{"title":"Gambling (Games \u0026 Activities)","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"tournament-bridge-tips-on-defense-9781664147027","title":"Tournament Bridge Tips on Defense","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is designed to give a comprehensive and systematic view of the rules for defense. The various subjects contain rules for how to defend against a long suit, when and how to ruff, how to defend against a squeeze play or an endplay, when and how to duck, when to play 2nd hand high or 3rd hand low, how to play from E, when to underlead your Ace, how to discard and to deceive, how to defend against a Notrump contract, how to signal and how to lead. Under each subject, there are numerous examples of how to handle each rule of defense. Ken has published more than 15 bridge books. These books have now been consolidated into a series of 5 core tournament books as follows: Tournament Bridge for Beginning Players (4th ed. 2020), Tournament Bridge for Intermediate Players (4th ed. 2020), Tournament Bridge for Advanced Players (3rd ed. 2019), Tournament Bridge for Notrump Contracts (4th ed. 2020) and Tournament Bridge Tips on Defense (4th ed. 2020). The above 5 books have themselves been condensed into a two-volume set called The Complete Book of Bridge Hands, Volumes 1 and 2 (2d ed. 2019). In addition, Ken has published a book on bidding, called The Casey 2\/1 Bridge Bidding System (4th Edition 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53532131361047,"sku":null,"price":538.56,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6918\/8119\/files\/9781664147027.jpg?v=1781244689"},{"product_id":"compulsive-gambler-9781462810727","title":"Compulsive Gambler","description":"\u003cp\u003eGambling Fever could have been subtitled The Man Who Must. That is an apt description of the compulsive gambler whose very existence demands that he mustwager in excess . To the compulsive gambler the act of wagering takes priority over eating, drinking, personal relationships, sexual activity , earning a living, supporting a family or looking after his own health problems. Compulsive gambling is the obsession of all obsessions. A person (man or woman) will lie, cheat, steal and embezzle in order to feed his habit. Nothing will deter him. As more and more states expand legalization of all forms of gambling to raise much-needed revenue and create hard-to-find jobs the problem is increasing by leaps and bounds. The book concludes that few resources are devoted to dealing with this issueand raises the question of whether any treatment can cure the obsession. Gambling Fever traces the history of gambling, quotes numerous references throughout history by famous writers such as Shakespeare and Dostoevsky, psychologists such as Sigmund Freud, statesmen, conquerors, clergymen, entertainers and others who have either struggled with gambling or analyzed the gambler. Finally, the book also serves as an insight into Eli Schleifer, the man who struggled his entire life with his demonsthose of the compulsive gambler.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53532424732951,"sku":null,"price":0.01,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/payment.letskitaboo.com\/collections\/gambling-games-activities.oembed","provider":"Kitaboo One eStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}