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Fun With Games of Rummy: America's Most Popular Game
Including Canasta, Bolivia, Samba and all Other Popular Forms of Canasta, Gin Rummy, Contract Rummy, Continental Rum, Panguingue and Every Other Popular Form of Rummy With Official Rules and Advice on Winning Play
2016
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
How to Play a Bridge Hand
12 Easy Chapters to Winning Bridge by America's Premier Teacher
2010
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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.
Commonsense Bidding
The Most Complete Guide to Modern Methods of Standard Bidding
2010
EN
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The most complete guide to the modern methods of standard bidding for bridge, from one of America's leading players, teachers, and authorities. With a logical, easy-to-follow style, William Root covers all the bidding essentials.
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2011
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Short and full of practical examples each book in the 'Bridge Technique Series' takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. At this price what bridge player could stand not to have all twelve?
2011
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Short and full of practical examples each book in the 'Bridge Technique Series' takes the reader through the most important aspects of card-play technique at bridge. Where appropriate play is examined from the point of view both of declarer and defenders. Full of quizzes and chapter reviews these award-winning books will also reinforce the bridge concepts you learn. At this price what bridge player could stand not to have all twelve?
2012
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17 Things That You Should Or Should Not Do In The Bridge Game Bridge is a Partnership Card Game and the fundamentals of play are here and if you follow and apply them, you will be hooked on the joy of winning in the Bridge Game. This book can be your key to a lifetime of pleasure, and sometimes pain, in bridge no matter how and where you chose to play, be it Social Club in homes, Local Club and Tournament play of bridge sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League at your Local Club, S...
All the Light We Cannot See
A Novel
2014
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*NOW A NETFLIX LIMITED SERIES—from producer and director Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) starring Mark Ruffalo, Hugh Laurie, and newcomer Aria Mia Loberti*Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist, the beloved instant New York Times bestseller and New York Times Book Review Top 10 Book about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World ...
The Paris Wife
A Novel
2011
EN
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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply evocative novel of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley—from the author of Love and Ruin and When the Stars Go Dark“A beautiful portrait of being in Paris in the glittering 1920s—as a wife and as one’s own woman.”—Entertainment WeeklyNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People • Chicago Tribune •
Sarah's Key
A Novel
2007
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**Now a major motion picture!From beloved international sensation and #1 New York Times bestselling author Tatiana de Rosnay come's her celebrated novel Sarah's Key.**Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.Paris, May 2002: ...
2011
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Based on the best-selling book 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know, "part 3: Sophisticated Stuff" includes the following conventions:Chapter 18: LebensohlChapter 19: Reverse DruryChapter 20: Roman Key Card BlackwoodChapter 21: Fourth-suit forcingChapter 22: New minor forcingChapter 23: Ogust responses to weak two-bidsChapter 24: Responsive doublesChapter 25: Lead-directing doublesFor the remaining conventions, look for these titles:25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know - Part 1: Learn Th...
2011
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From the best-selling book 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know, "Part 1: Learn these first" includes the following conventions:Chapter 1: Stayman 2♣ response to 1NTChapter 2: Takeout doublesChapter 3: Weak two-bidsChapter 4: 2♣ strong artificial openingChapter 5: ReversesChapter 6: Blackwood and GerberChapter 7: Negative doublesChapter 8: Jacoby and Texas transfersFor the remaining conventions, look for these titles:25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know - Part 2: More Complicated25 Bridg...
2010
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Are you ready to take your bridge game to the next level? Improve Your Bridge will help you develop your technique and strengthen your game. This new edition has been fully updated with fresh design and interactive features as well as insider tips from the author to help give your game the winning edge. It is written by one of the UK's leading authorities in bridge, David Bird, who has written over 70 books on the subject and is the bridge columnist for the Mail on Sunday and the Evening S...











