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General Interest
The Amazing
Queen: Winning With Your Queens
Clement Wong
Avoid Bidding Disasters: Win by Steering Clear of Trouble
Danny Roth
Bears I'd Like to Meet: A Bear's Eye View of 101 Notable Figures in
History
Barbara Boehm
Big Deal: A Memoir From the Wonderful World of Bridge
Augie Boehm
Boost Your Bidding to a Higher Level
Danny Roth
Bridge Smarts: A Path to Bridge Success
Augie Boehm
Declarer Play: Break Out of the Pack
Danny Roth
Defense: Break Out of the Pack
Danny Roth
Demon Defense and Demon Doubling: Defend With Skill and Double for Keeps
Augie Boehm
Expert Hand Evaluation
Augie Boehm
Masterpiece Deals: A Gallery of Beautiful Card Play
Augie Boehm
Matchpoints Versus IMPs: Different Games, Different
Strategies
Augie Boehm
More Breaking the Rules: Second Hand Play
Barry Rigal and Josh Donn
Outsmart the Bridge Experts
Danny Roth
Power Up Your Bridge Game
Eldad Ginossar
Private Sessions: A Bridge Education
August W. Boehm
Test Your Bidding Against the Experts
Danny Roth
Test Your Opening Leads Against the Experts
Danny Roth
Test Your Play and Defense Against the Experts
Danny Roth
Three Notrump in Depth
Augie Boehm
Wielding the Axe: The Vanishing Art of the Penalty Double
Augie Boehm
Business
Globalization and Human Resource Management:
Adapting Successful UN Practices for the Private and Public Sectors
Fatima Fernandez
Managing Change in the Workplace: A 12-Step Program for
Success
Ralph L. Kliem and Irwin S. Ludin
Marketing to the European Laboratory: A Guide to Doing
Business in Europe
Robert L. Stevenson and Peter J.
Jenks
Work Transformation: Planning and Implementing the
New Workplace
Ken Robertson
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A collection of entertaining
deals in which queens play a critical role in the bidding, play or
defense....The defensive examples are especially striking.
Paul Linxwiler, ACBL Bridge Bulletin
One of the most original
and most interesting publications of recent years.
Jan van Cleeff, IMP Bridge Magazine
Description
The first
bridge book on winning by skillful bidding and play surrounding the queens, from
queen camouflage to queen sacrifice (both real and sham) to queen
defence, inspired by the author'1993 Bols Tip of Queening your Defence. Covers
bidding, declarer play, opening leads and responses, exit cards, entries, and
defense with strong trumps. Clear, to-the-point analyses of nearly 100 hands,
many played by international experts.
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Avoid Bidding Disasters: Danny Roth |
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Description
It has been proven many times that winning at bridge at all levels is not
about being brilliant but far more about not being stupid. If you read reports
of matches and tournaments, there will be the occasional spectacular play or
defense, but for every one of those, there will be a whole string of very bad
decisions, particularly in the bidding. If those can be avoided, countless trophies
can be won, even without the brilliancies.
In each chapter, I shall give a number of examples of hands bid by "experts"
and invite you to choose your bid. In the Solutions section of each chapter, I
shall then show you what happened and assign a score from 1 to 10 for each
alternative.
Remember that this is a game of odds, and even the most perfect player--not
that such an individual has ever existed--cannot be right all the time. But be
assured that, if you have bid according to my criteria, your bad boards will
be far outnumbered by your successes and that you will be better equipped
to accurately navigate auctions and avoid disasters.
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BEARS I'D LIKE
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Description
More than 100
notable characters, spanning a variety of eras, occupations, and backgrounds,
are presented in glossy photographs with informative and entertaining captions.
History made fun for young readers and their adult companions.
