I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Lean and Mean / PBS
Last year I wrote a series of columns on management problems at IBM Global Services, explaining how the executive ranks from CEO Sam Palmisano on down were losing touch with reality, bidding contracts too low to make a profit then mismanaging ... [... more]
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Clues from the Bidding at Bridge
 More like "Declare these difficult hands with a small clue from the bidding": The hands are tough, but the clues are iffy. Theer is not like some of teh other books on the subject, like Lawrences "How to Read Your Opponents Cards". I [... more]
$16.95
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Practical Slam Bidding: The Self-Help Guide to Better ...
Disappointing! Klingers other book on Cue Bidding is much much better.: The book consists of a set of 120 deals from major competitions in the 60's. Some of the contracts were ridiculous, some very well bid. The hands are also split into 2 sections so [... more]
$14.99
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Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century
Competitive Bidding in the 21st Century: Fantastic Book!! Marshall Miles is at his best when he tackles the most difficult area of Contract Bridge - Competitive Bidding. His book is the latest in a line of excellent resource materials for the advancing [... more]
$16.95
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Bridge Basics 2: Competitive Bidding
Keeping Current with Duplicate Bridge Bidding: I learned a lot from this book; there is much information to be studied and digested. It is especially helpful for those who have been away from playing duplicate for a while. The title of the book, [... more]
$11.95
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Standard Bidding With Sayc
Students love this book: I teach a small weekly class at the local bridge club on standard bidding. When I came across this book I ordered a couple copies in case any of my students would be interested. Since then I've ordered about 20 of them for [... more]
$18.95
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Commonsense Bidding: The Most Complete Guide to Modern ...
Root headed out to teach with no compromise, but following a standard of completeness and clarity.: In another review about a book by the same author, I remarked that reading his books is like chewing sawdust. This basic fact has not changed. However, I [... more]
$14.00
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Commonsense Bidding: The Most Complete Guide to Modern ...
Root headed out to teach with no compromise, but following a standard of completeness and clarity.: In another review about a book by the same author, I remarked that reading his books is like chewing sawdust. This basic fact has not changed. However, I [... more]
$16.95
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Bidding in the 21st Century: The Club Series (Acbl Bridge)
Vital stuff missing: ACBL is revising its long run four volume "Bridge Series" and the first volume about bidding features some questionable changes and is missing some very useful information. It is doubtful that novicesshould be told that [... more]
$19.95
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The New Awakening: an improved bidding system in bridge
Incomplete but Holds Great Promise: As a devotee of bidding theory, there is probably not a system that I have not explored. There are a number of relay systems which are quite precise in pinpointing distribution and values, but these entail a great deal [... more]
$14.95
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Standard Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century
Book Description: A set of simple,modern methods which will enable the social bridge player to bid like the experts. Excellent Content, but Strangely Presented: What this book is NOT meant for: Not meant for a complete beginner -- this is not a " [... more]
$20.00
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Building A Bidding System
Solid overview, good introduction to this subject: The focus is on components of bidding systems, rather than existing systems like Precision or Polish Club or 2/1. The book does a good job of covering bidding system components, such as relay systems, [... more]
$17.95
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