About this product: This excellent bridge book has the fine reputation that it does because it is so thorough and detailed an explanation of the Law of Total Tricks. Larry Cohen is the most passionate supporter of this law in the game; and he does a complete job explaining it, illustrating it with interesting example hands, and summarizing with useful maxims that tend to stick with you after the reading is over. Especially good is his compelling discussion of whether to rebid when the bidding goes 1H-1S-2H-2S-? or even 1H-1S-2H-2S-3H-?. He also makes some good points about bidding at the higher levels with a known long fit.
This is one of the few books we believe should be in every serious player's library; yet it is basic enough and entertaining enough to benefit relative beginners and more expert players alike. No wonder it is an award winning book on bridge!
About this product: Cassi Mason, a beautiful, energetic, career-driven young woman, is the head buyer for a prestigious art gallery in California. Jared Landine is a handsome returned missionary, who works as a buyer for an exclusive New York gallery. Sparks fly as the two come head-to-head in a bidding war for a very expensive Indian Buddha from the Kushan period. Each is determined to win, but others also want the Buddha—at any cost. Thugs, jewel thieves, the FBI, or Jared's beautiful and alluring boss . . . who will end up with the statue? During a string of spine-tingling exploits, Cassi and Jared are forced to develop a tentative friendship that deepens into romance. Will they survive long enough to see it through?
Rachel Ann Nunes, author of the best-selling Ariana series, has crafted a wonderfully intriguing and romantic drama in this fast-moving novel, bringing two idealistic young people together from opposite edges of the continent and allowing them, in their own way, to find an unexpected connection to the gospel and to each other. In the end, their very lives depend on the trust they've developed. If you love romance and excitement, you'll be captivated by A Bid for Love.
Previously published as Love to the Highest Bidder, Rachel Ann Nunes has updated this fast-moving adventure.
About this product: Bid Time Return is a stunningly romantic novel of love and passion that literally transcends time, by an author far better known for his tales of science fiction and horror. Richard Matheson's premise is captivating: What if you were a dying young man, visiting a turn-of-the-century resort hotel? And what if you fell in love with a painting of a beautiful stage actress--but she had lived and died a century before? But--what if your love was so strong that you could literally will yourself back in time to become part of her world? In the tradition of the classic romantic ghost story "Portrait of Jennie," Matheson makes his two lovers totally believable, and so the undeniably fantastic premise soon becomes completely acceptable. The author would later write another unique love story--of love after death--called What Dreams May Come, that is somewhat less bittersweet. (Bid Time Return was later filmed as Somewhere in Time, and some editions are issued under that title.) --Stanley Wiater
About this product: She’s an American heiress nobody wants; he’s a Duke every woman is after. When Nathaniel, Duke of Peckham, meets Charlotte, he’s suspicious of her indifference. Too many women have sought—and failed—to catch him. However, Charlotte is more interested in dead pharaohs than English dukes. Her pretended immunity vanishes, however, when a debutante seeking to entrap Nathaniel gets murdered. All too soon, his reputation as a misogynist makes him a suspect, and Charlotte impulsively comes to his aide. Unfortunately, both are unaware that a highwayman interested in rich heiresses is following Charlotte. And that another debutante lies dead in Nathaniel’s carriage. Some nights just don’t go as planned.
About this product: A heartwarming story of life and love and coming home, ranging from Jane Mackie's hard childhood in Glasgow during the Second World War, and her escape from a forbidding mother, to a shared life with her childhood sweetheart in South West France. But then come betrayal and bereavement and Jane must once again struggle to find peace.
About this product: Sniper Bid wins an Honorable Mention in the 2008 New England Book Festival Competition
Freshman Congressman Richard Thompson is enjoying his new life on Capitol Hill when the death of a colleague thrusts him into the national spotlight on a major issue-performance enhancing drugs in professional sports.
As he presses the United States Congress for new standards on the abuse of steroids, someone wants him quieted. The only question is, who?
Rick Robinson has followed up his award winning first effort, The Maximum Contribution, with a new novel as current as today's headlines.
Congressman Richard Thompson learns that life on Capitol Hill is a balancing act as he tries to harmonize his personal life with his professional duties and his personal desires for government with the philosophical ideals which got him there.
About this product: Like What Dreams May Come, which inspired the upcoming movie starring Robin Williams, Somewhere in Time is the powerful story of a love that transcends time and space, written by one of the Grand Masters of modern fantasy.
Matheson's classic novel tells the moving, romantic story of a modern man whose love for a woman he has never met draws him back in time to a luxury hotel in San Diego in 1896, where he finds his soul mate in the form of a celebrated actress of the previous century. Somewhere in Time won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and the 1979 movie version, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, remains a cult classic whose fans continue to hold yearly conventions to this day.
About this product: The book explains in detail the buying and selling life-cycle used in both the public and private business sectors, along with proven effective strategies for creating successful solicitations, bids, proposals and contracts, backed up by numerous case studies, interviews with recognized business professionals, and dozens of tips and best practices. Specific topics covered in the book include: understanding the entire buying & selling life-cycle; applying proven tools, techniques, and best practices to develop quality solicitation documents (request for proposal, request for quote, etc); how to develop an effective bid/no bid decision making process, including a comprehensive business case analysis and risk assessment; preparing best-in-class bids/proposals which meet or exceed customer requirements; understanding the contract negotiation process and proven best practices; mastering the art of oral presentation of proposals; and optimizing source selection planning and evaluation activities.
About this product: Don't Bid On It Video Classroom: eBay Demonstration Video
You can't truly learn how to use eBay by reading a description in a book. You need someone to show you how it actually works. Watching someone as they show you how and explain what they are doing is the easiest way to learn. We have put everything in this video you need to start using eBay.
You Will Learn:
How to setup eBay and PayPal accounts
How to determine if a seller is legitimate(it's not the feedback rating!)
How to buy at the best price(full step by step demonstration)
How to sell an item(step by step, everything you need)
How to leave feedback for other members
How to stop retalialiatory feedback from non paying bidders
How to use PayPal's postage and shipping service
How to use special services
How expert bidders place bids without ever clicking the eBay Bid button
Security tools and techniques to protect your eBay and PayPal account
And, we will critique several auctions to show you how to spot the ones that are fraudulent and how to setup your own auctions correctly
This video is a MUST have for anyone new to eBay and for experienced eBay users who need to know how to properly research a seller as well as how to spot fraudulent auctions. Don't leave it up to chance! Become a better buyer and seller while protecting yourself.
This video is divided into lesson. Select the lesson you are interested in watching with a click of the mouse. The DVD includes a simple menu that allows you to jump to the sections of interest to you. Stop and pause the video if you want to follow along on the real eBay website.
*The DVD will work in both Windows and MacOSX computers. It also includes alternate viewing options for Linux and most other modern operating systems.
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