Adam
and Eve | Marie Antoinette | Karel Appel | Johnny Appleseed | Charles Atlas | Richard Avedon | Christian Barnard | Ludwig van Beethoven | Busby Berkeley | Theobald Boehm | Daniel Boone | Lizzie Borden | Louis Braille | Luther Burbank | Richard Cadbury | Fidel Castro | Charlie Chaplin | Edward Cope | Marie Curie | Charles Darwin | Dorothy Day | Jack Dempsey | Babe Didrickson | Dione quintuplets | Amelia Earheart | Leif Erikson | Jean-Henri Fabre | Max Factor | Jim Fixx | John Flamsteed | Margot Fonteyn | St. Francis of Assisi| Elbridge Gerry | Euell Gibbons | Red Grange | Hetty Green | Johannes Gutenberg | Henry Heimlich | Jimi Hendrix | Sonja Henie | Billie Holiday | Willie Hoppe | Harry Houdini | Joan of Arc | John Paul II| Casey Jones | W. K. Kellog | Emmet Kelly | John Maynard Keynes | William Kidd | Alfred Kinsey | Sophie Kurys | Edwin Land | Bruce Lee | William Levitt | Shari Lewis | Thomas Lipton | Konrad Lorenz | Juliette Gordon Low | Manolete | Bat Masterson | Mary Milton | Carmen Miranda | Carrie Nation | Nero | Florence Nightingale | Alfred Nobel | Tenzing Norgay | Annie Oakley | Ivan Pavlov | Pele | Emily
Post | Margaret Reed | Jackie Robinson | Auguste Rodin | Wilhelm Roentgen | Teddy Roosevelt | Giacamo Rossini | Wilma Rudolph | Earl of Sandwich | Satchidanada | Wilbur Scoville | William Shakespeare | Mary Shelley | Smokey Bear | Boris Spassky | Percy Spencer | Benjamin Spock | Margaret Steiff | George Stephen | Antonio Stradivario | Robert Stroud | Shirley Temple | Harold Vanderbilt | Karl Wallenda | Andy Warhol | Laura Ingalls Wilder | Esther Williams | Evelyn Wood | Fay Wray | Wright brothers
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Big Deal: |
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Description
In this charming memoir, Augie Boehm shares tales and insights from his unique perspectives as an expert bridge player and world-class musician.
The book chronicles Augie's life journeys and reveals the higs and lows of a life in and around the game of bridge, from the highest-level tournaments to the most dubious bridge club in Times Square; from the carriage trade to luxurious cruise ships to Sing-Sing Penitentiary. You will find glimpses of Stephen Sondheim, Omar Sharif, the Rockefellers, bridge legends, and the colorful characters who populate the wonderful world of bridge--be prepared to laugh.
For newcomers to bridge, the book provides an interesting background of the world's greatest card game. For experienced players and tournament veterans, there are many nostalgic reminiscences--all in the lively, conversational style that has made Augie one of the most successful players, writers, and teachers in bridge.
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Danny Roth |
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Description
Bidding is all about learning a language: how to communicate and understand. Over the years, bidding languages or, "systems," have become more explicit and accurate than they were in decades past, and thus players joining clubs and entering tournaments need to be familiar with, at least, basic bidding in current use. It is particularly important to be able to judge the quality, or trick-taking potential, of a hand, both at offense and defense. The vast majority of bidding disasters occur in competitive situations, notably in deals where there is a lot of distribution around and close decisions with potentially expensive costs need to be made. This book teaches readers how to avoid mistakes in these areas.
The book works its way through uncontested and contested auctions, emphasizing the importance of anticipation of final contract, whether it is played by the reader and his or her partner or by opponents. Hopefully, many pitfalls will be avoided away from the table, when they do not cost, rather than in the heat of the battle, when they painfully do.
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Bridge Smarts: Augie Boehm |
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Bridge success is the result of many factors talent, knowledge, experience, and, to a surprising extent, luck. But there are other, perhaps less obvious, factors that are well within your control, such as maintaining stamina, an even temperament, and concentration. What to focus on? Start with evaluating what your hand is worth as an auction develops. No supercomputer brain needed; just an ability to add and subtract from 13 plus memory, deduction, and analysis.
