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Bridge books reviewed

January 13, 2008

The Pattaya Bridge Club web site now has an extensive section of reviews of bridge books. Over five hundred selected bridge books are clearly and objectively reviewed.  Other bridge items for sale are also listed and there is a page selling bridge CD-ROM software.

Bridge Books page 1 reviews books by Barbara Seagram, Marc Smith, Louis H Watson, Ned Downey, Ellen Pomer, Sally Brock, Sally Brock and Barry Rigal, Eddie Kantar, Matthew and Pamela Granovetter, Marty Bergen, Bob Hamman, David Berkowitz, Rick Brown, Eric Jannersten, Larry Cohen, Gianni Barracho and Antonio Vivaldi, B. Axelsen and Villy Dam, Ron Anderson and Sabine Zenkel, and Terrence Quested.

Bridge Books page 2 reviews books by Dorothy Hayden Truscott, Andrew Robson, Andrew Robson, Andrew Ward, Sabine Auken, Sally Brock, Harold Feldheim, Marty Bergen, David Bird, Edgar Kaplan, Freddie North, Geza Ottlik and Hugh Kelsey, Mike Cappelletti, Ron Klinger, R Jayaram, Clarke Fairbrother. 

Bridge Books page 3 reviews books by Zia Mahmood and David Bird, Sally and Raymond Brock, Julian Pottage, James S. Kauder, Jim Kaplan, David Weiss, Dave Huggett and Stephen Cashmore, Marty Bergen, Augie Boehm, Brian Senior, Sally and Raymond Brock, Barbara Seagram and Marc Smith, David Bird, Raymomd Semp.

Bridge Books page 4 reviews books by Victor Mollo, Robert King, Phillip King and Victor Mollo, Ron Klinger, David Bird and Ron Klinger, Frank Stewart, Susan Moody, Richard Powell, Shirley Presberg, Martin Hoffman and David Bird, William Cole.

Bridge Books page 5 reviews books by Philip and Robert King, David Bird, Danny Kleinman, Matthew Granovetter, Jim Priebe, Robert F. Mackinnon, Bill Townsend, Roselyn Teukolsky, Eddie Kantar, Darvas & De vere Hart, Julian Pottage, Ron Klinger, Zia Mahmood, David Silver and Tim Bourke, Donald Parson, Larry Cohen and Liz Davis, Kathie Wei-Sender and Martin Hoffman, Jude Goodwin, Ewart Kempson.

Bridge Books page 6 reviews books by David Bird, David Bird and Terence Reese, David Bird and Simon Cocheme, Martin Hoffman and Matthew Granovetter, Matthew and Pamela Granovetter, Sam Hellman, George Gooden, Frank Thomas, George Rosenkranz.

Bridge Books page 7 reviews books by Marty Bergen, David Bird, Tim Bourke, David Bird and Martin Hoffman, Tony Forrester and Brian Senior, David Bird and Marc Smith, Alan Sontag, Roy Hughes, Barnet Shenkin, David Bird, Sally Brock, Hugh Kelsey, Elena Jeronimidis, Mark Horton and Fred Gitelman, Raymond Brock, Terence Reese and Eddie Kantar

Bridge Books page 8 reviews books by Marty Bergen, Eddie Kantar, Marshall Miles, Matthew and Pamela Granovetter, Terence Reese and David Bird, Terence Reese and David Bird, David Bird and Nikos Sarantakos, David Bird, Terence Reese and Julian Pottage, Julian Pottage, Marc Smith, Fred Gitelman

Bridge Books page 9 reviews books by Dave Huggett and Stephen Cashmore, Victor Mollo, Julian Pottage, Julian Pottage, Ron Klinger, Brian Senior, Julian Laderman, Guy Levé, Carl Vancelette, Derek Rimington, Marshall Miles, Neil Kimelman, Hugh Kelsey, Paul Lukacs and Jeff Rubens, Ken Eichenbaum.

