Author: Victor Stein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615170923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
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.
The Billiard Encyclopedia
Author: Victor Stein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615170923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615170923
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
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.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards
Author: Michael Ian Shamos
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781558212190
Category : Billiards
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Contains information on billiards, pool, snooker and all associated games with anecdotes.
Publisher: Lyons Press
ISBN: 9781558212190
Category : Billiards
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Contains information on billiards, pool, snooker and all associated games with anecdotes.
The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards
Author: David G. Alciatore
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402714283
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402714283
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
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.
Billiards at Half-past Nine
Author: Heinrich Böll
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140187243
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Robert Faehmel finds his structured life threatened by an old schoolmate and former Nazi
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140187243
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Robert Faehmel finds his structured life threatened by an old schoolmate and former Nazi
The "Encyclopedia" of Pool Hustlers
Author: Freddy Bentivegna
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781490475844
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
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.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781490475844
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
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.
The Blue Book of Pool Cues
Author: Brad Simpson
Publisher: Blue Book Publications
ISBN: 9781886768123
Category : Pool (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Blue Book of pool cues is a visual masterpiece. Includes short biographies on most of the popular makers with hundreda of black & white images making pool cue identification easy.
Publisher: Blue Book Publications
ISBN: 9781886768123
Category : Pool (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Blue Book of pool cues is a visual masterpiece. Includes short biographies on most of the popular makers with hundreda of black & white images making pool cue identification easy.
Byrne's Wonderful World of Pool and Billiards
Author: Robert Byrne
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
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.
Bullseye Billiards
Author: Jeremiah Gage
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692288832
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Improve your billiard/pool skills by playing Bullseye Billiards!No more need for dull practice drills when you can play against friends and practice at the same time. This billiard training aid is played as a game, so you won't even realize you are working to improve your skills! The shots in Bullseye Billiards are designed for beginning to intermediate players who want to run more balls and win more games.Anyone can pocket a ball, but running racks also requires cue ball positioning. The shots in Bullseye Billiards are designed to help you gain more control of the cue ball through deliberate practice.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692288832
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Improve your billiard/pool skills by playing Bullseye Billiards!No more need for dull practice drills when you can play against friends and practice at the same time. This billiard training aid is played as a game, so you won't even realize you are working to improve your skills! The shots in Bullseye Billiards are designed for beginning to intermediate players who want to run more balls and win more games.Anyone can pocket a ball, but running racks also requires cue ball positioning. The shots in Bullseye Billiards are designed to help you gain more control of the cue ball through deliberate practice.
Magic Without Apparatus - A Treatise on the Principles, Old and New, Of Sleight-Of-Hand With Cards, Coins, Billiard Balls, And Thimbles
Author: Camille Gaultier
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473383838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
This vintage text comprises a complete treatise on the principle of sleight-of-hand tricks using a variety of objects including cards, coins, billiard balls, thimbles, and much more. This step-by-step guide will appeal to both amateur magicians and those with more experience looking to expand their repertoire - constituting a great addition to collections of related literature. Complete with simple, clear illustrations and a wealth of handy tips and useful information, no magician's library would be complete without a copy of this text. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern edition, complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473383838
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
This vintage text comprises a complete treatise on the principle of sleight-of-hand tricks using a variety of objects including cards, coins, billiard balls, thimbles, and much more. This step-by-step guide will appeal to both amateur magicians and those with more experience looking to expand their repertoire - constituting a great addition to collections of related literature. Complete with simple, clear illustrations and a wealth of handy tips and useful information, no magician's library would be complete without a copy of this text. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern edition, complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.
Encyclopedia of Nonlinear Science
Author: Alwyn Scott
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135455589
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1107
Book Description
In 438 alphabetically-arranged essays, this work provides a useful overview of the core mathematical background for nonlinear science, as well as its applications to key problems in ecology and biological systems, chemical reaction-diffusion problems, geophysics, economics, electrical and mechanical oscillations in engineering systems, lasers and nonlinear optics, fluid mechanics and turbulence, and condensed matter physics, among others.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135455589
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1107
Book Description
In 438 alphabetically-arranged essays, this work provides a useful overview of the core mathematical background for nonlinear science, as well as its applications to key problems in ecology and biological systems, chemical reaction-diffusion problems, geophysics, economics, electrical and mechanical oscillations in engineering systems, lasers and nonlinear optics, fluid mechanics and turbulence, and condensed matter physics, among others.