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A one-stop practical guide on how to play and master the fascinating and rewarding game of bridge with expert advice throughout from Andrew Robson, the Times bridge correspondent, the world's most famous and successful player and teacher of bridge • Previously published as Collins Need to Know? Bridge. Now with additional practice deals • Andrew Robson, the Times bridge correspondent, shows you how to play bridge - starting from the basics and taking you through the learning process step-by-step. Using clear illustrations and accompanying text, Andrew gives the reader a complete course in learning the game, including sample hands and ways to practice • You'll also learn about bidding, tricks, scoring and dealing, and etiquette whilst playing. Above all you'll begin to develop the skills you need to play bridge, and win - including ingenuity, working well in a partnership, and a good memory

Прошлое - это чужая страна. Эта книга - ваш путеводитель • Если бы вы могли отправиться в прошлое, период с 1660 по 1700 год стал бы одним из самых захватывающих мест в истории. Это эпоха Сэмюэля Пеписа и Великого Лондонского пожара; непристойной комедии и распутного двора Карла II. Гражданские войны закончились, и началась великолепная новая эра • Но каково было бы на самом деле жить в Британии времен Реставрации? Где бы вы остановились и что бы ели? Сколько бы вам пришлось заплатить за один из этих замысловатых париков? Стоит ли доверять врачу, который советует вам пить свежую коровью мочу, чтобы вылечить вашу подагру? Почему мальчиков заставляют курить в школе? И почему вы вряд ли добьетесь справедливого судебного разбирательства в суде? • "Путеводитель путешественника во времени по Британии времен реставрации

Откройте для себя эпоху Уильяма Шекспира и Елизаветы I проницательным, информативным и веселым взглядом Яна Мортимера • Мы думаем о правлении королевы Елизаветы I (1558-1603) как о золотом веке. Но каково было на самом деле жить в Елизаветинской Англии? Если бы вы могли отправиться в прошлое и пройтись по улицам Лондона 1590-х годов,где бы вы остановились? Что бы вы съели? Что бы ты надела? Было бы у вас действительно ощущение, что это была славная эпоха? И если да, то как эта слава соотносилась бы с бродягами, болезнями,насилием,сексизмом и голодом того времени? • В этой книге Иэн Мортимер рассказывает о стране, в которой средняя продолжительность жизни составляет чуть более тридцати лет,люди по-прежнему умирают от голода, а католиков преследуют за их веру

Десятилетиями нам рассказывали историю: что система равенства работает, что бедность является естественным явлением и будет искоренена к 2030 году. Но то, что это утешительная история, не делает ее правдой. Бедные страны бедны потому, что они интегрированы в мировую экономическую систему на неравных условиях, и помощь только помогает скрыть это • Опираясь на новаторские исследования и многолетний опыт из первых рук, в своей книге "Разделение. Краткое руководство по глобальному неравенству и его решениям" Джейсон Хикель отслеживает эволюцию глобального неравенства - от экспедиций Христофора Колумба до наших дней - предлагая откровенные ответы на некоторые из величайших проблем человечества. Это провокационный, актуальный и, в конечном счете, вдохновляющий рассказ о том, как устроен мир и как он может измениться к лучшему

In 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's garden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her bones, Miss Shepherd was not an easy tenant. And Bennett, despite inviting her in the first place, was a reluctant landlord. And yet she lived there for fifteen years • This account of those years was first published in 1989 in the London Review of Books. The play premiered in 1999, directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Dame Maggie Smith, who reprise their roles in this new film adaptation. Shot on location at Bennett's house, Alex Jennings plays the author, alongside household names including Frances de la Tour, Jim Broadbent and Dominic Cooper

A short history of one of Ancient Britain's most enigmatic civilisations • Who were the Celts? Were they a people, a civilisation, an empire, or a fiction of historical imagination? They flit as ghosts through Europe's ancient past, purported ancestors of the Irish, Welsh, Scottish, Cornish and Bretons • Yet they have never been identified with any one land, or with any one history or language • Simon Jenkins argues compellingly that the 'Celts' is a misleading concept, bundling together quite distinct peoples. The word keltoi first appears in Greek, applied generally to aliens or 'barbarians' - and theories of Celticism continue to fuel many of the prejudices and misconceptions that divide the British Isles to this day • Fascinating and increasingly relevant, who the Celts were - or weren't - goes to the heart of the ongoing argument over the future of a dis-United Kingdom

