Bøger af David Bird

(new edition) Learn how to play the classic game with full step-by-step instructions, techniques and tactics for players of all ages, skills and experience.

Discover the rich history behind the Ford Model T cars through the stories shared by their owners with author A. John Parker. This comprehensive publication, brought to you by Cars with Character, brings together a selection of the finest Model T articles from their archives. With both electronic and printed formats available, it's an excellent addition to any classic car enthusiast's collection. Immerse yourself in the world of vintage motoring and gain a deeper appreciation for this iconic vehicle.

Bridge Lessons for Aspiring players The instructive material in this book is presented in a novel way, as if the author is delivering a series of bridge lessons to a small group of enthusiasts. Occasionally, members of the audience ask questions, or make comments. Twelve important topics have been chosen, describing defensive techniques that you might apply several times during every session you play. Each lesson contains at least eight illustrative full deals, which are fully explained in David Bird's clear and lucid style. There is then a set of recap questions to test you on the chosen topic, along with the answers. Finally, there are four defense problems, which can be solved with the techniques just described.Early lessons cover the basics of defense, signaling to partner, defensive communications, continue or switch, also a novel lesson on opening leads, based on results from computer analysis. You may be surprised how much there is to learn about these apparently straightforward elements of defense. Later, you can enjoy lessons on making declarer's life difficult, scoring ruffs and promotions, keeping the right cards, unblocking techniques, the forcing defense, breaking declarer's communications, and counting in defense. You can sharpen your defense by revisiting these lessons time and again.

This is a Human story of CourageDavid was born with a very rare medical condition known as a Vascular Anomaly causing a severe disfigurement to the right side of his head, face, eye and mouth. As a child growing up and right through to his teenage years and even beyond, he had to cope with the rudeness of people who were constantly staring, of verbal abuse and worst of all, intimidation. Life was hard for him and he felt lost and lonely. Several attempts at chatting up girls ended by him giving up all hope of ever meeting someone special, someone who would care for him and to treat him as a normal human being, but then just by fate he happened to go to a party... With the love of his dear wife, family, friends and an amazing charity called "Changing Faces", he began to gain self-confidence. His positive thinking has opened up a whole new world enabling him to give talks to groups of people about his experiences, this in turn has helped others to overcome their fears of coping with their facial and body differences. David's self-esteem has sky rocketed so much that it has changed his way of thinking to that of a very philosophical person. This is a true description, a story of verbal abuse, sadness, love and happiness, it's also an account telling of a life that was once never imagined! This book will help YOU change your own outlook on disfigurement, to make you and your loved ones' lives better, and also of how ordinary every day people should react to people like himself. Read David's inspiring story and learn what it was really like to be a disfigured person in an age where people expect perfection, where disfigurement of any kind is frowned upon. Scroll up and grab a copy today!

An in-depth 'over-the-shoulder' look at top-level bridge. While describing almost 200 deals that he played in World and European Championships, one of the world's best players, Boye Brogeland, discusses bidding and cardplay, as well as his approach to the mental side of the game. A fascinating glimpse into the thought processes of a champion bridge player, as well as a look at state-of-the-art bidding methods, some of which are described here for the first time.Boye Brogeland (Norway) has won both the World and European Championships, and is a regular participant in North American tournaments.David Bird, who lives near Southampton, England, has written more than 100 books on the game. Despite spending much of the year travelling, he still finds time to write new stories every month for a host of magazines around the world, usually featuring his best-known characters, the monks of St. Titus Abbey. He is also a regular commentator on BBO broadcasts of top-level competitions.

Any student whos ever logged credits in a viticulture and enology class knows Birds book. Its the most widely assigned wine science primer in the English speaking world. This completely revised and updated edition to Birds classic textbook deciphers all the new scientific advances that have cropped up in the last several years, and conveys them in his typically clear and plainspoken style that renders even the densest subject matter freshman-friendly. New material includes: expanded section on the production of red, ros, white, sweet, sparkling and fortified wines; information on histamine, flash detente, maceration, whole bunch and whole berry fermentation; expanded chapter on wine faults, including Brettanomyces; new section on HACCP analysis as applied to a winery; and much more.

In bridge, the 'declarer' is the one who nominates which suit is trumps; his/her partner's hand becomes the 'dummy'. Every intermediate bridge player is familiar with the routine techniques of dummy play. What this book describes are less well-known stratagems that may save the day in non-routine situations.

Each book is a collection of bridge problems which provide a fun way to practice and develop your skill in an important cardplay technique at bridge. These books are designed to add an extra dimension to the detailed instruction contained in Bridge Technique series (Bird & Smith), which won the American Bridge Teachers? Association Book of the Year award in 2002.

Whether you are just setting out to discover the wonderful game of bridge, or have played for some time, your success will be limited without a sound understanding of the basic techniques of cardplay.In this series, two of the game's top writers explain clearly the various cardplay skills that you will need. Every booklet contains six chapters - each ending with a short Quiz. The topics covered in this third book, on Discarding Losers, are: Discarding to reduce the loser totalShould I draw trumps immediately?Establishing discardsLoser on loser playCombining different chancesPlanning the necessary discards

This superb instructional book will tell you everything you need to know about chess and bridge, from the fascinating histories of the games to how to play and master strategies to win.

Learn from their MistakesAfter a hard-fought match or perhaps a week-end of matchpoint play, it is well worth the effort to look at all your bad boards and see if any lessons can be learned.In this book you will have the chance to learn from other players’ mistakes. We will look at over 150 big swings from international play. The nett swings will average over 18 IMPs per deal, with some of more than 30 IMPs. Every deal will illustrate at least one important point of bidding, play or defense. By analyzing how and why the great stars of the game went wrong, you will have the chance to put your own game in order.To get the maximum benefit from the book, you should ask yourself: ‘Would I have made that mistake?’ or perhaps ‘Why was West’s 5S bid wrong?’ Don’t just accept the writer’s verdict as to who was at fault. Bridge is a game of opinions. Sometimes a player’s action is clearly right or wrong. When it’s a close decision, even expert opinions may vary.The purpose of the book is not solely to improve your game. The deals are entertaining in their own right. We all make mistakes, occasionally horrific ones, and it’s reassuring to see that even the greatest players occasionally do the same!

A collection of bridge problems which provide a fun way to practice an important play technique. This is part of a twelve book series that will add an extra dimension to the Bridge Technique series (Bird & Smith), which won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award in 2002.

A collection of bridge problems which provide a fun way to practice an important play technique. This is part of a twelve book series that will add an extra dimension to the Bridge Technique series (Bird & Smith), which won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award in 2002.

Collins GCSE Maths Edexcel Grade 5-7 Workbook provides targeted practice at the right level for students looking to achieve Grade 5 and beyond in their GCSE exam. It is packed with exercises to develop the fluency, reasoning and problem-solving skills students need to achieve without limitation.