Bridge For Dummies®

Bridge made easy–now updated with 25 percent new and revised information Bridge is among the world’s most popular card games, with 60 million players around the globe. But it’s also tricky to learn and play. This fun and easy guide delivers just what novices need to get up to speed on bridge rules, bidding strategies, game play, and scoring–plus tips and techniques to help intermediate players improve their games. This revised edition has been reorganized to make it even more accessible and features super-clear all-new illustrations, expanded coverage of online bridge, information on the latest bidding techniques, and updated listings of Web and other resources. Eddie Kantar (Santa Monica, CA) is a member of the Bridge Hall of Fame, a two-time world bridge champion, and a 13-time North American champion. He is the author of many popular bridge books and a frequent host on bridge cruises.

Phil Hellmuth Presents Read 'Em and Reap

very great player knows that success in poker is part luck, part math, and part subterfuge. While the math of poker has been refined over the past 20 years, the ability to read other players and keep your own ''tells'' in check has mostly been learned by trial and error. But now, Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer specializing in nonverbal communication and behavior analysis?or, to put it simply, a man who can tell when someone's lying?offers foolproof techniques, illustrated with amazing examples from poker pro Phil Hellmuth, that will help you decode and interpret your opponents' body language and other silent tip-offs while concealing your own. You'll become a human lie detector, ready to call every bluff?and the most feared player in the room

The Nintendo Wii Pocket Guide

Snappy writing, eye-catching graphics, and a fresh design walk readers through all the featues of the new and popular Nintendo Wii!. With 3.2 million Wii consoles shipped during the latest holiday quarter (compared to 1.84 million PlayStation 3s shipped in the same quarter), Nintendo has a surprise hit on its hands with its new home video game system! New Nintendo Wii users will want to start using their console as soon as they take it home, and this guide shows them how. In this essential and compact book by best-selling game author Bart Farkas, readers—from beginners to avid experts—will learn how to get the most from the Wii and its innovative controllers, including the wireless Wii remote controller. Users will also learn how to connect the console to the Internet to download games to Nintendo’s Virtual Console, use Wii Channels, set parental controls, and more.