Author: Ely Culbertson
Publisher: Ishi Press
ISBN: 9784871876001
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Contract Bridge Blue Book is, without doubt, the most famous book on the Game of Contract Bridge ever written. It is a landmark work, mentioned in every book on the history of bridge. As a result of the success of this work, the Culbertson Bidding System was the most popular system the world. Ely Culbertson had a nationwide syndicated column on bridge that was carried in hundreds of newspapers daily. This authoritative book is the master work on the Culbertson (Approach-Forcing) System of Contract Bridge. Here is a thoroughly comprehensive and easily understandable presentation of Ely Culbertson's scientific principles of Contract bridge now standard throughout the world. In these pages too are the reasons underlying the Culbertson methods which make them unbeatable. Reading this famous book you can follow step-by-step the inexorable logic of Ely Culbertson, world's greatest card analyst, as he brings for you the soundness of this simple way of winning at Contract Bridge. Scores of books and hundreds of articles have been written about his ideas - but here, in Ely Culbertson's own work, you can learn and profit at first hand.
Contract Bridge Blue Book
Author: Ely Culbertson
Publisher: Ishi Press
ISBN: 9784871876001
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Contract Bridge Blue Book is, without doubt, the most famous book on the Game of Contract Bridge ever written. It is a landmark work, mentioned in every book on the history of bridge. As a result of the success of this work, the Culbertson Bidding System was the most popular system the world. Ely Culbertson had a nationwide syndicated column on bridge that was carried in hundreds of newspapers daily. This authoritative book is the master work on the Culbertson (Approach-Forcing) System of Contract Bridge. Here is a thoroughly comprehensive and easily understandable presentation of Ely Culbertson's scientific principles of Contract bridge now standard throughout the world. In these pages too are the reasons underlying the Culbertson methods which make them unbeatable. Reading this famous book you can follow step-by-step the inexorable logic of Ely Culbertson, world's greatest card analyst, as he brings for you the soundness of this simple way of winning at Contract Bridge. Scores of books and hundreds of articles have been written about his ideas - but here, in Ely Culbertson's own work, you can learn and profit at first hand.
Publisher: Ishi Press
ISBN: 9784871876001
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Contract Bridge Blue Book is, without doubt, the most famous book on the Game of Contract Bridge ever written. It is a landmark work, mentioned in every book on the history of bridge. As a result of the success of this work, the Culbertson Bidding System was the most popular system the world. Ely Culbertson had a nationwide syndicated column on bridge that was carried in hundreds of newspapers daily. This authoritative book is the master work on the Culbertson (Approach-Forcing) System of Contract Bridge. Here is a thoroughly comprehensive and easily understandable presentation of Ely Culbertson's scientific principles of Contract bridge now standard throughout the world. In these pages too are the reasons underlying the Culbertson methods which make them unbeatable. Reading this famous book you can follow step-by-step the inexorable logic of Ely Culbertson, world's greatest card analyst, as he brings for you the soundness of this simple way of winning at Contract Bridge. Scores of books and hundreds of articles have been written about his ideas - but here, in Ely Culbertson's own work, you can learn and profit at first hand.
The Blue Book of The John Birch Society [Fifth Edition]
Author: Robert Welch
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787200493
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Robert Welch was the founder of the John Birch Society, a conservative advocacy group supporting anti-communism and limited government. This book is a transcript of Robert Welch’s two-day presentation of the background, methods and purposes of the John Birch Society, as given at the founding meeting in Indianapolis on December 8-9, 1958. The book became a cornerstone of the Society’s beliefs, with each new member receiving a copy. This Fifth Edition include two previous Forewords and a Postscript from earlier editions (1959 and 1961), as well as a new Postscript dated March 15, 1961.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1787200493
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Robert Welch was the founder of the John Birch Society, a conservative advocacy group supporting anti-communism and limited government. This book is a transcript of Robert Welch’s two-day presentation of the background, methods and purposes of the John Birch Society, as given at the founding meeting in Indianapolis on December 8-9, 1958. The book became a cornerstone of the Society’s beliefs, with each new member receiving a copy. This Fifth Edition include two previous Forewords and a Postscript from earlier editions (1959 and 1961), as well as a new Postscript dated March 15, 1961.