Bridge Books page 10 reviews books by Tony Forrester, Mark Horton, Hugh Walter Kelsey, Danny Kleinman, by Danny Roth, Robert E Ewen, Michael Lawrence, John Boeder, Julian Pottage, Ray and Linda Lee, Easley Blackwood, Ron Klinger, Robert Sheehan, Tim Bourke and David Bird, Andrew Kambities, Kit Woolsey

Bridge Books page 11 reviews books by Victor Mollo and Nico Gardener, Brian Senior, David Bird, Sally Brock, Mike Lawrence, Roy Hughes, Danny Kleinman, Jeremy Flint, Brian Senior, Mark Horton, William S Root, Alan Truscott, Terence Reese

Bridge Books page 12 is mostly a two-over-one bidding system page and reviews books by Max Hardy, Ken Rexford, Ron Klinger, Paul Thurston, Mike Lawrence, Max Hardy and Steve Bruno, Bill Flannery, Jerry Helms, John Thomas

Bridge Books page 13 reviews books by Allan Falk, Danny Roth, Mike Lawrence, Victor Mollo, Robert Gray and Raymond Brock, Hugh Kelsey, William S Root and Richard Pavlicek, Amalya Kearse, Matthew and Pamela Granovetter, Ron Klinger and Andrew Kambites, Ron Klinger, Freddie North, Michael Lawrence, Ron Andersen, Max Hardy, Brian Senior, Milton Work.

Bridge Books page 14 reviews books , mainly on Acol and the weak No trump; by David Bird and Tim Bourke, Michelle Brunner,  Eric Crowhurst, Eric Crowhurst and Andrew Kambites, Marty Bergen and Tim Bourke, Eric von der Luft, Andy Stark, Ron Klinger and Andrew Kambites, Sandra Landy, Mark Horton & Barbara Seagram, Bernard Magee, Tony Sowter, Paul Mendelson, Ian Macleod, Hugh Kelsey and Ron Klinger, Hugh Kelsey and Andrew Kambites, Paul Wokes, Derek Gittins, Terence Reese and David Bird, Amanda Hawthorne and Mark Horton

Bridge Books page 15 reviews books by Ron Klinger and Andrew Kambites, Hugh Kelsey, Donald Farewell and Jason Rosenfild, Sally Horton, Mary Paul, Kit Woolsey, Frank Stewart, Sally Brock, Augie Boehm, Mike Lawrence, Frank Stewart, David Bird and Nikos Sarantakos, Dorothy Cook, Sandy Balfour, Alan and Dorothy Truscott, Zia Mahmood, Charles Goren

Bridge Books page 16 reviews books by Barbara Seagram and Andy Stark, Barbara Seagram and Linda Lee, Paul Lamford, Augie Boehm, Harry Feldheim, William S Root, by Terence Reese and Patrick Jordain, Paul Mendelson, Ron Klinger,  Andrew Kambites and Ron Klinger

Bridge Books page 17 reviews books by Mark Horton and Tony Sowter, North, Mike Lawrence, Julian Pottage, Paul Marston, Zia Mahmood, Michael Rosenberg, Frank Stewart, Henry Francis and Brian Senior, Gerald Olsen, Brent Manley, Alan Truscott and Philip Alder, Tim Seres 

Bridge Books page 18 reviews books by David Bird, Eddie Kantar, David Bird and Tony Forrester, Marshall Miles, Albert Dormer,  Ron Klinger, Terence Reese, Rubens, Mark Horton and Brian Senior, David Bird and Martin Hoffman, Henry Francis, Jim Priebe, Joyce Nicholson, Daniel Roth, Kit Woolsey, Hugh Kelsey

Bridge Books page 19 reviews books by Burt and Lynn Hall, Howard Ringel, David Bird, Harry Lampert, Fred Karpin, Terence Reese, Albert Dormer and Ron Klinger, Andrew Robson, Ron Klinger, Freddie North, Juliam Pottage, Omar Sharif and David Bird, Omar Sharif

