The Pattaya Bridge Club Libraryupdated 25-Aug-08

The Pattaya Bridge Club has a fairly decent library (over 150 books) and members are invited to borrow books free of charge. I usually have a few random books and magazines at the club, please let me know if you wish to borrow any particular book. If you own any books that you no longer need, we will always gladly accept donations.

Thank you Brian Senior,Carol Combes, Peter(Lux), Pedro Durao, Jo Nonemaker, John Gavens, Bob Pelletier, Ole Dam, Cheryl/Don, Richard Mullins and a few others (my memory is fading) who have indeed donated books and magazines.

Lion of the NorthAlbert Benjamin

Better Bidding With Bergen vol 1Marty Bergen

Better Bidding With Bergen vol 2 - competitive biddingMarty Bergen

Marty Sez… Vol 2Marty Bergen

Marty Sez… Vol 3Marty Bergen

Understanding 1NT forcingMarty Bergen

Negative Doubles for Acol playersMarty Bergen with Tim Bourke

52 Great Bridge TipsDavid Bird

Beaten by the MastersDavid Bird

Bridge card play made easyDavid Bird

Having Nun, PartnerDavid Bird

Robin Hood’s bridge memoirsDavid Bird

Bridge for MoneyDavid Bird & Martin Hoffman

Famous bridge recordsDavid Bird & Nikos Sarantakos

Secrets of Expert DefenceDavid Bird & Tony Forrester

Blackwood on SlamsEasley Blackwood

The 2nd Bols book of bridge tipsAndre Boekhorst

Maastrict Challenge (very advanced)Tim Bourke

Imagination and technique in bridgeTim Bourke & Martin Hoffman

Hocus-PocusErwin Brecher

More Hocus-PocusErwin Brecher

Focus on Hocus-Pocus (Chess & Bridge problems)Erwin Brecher & Danny Roth

Acol Bidding for improversMichelle Brunner

Bridge Quiz – BiddingRaymond & Sally Brock

Bridge Quiz – Club Player’s quizRaymond & Sally Brock

Bridge Quiz – DefenceRaymond & Sally Brock

Bridge Quiz – Slam PlayRaymond & Sally Brock

Expert Tuition for Tournament bridgeRaymond & Sally Brock

The best of Gray (Country Life bridge)Raymond Brock

Defensive playsSally Brock

The complete book of Bols bridge tipsSally Brock

Fit for a KingSally Brock & Barry Rigal

No-Trump BiddingSally Brock & Mike Wemble

How to survive your 1st bridge tournamentDavid Burn

Tales from the Bridge TableJohn Clay

Following the LawLarry Cohen

Bridge below the beltLarry Cohen & Liz Davis

PlayBridge With the AcesIra Corn Jr

Precision Bidding in AcolEric Crowhurst

Acol in CompetitionEric Crowhurst

Acol IndexEric Crowhurst

Right Through the PackR Darvas & N de V.Hart

Standard bidding with SAYCNed Downey & Ellen Pomer

The Winning EdgeJeremy Flint

Daily telegraph – winning bridge at homeTony Forrester

Bridge Players Bedside BookTony Forrester

Secrets of successTony Forrester

Modern (?) bidding systems in bridge (1973!)G.C.H Fox

Bridge Conventions in DepthM & P Granovetter

At the TableBob Hamman

StandardBridge Bidding for the 21st CenturyMax Hardy

Advanced Bridge Bidding for the 21st CenturyMax Hardy

2 over 1 game force: IntroductionMax Hardy

2 over 1 game force: Quiz BookMax Hardy

Bridge Director’s CompanionHarris

Helgemo’s World of BridgeGeir Helgemo

Easy Guide to bridgeAlan & Maureen Hiron

Defence in DepthMartin Hoffman

The Wei to GoodBridgeMartin Hoffman & Kathie W-S

For Love or MoneyMark Horton & Brian Senior

Learn from the STARSMark Horton & Tony Sowter

Bridge Conventions - responding to 2NTSally Horton

Double TroubleSally Horton

Plan the PlayDave Huggett & S. Cashmore

Building a Bidding SystemRoy Hughes

More bedside bridgeedited by Elena Jeronimidis

Bridge ConventionsEdwin Kantar

Test Your bridge Play – vol 2Edwin Kantar

Topics in declarer play at BridgeEdwin Kantar

Roman Key card Blackwood – 4th edition (advanced)Edwin Kantar

Contract KillersPhillip & Robert King

Farewell, My LovelyPhillip & Robert King

The King’s talesPhillip & Robert King

The new King’s talesPhillip & Robert King

Play it again, SlamPhillip & Robert King

The No Trump ZoneDanny Kleinman

Bid Better, much better after 1 No TrumpRon Klinger

Bridge Conventions for YouRon Klinger

Cue Bidding to SlamsRon Klinger

The Power of ShapeRon Klinger

Play with the championsRon Klinger

Practical Slam BiddingRon Klinger

Ron Klinger answers your bridge queriesRon Klinger

When to Bid, When to PassRon Klinger

Understanding the contested auctionRon Klinger & A Kambites

DONT Mike Lawrence

Double!Mike Lawrence

The complete book on overcallsMike Lawrence

Past Hand BiddingMike Lawrence

The Lebensohl ConventionMike Lawrence

Workbook on theTwo Over One SystemMike Lawrence

Bridge Classic and Modern Conventions :Magnus Lindkvist

vol 1-Natural suit openings and continuations …

vol 2-Strong , 1NT openings, and continuations …

vol 3-High level opening bids …

vol 4-Competitive bidding

Bridge For Beginners (Acol)Zia Mahmood

Ask ZiaZia Mahmood & David Burn

Common-senseBridgeRixi Markus

Introduction to bridgePaul Marston

The language of biddingPaul Marston

The principles of card playPaul Marston

Bridge for Complete BeginnersPaul Mendelson

Bridge in the MenagerieVictor Mollo

Bridge in the 4th DimensionVictor Mollo

Bridge in the 5th DimensionVictor Mollo (with the Kings)