The Little Blue Bridge
Author: Brenda Maier
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338783564
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The can-do heroine from the acclaimed The Little Red Fort returns in this fresh, feminist spin on The Three Billy Goats Gruff. "Readers will happily discover that trip-trapping to friendship and cooperation is indeed a pie-worthy prize." -- Kirkus Reviews Ruby's mind is always full of ideas. One day, she spies some blueberries across the creek and invites her brothers to pick some. Unfortunately, the bridge is blocked by scary Santiago. "I'm the boss, and you can't cross... unless you give me a snack," he demands. One by one, the brothers scamper across, promising Santiago that the next sibling has a better snack. When at last it's Ruby's turn, she refuses to be bullied and creates her own way to cross the creek. This modern spin on a classic tale weaves folklore, feminism, STEM, and a Latinx cast into a delightful read-aloud that celebrates creativity and building bridges of friendship and community.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338783564
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
The can-do heroine from the acclaimed The Little Red Fort returns in this fresh, feminist spin on The Three Billy Goats Gruff. "Readers will happily discover that trip-trapping to friendship and cooperation is indeed a pie-worthy prize." -- Kirkus Reviews Ruby's mind is always full of ideas. One day, she spies some blueberries across the creek and invites her brothers to pick some. Unfortunately, the bridge is blocked by scary Santiago. "I'm the boss, and you can't cross... unless you give me a snack," he demands. One by one, the brothers scamper across, promising Santiago that the next sibling has a better snack. When at last it's Ruby's turn, she refuses to be bullied and creates her own way to cross the creek. This modern spin on a classic tale weaves folklore, feminism, STEM, and a Latinx cast into a delightful read-aloud that celebrates creativity and building bridges of friendship and community.
The Blue Book of Men's Tailoring
Author: Frederick Timothy Croonborg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Book of Other People
Author: Zadie Smith
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101201266
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A stellar host of writers explore the cornerstone of fiction writing: character The Book of Other People is about character. Twenty-five or so outstanding writers have been asked by Zadie Smith to make up a fictional character. By any measure, creating character is at the heart of the fictional enterprise, and this book concentrates on writers who share a talent for making something recognizably human out of words (and, in the case of the graphic novelists, pictures). But the purpose of the book is variety: straight "realism"-if such a thing exists-is not the point. There are as many ways to create character as there are writers, and this anthology features a rich assortment of exceptional examples. The writers featured in The Book of Other People include: Aleksandar Hemon Nick Hornby Hari Kunzru Toby Litt David Mitchell George Saunders Colm Tóibín Chris Ware, and more Read Zadie Smith’s newest novel, Swing Time.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101201266
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
A stellar host of writers explore the cornerstone of fiction writing: character The Book of Other People is about character. Twenty-five or so outstanding writers have been asked by Zadie Smith to make up a fictional character. By any measure, creating character is at the heart of the fictional enterprise, and this book concentrates on writers who share a talent for making something recognizably human out of words (and, in the case of the graphic novelists, pictures). But the purpose of the book is variety: straight "realism"-if such a thing exists-is not the point. There are as many ways to create character as there are writers, and this anthology features a rich assortment of exceptional examples. The writers featured in The Book of Other People include: Aleksandar Hemon Nick Hornby Hari Kunzru Toby Litt David Mitchell George Saunders Colm Tóibín Chris Ware, and more Read Zadie Smith’s newest novel, Swing Time.