This book will help you become a better bridge thinker by exploring the nuances
of hand evaluation. Good evaluation produces better judgment. The book's
numerous problems and quizzes provide you with the opportunity to test that
judgment and show off your bridge smarts.
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Declarer Play: Danny Roth |
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Description
The key to good declarer play is to make use of information not only from
the bidding, but from the play of the early tricks, especially the first one
or two. This involves knowing how many rounds of each suit are likely to
be played; how many of those are likely to be won or lost; whether the
tricks lost will be to East or West―in this book, declarer is South--and
whether that matters; and probabilities of how suits will break and of
both the potential and certain winners being in East or West hands. A lot
to keep track of!
This book will help intermediate-level players focus on what is relevant,
with over 80 illustrative hands, including 56 problems in declarer play for
the reader to work out him- or herself. (Don't worry: solutions are
provided.) For each example, I shall explain how the above principles
apply to the play of each hand, to arrive at the right play at the crucial
moment(s), at speeds acceptable at the table. When you can do this, you
are well on your way to being at the top of your game and on top of your
opponents!
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Defense: Danny Roth |
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Description
The key to good defense is to make use of information not only from the
bidding, but also from the play of the early tricks, expecially the first one
or two. This involves knowing how many rounds of each suit are likely to
be played; how many of those are likely to be won or lost; whether the
tricks won will be to East or West―in this book, declarer is South--and
whether that matters; and probabilities of how suits will break and of
both the potential and certain winners being in East of West hands. A lot
to keep track of!
This book will help intermediate-level players focus on what is relevant,
with 66 illustrative hands, including 56 problems in defense play for the
reader to work out him- or herself. (Don-t worry: solutions are provided.)
For each example, I shall explain how the above principles apply to the
play of each hand, to arrive at the right play at the crucial moment(s), at
speeds acceptable at the table. When you can do this, you are well on
your way to being at the top of your game and on top of your opponents!
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Demon Defense
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This book teaches the
principles of good defense. When you feel reasonably confident about your
ability to defend, you will feel more secure in doubling the opponents.
Successful penalty doubles are a sure way to improve your performance. Using
the Socratic method, the book links defense to penalty doubles in a sequential
progression. This book will have strong appeal to tournament players of
intermediate ability.
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Augie Boehm |
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If bidding were as simple as counting high-card points, most of us would have lost interest in bridge a long time ago. Appreciating the life-long challenge of a game
immune to mastery, experts are always trying to hone their bidding judgment.
This book's aim is to help you develop good bidding judgment by refining and
improving your hand evaluation, which is the bedrock of good bidding.
Learning the requirements for everyday sequences suffices to solve a great many
situations -- but often not when a borderline hand falls into the gray zone. Then,
it is important to understand what your hand is worth. And that's the main point
of Part I of this book. Part II explores using judgment for potentially problematic
bidding sequences not neatly resolved by your bidding toolbox. Applying the
hand-evaluation judgment learned in Part I will help you think outside the box.
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Masterpiece Deals: A Gallery of Beautiful Card Play |
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Brilliance in bridge has its own kind of beauty, like a brilliant work
of art. What I happen to admire most are the moments when a player
produces a master stroke of card play, a striking move that would
elude even the majority of experts because it involves the highly unusual.
This book features card plays of such creativity and imagination
that I believe they deserve to be preserved as museum pieces
to engage appreciative audiences, both present and future. As we
promenade through the galleries, you are offered the chance not only
to admire the artistry but also to follow the artist's thought process.
"This is an enjoyable, fast read . . . priced accordingly."
--The Bridge World
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Matchpoints
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Augie Boehm |
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Matchpoint and IMP events
are based on very different scoring systems. Matchpoint scoring rewards the frequency
of gain; how often do you find the winning action? IMP scoring rewards the amount
of gain, the same basis for rubber bridge. Each form of competition is
distinctive, and a successful, well-rounded player must master a broad range of
strategies. This book looks at the tantalizing question of which form of
scoring is the more skillful, examines the role of luck, and shows how to pick
a personal style. This book, like my books on demon doubling and 3NT, is
intended for the intermediate and advanced intermediate club and tournament
player.