Bridge Books page 20 reviews books by Jeff Meckstroth, Prakash K. Paranjape, Dan Romm, Mel Colchamiro, Robert Darvas and Paul Lukacs, Danny Roth, Alan Mould, Robert Berthe and Norbert Lebely, Raymond Brock, Alan Mould, John Clay, Jeff Rubens, Mike Lawrence, Brian Senior, Clyde Elton Love, Mark Horton, Edgar Kaplan, Dudley Courtenay, Jourdain and Martin Hoffman, Edgar Kaplan, Marshall Miles, Marc Smith and Zia Mahmood

Bridge Books page 21 reviews books by Terence Reese and Roger Trezel, Radoslaw Kielbasinski and Mark Horton, Roy Hughes, Jim Priebe, Danny Roth, Edward McPherson, Bobby Wolff, Victor Mollo, Eric Jannersten, Rixi Markus, Hugh Kelsey and Ron Klinger, George Rosenkranz and Philip Alder, Freddie North, and Kit Woolsey.

Bridge Books page 22 reviews books by Larry Cohen, Tim Bourke and Marc Smith, Marty Bergen, Andrew Diosy and Linda Lee, Mark Horton, Pietro Forquet, Harold Feldheim, Rijk van der Krol, Bernard Magee, Marc Smith, Robert Sheehan, Burt Saxon, Fred Karpin, Hugh Kelsey, Matt Smith, Marshall Miles and William Hanna, Phillip Alder, Hy Lavinthal, Al Roth, Terence Reese.

Bridge Books page 23 reviews books by Chris Hasney and Jerry Pottier, Ron Klinger and Andrew Kambites, Edwin Silberstang, Jose Le Dentu and Terence Reese, David Bird, Danny Roth, Paul Mendelson, George Rosenkranz, Helen Sobel, Barry Rigal, Marty Bergen

Bridge Books page 24 reviews books by Erwin Brecher, Pamela and Matthew Granovetter, Mike Lawrence, Andrew Kambites, Danny Roth, Bernard Magee (the UK’s “Mr Bridge”), David Burn, Geir Helgemo, David Daniels, Terence Reese and David Bird, Paul Mendelson, Tony Forrester, Marty Bergen, Hans-Olof Hallen, Olof Hanner and Per Jannersten, the ACBL, Larry Harris, Alex Groner, Ken Whitcomb, Gerry Machlin, Dr. George Rosenkranz, Chien Wha Wang, Sally Brock, Frank Stewart, Eric Jannersten, Terry Badger.

Bridge Books page 25 reviews books by David Bird and Marc Smith and also David Bird and Marc Tim Bourke.

Bridge Books page 26 is devoted to the “Bridge Plus Practice Series” of booklets by various, mainly UK, bridge authors.

Bridge Books page 27 reviews books by Terence Reese, Randall Baron, Mike Lipkin, Alfred Sheinwold, Brian Senior, Frank Stewart, Shirley Silverman, Alfred Sheinwold, Ronald P. Von Der Porten, GCH Fox, David Ewen, Bobby Goldman, Edith McMullin, Norma Sands, Jim Kaplan, Paul Mendelson.

Bridge Books page 28 reviews books by Ron Klinger, James Kauder, Jeff Rubens, Mike Lawrence, Hugh Walter Kelsey, Fred Karpin, F. L. Holmes, Charles Goren, Joe Lutz and Jerold Fink, Eddie Kantar, David Bird and Tony Forrester, Terence Reese.

Bridge Books page 29 reviews series of bridge books by Hugh Kelsey and by Alfred Sheinwold.

Bridge Books page 30 reviews books by Harry Feldheim, Easley Blackwood, Terence Reese and Martin Hoffman, Hugh Kelsey, Alan Sontag and Peter Steinberg, Katherine Wei and Ron Anderson, Greg Matula, Krzysztof Jassem, Edgar Kaplan, Lajos Linczmayer, Billy Muller, Tom Hanlon, Terence Reese.