The Blue Book
Author: A. L. Kennedy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544027701
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
From one of the U.K.'s most dazzling authors comes a brutal and funny novel about a pair of fraudulent psychic mediums that is itself an elaborate con game between fact and fiction, life and death--a book as verbally acrobatic as it is emotionally intense.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544027701
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
From one of the U.K.'s most dazzling authors comes a brutal and funny novel about a pair of fraudulent psychic mediums that is itself an elaborate con game between fact and fiction, life and death--a book as verbally acrobatic as it is emotionally intense.
The Other Me
Author: Sarah Zachrich Jeng
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593334493
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
“Who hasn't wondered what alternate versions of their lives might look like?...As relatable as it is suspenseful cleverly exploring adulthood, identity, and shifting realities.” —Margarita Montimore, USA Today bestselling author of Oona Out of Order An inventive page-turner about the choices we make and the ones made for us. One minute Kelly’s a free-spirited artist in Chicago going to her best friend’s art show. The next, she opens a door and mysteriously emerges in her Michigan hometown. Suddenly her life is unrecognizable: She's got twelve years of the wrong memories in her head and she's married to Eric, a man she barely knew in high school. Racing to get back to her old life, Kelly's search leads only to more questions. In this life, she loves Eric and wants to trust him, but everything she discovers about him—including a connection to a mysterious tech startup—tells her she shouldn't. And strange things keep happening. The tattoos she had when she was an artist briefly reappear on her skin, she remembers fights with Eric that he says never happened, and her relationships with loved ones both new and familiar seem to change without warning. But the closer Kelly gets to putting the pieces together, the more her reality seems to shift. And if she can't figure out what happened on that fateful night, the next change could cost her everything...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593334493
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
“Who hasn't wondered what alternate versions of their lives might look like?...As relatable as it is suspenseful cleverly exploring adulthood, identity, and shifting realities.” —Margarita Montimore, USA Today bestselling author of Oona Out of Order An inventive page-turner about the choices we make and the ones made for us. One minute Kelly’s a free-spirited artist in Chicago going to her best friend’s art show. The next, she opens a door and mysteriously emerges in her Michigan hometown. Suddenly her life is unrecognizable: She's got twelve years of the wrong memories in her head and she's married to Eric, a man she barely knew in high school. Racing to get back to her old life, Kelly's search leads only to more questions. In this life, she loves Eric and wants to trust him, but everything she discovers about him—including a connection to a mysterious tech startup—tells her she shouldn't. And strange things keep happening. The tattoos she had when she was an artist briefly reappear on her skin, she remembers fights with Eric that he says never happened, and her relationships with loved ones both new and familiar seem to change without warning. But the closer Kelly gets to putting the pieces together, the more her reality seems to shift. And if she can't figure out what happened on that fateful night, the next change could cost her everything...
One Day at a Time in Al-Anon
Author: Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780910034630
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Alcoholism is a family illness, and changed attitudes can aid recovery. This daily readings guide for family and friends of alcoholics provides meditations and reminder, and visualizations that can provide a measure of comfort, serenity, and a sense of achievement.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780910034630
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Alcoholism is a family illness, and changed attitudes can aid recovery. This daily readings guide for family and friends of alcoholics provides meditations and reminder, and visualizations that can provide a measure of comfort, serenity, and a sense of achievement.
The Bridge
Author: Bill Konigsberg
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338325051
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Two teenagers, strangers to each other, have decided to jump from the same bridge at the same time. But what results is far from straightforward in this absorbing, honest lifesaver from acclaimed author Bill Konigsberg. Aaron and Tillie don't know each other, but they are both feeling suicidal, and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Aaron is a gay misfit struggling with depression and loneliness. Tillie isn't sure what her problem is -- only that she will never be good enough.On the bridge, there are four things that could happen:Aaron jumps and Tillie doesn't.Tillie jumps and Aaron doesn't.They both jump.Neither of them jumps.Or maybe all four things happen, in this astonishing and insightful novel from Bill Konigsberg.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 1338325051
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Two teenagers, strangers to each other, have decided to jump from the same bridge at the same time. But what results is far from straightforward in this absorbing, honest lifesaver from acclaimed author Bill Konigsberg. Aaron and Tillie don't know each other, but they are both feeling suicidal, and arrive at the George Washington Bridge at the same time, intending to jump. Aaron is a gay misfit struggling with depression and loneliness. Tillie isn't sure what her problem is -- only that she will never be good enough.On the bridge, there are four things that could happen:Aaron jumps and Tillie doesn't.Tillie jumps and Aaron doesn't.They both jump.Neither of them jumps.Or maybe all four things happen, in this astonishing and insightful novel from Bill Konigsberg.
