Misdefend These Hands with Me
Title | Misdefend These Hands with Me PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Horton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781771407182 |
Misdefend These Hands with Me
Title | Misdefend These Hands with Me PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Horton |
Publisher | Master Point Press |
Pages | |
Release | 2021-01-07 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9781771400633 |
Horton's Misplay These Hands with Me gave birth to a sequel, as well as monthly articles in the ACBL Bulletin. Now he looks at avoiding errors when you're on the other side of the table.
Defend These Hands with Me
Title | Defend These Hands with Me PDF eBook |
Author | Julian Pottage |
Publisher | Master Point Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9781897106082 |
Julian Pottage worked on a number of books with the late Terence Reese, and this one pays homage to a man who was arguably the best bridge writer of his time. One of Reese's classics, Play these hands with me, pioneered the 'over-the-shoulder' style of bridge writing. What that book did for declarer play, the present one does for defense: readers can follow the thinking of an expert player, stopping at critical points in the deal to make their own decisions about how to continue. Julian Pottage (Wales) is best known as a bridge problem constructor, and his many awards include IBPA Book of the Year. His most recent book for MPP was Defend or Declare?
Misbid These Hands with Me
Title | Misbid These Hands with Me PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Horton |
Publisher | Master Point Press |
Pages | |
Release | 2021-01-11 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9781771400688 |
Horton's Misplay These Hands with Me gave birth to a sequel, and earlier this year, Misdefend These Hands with Me. Now the author turns to the topic of bidding, and once again gives the reader a chance to learn from someone else's mistakes. All the deals are taken from top-level play.
Misplay These Hands with Me
Title | Misplay These Hands with Me PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Horton |
Publisher | Master Point Press |
Pages | 210 |
Release | 2007-10 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9781897106280 |
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. The late Terence Reese, perhaps the greatest bridge writer of all time, introduced the 'over-the-shoulder' style of bridge writing in his classic book Play These Hands With Me. Now in a wry homage to the master, Mark Horton leads the reader through a plausibly logical line of play on each instructive deal--but it is a line of play that ends in failure. In each post-mortem, the 'expert' realizes how he could have improved on his play and how he (usually) could have made his contract. The deals are all from top-class events, which prove to be remarkably fertile sources of such material. Read on for a book filled with subtle humor and great bridge."--Back cover.
Misplay More Hands with Me
Title | Misplay More Hands with Me PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Horton |
Publisher | Master Point Press |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2019-07-31 |
Genre | Games & Activities |
ISBN | 9781771402019 |
This is the sequel to Misplay These Hands With Me (Master Point Press, 2009), which is based on Horton's popular series of articles in the ACBL Bulletin. In an over-the-shoulder style, the author offers an account of a plausible line of play on each example hand, always without success, then gently points out how the contract could and should have been made with just a little more thought. Perfect for improving players.
Misdefending the Realm
Title | Misdefending the Realm PDF eBook |
Author | Antony Percy |
Publisher | Legend Press Ltd |
Pages | 695 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Spies |
ISBN | 1908684968 |
This is the story of how the Soviet Union successfully infiltrated the UK government in the years leading up to WW2, and specifically when the USSR was an ally of Nazi Germany (August 1939 - June 1941). Historians have previously argued that this success was due to the existence of a Communist 'super-mole' within MI5, and that in the fight against Fascism, multiple indulgences towards communists were an unavoidable strategy. The reality was very different. When a key Soviet defector warned of the deep insertion of agents within the corridors of power, the Comintern were obliged by the Hitler-Stalin pact to launch an aggressive counteroffensive in 1940. Britain's Security Service was persuaded that the threat from communist subversion was minimal. When this most damaging espionage was detected, MI5's officers engaged in an extensive cover-up to conceal their deficiencies. Exploiting recently declassified material and a broad range of historical and biographical sources, Antony Percy here reveals how the Soviet Union caught up so swiftly with Western expertise and weaponry, and so removed a key Western advantage over its Communist adversary as the Cold War ensued.