Bridge Books page 31 reviews books by Tom Jordan, E Hall Downes, Lawrence Kane, Rixi Marcus, Terence Reese, Bobby Goldman, Ira Corn Jr., Derek Rimington and Patrick Cotter, David Greenwood, Peter Kichline, E Balt, Andrew Bernstein, Ely Culbertson, Sue Emery, Harold Feldheim, Eddie Kantar, Edgar Kaplan, Hugh Kelsey.

Bridge Books page 32 reviews books by Marty Bergen, Irwin S. Landow, Fred Karpin, George Sturgis Coffin, Ronnie Sellers, Ian McCance, Ely Culbertson, Charles Goren, David Bird and Terence Reese, Jay Becker, Jay Becker, Esther Cleveland, John Brown, C. G. H. Fox.

Bridge Books page 33 reviews books by Byron Jacobs and Sally Brock, Eddie Kantar, Alvin Roth, Alfred Sheinwold, Tony Forrester and Brian Senior, John Drabble, Fred Karpin, Denis Klein, Easly Blackwood, Frank Vine, Dorothy Rosencrans, Jeremy Flint and Freddie North, Oswald Jacoby, Ewart Kempson, Eric Charles Milnes and Paul Lucacs, Hugh Kelsey, Rhoda Lederer.

Bridge Books page 34 reviews books by Eddie Kantar, Magnus Lindkvist, Rixi Marcus, Victor Mollo, John Blubaugh, Matthew & Pamela Granovetter, Terence Reese and Albert Dormer, Hugh Kelsey, Brian Senior, Max Hardy, Ron Klinger, James Jacoby, Terence Reese and Rixi Marcus, Mary Keenen, Gene Kirman, Hy Laxinthal, Mary A. McVey and Linda Roberts Lehtomaa.

Bridge Books page 35 reviews books by Zia Mahmood, Freddie North, Albert Dormer, Marshall Miles, Victor Mollo, Terence Reese, Andrew Robson and Oliver Segal, Barry Seabrook, Shirley Silverman, Paul Stern and A. J. Smith, Alan Truscott, George Walshe, Jeremy Flint and Freddie North, Bedford Hamilton McCoin, Jeremy Flint, Derek Rimington and Jeremy James, Robert Ewen.

Bridge Books page 36 reviews books by John Mallon, Keith McNeil, Edward Mayer, Riuchard Muller, Jack Olsen, Benito Garozzo and Leon Yallouze, Jeff Rubens and Paul Lukacs, Howard Shenken, Mark J. Routman, Milton Stern.

Bridge Books page 37 reviews books by Charles J. Soloman and Bert Wilson, Charles J. Solomon and Bennet L. Disbraw, Norman Squire, Terence Reese and David Bird, Audrey Grant and Eric Rodwell, Wang Jianhua (Chien-Hwa Wang), Jim Jacoby, Frank Stewart, Douglas Bernard, Alan truscott, Danny Roth, Ron Klinger, Jan Pittelli.

Bridge Books page 38 reviews books by Frank Stewart, Ben Cohen and Rhoda Barrow, Frank Stewart and Randall Baron, Travis White, David Bird and Terence Reese, Renis Priest, Fred Karpin, Matthew and Pamela Granovetter, Andrew Kambites, Hubert Phillips.

Bridge Books page 39 reviews books by Marty Bergen, David Bird, David Bird and Terence Reese, David Bird and Martin Hoffman, Tony Forrester and Brian Senior, Alan Sontag, Roy Hughes, Barnet Shenkin, Sally Brock, Hugh Kelsey, Elena Jeronimidis, Martin Hoffman, Mark Horton and Fred Gitelman, Victor Mollo, Howard Ringel, Raymond Brock, Terence Reese and Eddie Kantar.