Black Bottom Saints
Author: Alice Randall
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062968653
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
An enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit's legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and politics, Black Bottom Saints is a powerful blend of fact and imagination reminiscent of E.L. Doctorow's classic novel Ragtime and Marlon James' Man Booker Award-winning masterpiece, A Brief History of Seven Killings. From the Great Depression through the post-World War II years, Joseph “Ziggy” Johnson, has been the pulse of Detroit’s famous Black Bottom. A celebrated gossip columnist for the city’s African-American newspaper, the Michigan Chronicle, he is also the emcee of one of the hottest night clubs, where he’s rubbed elbows with the legendary black artists of the era, including Ethel Waters, Billy Eckstein, and Count Basie. Ziggy is also the founder and dean of the Ziggy Johnson School of Theater. But now the doyen of Black Bottom is ready to hang up his many dapper hats. As he lays dying in the black-owned-and-operated Kirkwood Hospital, Ziggy reflects on his life, the community that was the center of his world, and the remarkable people who helped shape it. Inspired by the Catholic Saints Day Books, Ziggy curates his own list of Black Bottom’s venerable "52 Saints." Among them are a vulnerable Dinah Washington, a defiant Joe Louis, and a raucous Bricktop. Randall balances the stories of these larger-than-life "Saints" with local heroes who became household names, enthralling men and women whose unstoppable ambition, love of style, and faith in community made this black Midwestern neighborhood the rival of New York City’s Harlem. Accompanying these “tributes” are thoughtfully paired cocktails—special drinks that capture the essence of each of Ziggy’s saints—libations as strong and satisfying as Alice Randall’s wholly original view of a place and time unlike any other.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062968653
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
An enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit's legendary neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and politics, Black Bottom Saints is a powerful blend of fact and imagination reminiscent of E.L. Doctorow's classic novel Ragtime and Marlon James' Man Booker Award-winning masterpiece, A Brief History of Seven Killings. From the Great Depression through the post-World War II years, Joseph “Ziggy” Johnson, has been the pulse of Detroit’s famous Black Bottom. A celebrated gossip columnist for the city’s African-American newspaper, the Michigan Chronicle, he is also the emcee of one of the hottest night clubs, where he’s rubbed elbows with the legendary black artists of the era, including Ethel Waters, Billy Eckstein, and Count Basie. Ziggy is also the founder and dean of the Ziggy Johnson School of Theater. But now the doyen of Black Bottom is ready to hang up his many dapper hats. As he lays dying in the black-owned-and-operated Kirkwood Hospital, Ziggy reflects on his life, the community that was the center of his world, and the remarkable people who helped shape it. Inspired by the Catholic Saints Day Books, Ziggy curates his own list of Black Bottom’s venerable "52 Saints." Among them are a vulnerable Dinah Washington, a defiant Joe Louis, and a raucous Bricktop. Randall balances the stories of these larger-than-life "Saints" with local heroes who became household names, enthralling men and women whose unstoppable ambition, love of style, and faith in community made this black Midwestern neighborhood the rival of New York City’s Harlem. Accompanying these “tributes” are thoughtfully paired cocktails—special drinks that capture the essence of each of Ziggy’s saints—libations as strong and satisfying as Alice Randall’s wholly original view of a place and time unlike any other.