Bridge Books

Attractively bound and well organized, this book provides an excellent treatise on bridge for beginners and will help intermediate players deepen their understanding of the game. Mr. Wokes obviously has a rich understanding of the principles advanced bridge, and communicates these succintly and with a teacher's deft clarity. This would be an excellent textbook for a bridge class.

The Story Behind The Scenery books are very interesting. They have pictures of whatever park they are about such as Arches: The Story Behind The Scenery. A must read for anyone planning to visit one of our great parks.

Architecture and Construction is the tenth issue of Scholastic's voyages of discovery. It is excellent for children to learn the different works of architecture around the world. It also shows how the structures were made and stories about famous architects.

This book shows all kinds of architectural monuments. From Paris pyramids to icy igloos, from Parthenon pillars to building bridges, this book is definetly one you have to buy!

This book covers architecture works from six of the seven world continents. It also shows the different kinds of houses in the world and many tall skyscrapers. You also get a free 1883 newspaper article marking the celebrations for the Brooklyn Bridge.

This fabulous book would appeal to people in the age group of 6 to 13. You have to buy it!

Very detailed explanations of the various scenes of the battle. Provides deeper insight into what went wrong.

This book provides the reader with a sufficient knowledge on the bidding and the bridge conventions, and yet it is so easy to understand! I'm grateful to come across it when I'm looking for books on bidding; a must-have for those who wishes to improve and master on bidding.

This book contains miscellaneous information about the Mythos collectible card game. It contains: the rules of the game, a FAQ, a short play and deck construction guide, a sort of designer's notes on the game, background information on selected cards, rules for solitaire play and creating your own adventures, a complete spoiler list for the limited edition of the game and lists of card attributes and requirements for completing adventures.

As a collector and player of the game, I found the designer's notes on the history of the game and the design philosophy to be especially interesting. Also useful to me are the short notes on the background of selected cards and the rules for creating and scoring your own adventures. The pictures of the selected cards are black & white with a paragraph of background info. Buyers should also note that there is an updated version of the rules of the game at the Chaosium website.

Why did so many artists portray bridges in their works? In Artist and the BridgeSJohn Sweetman traces the history of the bridge in prints and painting, using a range of works by many artists to reveal both the characteristics of the bridge and the interests of the artist in producing it. The coverage is extensive, covering a range of eras in art history and tracing the changing image of the bridge in artists' works.

This book is such a good resource for ESL teachers! It is expensive, but I bought it anyway because I knew I would want to keep it on my bookshelf (I could have read it online for a class I was taking). I am an experienced teacher, but there is always room for improvement, and this book is a wonderful source of ideas.

Hammans bridge career is quite interesting. I didn't know that he had been in the Bermuda Bowl before the Aces. Reading about some of the Aces training methods (the group criticism, and allocation charges for misplays) was interesting. There are plenty of funny stories thrown in.
Lots of interesting hands. Certainly a good biography.

But for me, there was a lot more. Hamman is famous for not getting rattled and putting bad hands behind him. There was Hammans discussion of certain conventions, and what he percieves as negative trends in Bridge.

Of all the bridge biographies I've read, I liked this the best.

This book is a wonderful reference tool for any leadership class. It lays an awesome foundation that coincides with Matthew 20:27 and is a must have for any emerging leader in the church and the secular world. The principles in this text are timeless! I recommend it highly!