This is a book that every serious bridge player just has to read. The sequel to this book is Following the Law. | ||||
| Bridge with Bells and Whistles | Dufresne, Mary Ann & Ellingsen, Marion | Intermediate | Bidding and Play | 2010 |
| "WINNER - 2011 - American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year This book conducts a thorough review of all the bidding ideas and concepts encountered in a Beginner course on bridge, and takes the reader beyond them, gently but firmly. The reader?s ideas on bidding will be refined, and a number of useful conventions suitable for this level of player are described and recommended. The material is written by two very experienced teachers, and includes features such as end-of-chapter reviews and quizzes to help reinforce the concepts." | ||||
| Bridge Protocol | Heslopp, Carla | Everyone | General | 2013 |
| A guide to etiquette at the bridge table | ||||
| Advanced Bridge Defence | Kantar, Edwin | Intermediate to Advanced | Defence | 1999 |
| WINNER - 1999 - American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year 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.Sure to 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. This book is intended to be read after the companion volume, Eddie Kantar Teaches Modern Bridge Defense. | ||||
| Modern Bridge Defence | Kantar, Edwin | Advanced to Expert | Defence | 1999 |
| "WINNER - 1999 - American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year Sure to become a standard reference work and teaching tool for many years to come. The topics covered here (which include leads signaling second and third-hand play and discarding) 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. It is intended to be read before the companion volume, Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense." | ||||
| The Modern Losing Trick Count | Klinger, Ron | Advanced | Hand Evaluation | 2011 |
| "Too many players rely just on counting points when evaluating the strength of their hand. Better still is to evaluate its trick taking potential. When applicable it's much more accurate than high card points and often much simpler too. The Modern Losing Trick Count discusses this method of hand evaluation and covers most of the standard bidding situations where it can and should be used. There are lots of detail and many examples, this book is ideal for anyone wishing to bid more accurately and win more often." | ||||
| Guide to Better Bridge | Klinger, Ron | Intermediate | Bidding and Play | 1991 |
| Klingers popular intermediate and advanced lessons cover both good constructive and defensive bidding. Also includes sound card play technique | ||||
| Guide to Better Card Play | Klinger, Ron | Intermediate | Play | 2001 |
| Designed to help the average intermediate player reach a level of competent declarer play and defence. | ||||
| Guide to Better Duplicate Bridge | Klinger, Ron | Intermediate | Bidding and Play | 1995 |
| Covers Matchpoint tactics and conventions that will help your scores. Very popular. | ||||
| Ron Klingers Master Class | Klinger, Ron | Intermediate | Bidding and Play | 2004 |
| In his new book, Ron Klinger has brought together and enlarged upon the ten key topics covered in his recent successful Master Class tour. With topics that range from bidding and opening leads to better card play and slams, this is a stimulating book for all players from one of the world’s leading bridge instructors. | ||||
| A Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play | Laderman, Julian | Advanced | Play | 2009 |
| "WINNER - 2009 - American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year What features of a bridge hand lead an expert to select the correct line of play from all those available?This book addresses the thought processes that novice declarers must develop and practice. The carefully chosen examples in this book will help advancing players to recognize those features and take action accordingly." | ||||
| A Bridge to Simple Squeezes | Laderman, Julian | Advanced | Play | 2007 |
| "WINNER - 2006 - American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year Most bridge players find squeeze play the hardest technique to learn. It has unavoidable technical aspects that for many make it impenetrable. In this award-winning book the reader is taken slowly and carefully through the basics and by the end will be confident that they too can execute simple squeezes at the table.This second edition reflects many enhancements and improvements made to the original version which was the 2006 American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year. Most bridge players find squeeze play the hardest technique to learn. It has unavoidable technical aspects that for many make it impenetrable." | ||||
| Card Combinations | Lawerence, Mike | Advanced | Play | 1988 |
| Award winning guide to the best way of handling combinations of cards in different situations. Each chapter takes a principle helps the reader understand it and gives examples plus a quiz on the subject. | ||||
