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At The Sheikh's Bidding (Harlequin Presents)
Chantelle Shaw
Harlequin, 2008
Erin Maguire is shocked to discover that her adopted son is the heir to a desert kingdom! Now they're en route to the land of Qubbah with little Kazim's uncle, the powerful and arrogant Zahir bin Kahlid al Muntassir! Zahir insists Erin marry him, and that his young nephew remain in Qubbah! She refuses to leave Kazim behind, but she's not of royal blood. Zahir will have a very ordinary virgin bride in his bed on his wedding night!
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Standard Bidding With Sayc 11 reviews
Ned Downey, Ellen Pomer
Master Point Press, 2005
Great title for taking bidding to the next level
I have been playing bridge for about 3 months and found myself getting into trouble during bidding. My partner would make a cue bid, or a reverse and I wouldn't quite get what was going on. The books I had learned basic bridge from didn't cover these intermediate bridge topics. I knew I needed to improve my bidding in order to improve beyond beginner.
This is a great book for that purpose. ...
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Bidding for Love 2 reviews
Katie Fforde
St. Martin's Press, 2007
Charming and engaging new novel from this highly skilled author
Bidding for Love, released in England as Flora's Lot, is another charming and engaging novel from Katie Fforde. Her heroine finds herself deeply involved in helping to run a low-profile auction house and bring it into the twenty-first, post Antiques Roadshow, century. While her innocence is a trifle overdone, she is nonetheless delightful, impervious to insults and perhaps more crafty than she ...
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Commonsense Bidding: The Most Complete Guide to Modern Methods of Standard Bidding11 reviews
William S. Root
Three Rivers Press, 1995
Root headed out to teach with no compromise, but following a standard of completeness and clarity.
In another review about a book by the same author, I remarked that reading his books is like chewing sawdust. This basic fact has not changed. However, I now maintain that Bill Root has written the best books on learning the game in all its aspects.
This book is not about plain point ranges as another reader has already claimed; the book is logical, methodical, clear, but there is a catch: ...
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Improve Your Bidding Judgment
Neil Kimelman
Master Point Press, 2008
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Handbook of Construction Contracting: Estimating, Bidding, Scheduling, Vol. 2 6 reviews
Jack P. Jones
Craftsman Book Company, 1987
A must for construction specialists and tradesmen
This is vol 1 of a 2-vol work that takes the guess work out of estimating, designing, and planning a construction project. Whether building as a tradesman or contractor--or even as someone such as a homeowner wishing to contract the building of his house, this book is a must. I have been in the construction business for years and these two books are a must in my office and in my truck. I ...
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Bridge: 25 Ways to Compete in the Bidding (Bridge (Master Point Press))1 review
Barbara Seagram, Marc Smith
Master Point Press, 2000
Excellent sequel to 25 Bridge Conventions by same authors!
One of the best-selling books on bridge, and an essential for novice / intermediate players, is Barbara Seagram's (with Marc Smith) popular text "25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know." We picked up a copy of this follow-on -- "25 Ways to Compete..." -- guessing that it would be the same quality as the earlier book and hopefully just as interesting and useful. We were not to be disappointed!
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Better Bidding With Bergen Vol II, Competitive Auctions2 reviews
Marty Bergen
Baron Barclay Bridge, 1986
A classic work on aggressive bidding
Marty Bergen got in trouble with the American Contract Bridge League in 1984 for his then-outlandish bidding style and began publishing his methods shortly thereafter. Since Better Bidding With Bergen appeared in two volumes in 1985-1986, many of these methods have become commonplace. Even if you do not play Bergen's aggressive conventions and treatments yourself, you must know them, simply ...
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Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding2 reviews
Audrey Grant
Baron Barclay Bridge, 2005
Keeping Current with Duplicate Bridge Bidding
I learned a lot from this book; there is much information to be studied and digested. It is especially helpful for those who have been away from playing duplicate for a while. The title of the book, Competitive Bidding, says it all.
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Bidding in the 21st Century: The Club Series (Acbl Bridge)2 reviews
Audrey Grant
Baron Barclay Bridge, 2007
Bidding in the 21st Century
Audrey Grant is absolutely one of the finest writers of Bridge instruction. I have used her books for 6 years and this new revision is again improved from previous editions. The book is for beginners but I can assure you that players of many years can and will benefit from the concepts put forth in her new book.
Dave Drewes ACBL certified teacher
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Construction Estimating & Bidding, Theory Principles Process
Cercere, Swensen, VenderBloeman & White Estimating Task Force AGC Construction Education Committee Carpenter, 2005
AGC Publication No. 3506
The Associated General Contractors of America. Bidding Process Chart included in the back of the book.
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Bidding for the Mainstream? Black and Asian British Film since the 1990s (Internationale Forschungen zur ...
Barbara Korte, Claudia Sternberg
Rodopi, 2003
This book looks at a sector of black and Asian British film and television as it presented itself in the 1990s and early 2000s. For this period, a `mainstreaming' of black and Asian British film has been observed in criticism and theory and articulated by an increasing number of practitioners themselves, referring to changing modes of production, distribution and reception and implying a more popular and commercial orientation of certain media ...
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Competitive Bidding in Modern Bridge2 reviews
Edgar Kaplan
Wilshire Book Company, 1978
Excellent rules for competing in the bridge auction
When to overcall and when to make a takeout double. Excellent rules for responding to takeout doubles and for making overcalls above the one-level.
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At The Greek Tycoon's Bidding (Harlequin Presents)7 reviews
Cathy Williams
Harlequin, 2006
Great Story!!!
After pining after her "boss" for months, an unexpected visit by his mother throws these characters into a "pretend" relationship. Heather is thrilled, of course. Theo however, is not the long-relationship type but enjoys having her around so he's willing to compromise and offers to continue their live-in relationship. Since Heather is in love with him and doesn't want to wait around just to get ...
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Better Bidding With Bergen Vol I, Uncontested Auctions3 reviews
Marty Bergen
Baron Barclay Bridge, 2006
Helpful Advice for the Improving Bridge Player
I had been playing competitive bridge for about 10 months when I started reading this book. This book was ideal, as it didn't waste any time with the basics (e. g., the opening one-bid) and went straight into intermediate to advanced concepts. The ideas were clearly explained with examples and quizzes. I really enjoyed this book because Bergen promotes a very aggressive bidding style. The ...
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Understanding Slam Bidding (Master Bridge Series)
Ron Klinger, Andrew Kambites
Cassell, 2003
To bid in a controlled auction to a successful slam is one of the great pleasures of bridge. In Understanding Slam Bidding , Ron Klinger and Andrew Kambites teach you the important modern conventions and teach you how to identify the key cards in your hand.
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Cue-Bidding to Slams (Master Bridge Series)2 reviews
Ron Klinger
Cassell, 2001
How to Cue Bid, how to bid a slam without Blackwood
Cue Bidding is very important in slam bidding. Many intermediate level players and below only use Blackwood and they are missing out on an important technique.
The author explains how to use cue bidding and gives many examples of both reaching good slams with a lot fewer than 33 points or staying out of bad slams despite holding 33+ points (not necessarily HCP).
In addition to standard cue ...
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