Black Widow's Guide to Killer Pool: Become the Player to Beat
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Pool-playing legend Jeanette Lee—"the Black Widow," who wears only black during tournaments and devours her opponents—explains every aspect of playing to win, from holding the cue to performing combination, kiss, and trick shots. Lee shows wannabe winners of every level how to compete intelligently, lose gracefully, win frequently, stay focused, and achieve goals in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles. This hip, engaging guide to the game is designed to turn you into the player to beat—in basements, bar leagues, local tournaments, and beyond. Library Journal For his 50th birthday, journalist Norman (National Geographic and Sports Illustrated) decided to do something different: climb a Grand Teton peak. When his teenaged daughter asked to go along, he realized that they will be doing something more than just having an adventure. The occasion becomes the point of departure for a meditation on aging, the passage from childhood to adulthood, and parental responsibility. The book is about evenly divided between the climbing sections and the coming-to-terms-with-life parts. However, it is the acceptance of risk, the discipline of testing oneself against an unforgiving foe, and the exhilaration of struggle that most interest the author. When, a few years later, father and daughter decide to climb a 19,000' peak on the Argentina-Chile border, the ordeal severely tests their relationship and commensurately pleases them. The book will appeal to much the same readers as Jon Krakauer s Into Thin Air (LJ 4/1/97) but is a much happier account. Edwin B. Burgess, U.S. Army Combined Arms Research Lib., Fort Leavenworth, KS Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
