Download or read book Billiards and Snooker Bygones written by Norman Clare and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Billiards and Snooker Compendium written by Gary Clarke and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Billiards & Snooker Compendium A Billiards & Snooker Compendium is the most extensive work on the literature of billiards and snooker ever published and took over two years to compile. It contains bibliographical information on over 650 books, a detailed description of each book's content, tips on identifying different editions, notes on scarce dustjackets, plus the estimated values of 1st editions. These values have been calculated using a variety of well respected sources. This essential reference book is easy to use, is clearly laid out, and includes both an author and title index. Each book has its own unique reference number and entries are fully cross referenced. It will appeal to all collectors of billiards and snooker memorabilia, book dealers and collectors, fans of both sports, and those simply wishing to add a few books to their sports collection. About the author Gary Clarke has been playing and watching snooker for over 25 years and has a great knowledge and deep affection for the game. He is also an avid reader and book lover and this work combines two of his most passionate interests. The author currently lives in his home town of Ipswich and this is his first work of non-fiction.
Download or read book McGoorty written by Robert Byrne and published by Broadway Books. This book was released on 2004-03-23 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Broadway Books Library of Larceny Luc Sante, General Editor McGoorty is master billiards writer Robert Byrne’s racy account of the life of Danny McGoorty, a billiards champion of that bygone era when cue artists were often scam artists and pool rooms were held to be dens of iniquity. Hustler and hobo, womanizer and fashion plate, McGoorty was at once eyewitness to Capone’s Chicago and the feats of greats like Willie Hoppe and Willie Mosconi. In an all-American voice at once sarcastic, profane, humorous, and chock full of colorful lingo, he relates his colorful and seedy life and times with a unique style and brio.
Download or read book Billiards and Snooker written by Arthur F. Peall and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a classic manual of billiards and snooker, with information on a variety of topics ranging from holding the cue to mastering complicated techniques. With simple, step-by-step instructions and many helpful diagrams, this volume will be of considerable use to amateurs, and would make for a fantastic addition to any collection. Contents include: “Preliminary Hints”, “Striking a Ball”, “Hazard-Striking”, “Cannons”, “Using Side and Screw”, And “Snooker Pool”. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on billiards, snooker, and pool.
Download or read book Sport in Britain written by Richard William Cox and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards written by Michael Ian Shamos and published by Globe Pequot. This book was released on 2002 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive book on the games played by forty million Americans. (SEE QUOTE.)
Download or read book Billiards in the Twentieth Century written by Riso Levi and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This antiquarian volume contains a guide to billiards written by the premiere twentieth-century authority on the subject; Riso Levi. This accessible book contains a wealth of information that would be of considerable utility to the modern snooker or pool enthusiast, and will be of special interest to collectors of antiquarian sporting literature. The chapters of this volume include: “The Manufacture of Tables”, “Great Players I Have Watched”, “Professionals versus Amateurs”, “Billiards for Woman”, “A Billiards-Table Problem”, “An Astonishing Feat with Billiard Balls”, “A Challenge from Willie Smith and my Reply”, “A Hundred in Four Minutes”, “Composition Ball”, etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on billiards, pool, and snooker.
Download or read book Billiards and Snooker Album written by Roger Lee and published by . This book was released on 1998-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Sport written by Richard William Cox and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume three of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.
Download or read book Byrne s Treasury of Trick Shots in Pool and Billiards written by Robert Byrne and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SNOOKER, BILLIARDS, POOL. More than three hundred secrets and showstoppers, explained and diagrammed by a master player. "The most complete book on the subject I have ever come across. I especially like the historical notes"(Jimmy Caras, four-time World Champion). Diagrams, photographs, and line drawings.
Download or read book Billiards and Snooker written by Arthur Frank Peall and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Sport a Bibliography to 2000 written by Richard Cox and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume one of a bibliography documenting all that has been written in the English language on the history of sport and physical education in Britain. It lists all secondary source material including reference works, in a classified order to meet the needs of the sports historian.
Download or read book The History of Snooker and Billiards written by Clive Everton and published by . This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Complete Book of Billiards written by Mike Shamos and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete reference guide to the rules, equipment, and terminology of billiards and all associated cue games.
Download or read book Sport in Museums written by Kevin Moore and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-06-24 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores, in breadth and depth, the role of sport in museums. It surveys the history of sport in museums, including the growth in sport museums and halls of fame driven by major sports teams and sport organisations. The book considers the humanistic benefits of the promotion of sporting heritage within museums, and presents cases, museums stories and best practice from around the world. Sport in Museums is essential reading for all students, researchers, curators, and historians with an interest in sport. It is also a useful resource for researchers and advanced students working in museum studies, heritage studies or cultural history.
Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Global Sport written by John Nauright and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of global sport is the story of expansion from local development to globalized industry, from recreational to marketized activity. Alongside that, each sport has its own distinctive history, sub-cultures, practices and structures. This ambitious new volume offers state-of-the-art overviews of the development of every major sport or classification of sport, examining their history, socio-cultural significance, political economy and international reach, and suggesting directions for future research. Expert authors from around the world provide varied perspectives on the globalization of sport, highlighting diverse and often underrepresented voices. By putting sport itself in the foreground, this book represents the perfect companion to any social scientific course in sport studies, and the perfect jumping-off point for further study or research. The Routledge Handbook of Global Sport is an essential reference for students and scholars of sport history, sport and society, the sociology of sport, sport development, sport and globalization, sports geography, international sports organizations, sports cultures, the governance of sport, sport studies, sport coaching or sport management.
Download or read book Billiards and Snooker written by Richard Holt and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
