Since winning the world's most prestigious pairs event in his early twenties, with the equally precocious Michael Rosenberg, Barnet Shenkin has continued to build a an impressive bridge career. Over the last 25 years, he has had the opportunity to play with and against some of the best in the world, and in this book he recounts his favourite hands and stories. While much of his early career was based in Scotland and England, Barnet now lives in Florida and is becoming well-known on the US tournament scene. The book comes to a climax with the US team's record-breaking world title win in...
Since winning the world's most prestigious pairs event in his early twenties, with the equally precocious Michael Rosenberg, Barnet Shenkin has contin...
One of the world's top bridge players chronicles his career from his early days growing up in the UK to his position today as one of the world's best. Rosenberg and the flamboyant Pakistani Zia Mahmood, who also now lives in the USA, are a world-class partnership. Here we learn how they first met and started playing together. There are fascinating and funny anecdotes from Rosenberg's bridge career, his all-time favourite hands, and tips and ideas that will help the reader to improve his own game. Finally, the author discusses some of the thorny ethical issues that plague today's tournament...
One of the world's top bridge players chronicles his career from his early days growing up in the UK to his position today as one of the world's best....
The Fabulous Fanshaws of Clapham are led by the head of the family, known as Walter, who can trace his lineage back through the centuries to when his ancestors were knights of the realm. Unfortunately the family fortunes have disappeared. They now live in a semi-detached council house and Walter works as a garage attendant. Every day he dreams of restoring their fortunes and his pride, and one day his life changes forever.
The story takes him and his family into a parallel universe, where once again he is a knight in shining armour, but this time around it...
The Fabulous Fanshaws of Clapham are led by the head of the family, known as Walter, who can trace his lineage back throu...
This book is a practical guide to every aspect of managing media businesses. Written by a team of experts and illustrated with interviews from leading industry players, it addresses the unprecedented change and uncertainty facing the industry.
Do newspapers, magazines or books have a future? Will terrestrial television or cable services exist as meaningful players in five years' time? Is there a way to make multiple consumption platforms work together in a way that extracts the revenue needed to support the creation and development of quality content? While more and more content is...
This book is a practical guide to every aspect of managing media businesses. Written by a team of experts and illustrated with interviews from lead...
The oddly shaped and versatile kettlebell has only recently gained attention in popular fitness. These objects serve as tremendous ballistic training tools that can quickly result in increases across all fitness domains. This How To e-book takes you step-by-step from the history of kettlebells, to basic biomechanics, and through an extensive repertoire of kettlebell movements. Each movement is carefully explained and demonstration photos are provided throughout. At the end of each major movement chapter, an "action plan" is outlined that will give you workout ideas so you can start right...
The oddly shaped and versatile kettlebell has only recently gained attention in popular fitness. These objects serve as tremendous ballistic training ...
Although the theme of bloodied nuptial sheets seems pervasive in western culture, its association with female virginity is uniquely tied to a brief passage in the book of Deuteronomy detailing the procedure for verifying a young woman's purity and seldom, if ever, appears outside of non-Abrahamic traditions. In Signs of Virginity, Michael Rosenberg examines the history of virginity testing in Judaism and early Christianity, and the relationship of these tests to a culture that encourages male sexual violence. Deuteronomy's violent vision of virginity has held sway in Jewish and...
Although the theme of bloodied nuptial sheets seems pervasive in western culture, its association with female virginity is uniquely tied to a brief pa...
