Books written by Tim Bourke

Safety Plays

Each book this series is a collection of bridge problems which provide a fun way to practice and develop your skill in an important cardplay technique at bridge.
The Simple Squeeze

This is part of a twelve book series that will add an extra dimension to the Bridge Technique series (Bird & Smith), which won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award in 2002.
Planning Notrump Contracts

These books are designed to add an extra dimension to the detailed instruction contained in the Bridge Technique series (Bird and Smith).
Deceptive Play

These books are designed to add an extra dimension to the detailed instruction contained in Bridge Technique series (Bird & Smith), which won the American Bridge Teachers? Association Book of the Year award in 2002.
Bridge the Silver Way: A Third Collection of Bridge Stories

Astute readers will recognise allusions to the works of Hemingway, Conan Doyle, Dickens and others, while movie fans will enjoy the bridge versions of 'Citizen Kane', 'Casablanca' and 'Star Trek, TNG'.
Saints and Sinners: The St. Titus Bridge Challenge

This latest book is presented in a new quiz format, so that readers can try to solve the bridge problems before the monks themselves encounter them; at the end of the book, an annotated Answers section allows readers to rate their own game.
Entry Management

Each book this series is a collection of bridge problems that provide a fun way to practice and develop your skill in an important cardplay technique at bridge.
Planning in Suit Contracts

This is part of a twelve book series that will add an extra dimension to the Bridge Technique series (Bird & Smith), which won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award in 2002.
Defending Suit Contracts

Each book in this series is a collection of bridge problems which provide a fun way to practice and develop your skill in an important cardplay technique at bridge.
Defending Notrump Contracts

These books are designed to add an extra dimension to the detailed instruction contained in Bridge Technique series (Bird & Smith), which won the American Bridge Teachers? Association Book of the Year award in 2002.
15 Winning Cardplay Techniques

Your dummy play needs improving, right? You would like a few tricks up your sleeve? This is the book for you You will find the reading experience enjoyable and illuminating.
The Magic of Bridge

The Magic of Bridge
Avoidance Play

Each book in this series is a collection of bridge problems which provide a fun way to practice and develop your skill in an important cardplay technique at bridge.
Elimination Plays

This is part of a twelve book series that will add an extra dimension to the Bridge Technique series (Bird & Smith), which won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year award in 2002.
Tournament Acol: A System for Winners

This account of how top tournament players employ the Acol system provides a summary of up-to-date methods of bidding and play in competitive duplicate bridge. The book should also appeal to keen rubber bridge players.
Reading the Cards

These books are designed to add an extra dimension to the detailed instruction contained in Bridge Technique series (Bird & Smith), which won the American Bridge Teachers? Association Book of the Year award in 2002.
Countdown to Winning Bridge

This dummy is disappointing as you can only count twelve tricks — five trumps , three diamonds , two clubs , one spade ... Your next task is to develop what we shall call an ' Information Management Strategy ' ( hereafter referred to as ...
Endplays and Coups

These books are designed to add an extra dimension to the detailed instruction contained in Bridge Technique series.
The Art of Declarer Play

However, this year, one book stood out from the rest. The Art of Declarer Play belongs in the ranks of Watson, Reese and Kelsey as one of the best books on declarer play ever written.