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Barry Rigal and Josh Donn |
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Description
To master bridge, we need
to learn the rules and algorithms that govern the game, but we must also take
them with a pinch of salt. The "rules," or best practices, are there
because they work. But not always. The more deals you play, the more you
realize that context determines whether or not you should follow the general
principles that operate successfully more often than not.
And that is what this book
is about. We go beyond the basic rules that, in a vacuum, provide helpful
advice. After all, one cannot play bridge in a vacuum. Sometimes you need to
break the rules. This volume, for advanced intermediate players, deals
exclusively with second hand play, both by declarer and the defenders.
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This is the fourth in the series of bridge problems highlighting hands which have been reported in books, magazines and newspapers in which the 'expert' has either misanalysed the problem or totally missed the point of the hand.
The book presents more than 60 problems in declarer play or defense, bringing the reader to the critical moment of decision--but also sometimes well short of it or past it, a more realistic simulation of the heat of the battle at the table. The reader 'pits wits' against the expert who faced the same decision and whose (mis)play is then analysed. Bridge is learnt by mistakes and this book is excellent material for eliminating them by showing readers how to tackle problems and what analysis is required.
The book is best enjoyed by those who play club and tournament bridge as well as ambitious social players who are keen to improve their game.
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With a foreword by Fred Gitelman
The 30 lessons in this book cover different aspects in bidge, including card play, partnership bidding, useful conventions, hand evaluation, competitive auction tactics, and matchpoint consideration. Many of the lessons discuss basic topics, but the content is not at a basic level. The emphasis throughout is on thinking bridge rather than memorizing. The author's teaching philosophy and his love for the game mandate this approach. He also believes in the importance of learning through example, which you will find throughout this book. A careful study of these examples is crucial to the process of improving your bridge Learning how to think bridge is not easy, but it is essential. If you are an intermediate or advanced player who wishes to play better bridge and learn how bridge experts think, this book is for you. Onward now to better bridge!
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the sort of stuff that no one ever explains. It is bound to make you a better
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The best way to enjoy
bridge, and win more often, is to learn how to think. This is the essence of
Augie Boehm's Private Sessions, now available through HNB Publishing. In
its pages, Augie reveals:
How to improve your bridge memory
The benefits
of visualization
The fine
points of hand evaluation
Passing--how
it is the secret weapon
What a
singleton honor is really worth
The importance
of the fourth trump
The value of
timing during the bidding and play, and at the table
Secrets of
successful declarer play
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Test Your Bidding Against the Experts Danny Roth |
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There are a number of areas in bidding in which players at all levels
demonstrate room for improvement. This includes bridge experts, whose
(mis)bidding of actual hands constitutes the 140 problems in this book.
Each chapter starts with 10 thematically linked bidding problems. In each
case, you will be told where you are sitting and the conditions of play;
any relevant conventional bidding and other information will be clearly
explained. The problems are then repeated with a discussion of recommended
answers ranked from a "perfect 10" downwards. Keeping score
will help you assess how you are progressing through the book.
You will need to recognize which type of problem is being illustrated
and show how to handle it. My most important requirement is that you
understand what you are doing rather than make a bid because "some
expert told you to do so." That understanding represents the difference
between the winning and the losing player. Enjoy your journey!
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Test Your Opening Leads Against the Experts Danny Roth |
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The opening lead is the only card played while the dummy's
(North's) hand is still concealed and is therefore one of the most
difficult parts of the game. While there is a luck element and it is
very easy to be "wise afterwards," deciding which suit to attack
(and which card in that suit to play) is crucial. The fate of countless
contracts depends on the opening lead.
This book presents dozens of opening-lead problems that I have
collected over many years and on which a number of "experts"
have gone wrongin my opinion, unnecessarily.
Topics include lead systems, the relevance of bidding, studying
options, assessing ruffing potential, establishing tricks, anticipating
enemy action, and creating diversions. A series of tests follow.
