THREE NEWEST POCKET GUIDES:
• Each based on the 25 series book of same name
• Low price point, making them very popular with students; you can have several, carry in your car, purse, bathroom, POCKET
POCKET GUIDE TO DECLARER PLAY:Barbara Seagram and David Bird
POCKET GUIDE TO DEFENSE:Barbara Seagram and David Bird
NEW! POCKET GUIDE TO EVEN MORE CONVENTIONS
• Includes Bergen Raises, Support Doubles, Forcing 1NT, Puppet Stayman, Inverted Minors etc.
PATTY TUCKER — WINNING BRIDGE CONVENTIONS SERIES
• 10 books total in series
• Novice to Intermediate level
• Explains each convention fully then gives numerous practice hands
• Individual conventions available as ebooks
BUMBLEPUPPY DAYS: Julian Laderman
• How we got from whist to bridge: 1890 - c. 1950
• 2015 winner of the ABTA special citation book award
• IBPA nominated book this year
ABTA TEACHER’S CONVENTION 2015: NEW BOOKS FROM MASTER POINT PRESS
BIDDING AT BRIDGE: A QUIZBOOK: Barbara Seagram and David Bird
• Barbara’s newest Quizbook, all are very popular for novice to low intermediate students
• Brief explanation of principle then quizzes
• This new quizbook covers:
» PART 1: Opening bids, responses - notrump bidding» PART 2: Higher-level Opening bids (preempts,
strong club and 2NT)» PART 3: Competitive bidding — overcalls, dbls,
when they dbl or overcall» PART 4: More advanced: FSF, RKCB, cuebidding and
slam bidding
Also in this series...
DECLARER PLAY QUIZBOOK
DEFENSIVE PLAY QUIZBOOK
• These two quizbooks: themed problems, with expository material, designed to go along with:
PLANNING THE PLAY OF A BRIDGE HAND
• Planning in Suit Contract, Planning in Notrump Contract, Clever Moves (holdups, counting, etc)
NEW BOOK — PLANNING THE PLAY TEACHER’S MANUAL Part I: Jonathan Shute
• Covers Part 1 of book – basic play in suits and notrump
» Six Lesson Plans, Hands, Scripts» Review handouts for the class» Key Points» Everything you need to use PtP as a classroom text» Part II coming this fall
WINNING DUPLICATE TACTICS
• Winner of the 2015 ABTA Book of the Year Award
• Computer simulations
• Aims to tell the reader how to bid, play and defend in a duplicate pairs event.
• Pairs strategy, Competitive bidding, Choosing the Right Game, Slam bidding
• Sacrificing, Overtricks and safety plays, Opening leads,Etc.
MIKE LAWRENCE BRIDGE TIPS SERIES
TIPS ON BIDDING
• Intermediate level
• Completely revised and updated his Topics on Bridge series (20 years ago)
• Book 1: 3-card major raise (1C-1S; 2S), How long is partner’s suit?, Weak two-bids, Passed hand bidding, Reverses, Splinters, Avoiding common errors, Etc.
TIPS ON COMPETITIVE BIDDING
• Overcalls, Responsive Doubles*, The Takeout Double, Bidding over Preempts, Balancing, Penalty Doubles, Bidding against an Opening 1NT, Etc.
• new this summer 2015
TIPS ON CARDPLAY
• COMING NOVEMBER 2015
• Opening leads, Signalling, General defense tips, Mistakes in cardplay, Endplays, Loser on loser, Etc.
ABTA Home website
• Log in to ABTA Members’ area: exclusive content
• ABTA Quarterlies now available, old issues available
• IBPA hands — free bridge hands monthly
MPP TEACHER’S DISCOUNT: AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER!
• 15+ assorted — 40% discount (the usual 30+ discount)
• 30+ assorted — 50% discount
• Plus shipping/handling (10-15% of order), Tuesday morning cutoff for shipment that week
• Special goes through Sept 30th — email Sally!
NOVEMBER TITLES
THE EIGHT OF CLUBS WAS GOOD? by Elizabeth Flynn
• Personal stories and anecdotes and even recipes from a novice player
• Author has a blog, and has been published by Reader’s Digest and USA Today
• Great stocking stuffer!
OUT OF HAND… OUT OF MIND by Bill Buttle
• ACBL Bulletin cartoonist
• His first collection just of bridge cartoons
And coming next Spring! You asked for it, so here it is…
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT — 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know: Barbara Seagram and David Bird
• March 2016
• 25 Conventions practice hands
• Brief summary of each convention followed by four full deals