William S. Root, winner of many national bridge championships, premier bridge teacher, author of classic bridge books, and recently elected to the Bridge Hall of Fame is considered to be one of the best bridge teachers of all time and has helped tens of thousands to enjoy the world's most popular card game. Commonsense Bidding is a thorough and complete guide to basic, commonsense bidding. Root addresses just about every situation that the average player will encounter in standard bidding, while supplying examples to illustrate how to value your hand, opening no-trump bids, scoring, and more. He also coauthored the popular Modern Bridge Conventions with Richard Pavlicek. Simple Minded Bridge by Jim King.
Bridge is a simple game that has been complicated by special conventions, contrivances and gimmicks.
This book teaches bridge in a way a third grader can understand. If you can count to 40 you will understand this book and learn to be a very good bridge player. There are over 100 practice hands included. This book is about Contract Bridge with an introduction to Duplicate. Revised and updated, this classic will teach you how to think better at the bridge table.