Bridge Books page 40 reviews books by Dee Berry, Edmund Sixsmith, Terence Reese and Albert Dormer, Julian Laderman, Gary M. Pomerantz, Larry Cohen, Patrick Jourdain, Ron Klinger, Alvin L Roth and Jeff Rubens, Ely Culbertson, Jean J. Reaves, Edwin Kantar, Marshall Miles, Mark Horton, Hugh Kelsey.

Beginner Bridge Books page 1 reviews books by Audrey grant and Betty Starzec, Shirley Silverman with the help of Pat Harrington and Harry Silverman, Caroline Sydnor.

Beginner Bridge Books page 2 reviews books by Alfred Sheinwold, Alan Truscott, David Bird, Barbara Seagram and Ray Lee, Charles H Goren, Charles Michaels Ruth Cohen and Shirley Silverman, Peter Arnold, Ruth Cohen, Karon Walker, Ron Klinger, Sally Brock, Brian Richardson, Zia Mahmood, Anthony Medley, Alfred Scheinwold, Terence Reese, Ray Young and Sally Brock, Peter French, Dorothy Hayden Truscott, Alan and Maureen Hiron, Freddie North.

Beginner Bridge Books page 3 reviews books by T.E.Bramley, Montgomery Coe, Jonathan Davis, Willian S Root, Richard Mueller and Brent Manley, Norman Kay, Caroline Salt, Michael Penick, Robin Jackson, Elliot Sternlicht, Norman Squire, David Bird, Brian Richardson, Richard L Frey, Samir Riad, Robert Sheehan and Sally Brock, Alan and Maureen Hiron, Barbara Seagram and Linda Lee, Pamela Granovetter, Terence Reese, Charles Goren with Sol Immerman and Sam Sloan, Jeff Bayone, David Galt, Bo Schambelan with Arnold Fisher and Richard Lederer.

Beginner Bridge Books page 4 features the “How to Play Bridge” series of books for beginers and reviews books by Brian Senior, Mark Horton, Raymond Brock, Sally Brock, Tony Sowter, Bobby Wolff, Freedie North.

Beginner Bridge Books page 5 reviews books by Bryan Stevens, Jim King, Gary Brown, Edith McMullin, Samir Riad, D. W. Crisfield, Barbara Seagram and David Bird, Eddie Kantar, Shelly Desatnick, Audrey Grant and Zia Mahmood, Terence Reese and David Bird, Richard Smith.

Beginner Bridge Books page 6 is for Acol bidding (the system used in the UK) and reviews books by Ben Cohen and Rhoda Lederer, Paul Mendelson, Brian Senior, Zia Mahmood and Audrey Grant, Patrick Jourdain, Jeremy Flint and John Gullick, Peter Arnold, Leigh Harding, Ron Klinger, Hugh Kelsey and Andrew Kambites, Rhoda Lederer and David Griffiths, Ben Cohen and Rhoda Lederer, Ben Cohen and Rhoda Barrow, The “really Easy’ series by Sandra Landy.

Beginner Bridge Books page 7 is a page of book reviews for teaching children to play bridge. Books reviewed by books by Jude Goodwin and Don Ellison, David Levin, Alan Hiron, Ron Klinger, Vernon Quinn.