Destiny at bayVictor Mollo

Murder in the MenagerieVictor Mollo (with the Kings)

WinningBridge in the MenagerieVictor Mollo (with the Kings)

You need never lose at bridgeVictor Mollo

Diamonds are the Hog’s best FriendsVictor Mollo (Ed Ole Dam)

Card Play techniqueV.Mollo/ N.Gardener

Step by Step Pre-emptsAlan Mould

Major Suit Raises – the Scanian WayNilsland/Wirgren

Conventional Bidding ExplainedFreddie North

Masterpieces of Declarer PlayJulian Pottage

The Golden Rules of Constructive BiddingJulian Pottage & Marc Smith

The Golden Rules of Declarer PlayJulian Pottage & Marc Smith

The Definitive Guide to (Strong) …

No Trump Bidding, Stayman and transfers …Terrence Quested

PattayaBridge Club Yearbook 2003Terrence Quested

The expert gameTerence Reese

The game of bridgeTerence Reese

Play bridge with ReeseTerence Reese

Story of an AccusationTerence Reese

All you need to know about PLAYTerence Reese & David Bird

Doubled and Venerable (Monks of St. Titus)Terence Reese & David Bird

Famous Bidding DecisionsTerence Reese & David Bird

Make a start at bridgeTerence Reese & David Bird

Naturals v ScientistsTerence Reese & David Bird

Squeeze play made easyTerence Reese & P Jourdain

Precision SystemTerence Reese/ C.C.Wei

Deception in defenceBarry Rigal

Deceptive declarer playBarry Rigal

Test Your bridge JudgementBarry Rigal

The Expert ImproverDanny Roth

Focus on BiddingDanny Roth

Groundwork in Play and DefenceDanny Roth

Why Women Win at BridgeDanny Roth

Bridge, Zia and MeRosenburg

Godfrey’s Stairways to the StarsG Rosenkranz & P Alder

Amazing Book of bridgeBrian Senior

Balancing after 1-level openingsBrian Senior

Conventions TodayBrian Senior

Directing a Club DuplicateBrian Senior

Hand Evaluation in bridgeBrian Senior

It’s Your CallBrian Senior

Play these hands with Brian SeniorBrian Senior

Practice Your trump CoupsBrian Senior

Raising PartnerBrian Senior

Roman Key Card Blackwood Brian Senior

Spice Up Your Two BidsBrian Senior

Weak Two and Three Level Openings at the World Championships Brian Senior

The 43rd Generali – European Championships 1997, MontecatiniBrian Senior

The 47th European Championships, 2004, MalmoBrian Senior

The 8th World Youth Team Championship, 2001, BrazilBrian Senior

The 9th World Youth Team Championship, 2003, ParisBrian Senior

1991 European Championships, Killarney, IrelandBrian Senior & John Elliott

Bermuda Bowl – All the best dealsBrian Senior & Henry Francis

The Times book of Bridge 2Robert Sheehan

Improve your defenceTony Sowter

Opening leads In bridgeTony Sowter

Contract Bridge Card Play TechniqueNorman Squire

25 Steps to Learning 2/1Paul Thurston

Practical bridge EndingsChien-Hwa Wang

The Play of the HandLouis H. Watson

The Official Encyclopaedia of Bridge1984

The Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge1987

World bridge Championships 1990 – Geneva1990

World bridge Championships 1991 – Yokohama1991

EBU Yearbook 2002-20032002-2003

EBU Yearbook 2003-20042003-2004

Dutch Language bridge Books

Gids voor biedconventies (Dutch language)G.D.R Förch

Het Moderne Acol - Dutch Acol (strong NT)Cees Sint & Ton Schipperheyn

Van Start tot FinishCees Sint & Ton Schipperheyn

Hoger Op – deel 2Berry Westra

The How to PlayBridge Series: -

Competitive BiddingBrian Senior

It’s Your LeadBrian Senior

No Trump PlayBrock

Plan Your DefenceFreddie North

Simple ConventionsMark Horton

Playing With TrumpsSally brock

Your First 20 DealsTony Sowter

Getting Started(missing)Freddie North

Competitive BiddingBrian Senior

It’s Your BidTony Sowter

The Bridge Plus Series, Practise Your …

Benjamin twosthe Hacketts

Cue BiddingBrian Senior

Forcing 1NTthe Hacketts

Fourth Suit ForcingBernard Magee

It’s Your BidTony Sowter

Law of Total tricksPaul Mendelson

Playing with TrumpsSally Brock

Pre-emptive biddingthe Hacketts

Reverse biddingDerek Rimington

Roman Key Card Blackwoodthe Hacketts

Splinter BidsMike Swanson

Stayman 2♣Tom Townsend

Transfer BiddingDave Huggett

Trial BidsMarc Smith

Weak twosthe Hacketts

Now this ‘Practice your’ series of booklets are generally pretty good. However, I do have one more which I consider to be a complete joke. It is ‘Bidding of 4441 hands’ and I really cannot find a sensible sentence in it. Borrow it by all means, but take a copy of my leaflet on the topic to see how you should really bid these hand types.

I also have loads of magazines and always bring a few along to the club.

And we also have: -

Jack- the best computer bridge playing program.

Missing: -

The How to PlayBridge Series: -

Getting StartedFreddie North

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