| How to Read Your Opponents Cards | Lawerence, Mike | Advanced | Play | 1973 |
| Voted # 11 - Best Bridge Book Ever Written A great help if you seem to guess right half the time or less when playing the dummy. Each chapter takes a principle, helps the reader understand it, and gives examples, plus a quiz on the subject. | ||||
| House Of Cards Series : Declarer Play | McVeigh, Tina | Beginner | Play | 2007 |
| House Of Cards Series : Competitive Bidding | McVeigh, Tina | Beginner to Intermediate | Bidding | 2007 |
| House Of Cards Series : Slam Bidding | McVeigh, Tina | Beginner | Bidding | 2007 |
| House Of Cards Series : Weak Twos & Beyond | McVeigh, Tina | Intermediate | Bidding | 2007 |
| House Of Cards Series : Defence | McVeigh, Tina | Beginner | Defence | 2007 |
| House Of Cards Series : Double Without Trouble | McVeigh, Tina | Beginner to Intermediate | Bidding | 2008 |
| House Of Cards Series : No Trumps are Easy | McVeigh, Tina | Beginner | Play | 2010 |
| House Of Cards Series : Partnership Manual | McVeigh, Tina | Beginner | Bidding | 2007 |
| House Of Cards Series : Common Mistakes (With Cards) | McVeigh, Tina | Beginner | Problems and Quizzes | 2014 |
| House Of Cards Series : Bridge Tips | McVeigh, Tina | Beginner to Intermediate | Problems and Quizzes | 2007 |
| Introduction to Bridge | Marston, Paul | Beginner | Material for Newcomers | 1989 |
| "You will find it easy to learn, despite what you might have heard. There is not a lot to memorise - it is more a matter of getting a feel for the game. By the end of the book you can expect to be playing a sound basic game of bridge, even if you have never played cards before. This is not to say that you will know it all - there's always something new to learn at bridge. But you will be ready to take your place in the bridge world and that is something to really look forward to." | ||||
| The Principles of Card Play | Marston, Paul | Intermediate | Play | 1986 |
| "So far you may have concentrated on your bidding but now you would like to play the cards well, both as declarer and defender. What a good position to be in! For a reasonable amount of effort you can difectly improve your results. While each hand may occur as infrequently as Halley's Comet, most hands can be categorised and you will see the same old problems time after time. This means that you can be a successful card player without having a computer brain; you do not have to memorise endless figures. Just learn how to use a short list of principles and you will be well on the way. Five percent of the hands may be complex but the rest are not. This book shows you how to play well on the straightforward ninety-five percent of the hands. It reveals the principles that constantly recur, then it demonstrates by example how you can take advantage of them." | ||||
| The Language of Bidding | Marston, Paul | Intermediate | Bidding | 1992 |
| "The Language of Bidding shows you how to bid well. You have to know these things to be a good bridge player. The system is Standard with weak twos (the most widely used method in the world). It covers both four and five card majors. When you would choose a different bid depending on which of the two you are playing, the alternatives are noted. There are three sections: the first nine chapters cover uncontested auctions, the next four cover competitive auctions and the last two cover tournament play. The best way to learn a new skill is to try it out; this book gives you three great ways to do this. Each of the thirteen chapters has a quiz. They also have four practice hands for you to play. (You can make them up from strips in the back of the book.) The hands illustrate the bidding and they contain card play pointers. On top of this, chapters two to thirteen each have twelve bidding practice hands. You turn to one page while your partner turns to another. Then you can compare your auctions with my recommendations. While you have to learn quite a few things before you can be considered to be an expert bidder, the process of finding out is both fulfilling and fun." | ||||
| All About No Trumps | Marston, Paul | Intermediate | Bidding and Play | 2009 |
| "Unlike suit bids, all notrump calls limit the hand within two or three points which simplifies the responder's task of deciding whether to go to game, possibly slam. You cannot get ahead until you understand this structure. Playing in notrumps is also satisfying. It is usually a race between the declarer and the defenders to set up tricks. Making the contract means winning the race. Good play and defence in notrumps calls for an understanding of the different ways that you can take tricks and an awareness of timing. but many players don't have these skills. How often have you heard the desperate gasp: 'I hate playing notrumps'? For these players, notrumps is a time of tension instead of the rewarding adventure that it should be. This books aims to put all that right. You will learn about the structure of notrump bidding and the essential priciples of notrump play. After reading this book, you will know when to bid notrumps. What's more, you will relish the oppotunity to do so. Chapter one deals with notrump opening bids; chapter two covers responding to notrump bids on balanced hands; chapter three, responding on unbalanced hands; chapter four explains when a notrump bid is a description of the hand and when it's a choice of contract, an important difference that causes much confusion; and chapter five deals with the Stayman convention. Each chapter has two card play tips: one for the declarer and another for the defenders. These are then illustrated in the four play hands at the end of each chapter." | ||||
