Bridge in the Menagerie

Author: Victor Mollo
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781897106952
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
Victor Mollo's Bridge in the Menagerie is on any list of the all-time top ten books on the game. The stories it contains, originally published in the 1960s in Bridge Magazine and The Bridge World, found a worldwide audience in book form. Everyone can relate to the characters (the Hideous Hog, the Rueful Rabbit, Oscar the Owl, and the rest), the bridge hands are brilliant, and the stories themselves hilarious.

The New York Times Bridge Book

Author: Alan Truscott
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312331078
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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

Card Play [bridge] Technique ; Or, The Art of Being Lucky

Author: Victor Mollo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Contract bridge
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Last Giant of Beringia

Author: Daniel T. O'Neill
Publisher: Westview Press
ISBN: 9780813341972
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description
Chronicles the work of geologist Dave Hopkins, whose research solved the mystery of the existence of Beringia, the Bering Land Bridge.

Bridge on a Shoestring

Author: Michael Schoenborn
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781771400121
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
From hart house to the Bermuda Bowl, Most young bridge players spend their formative years experimenting with wild ideas, inventing new conventions and systems, playing in crazy contracts, and discovering the magic of card play. Michael Schoenborn was no exception. This book is an entertaining account of his formative years in the bridge clubs of Toronto, and how he finally fulfilled his dream of playing in the Bermuda Bowl. Along his journey from the university bridge club to the world championships, he meets a cast of characters worthy of Victor Mollo: the Owl, Big Bird, Eric the Half Bee, Colonel Bulldozer, Mrs. Four-Notrump, the Bambino, the Albatross, the Hummingbird, and many more. One thing separates them from Moilo's stories, however: these people were (and are) real, and their hilarious misadventures at the bridge table and away from it were real too. Great characters, great stories, great bridge hands - what more could you want? Book jacket.

The Principle of Restricted Talent

Author: Danny Kleinman
Publisher: Master Point Press
ISBN: 9781894154925
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
An anthology of humorous stories featuring Chthonic, the bridge-playing robot. The stories draw unmercifully funny portraits of human bridge players, as Chthonic's bridge brilliance and abrasive and ill-concealed contempt for his human creators leave them all in his wake. A particular target is the pompous Director of the Cybernetics Research Institute, whose opinion of his own bridge expertise differs greatly from that of his protigi. Some of these stories have appeared in The Bridge World magazine, where the characters are established as firm reader favorites. Danny Kleinman of Los Angeles is a prolific bridge writer, theorist, professional player, and teacher, who is a regular contributor to several bridge magazines. He is a Contributing Editor of The Bridge World, and is one of the moderators of 'The Master Solvers' Club' in that magazine. He also writes about backgammon, another game which he plays at an expert level. Nick Straguzzi of Mullica Hill, NJ, is a software analyst specializing in artificial intelligence and knowledge management. Nick has researched ways in which computer game theory could be applied to bridge, but concluded that it would be far easier to write about a perfect bridge-playing computer than to actually build one.

Right Through the Pack

Author: Robert Darvas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Contract bridge
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description

Bridge at a Glance

Author: Audrey Grant
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780910791625
Category : Bridge whist
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Bridge at a Glance - Expanded Version - now with a glossary and pages dedicated to Duplicate and Chicago scoring. This is a quick reference guide of the material in Audrey Grant's award-winning Bridge Basics series. These summaries work in conjunction with her books which provide the reasoning behind these guidelines. This 37-page booklet fits right inside your convention card holder for easy reference. -- Publisher website.

Why You Lose at Bridge

Author: S. J. Simon
Publisher: Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies
ISBN: 9780939460755
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Reprint of the classic. Win more consistently with the skill you already possess by following this simple advice. A wealth of common sense, philosophy, and how to attain the best result possible.

Bridge to the Wild

Author: Caitlin O'Connell
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544829352
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213

Book Description
Hear crisp sounds of the hornbill in the cool air. Listen to the morning symphony that greets you as you enter the front gate. Then, step onto a leafy path that leads to a secret world of animals, each of whom you won’t want to forget, here at Zoo Atlanta. Over five days we meet a menagerie of magnificent animals—pandas, elephants, gorillas, meerkats, flamingos and more—alongside the longtime animal lover, scientist, and researcher Caitlin O’Connell. With inside access to the guidance and knowledge of their beloved zoo caretakers and with stunning photographs, we are able to see the day-to-day marvels—and sometimes misfortunes—behind the animals’ enclosures that often go unseen by the everyday zoo visitor. In this example of narrative nonfiction at its best, O’Connell has created a bridge to wild, a rare chance to look beyond the zoo and to inspire guests to see for themselves just how special the animals we share our world with are.