Hopefully, you will gain the skills and confidence to be regarded
by your partner and opponents alike as a fearless leader.
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This book offers a collection of 72 hands that have been played at the top level and reported by writers and commentators, but where mistakes and misanalyses have abounded. Readers are invited to find the best line of play/defense so that success does not depend on lucky distribution or opponents' misplays.
For most hands, the bidding and play are described up to the critical moment, but occasionally Roth stops well short of, or goes well past, the crucial trick; obviously, this is far more realistic. The goal is for readers to be able to form a full analysis of how they expect the play to proceed, right up to the end.
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Augie Boehm |
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Part I of this book will
equip you with a variety of useful, easy-to-master bidding tools to help you and
partner discover when to grab the 3NT brass ring, and, just as important, when
to avoid it. Reaching good 3NT contracts doesn't confer an automatic
bonus-there is that niggling rule about needing to make what you bid. So, Part
II is dedicated to the play of 3NT. Since you are apt to defend 3NT twice as
often as you declare (50% versus 25%), defensive counters are given full
weight.
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Augie Boehm |
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Nothing exemplifies the keen
competitive spirit of tournament bridge better than the penalty double. Anytime
a final contract is doubled, the stakes are raised--not just the score but the
implied mano a mano challenge. When you acquire a feel for opportunistic
penalty doubles, you have added a potent weapon to your arsenal. Your courage
to double freely and wisely will make you a respected and feared opponent. And
if the opponents occasionally make a doubled contract against you, be consoled
by what a mentor taught me: if they never make a doubled contract, you aren't
doubling often enough. This book, like my books on demon doubling and 3NT, is
intended for the intermediate and advanced intermediate club and tournament
player.
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am very impressed by the book's breadth and its depth. HR practitioners in
the private sector as well as in government and other nonprofit organizations
will benefit a great deal from the work." --Norbert Wetzel, Former IBM Regional HR Director for Central and
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While multinational
corporations have struggled with international HR problems over decades, the
United Nations organizations have developed a well-functioning career
development system in a multicultural environment that is one of the most
remarkable success stories of the United Nations. Globalization and Human
Resource Management is the first book to compare the HRM strategies and
practices of the UN system to those of the private sector and show how to
modify them to suit the objectives of MNCs. The implications are
straightforward and will have immediate practical impact.
As the US dollar has
significantly depreciated, US companies are, now more than ever, seeking
business opportunities overseas. At the same time, they have to master
ostracizing cultural challenges. Globalization and Human Resource Management
is must reading for decision makers in international business, including HR
managers, CEOs, COOs, CFOs, business development managers, sales &
marketing managers, public relations managers, and other corporate strategists.
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Santa Claus is in trouble.
His workshop at the North Pole has been cruising along for centuries, but Santa
now finds his customer base--the world's children--dissatisfied. He realizes
that changes are necessary but discovers that implementing them is another
matter altogether. Through trial and error, Santa learns that change is not
about modeling, restructuring, pay increases, or bellowing orders. It is about people
believing in change and wanting it to happen.
Lively and entertaining, Managing
Change in the Workplace takes the reader along the often bumpy path of
introducing an organization to change. Each chapter focuses on a different
aspect of change and concludes with a handy checklist to guide the reader
around the obstacles to change. Based on solid management principles, Managing
Change in the Workplace will have strong appeal for management consultants,
project managers, corporate trainers, and CEOs and other executives
implementing organization-wide initiatives.
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A comprehensive guide for
American chemical, pharmaceutical, instrument, and laboratory supply companies
marketing to or manufacturing in the European Union or considering expanding
operations overseas. Covers the current market, selling arrangements, packaging
and quality issues, regulatory and export law, environmental and currency
concerns, and other business practices of the new
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This book explains how an
organization can integrate human resources, facilities management,
and information technology strategies to deliver improved bottom-line
results while fostering a workplace environment that is more satisfying.
Focusing on optimizing the
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professionals
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