| Opening Two Bids | Marston, Paul | Intermediate | Bidding | 1992 |
| "These days there is only one way to play your opening two bids: 2C for strong hands and 2D/H/S for shapely hands of below opening strength. By using 2C for all your strong hands you keep the other bids free for attack. Now you can hit them with weak twos or multi twos. The first two chapters are on weak twos and the strong 2C. Weak twos are the most widely played twobid structure in the world. The reasons are not hard to find. They are logical. If it makes sense to open three with 6-10 HCP and a seven card suit, doesn't it make sense to open two with a six card suit? Being logical, they are easy to use. Even beginners can expect to use them properly by simply reading chapter one. And they are effective. When you open with a weak two you put your side in control. Chapter three is about multi twos. Multi twos, a variation on the weak two theme, have become standard fare for experts. All 48 pairs that made the quarter finals in the 1991 Bermuda Bowl in Yokohama used multi twos in one form or another along with a strong two clubs (except a couple of strong club pairs). No-one used 2D/H or S as a strong bid. You won't get a clearer vote than that. With all this destructive weaponry out there, it makes sense to give some thought to defending yourself. Chapter Four shows you an effective way to fight back. All the chapters have quizzes. The first wo chapters also have practice hands with make-up strips, making them the ideal for a partnership that is upgrading methods or a teacher giving classes." | ||||
| A First Book of Bridge Problems | O’Connor, Pat | Beginner | Problems and Quizzes | 2011 |
| "WINNER - 2012 - American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year The hands are presented to the reader as they would encounter them playing at the table. Unlike in a textbook, where topics are introduced systematically, there is no clue as to what type of play is required. Experienced players recognize certain standard situations without having to work them out. This does not apply to novices, who spend a lot of mental effort on them. The book will help the novice player to develop their recognition of these situations." | ||||
| A Second Book of Bridge Problems | O’Connor, Pat | Beginner | Problems and Quizzes | 2013 |
| "WINNER - 2014 American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year Like O’Connor’s A First Book of Bridge Problems, ABTA Book of the Year for 2012, The problems are slightly more advanced than those in the first book." | ||||
| Clues from the Bidding | Pottage, Julian | Advanced | Problems and Quizzes | 2003 |
| Defenders invariably base their strategy on declarer's bidding. Yet so often declarers fail to return the compliment. They flail away without a thought of what the defenders have or have not done. | ||||
| Thinking on Defense | Priebe, Jim | Intermediate to Advanced | Defence | 2001 |
| Just one bid from an opponent may tip off declarer to the winning play - perhaps warning of a bad break or that a finesse is doomed. When the defenders have made several bids the declarer may be able to make spectacular double-dummy plays. The problems in this book all contains situations where an astute declarer can listen to the bidding, or lack of it, and derive information critical to the success of his contract. | ||||
| Positive Declarer Play | Reese, Terrance | Intermediate to Advanced | Play | 2005 |
| This book was originally published in 1990, and in this new edition is substantially revised and expanded. | ||||
| Positive Defense | Reese, Terrance | Intermediate to Advanced | Defence | 2005 |
| It is a collection of bridge problems designed to teach players how to think along the right lines at the bridge table. Anyone who absorbs even a fraction of the ideas presented here will himself making contracts that might have been defeated and defeating contracts that might have been made. | ||||
| The Rodwell Files | Rodwell, Eric | Advanced | Play | 2011 |
