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The complement to ByrneÂ’s Standard Book of Pool and Billiards, this volume contains clear explanations and helpful diagrams for experienced players who wish to perfect their game. Illustrations.
About the Author
Robert Byrne is the author of seven novels, five collections of humorous quotations, seven books on billiards, two anthologies, and an expose of frauds in the literary world. One of his novels, Thrill, was made into NBC’s Monday Night Movie, which aired for the first time on May 20, 1996. Four of his novels were selections of Reader’s Digest Condensed Books and published in many languages. His style is widely praised for its clarity and wit. Byrne’s Standard Book of Pool and Billiards, published in 1978 and expanded in 1998, has sold over 400,000 copies. In the world of pool and billiards, his books, hundreds of instructional magazine articles, six videotapes (shot on sound stages in Burbank and Hollywood, California), have established him as the preeminent teacher and commentator. As a player, he has won tournaments in almost every form of the game. He finished third in the National Professional Three-Cushion Championship in 1977 held in North Hollywood. In 1999, he won both the National Amateur and the National Senior billiard tournaments. His contributions to billiards and pool were recognized when he was awarded the greatest honor in the sport: induction into the Billiard Congress of America’s Hall of Fame. The honor, for Meritorious Service, was bestowed on July 21, 2001, at the Las Vegas Hilton at a banquet closing the annual world billiard trade show. He was inducted with many-times world billiard champion Raymond Ceulemans of Belgium. Byrne was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa, spent forty years in the San Francisco Bay Area, and returned to Dubuque in 1996, where he now lives with his wife Cindy, a painter and graphic artist. After graduating with a civil engineering degree from the University of Colorado in 1954, he edited a trade journal in the heavy construction industry. He became a full-time writer in 1977.
The complement to ByrneÂ’s Standard Book of Pool and Billiards, this volume contains clear explanations and helpful diagrams for experienced players who wish to perfect their game. Illustrations.
About the Author
Robert Byrne is the author of seven novels, five collections of humorous quotations, seven books on billiards, two anthologies, and an expose of frauds in the literary world. One of his novels, Thrill, was made into NBC’s Monday Night Movie, which aired for the first time on May 20, 1996. Four of his novels were selections of Reader’s Digest Condensed Books and published in many languages. His style is widely praised for its clarity and wit. Byrne’s Standard Book of Pool and Billiards, published in 1978 and expanded in 1998, has sold over 400,000 copies. In the world of pool and billiards, his books, hundreds of instructional magazine articles, six videotapes (shot on sound stages in Burbank and Hollywood, California), have established him as the preeminent teacher and commentator. As a player, he has won tournaments in almost every form of the game. He finished third in the National Professional Three-Cushion Championship in 1977 held in North Hollywood. In 1999, he won both the National Amateur and the National Senior billiard tournaments. His contributions to billiards and pool were recognized when he was awarded the greatest honor in the sport: induction into the Billiard Congress of America’s Hall of Fame. The honor, for Meritorious Service, was bestowed on July 21, 2001, at the Las Vegas Hilton at a banquet closing the annual world billiard trade show. He was inducted with many-times world billiard champion Raymond Ceulemans of Belgium. Byrne was born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa, spent forty years in the San Francisco Bay Area, and returned to Dubuque in 1996, where he now lives with his wife Cindy, a painter and graphic artist. After graduating with a civil engineering degree from the University of Colorado in 1954, he edited a trade journal in the heavy construction industry. He became a full-time writer in 1977.
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What is the poor student of the game supposed to do when the experts contradict themselves and each other, not just on advanced strategy but on fundamentals? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
angle the cueball, heavy cueball, first object ball, cueball hits, natural forward roll, cueball curve, second object ball, cueball spin, cueball speed, straight billiards, two object balls, rolling naturally, throw effect, scoring path, thin hit, pool champion, world tournament, first rail, second rail, spin shot, diamond system, rebound angle, fourth rail, three cushion, aiming line Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Byrne's Standard Book, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Steve Davis, Willie Hoppe, Raymond Ceulemans, Walter Lindrum, Steve Mizerak, Billiard Archive, Bob Jewett, Irving Crane, Welker Cochran, Byrne's Treasury of Trick Shots, Carlos Hallon, Pete Margo, Billiards Digest, Jim Rempe, John Spencer, Mike Shamos, Mike Sigel, New York, Ralph Greenleaf, The Baltimore Bullet, Jim Mataya New!
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What is the poor student of the game supposed to do when the experts contradict themselves and each other, not just on advanced strategy but on fundamentals? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
angle the cueball, heavy cueball, first object ball, cueball hits, natural forward roll, cueball curve, second object ball, cueball spin, cueball speed, straight billiards, two object balls, rolling naturally, throw effect, scoring path, thin hit, pool champion, world tournament, first rail, second rail, spin shot, diamond system, rebound angle, fourth rail, three cushion, aiming line Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Byrne's Standard Book, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Steve Davis, Willie Hoppe, Raymond Ceulemans, Walter Lindrum, Steve Mizerak, Billiard Archive, Bob Jewett, Irving Crane, Welker Cochran, Byrne's Treasury of Trick Shots, Carlos Hallon, Pete Margo, Billiards Digest, Jim Rempe, John Spencer, Mike Shamos, Mike Sigel, New York, Ralph Greenleaf, The Baltimore Bullet, Jim Mataya New!
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- Byrne's Complete Book of Pool Shots: 350 Moves Every Player Should Know by Robert Byrne in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards by Robert Byrne in Front Matter, and Index
- Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards by Robert Byrne in Front Matter
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