DESCRIPTIONS OF BRIDGE BOOKS - BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE
Bridge Bidding Made Easy
Excellent first or second text on Standard by a top U.S. teacher-pro.
Clarifies many of those confusing bits (what's forcing?) and discusses
some modern conventions.
Competitive Bidding in Modern Bridge (Kaplan)
One of bridge's greats has written a complete treatment of defensive and
competitive bidding, ideal for the keen beginner or improving player.
Takeout doubles, overcalls, weak jump overcalls and the responses to these
are included. Dealing with preemption, responsive doubles, Michaels cue
bid, Ripstra and other conventions are covered.
Bridge Basics - Standard 5th Edition (Ron Klinger, revised 2000)
Basic text on Standard American by one of Australia's leading players
and teachers. Covers all basic bidding and point count. Widely used in
bridge club teaching programmes.
Instant Guide to Standard Bridge
An invaluable system summary of Standard American for the player who would
like a more readily accessible reference on the meaning of particular bids.