| WINNER - 2011 - International Bridge Press Association Book of the Year. First, Rodwell describes and explains how to analyze a bridge hand: the building blocks of analysis, the thought process, and how to defog when you get bogged down. Then he describes a host of innovative ideas in cardplay, stratagems that can be used as declarer or defender. While top experts will be familiar with some of these, almost all will be new to anyone below the bridge stratosphere. Finally, under the heading The DOs and DON'Ts of Bridge, Rodwell talks about the mental side of the game: areas where every player often goes wrong in his approach to the problem at hand, areas that mark the key differences between an average player and a successful one. The first draft of this book has been in existence for more than twenty years, but it is only now that Rodwell is prepared to allow his secrets to become public knowledge. | ||||
| How Good is your Bridge | Roth, Danny | Advanced | Play | 2007 |
| "WINNER - 2008 - American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year The author presents a series of card play problems and assigns the reader a score based on how close to the optimal solution they get. Readers can expect their scores to improve as they work through the book inevitably learning as they go." | ||||
| Play Bridge with Me | Roudinesco, Jean-Marc | Intermediate to Advanced | Problems and Quizzes | 1980 |
| Forty problems in card play by a European Champion | ||||
| Declarer Play at Bridge A Quiz Book | Seagram, Barbara | Beginner to Intermediate | Play | 2012 |
| This is not just a series of problem hands, however. Each section contains a brief introduction of its topic, and the ideas are reinforced with carefully explained solutions and helpful tips throughout. Bridge teachers and students will find this book invaluable. | ||||
| Defensive Play at Bridge A Quiz Book | Seagram, Barbara | Beginner to Intermediate | Defence | 2013 |
| This book gives near-beginners a chance to practice the principles on which sound defense is based. | ||||
| Planning the play of a Bridge Hand | Seagram, Barbara | Beginner to Intermediate | Play | 2009 |
| WINNER - 2005 - American Bridge Teachers Association Book of the Year - Beginner Level The hard part is learning when each applies. There is that terrible moment when the dummy comes down and the novice declarer has no idea even how to start thinking about the right things. This book starting from the basics explains how to make a plan as declarer. The reader learns how to recognize which technique to apply on a given deal both in notrump contracts and suit contracts. By the end of the book readers will be comfortable with slightly more advanced material such as entry management and elementary counting. | ||||
| 25 Acol Bridge Conventions you should Know | Seagram, Barbara and Smith, Marc | Intermediate | Bidding Conventions | 1999 |
| Even if you just play socially, it can't hurt to add a few choice gadgets to your bidding arsenal. This book describes and explains 25 basic conventions that you can easily assimilate into your own bidding. Each one is clearly and simply explained, and you'll see how it fits in the ACOL system if you decide to use it. Each chapter includes a helpful summary of key points and a quiz with full explanations of all the answers. | ||||
| Why You Lose at Bridge | Simon, SJ | Everyone | Humour | 1945 |
| Voted # 1 - Best Bridge Book Ever Written A wealth of common sense, philosophy, and 'how to attain the best result possible.' | ||||
| Getting into the Bidding | Treble, Bill | Advanced | Competitive Bidding | 2012 |
| This text covers the basic building blocks of competitive bidding (takeout and negative doubles, preempts, overcalls, competing over their notrump openings and dealing with competition over your own, forcing pass auctions, the Law of Total Tricks, and others). It describes a number of useful conventions and gadgets with which the reader needs to be familiar, and suggests other optional treatments for partnership discussion. Each chapter ends with reviews and quizzes, and the final chapter is a summary quiz covering all the material.This book will fill a major gap in bridge literature most books on this topic are intended for expert-level players. | ||||
| Winning Declarer Play | Truscott, Dorothy | Beginner to Intermediate | Bidding and Play | 2014 |
| "Dorothy had a unique ability to make complex bridge concepts simple to understand, and everything here, from the basics to the most complicated squeeze or endplay, is described in an interesting and easy-to-follow way. In addition to the technical material, the reader will also learn when and how to use deceptive tactics to give the opponents a chance to make mistakes. Each chapter has many sample hands to test and challenge the reader." | ||||
| Bid Better, Play Better | Truscott, Dorothy | Intermediate | Bidding and Play | 1986 |
| "Voted # 14 - Best Bridge Book Ever Written It helps a beginner follow the road to expertise, and allows a traditional bidder to move into the world of modern bidding. Quizzes at the end of most chapters permit readers to test themselves." | ||||
| Partnership Defence | Woolsey, Kit | Intermediate to Advanced | Defence | 1980 |
| A detailed discussion of signals, leads, matchpoints, defensive conventions and protecting partner. Quizzes and a unique partnership test at the end. | ||||