Bridges Books

Simple and funny book that my 3 year old daughter loves. The lesson is simple, it teaches a preschooler how to be patient. Very easy to follow as my little one tries to "read" along.

We got this out of the library for our 3-year-old, and he loved it so much he wanted to read it every night. He very quickly knew the story well enough that he was "reading" it himself on each page. We're buying this for him for Christmas, and I fully expect it to be one of the books that teaches him how to read. The repetition is great for that, and it enables us to read it in a silly way, and read the "so everyone has to wait" pages in an mockingly exasperated, impatient voice that he has learned to mimic as well. Highly recommend.

Kirkus Reviews
This enthusiastic read begins, "The Bridge is up! The bus can't go, so everyone has to wait." Following the bus and joining the queue come various modes of transport, from a bike to a bulldozer. Each vehicle is tacked on to the end of the refrain, building repetition. When the bridge finally descends, everything is repeated again, only this time, the bus can go! Hefferan's illustrations have cottony edges with an oil-base crayon vibrancy to the colors. The drivers and passengers, animals all, are expressive and charming. The font is expansive and jaunty, part and parcel with the artwork. Slightly bothersome, though, are the perspectives. Throughout the story the automobiles shift, inexplicably, from forming a line to sitting side by side. However, children will enjoy identifying the vehicles and watching the bicycle-riding monkey wander about before joining the motorcyclist. Whether to a crowd of one or many, this read-aloud is sure to be a pleaser. (Picture book. 3-6)

This book is for advanced players that are willing to make it into the championship level. Describes not only probabilities, but also odd changing, vacant places, chance combination and more.

Highly recommended.

I've read several of Kelsey's books, and the problems he gives are often rather difficult. Those in this book are usually easy, however. And that is how it should be. Most decisions at the bridge table are pretty easy. You just need to make the right ones consistently.

After a brief introduction to basic probability theory, Kelsey tells us about the odds for distributions of missing cards. The next chapter is on how to play various card combinations in a suit.

After that, we practice combining chances as a declarer. We learn to play for a drop in one suit before taking a risky finesse in another, and so on.

Next is a chapter on care of options. Sometimes, the opponents will remove one of your options. Sometimes, you will remove one of theirs. We learn to make some straightforward plays that take all this into account.

Of course, one elementary aspect of bridge is that the odds change as the hand is played. If an opponent shows out of a suit, or gives you other information about the distribution of cards, the odds can change. And Kelsey expresses the change in odds by the number of "vacant places" that remain undetermined.

The final elementary concept in bridge odds is generally referred to as "restricted choice." Kelsey finds this term confusing, so he calls it "freedom of choice." A simple example is when you have nine trumps, missing the Queen, Jack, five, and four. With the Ace and King in your hand, you try the Ace. Your left-hand opponent drops an honor! Before that happened, you would have played for the suit to split 2-2. But you now realize that there are only two kinds of hands your opponent could have started with: a singleton honor or both honors. There are two hands where your opponent has a singleton (singleton Queen and singleton Jack). And only one hand where your opponent has both honors. So the odds are nearly 2 to 1 in favor of finessing on the next round of trumps. That's a basic concept one has to know in bridge, and Kelsey gives some more examples of it.

This book is easy to read but teaches some valuable lessons. There is only one statement I seriously disagree with in it, and naturally, it is not about bridge. Near the start of the book, Kelsey asks about the probability of a "tossed coin" to come down tails if it has come down heads nine times running.

Kelsey is trying to explain that the chance of tails is not greater than 50%. After all, the coin has no memory. It is not going to come down tails just to even the odds! Kelsey says that each toss of the coin is a separate 50% chance.

Well, that's not quite true. The chance of it coming down tails is not 50%. After all, there is only one chance in 512 of a fair coin coming down heads nine times running. The chance may be considerably greater if the coin (or the toss) is not fair. If the coin is two-headed, the chance of nine straight heads is 100%.

Clearly, the chance of tails on the tenth throw is less than 50%.

I recommend this book.

While the calculation of the odds is interesting this is a practical book as well as a methematical one. Theer are numerous problems where teh reader needs to improve their chances by combining plays. Such as playing AK of a long suit to see if the Q drops before taking a finesse.

Not only is the information useful, its well presented adn enjoyable to read.

