Authors:Tim Bourke, Marc Smith,
Publisher: Master Point Press
Keywords: bridge, winning, countdown
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1999-07-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1894154053
ISBN-13: 9781894154055

Most bridge players realize early on that counting out the hand is an important part of improving their card play, both on offense and on defense. However, it’s one thing to know that and quite another to be able to apply the knowledge at the table! In this book, the authors explain in simple terms the techniques that experts use to count suits, high cards, and distribution around the table. Then they discuss how, as declarer or defender, you can use the knowledge you have obtained from counting to take more tricks! Finally, they teach the reader how to prevent the opponents from getting

Authors:Peter Kollock, Marc Smith,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: cyberspace, communities
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1999-02-10
List price: $44.95
ISBN-10: 0415191408
ISBN-13: 9780415191401

Editors Smith and Kollock have gathered contributors with a variety of viewpoints to examine both the "legitimacy" of community in cyberspace and to question how it operates. While the authors do conclude that communities in cyberspace are real communities, they explore the sometimes surprising ways in which cybercommunities differ from their geographically based counterparts. There are four primary issues probed here: the question of online identity in an environment where individuals cannot be seen; the question of social order and control in what is, at least on the surface, a largely anarc

Authors:Marc Kelly Smith, Joe Kraynak,
Publisher: Sourcebooks MediaFusio
Keywords: spoken, word, slam, poetry, art, performance, mic
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2009-04-07
List price: $10.99
ISBN-10: 1402218990
ISBN-13: 9781402218996

Get on Stage and Perfect Your Performance Have you ever enjoyed a slam or two and thought, "I could do this," but felt apprehensive staring at that empty mic—or worse, you climbed up on stage and struggled? Let Marc Kelly Smith, the founder of Slam Poetry, teach you everything you need to be a confident performer, from writing a powerful poem, to stage techniques, to going on tour (if that’s where your muse leads you). Take the Mic is filled with insider tips, backstage advice, and tons of examples of slam poems that wake up an audience. With this book, you’ll also be able to link

Authors:Barbara Seagram, Marc Smith,
Publisher: Master Point Press
Keywords: conventions, bridge
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1999-07-01
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 189415407X
ISBN-13: 9781894154079

It doesn’t take long before beginning bridge players want to know more about bidding systems, and especially about conventions. The authors have selected 25 basic conventions and treatments that novice players can easily assimilate into their own methods. They explain clearly and concisely how to use each one, and how it fits into a standard bidding system. Each section ends with a summary chart as well as a self-quiz to ensure that the reader has understood the concepts.

Authors:Barbara Seagram, Marc Smith,
Publisher: Master Point Press
Keywords: bridge, point, press, master, bidding, ways, compete
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2000-10
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1894154223
ISBN-13: 9781894154222

A follow-up book from the author team that produced the award-winning and best-selling 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know. Aimed at the same novice/social player audience as their first book, this new title deals with competitive auctions in which the opponents have opened the bidding. This is the most complex area of bridge bidding, and has never up to now been dealt with comprehensively in a book that is understandable for non-experts.

Authors:Jeff Meckstroth, Marc Smith,
Publisher: Master Point Pr
Keywords: bowl, bermuda, win
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2001-07
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1894154339
ISBN-13: 9781894154338

A unique over-the-shoulder look at the thought processes of one of the world’s best players as Jeff Meckstroth takes the reader through the highs and lows of winning the Bermuda Bowl -- the world teams championship. Written in the style of Terence Reese’s classic ’Play Bridge with Reese’, this book gives readers a chance to make their own decisions at critical stages in each deal, and compare their solutions with the authors’. The narrative does not follow any specific world championship event, but all the deals are ones that Meckstroth actually played in Bermud

Authors:Marc McDonald, Robert Musson, Ross Smith,
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Keywords: practices, microsoft, prevention, defect, guide, practical
Number of Pages: 480
Published: 2007-03-07
List price: $44.99
ISBN-10: 0735622531
ISBN-13: 9780735622531

This practical, hands-on guide captures, categorizes, and builds a process of best practices to help avoid creating defects during the development process—rather than fixing them after extensive analysis. While there are various proprietary and competing standards for reducing software defects, these methods suffer from issues involving timeliness, effectiveness, and cost. What’s more, many other books focus on fixing errors after they’ve been introduced or promote idealized academic theories. This guide, however, presents practical methods for reducing defect introduction through preven