Bridge books for sale

October 1, 2007

This is a list of recommended bridge books available through Amazon and other outlets on the internet or through your local bookstore.
Bergen for the Defense – Marty Bergen
Bergen’s Best Bridge Quizzes, Volume 1 – Marty Bergen
Bergen’s Best Bridge Tips – Marty Bergen
Better Bidding With Bergen Vol I, Uncontested Auctions – Marty Bergen
Better Bidding With Bergen Vol II, Competitive Auctions – Marty Bergen
Better Rebidding with Bergen (Points Schmoints Series) – Marty Bergen
Declarer Play the Bergen Way – Marty Bergen
Hand Evaluation – Marty Bergen
Negative Doubles: A must read for every partnership – Marty Bergen
To Open, or Not to Open: Featuring the Rule of 20 (Points Schmoints) – Marty Bergen
Points Schmoints!: Bergen’s Winning Bridge Secrets – Marty Bergen
More POINTS SCHMOINTS! – Marty Bergen
Negative Doubles: A must read for every partnership – Marty Bergen
Understanding 1NT Forcing – Marty Bergen
Off-road Declarer Play: Unusual Ways to Play a Bridge Hand – David Bird
The Complete Book of Bols Bridge Tips – Sally Brock
Standard Bidding With Sayc – Ned Downey
Bridge Baron Companion – How to Get the Most Out of Your Computer Bridge Game – Donald Farwell
Negative, responsive, and other competitive doubles – Harold Feldheim
The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge – Henry Francis
Contract Bridge for Beginners: A Simple Concise Guide on Bidding and Play for the Novice (Including Point Count Bidding) – Charles H. Goren
Goren’s New Bridge Complete – Charles H. Goren
ACBL Bridge Series: Bidding – Audrey Grant
Bridge At A Glance – Audrey Grant
Bridge Basics 1 (The Official Better Bridge Series) – Audrey Grant
Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding – Audrey Grant
Bridge Basics 3: Popular Conventions (The Official Better Bridge Series) – Audrey Grant
Commonly Used Conventions (ACBL Bridge) – Audrey Grant
Defense, Second Edition: The Heart Series (ACBL Bridge) – Audrey Grant
Play Of The Hand: Introduction to Bridge (ACBL Bridge) – Audrey Grant
How the Experts Win at Bridge – Burt Hall
Standard Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century – Max Hardy
Advanced Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century – Max Hardy
Two-Over-One Game Force – Max Hardy
Bridge For Dummies  – Eddie Kantar
Eddie Kantar Teaches Modern Bridge Defense – Eddie Kantar
Roman Keycard Blackwood: Slam Bidding for the 21st Century – Eddie Kantar
Persistent Human Bridge Errors – Danny Kleinman
The Fun Way to Serious Bridge – Harry Lampert
Complete Book on Hand Evaluation – Mike Lawrence
How to Read Your Opponents’ Cards – Mike Lawrence
The Backwash Squeeze and Other Improbable Feats: A Newcomer’s Journey into the World of Bridge – Edward McPherson
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Bridge, 2nd Edition (The Complete Idiot’s Guide) – H. Anthony Medley
Bridge for Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to One of the Most Challenging Card Games – Paul Mendelson
My System: The Unbalanced Diamond – Marshall Miles
Defence at Bridge – Victor Mollo
Victor Mollo’s Bridge Club: How to Turn Masterful Plays into Monstrous Points – Victor Mollo
Success at bridge – Victor The Bridge Player’s Bible: Illustrated Strategies for Staying Ahead of the Game – Julian Pottage
No Trump bidding, Stayman and transfers – Terry Quested
Bridge for Bright Beginners – Terence Reese
The ABCs of Bridge – William S. Root
How to Defend a Bridge Hand – William S. Root
How To Play A Bridge Hand – William S. Root

Negative doubles (Championship bridge series) – Alvin Roth

25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know – Barbara Seagram
Bridge: 25 Ways to Be a Better Defender (25) – Barbara Seagrem
Five Weeks to Winning Bridge – Alfred Sheinwold
Why You Lose at Bridge – S. J. Simon
Watson’s Classic Book on The Play of the Hand at Bridge – Louis H. Watson
The New York Times Bridge Book: An Anecdotal History of the Development, Personalities, and Strategies of the World’s Most Popular Card Game (New York Times Bridge Series) – Alan Truscott

The Bridge in the menagerie series: –

Bridge in the fourth dimension: Further adventures of the Hideous Hog – Victor Mollo
Bridge In The Fifth Dimension – Victor Mollo
Destiny at Bay: The Latest from the Bridge Menagerie – Victor Mollo
Masters and Monsters – Victor Mollo
Murder In The Menagerie – Victor Mollo