The math is not especially dificult and if you want to become a good player you should be aware of this. I put it under "knowing your fundamentals"

I liked this a lot more than the Vivaldi book. The Terence Reese book "Master the Odds" was ok, this was better.

Find it and GET it. You will find deals and material not found elsewhere, and G.Coffin is -da- master of endplays!
Terminology will sound weird, but your game will improve a lot. Warning -> Advanced players only. Do not hope that you will understand anything if you are a beginner: Coffin has no mercy!

One of top books on play. Ranks with Master Play and Play of the Hand. Needs updating and editing, and would be a best seller again.

If you ever get a chance to buy or borrow this book, do so. I would say that this is an intermediate text, but it covers everything from the basics to simple endplays and squeezes. This is a better and more comprehensive book on play of the cards than any other I've read. If you get a chance, pick up anything by George Coffin.

Dr. Izzo has helped me deal with past experiences in such a healthy and holistic way. Each time I read this book I have the ability to clear my mind and change my perception on thoughts that are toxic, unproductive and un-loving. This provides me the ability to be a better mother, wife and lawyer. This book has truly improved my quality of life!

The Bridge to I Am is the only self help book you'll ever need. I never understood the healing power of my own spirit until I recognized my impasse and reconnected. The five steps are user friendly and a provide a great journey to self discovery. Everyone deserves to know this information!

I loved this book! The Bridge To I Am is an an important, extremely well-written book for our times. It is easy to understand and integrate into our ever-changing chaotic world. Dr. Izzo takes us to a place where we can create a better inner existence, a pathway to experience reconnecting with our precious spiritual or higher nature. I encourage everyone to read this and go through the steps of Rapid Advance. It is a must read for those who want less chaotic, more spiritual and empowered lives.

This book is a valuable educational resource about hearing loss and cochlear implants.

Read about the emotions and real life experiences of individuals of all ages, who have lost their hearing or have been born deaf.

You'll be in awe as you read about their miraclous journey into the hearing world through the help of cochlear implants.

Wonderful book with inspiring stories.

Ms Farley, herself a user of a cochlear implant, brings together extensive literature on the implants, news of the latest technology, plus many many stories from people who went through the decision-process and opted for a cochlear implant. If you or a loved one might be helped to hear by an implant, you need this book to help in making an informed decision.

This book has given me new insight into and appreciation of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy. Dr. Resnikoff's model promotes flexibility and balance in the use of medication and therapy: His model demonstrates how crucial it is for the therapist to observe and listen to client(s) initially, and as therapy proceeds. The examples that Resnikoff offers should help individuals and especially therapists in training learn the value and importance of integrating therapy and psychopharmacology.

As a non-professional in family therapy, it took me a couple of chapters to fully understand Dr. Resnikoff's model. My bias against using drugs in therapy was also a hurdle I needed to overcome in appreciating Resnikoff's thesis which is that therapists need to be less dogmatic and adopt a kind of post-modern approach to therapy. Rather than dismissing one approach or school of thought for another, the author has developed a multi-dimensional model incorporating "talk therapy" and "drug therapy" in the treatment of patients. At the end of the day, Resnikoff's inclusivity and open-mindedness won me over where I understood and fully appreciated his complex approach. The "read" gets good too when he introduces case studies and examples from his own life to the text. Although not a simple book for a non-professional in psychotherapy, I found the book very rewarding. I find myself using Resnikoff's model as I go through life.

I found this book entertaining and instructive concerning the different techniques used by the author to treat family problems. I particularly enjoyed his "real-life" case examples.

If you love Central Park, you will enjoy this book. The history of the park is fascinating. This book focuses on the bridges in the park and the stories behind them. Many of the old photos are captivating. Enjoy!

This is a wonderful pictorial history of Central Park, pictures from the past and current pictures.
This history of the park is well depicted.
I would recommend this book to any one who enjoys history and/or New York City. Linda Steele, Largo, Florida

Must have history of the bridges. If you have ever been to Central Park then you will love this book. If you haven't then????????