Alan Bennett's classic story about Queen Elizabeth II • What would happen if the Queen became a reader of taste and discernment rather than of Dick Francis? The answer is a perfect story • The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely (JR Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett and the classics) and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people like the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent advisers. She comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with much that she has to do. In short, her reading is subversive. The consequence is, of course, surprising, mildly shocking and very funny

From the best-selling author of Cosmopolitanism comes this revealing exploration of how the collective identities that shape our polarised world are riddled with contradiction • We often think identity is personal. But the identities that shape the world, our struggles, and our hopes, are social ones, shared with countless others. Our sense of self is shaped by our family, but also by affiliations that spread out from there, like our nationality, culture, class, race and religion • Taking these broad categories as a starting point, Professor Appiah challenges our assumptions about how identity works. In eloquent and lively chapters, he weaves personal anecdote with historical, cultural and literary example to explore the entanglements within the stories we tell ourselves

The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic is a sparkling romantic adventure • When Nora Fischer stumbles, quite literally, into a magical world where everyone is glamorous and life is one long party, she's immediately captivated • What she doesn't realise, because everything is such fun, is that there's a darker side to her new friends. In fact, it's only after she agrees to marry the charismatic, masterful Raclin that she discovers she's a prisoner in this new world • If Nora is to escape, then she has just one hope: the magician Aruendiel. And if she can also persuade him to teach her the art of real magic, then she might just be able to return home • Is that what she wants, though? Aruendiel has a biting tongue, a shrouded past and no patience, so there's no way Nora could be falling for him

Starting with a simple question - 'Which way am I looking?' - Tristan Gooley blends natural science, myth, folklore and the history of travel to introduce you to the rare and ancient art of finding your way using nature's own sign-posts, from the feel of a rock to the look of the moon • With Tristan's help, you'll learn why some trees grow the way they do and how they can help you find your way in the countryside. You'll discover how it's possible to find North simply by looking at a puddle and how natural signs can be used to navigate on the open ocean and in the heart of the city. Wonderfully detailed and full of fascinating stories, this is a glorious exploration of the rediscovered art of natural navigation • The Natural Navigator Pocket Guide is a user-friendly, practical book and the beautiful illustrations are a useful tool to help travellers on their instrument-free journey

A beautiful little guide to one of life's simple pleasures – pebble spotting. Where science meets mindfulness. Learn to appreciate their beauty, discover the amazing journey that brought them to you, search for the rare ones. Leave no stone unturned • Turn a day on the beach or a seaside holiday stroll into a treasure hunt with this lovely little guide to identifying pebbles • Pebble spotting is one of life’s simple joys. There’s nothing quite like searching the rocks on a beach until that special one catches your eye – a perfect shape, a gorgeous colour, an intriguing pattern • But what is it? Use this beautifully illustrated little guide to find out, and to discover your pebble’s fascinating life story and secrets. It could be even more special than you thought… • Geologist and passionate pebble spotter Clive Mitchell has created a charming and wonderfully browsable book that is a perfect companion to a day out or holiday, or an idle moment at home

Discover the wonders of the natural world and the animals that inhabit it in this stunningly visual hardback guide • Nature writer Marianne Taylor guides readers through the development of life on earth, from the first living cells to the astonishing diversity we see in species today. Journeying from the invertebrates, including spiders, crustaceans and insects, to fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals, this fascinating book explores the animal kingdom is all its oddity and splendour. A numbers of feature spreads give a deeper focus on themes such as coral reefs, the importance of insects in ecology and the era of the dinosaurs • Sections include • Animal Evolution • Invertebrates: insects, molluscs, • Vertebrates: fish, reptiles, birds, mammals • Ecology and conservation • Featuring superb full-colour wildlife photography as well as a range of diagrams and infographics, this is a captivating guide to the wonders of the animal kingdom which can be enjoyed by the whole family