A Rookie's Guide to Buying or Selling a Pool Table

A Rookie's Guide to Buying or Selling a Pool Table
Author: Mose Duane
Publisher: Phoenix Billiards
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2023-05-31
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0967808944

Buying or Selling a Pool Table analyzes the aspect and makeup of most pool tables including rails, playing surface, frames, cabinets, finish, cushions, pockets, cloth, and accessories. It presents valuable insights and inserts titled Buyer Tips, Seller Tips, and Words of Experience that could potentially save a buyer or seller hundreds if not thousands of dollars. The book explains the difference between cabinets and frames, all-wood, particle board, and hardwood, finishes and laminates, and the difference between three kinds of rails and how they are attached to the table. And which of those are the best, and why.

Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards

Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards
Author: Robert Byrne
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1998
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780156005548

The definitive work on pool and billiards (National Billiard News) by champion player Robert Byrne Now updated throughout and expanded with new material on strategy in eight- and nine-ball, trick shots, and billiard memorabilia, Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards is the classic guide to cue games complete with detailed diagrams and photographs to help improve play at every level."

Billiards, Revised and Updated

Billiards, Revised and Updated
Author: Billiards Congress of America
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2005-05-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1461749921

Here in a single, compact handbook are all the rules for the myriad forms of pocket billiards. Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book is complete with detailed instructions on how to play everything from Basic Pocket Billiards to Cut-Throat, together with the rules for tournament games such as Nine Ball and Rotation, and Snooker and Carom games. These are the official rules of billiards from the Billiard Congress of America, the governing body of professional billiards in the United States. A very helpful chapter for the beginner includes professional tips on basic techniques and strategies. Also included are a glossary of billiard terms and a summary of BCA billiards champions.

Young House Love

Young House Love
Author: Sherry Petersik
Publisher: Artisan
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1579656765

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Australia's Home Buying Guide

Australia's Home Buying Guide
Author: Todd Sloan
Publisher: Major Street Publishing
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2022-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 192261100X

A must-read, practical insider's guide for all home buyers.Whether you're buying your first home, your next home or your forever home, the proven process shared throughout this book will be an invaluable guide. Award-winning real estate agent and popular podcaster Todd Sloan speaks with hundreds of people each week and their objectives are always the same: they want to find and purchase the right property quickly and for a good price.Sharing insider tips and tricks that selling agents wouldn't normally disclose, Australia's Home Buying Guide is an insightful, practical and fun guide that takes the stress out of buying a home. It covers common pitfalls and traps buyers should watch out for when they're at the start of their search, such as:How to make sure you get your finances approved correctly. How to get the best deal on your loan and potentially save thousands of dollars.How to find the right area for you and your family (if you have one).What questions to ask the agent to give you a competitive edge.How to read a selling agent's tricks and potentially save stacks of cash.Knowing your rights if you change your mind after you've signed the contract. Todd Sloan has a genuine passion for helping people during what is often a scary and stressful process, and he brings a unique and useful insider's perspective on how to buy property in this must-read guide for home buyers.

The Blue Book of Pool Cues

The Blue Book of Pool Cues
Author: Brad Simpson
Publisher: Blue Book Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-06
Genre: Pool (Game)
ISBN: 9781886768123

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.

Pool and Billiards For Dummies

Pool and Billiards For Dummies
Author: Nicholas Leider
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2010-02-12
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0470633948

Practical, step-by-step tips for players of all levels From Snooker to Carom to good-old-fashioned 8- or 9-Ball, Pool & Billiards For Dummies reveals the tips, tricks, and rules of play, covering the variety of the ever-popular games that make up pool and billiards. This hands-on guide discusses everything from the rules and strategies of the games to how to set up a pool room to choosing the right equipment, and is accompanied by dozens of photos and line drawings. See how hard to hit the cue ball and where to hit it, the angle to hold the cue stick and how much chalk to use, how to use a bridge, and how to put spin on the ball Includes advanced pool techniques and trick shots for the seasoned pool sharp With Pool & Billiards For Dummies, even a novice can play like a champion!

A Rookie's Guide to Pool Table Assembly

A Rookie's Guide to Pool Table Assembly
Author: Mose Duane
Publisher: Phoenix Billiards
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2023-05-31
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0967808901

The need for this manual came about with the realization that far too many people are talked out of assembling their own pool table because we “professionals can do a better job.” Nothing could be farther from the truth. Assembling a pool table is not hard, and with a little insight and this manual, any novice should be able to do a proficient job in an afternoon.