It has been over ten years already since this anthology was first published, but the writings, photos, art, and interviews contained within it are still as stimulating, inspiring and necessary as when Behar's beautifully edited book first came out. Despite what was hoped for in the mid-90's, relations between Cuba and the United States have worsened and it seems that the possibility for dialogue between the two countries has narrowed even further. But at least we have the dialogue that Behar has so elegantly revealed in this volume.
Bridges to Cuba presents a diversity of perspectives in an attempt to piece back together the fragments of what politics and exile have divided. An excellent interview with poet Nancy Morejon succinctly summarizes this project. Morejon says, "the miracle that we could hold a conversation. That we could confront each other. Without imposing exile as a precondition, and without us imposing the precondition of being revolutionary islanders... it was only through [Cuban] culture that we could establish those links, recognize each other" (134).
The conversations are physical, between Cubans on the island and exiled Cubans, as well as intertextual. Fundamentally, however, this book converses with the reader, challenging his or her notions of the Cuba that resides in the popular imagination. Until the embargo is lifted, this book is the closest the average American reader can get to Cuba.

I had the pleasure of being a student of Ms. Behar and she is a wonderful woman. It's no surprise that her book is as informative and exciting as the class. I only wish I had asked her to sign it...

Bridges to Cuba is a collection of art, poetry, personal essays, and fiction written by Cubans on both sides of the straits of Florida.

A magnificent attempt to bring together all who are Cuban by birth, to share the complexities of what it has been like to be separated these many years. The submissions in this book capture magnificently the diversity of experiences, thoughts, emotions and conflicts caused by the separation of Cubans from each other, and for many, from the land of their birth. Having been born in Cuba and having lived in the U.S. for the last forty years, the contributions in this book spoke personally to me in a way that nothing I have ever read before has done. But the beauty of this book and the gift Behar has given, is to present the challenges and emotional depth of separation that all us feel in our lives. Each contribution gives us a different perspective, a unique view of the subject, and a deeper understanding of what it is like to be separated from that and those which we love.

Ruth, thank you.

Practical, rich in clinical wisdom, chock full of fascinating case illustrations, Bridges to Recovery is a comprehensive and enlightening book -- an appropriate book to lead our addictions work into the twenty-first century. It transforms our understanding of addiction and offers us a clinical and theoretical head start for the complex cultural tasks ahead of us. This is the first book in our clinical literature to comprehensively address addiction treatment from a perspective of multicultural competence. It should be required reading for all those in the health care field who deal with substance abuse. Every physician, psychologist, social worker, nurse and counselor should become familiar with the ideas in this book.

The editor, Jo-Ann Krestan, one of the senior clinicians and thinkers in the family therapy field, and a seminal teacher and clinician on issues of addiction, has brought together a remarkable and diverse group of clinicians who have front line experience and knowledge of the struggles of those suffering from addiction. They have done a superb job of summarizing the research and articulating their own and their group's cultural wisdom for intervention. The chapters take account of each group's cultural and political history and the impact of oppression and marginalization within the dominant culture in the United States.

Monica McGoldrick, Director, The Multicultural Family Institute, Highland Park, N.J.(www.MulticulturalFamily.org), whose books include Ethnicity and Family Therapy, Revisioning Family Therapy: Race, Culture and Gender in Clinical Practice, The Expanded Family Life Cycle and Genograms

The section from the Native counselor which includes the cultural belief systems of Natives is the best I have come across in the literature. Their version of the 12 Steps is included also. This extensive section is worthe the price of the book!
Katherine van Wormer,co-author of Addiction Treatment

"Bridges to Recovery" shows the greatness of diversity to enrich our recovery with other people's ideas. It embodies something new for each of us to learn about the spiritual aspects of personal growth and find comfort in the healing process. I found it full of information for newcomers to sobriety as well as for old-timers like myself. Where else could you find reflected the brillance of God as you understand him in its impetus to spiritual growth? This book urges you to begin your healing journey and creates and open atmosphere that just might save your life.

Lots of interesting facts I never knew about the internet. Made my internet experience a lot more enjoyable and productive than I ever imagined!

Wao - everybody thinks they know the Internet! But they have not seen even a fifth of it until they have gone through the exercises in this book. Gopher and Archie? Most people have never heard of these services. They are out there and are very useful. I downloaded a ton of documents for my research paper this weekend.

The step by step intructions in this book make it easy to use. It taught me a lot about the Internet. It is a very user-friendly manual. A must have.