To bid or not to bid - the perennial dilemma in competitive auctions. The easy answer to the question lies in the correct use of the Law of Total Tricks. The LAW has been part of bridge literature since the 1950s, but it was in this book that Larry Cohen brought it to the attention of the majority of bridge players. Still the most lucid explanation of the LAW ever published, this is a book that every bridge player needs to own, to read, to re-read, and to study in order to improve his results.

Fun. Adventure. Treehouses. Getting dirty. Because farts are funny, crashing things into each other is good and girls are gross. This book is all about boys being boys, and it comes with a triple dog dare: read it out loud, with lots of voices and noises. Warning: may cause parent teacher conferences and/or late bed times.

Larry Cohen is one of the most successful American bridge players of the last 20 years. In My Favorite 52, Cohen presents a collection of his favorite personal bridge moments, using an intimate 'over-the-shoulder' presentation, taking the reader through more than 60 deals (no, not just 52!). Each deal is important to him in some way, or technically interesting, or just plain fun.

The book's interactive style allows the reader to follow bidding and play, and even to make their own decisions at key points. Read this book for fun, or study it in depth and learn from it - whichever you choose to do, you will find it hard to put down.

This book puts the reader at the table in the world's most prestigious Invitational Pairs tournament, held annually in The Hague. Larry Cohen is regularly invited to these events, and the book is based on his popular articles that have appeared in 'Bridge Today' magazine. The author presents real-life hands from several of the Hague tournaments as bidding problems that the reader can try with their own favourite partner. Then they can read Cohen's insightful analysis of how each pair of hands should be bid, and compare their results with those of the world-class experts who actually played them. Includes an optional tearout section at the end of the book for easy bidding practice.

Following the LAW, the sequel to To Bid or Not to Bid, was published in 1994, and took the basic concepts explained in the first book to a higher level of sophistication, while giving many practical examples from expert play of how to use the Law of Total Tricks correctly. Both books are must-reads for every improving bridge player.