The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards
Author: Michael Ian Shamos
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The most comprehensive book on the games played by forty million Americans. (SEE QUOTE.)
Author: Michael Ian Shamos
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The most comprehensive book on the games played by forty million Americans. (SEE QUOTE.)
Author: Michael Ian Shamos
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781558212190
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Contains information on billiards, pool, snooker and all associated games with anecdotes.
Author: Victor Stein
Publisher:
Published: 2008-11-01
Total Pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9780615170923
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This award winning publication has established itself as the most authoritative and historical book ever written on the game of billiards. This new third edition has been completely revised with over 350 new pages and 500 new images. Many from the Encyclopedia's own archive. Expanded to 640 pages and featuring new sections on billiard memorabilia, current cue makers, world class cue collections, and the "Beauty of The Cue" - a stunning pictorial containing over 500 cues over made over the last 40 years. The new third edition goes further in illuminating the journey that started 20 years ago by Stein and Rubino, documenting the fascinating story of Billiards.
Author: David G. Alciatore
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Published: 2017-05-01
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1454927917
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Master one of the world’s most popular games with the help of a mechanical engineering professor who has a passion for pool. More than 80 principles of the game, presented with 250-plus precisely scaled illustrations and photographs, offer players of all levels a thorough overview of the fundamentals of 8-ball and 9-ball, including grip and stance, basic shots, position play and strategy, bank and kick shots, and advanced techniques such as carom and jump shots. Organized for quick study, this must-have guide features extensive cross-references and is supplemented with video clips, interesting mathematical formulas, and other resources also available at www.engr.colostate.edu/pool.
Author: Robert Byrne
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Welcome to Byrne's Wonderful World of Pool and Billiards, a medley of instruction and lore from the best-selling authority on billiards technique. Here, clearly explained and illustrated, are tips on improving your pool game ("Three-Shot Planning"), unusual shots, technique in three-cushion billiards ("Handling Tough Leaves", "Kilgore's Opposite 3 System"), and clarification of the games people play (five pins, snooker, box billiards). In his inimitable style, Robert Byrne also entertains with stories, sage advice ("How to Cope with Sore Losers"), and profiles of top players - plus one of an infamous poseur.
Author: R. A. Dyer
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2007-10-01
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 1461749018
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the tradition of Pulitzer Prize nominated, Positively Fifth Street, here is a riveting account of a high stakes shoot-out between pool's two most famous personalities. It was Valentine's Day, 1978, and Howard Cosell was hosting the long-awaited show-down between the best-ever tournament player, Willie Mosconi, and the game's most famous hustler, Minnesota Fats. This was The Great Pool Shoot-Out, one of the most highly rated televised sporting events of the year, exceeding even World Series games and basketball championships. R.A. Dyer, author of the best-selling Hustler Days, which recounts the rise of pool during the 1960s, writes of the acrid, but mutually beneficial rivalry between Fats and Mosconi, and how the televised shoot-outs came to embody that rivalry, which was nothing less than a bitter rift within the soul of American pocket billiards. Fats and Mosconi were born the same year, but were vastly different characters: one stood for artistry, the other for show business; one brought dignity to pool, the other made it fun. They are without a doubt the two most important players ever to hold a cue. This is the ultimate tale of American sportsmanship. R.A. Dyer is a columnist for Billiards Digest, and lives in Austin, Texas.
Author: Arthur Cranfield
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781585740253
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Secrets of a world champion revealed with clear text and diagrams. This one will repay every minute you spend with it".--Mike Shamos, author of "The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards" and curator of the Billiard Archive. Illustrations throughout.
Author: Freddy Bentivegna
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013-07-30
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9781490475844
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →8.5 x 11, 386 pages large 12 point fonts. An informed peek at the netherworld of pool hustling, with over 300 photos. A rowdy assortment of anecdotes, insights, encounters, and esoteric knowledge of the legendary pool hustlers of the second half of the 20th century. This book is composed of the comprehensive extracts from the personal experiences of the life-long, fellow hustler, Freddy the Beard Bentivegna, and with running commentary from many of the constituents themselves.
Author: Mike Shamos
Publisher: Gramercy
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780517208694
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A complete reference guide to the rules, equipment, and terminology of billiards and all associated cue games.