Learn Bridge in One Hour by Samir Riad teaches the basics of the popular game so that readers can play with family and friends almost instantly
San Jose, CA (PRWeb) January 14, 2007 -- In the revolutionary how-to book, Learn Bridge in One Hour, bridge expert Samir Riad starts with simple playing rules and explains bidding, scoring and playing a winning hand.Learning a game like bridge might seem daunting, but bridge enthusiast Samir Riad makes it so easy and enjoyable that readers can become casual players within a few pages. Each of the book's ten chapters is broken down into a single step, exploring an aspect of the game, from making a bid to recognizing a winning hand. Subsequent chapters build on what the reader has already learned, so readers get better at the game as they go further in the book.
Written in a warm, conversational manner, Riad explains such bridge essentials as playing defense and keeping score, and he even includes a section on the proper bridge etiquette, along with reference tables, graphics, examples and fun tests. Whether readers have played a game or two, or have never attempted bridge at all, this is the book that can make any bridge player a winner.
Learn Bridge in One Hour is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.
About the Author
Samir Riad was born in Cairo, Egypt and received a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from the High Institute of Technology in Helwan, Egypt, where his passion for math and physics was only surpassed by his devotion to bridge. Riad moved to California in 1985 and became an American citizen in 1990. For more than twenty years he has owned a chain of wireless cellular phone stores in the San Francisco Bay area. He lives with his wife and children in San Jose, California.
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