Author : Joe Blatnick
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 50,99 MB
Release : 2012-12-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1477265104
Bridge books, like any other reference books can be tedious reading because they require your undivided attention and concentration. However to eliminate the tediousness this book has been written in a light manner and has been interspersed with Bridge stories, humorous anecdotes and one-liners. For example: All those who play at this club bring joy some when they enter and some when they leave.
Author : Joe Blatnick
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 18,7 MB
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 149180792X
Even the best players in the world went through the same learning stages as we mortals. We all started by feeling oeverwhelmed and frustrated, but we soldiered on. After all, you can't become competent in any endeavour without total effort, immersion, if you will. And these efforts were worthwhile because we realized the eventual reward. - a wider range of friends and mental exercise - was that 'pot of gold' at the end of the rainbow. However, those beginning efforts were essentially rote learning of cliches. It was only as we gained playing experience that we began to realize that nothing replaced thinking and being ' ever vigilant'. As you read on, you will begin to appreciate how thinking makes the learning more complete and with it a more complete bridge player. Bridge really is a thinker's game.
Author : Richard Haw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,1 MB
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1136603670
The Brooklyn Bridge is a pre-eminent global icon. It is the world’s most famous and beloved bridge, a "must-see" tourist hotspot, and a vital fact of New York life. For almost a hundred and forty years it has inspired artists of all descriptions, fueling a constant stream of paintings, photographs, lithographs, etchings, advertising copy, movies, and book, magazine, and LP covers. In consequence, the bridge may have the richest visual history of any man-made object, so much so, in fact, that almost no major American artist has failed to pay homage to the span in some form or other. Oddly, however, there are no books currently available that chart and discuss the bridge’s visual history or its role in the development of American (or Western) art. This monograph aims to correct that, providing a full visual record of the bridge from the origins of its conception to the present day. It is a celebration of the bridge’s glorious visual heritage timed to appear when the city will celebrate the span’s 125th birthday.
Author : Barry Rigal
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 44,71 MB
Release : 2011-03-04
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1118054768
Card games offer loads of fun and one of the best socializing experiences out there. But picking up winning card strategies is a bit of a challenge, and though your buddies may think that picking up the rules of the game is easy, winning is a totally different story. With Card Games For Dummies, Second Edition, you’ll not only be able to play the hottest card games around, you can also apply game-winning strategies and tips to have fun and beat your opponents. Now updated, this hands-on guide shows you everything you need to know—the basics, the tricks, and the techniques—to become a master card player, with expanded coverage on poker as well as online gaming and tournaments. Soon you will have the card-playing power to: Pin down your opponents in Texas Hold’em Show off your power in Stud Poker Hit wisely in Blackjack Break hearts ruthlessly in Hearts Mix up the night with Gin and Rummy Build yourself a victory in Bridge Send them fishing in Go Fish This straightforward, no-nonsense guide features great ways to improve your game and have more fun, as well as a list of places to find out more about your favorite game. It also profiles different variations of each game, making you a player for all seasons!
Author : David Bird
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 12,57 MB
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Games
ISBN : 9781771401517
"An Honors Book from Master Point Press."
Author : Joris A. C. van Esch
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 28,23 MB
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1786250403
A steadfast misbelief in precision bombing evolved into the leading concept for US Army Air Force during the Second World War. This concept envisioned the destruction of the German industrial and economic system as the swiftest path to victory. However, the belief in survivability of bombers through self defense proved incorrect, and the Allies realized that the Luftwaffe had to be defeated first, by attacking the German aircraft industry. On 22 February 1944, Eighth Air Force conducted a mission as part of this offensive. During this mission, the bombers were recalled because of severe weather. On the return trip, the airmen decided not to abandon the mission outright, but to attack targets of opportunity. Because of navigational errors a section of 446 Bombardment Group misidentified the Dutch city Nijmegen as in Germany, and bombed it. Due to aiming errors, the greater part of the bombs missed the designated marshalling yards by a kilometer, and hit the city center instead. The bombardment caused chaos on the ground. It surprised the citizens, ignorant by earlier faulty alarms, and damage caused great difficulties for the provision of aid relief. As a result, the bombardment killed about 800 citizens and destroyed the historic city center.
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Page : 272 pages
File Size : 35,75 MB
Release : 1856
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Author : James Newport-Chiakulas
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 31,98 MB
Release : 2010-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0595466834
John Del Greco's life dramatically changes when, as a newly-sworn lawyer, he reluctantly agrees to represent a maverick group of black bridge workers who are fighting City Hall for recognition of their new organization and to oust a union that collaborated with the old Chicago political machine. The idealistic Del Greco knows he's up against a powerful union, but what he doesn't know is that a racist killer lurks on the river intimidating anyone who supports the new union. This killer brazenly murdered twenty-year-veteran white bridge tender, Stanley "Stosh" Kozinski, at his own job site on the 18th Street Bridge during the times of Chicago's worst racial tension since the race riots of 1919. Del Greco is paired with an alluring ally in his fight for justice for the bridge workers. Michelle Jordan is the attractive black opposing special counsel hired by the City and is sympathetic to the plight of the black river workers. Greco and Jordan's clandestine and professionally unethical collaboration lead to a passionate love affair and dramatic life-and-death confrontation with the river murderer.
Author : Virginia Lasher
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 18,96 MB
Release : 2010-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1452006407
Come along with author, Virginia Lasher, and illustrator, Nancy Fisher, on an enjoyable mid-century visit to the streets of San Francisco where you will join nursing student Ginger as she tackles her studies at St. Luke's Hospital. Accompany her through hospital corridors and hilly streets as she discovers the inner workings and challenges of a major teaching hospital amid the charm of the city by the bay. As part of the adventure with Nurse Ginger readers will experience times of excitement and trepidation, laughter and calamity, and will laugh with her sometimes hilarious escapades and share in her difficult human moments. Fast paced, witty and compassionate, Florence Faux Pas is a great read for everyone.
Author : Jan Bardsley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 14,23 MB
Release : 2011-04-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520949498
Offering a concise, entertaining snapshot of Japanese society, Manners and Mischief examines etiquette guides, advice literature, and other such instruction for behavior from the early modern period to the present day and discovers how manners do in fact make the nation. Eleven accessibly written essays consider a spectrum of cases, from the geisha party to gay bar cool, executive grooming, and good manners for subway travel. Together, they show that etiquette is much more than fussy rules for behavior. In fact the idiom of manners, packaged in conduct literature, reveals much about gender and class difference, notions of national identity, the dynamics of subversion and conformity, and more. This richly detailed work reveals how manners give meaning to everyday life and extraordinary occasions, and how they can illuminate larger social and cultural transformations.
