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Summary: This is a surprisingly good book...
Review: Although the cover of the book purports that reading "Black Widow" will improve your pool game, the book is really much more than a how-to.Jeanette Lee and Adam Gershenson do offer great insight into the game. But they also paint a wonderful portrait of a woman who really has overcome a great deal to get where she is today. Lee's life experience make for exceptional reading and perhaps could be a great movie. Gershenson is obviously a writer worth reading. I actually just checked to see if he had other books for sale, but I couldn't find anything yet. Hopefully, he'll publish again.
Rating:
Summary: This is a surprisingly good book...
Review: Although the cover of the book purports that reading "Black Widow" will improve your pool game, the book is really much more than a how-to. Jeanette Lee and Adam Gershenson do offer great insight into the game. But they also paint a wonderful portrait of a woman who really has overcome a great deal to get where she is today. Lee's life experience make for exceptional reading and perhaps could be a great movie. Gershenson is obviously a writer worth reading. I actually just checked to see if he had other books for sale, but I couldn't find anything yet. Hopefully, he'll publish again.
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Summary: Beginner-Intermediate book (yet for everyone)
Review: An excellent book for beginner-intermediate players and a good one for everybody else.
Very helpful section on how to select the equipment and well covered fundamentals. Will guide beginners through a well developed plan to start practicing and improving their game.
Intermediate players will find it helpful to review, analize and correct (if necessary) their actual game; furthermore, they will learn a lot from the second part of the book: "How to win". This second part covers important aspects of the player-game relationship, vital for staying focused and achieve your goals as a commited player.
The book is easy to read, for it is Jeanette who is talking to you from the beginning to the end. Most readers will find Jeanette's life quite inspiring, so even if you just want to learn a little bit more about her, you'll get what you're looking for.
Advanced - top players may not find this book as helpful, but they'll sure learn something from a world PRO player's advice and experience in tour. Becoming "the player to beat" is a process, and it takes more than the ability to make difficult shots, as you will discover.
After reading this book you'll find yourself playing a solid and better pool, with positive expectations to study and learn more about the game.
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Summary: Must have for PROS to be
Review: Great book. No nonsense real view at the pro tour from a top world class player; one whom has not lost sight of the road traveled. She is unafraid to say how unpolished she was as an upcoming beginner and tips on being a real sportsperson. All done with impeccable witt, charm and profound insight. My perspective and game have both reached a new level; In one week of reading this book I was so inspired to get off my butt, join a BCA league, start doing drills everyday, and decided not to waste time playing around. I now make my time at the table count. In three weeks my fellow players have gone from "He's so lucky" to "His game has really improved." Jeanette Lee is an inspiration as a player and a person. Thanks to a wonderful lady and I hope that the universe finds a way to repay/reward her for her many contributions. Regards RJ ps just to let you know I own over 20 various books and 20 top vides on this subject. Many have helped at different stages of development; however, this is a very well written well rounded and humorus tome.
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Summary: Exceeded my expectations!
Review: I expected to read an instructional guide on how to improve my game...but what I got was so much more! Besides providing me with instruction and tricks of the trade, I was captivated by Lee's account of her hardships, how she crossed boundaries and dispelled steroetypes... Lee/Gershenson takes what could be mechanical...and puts an interesting and enjoyable spin to it!
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Summary: Funny and Delightful
Review: I got this book because I love to watch Jeanette Lee play the sport-- she is an exciting player to follow. The book captures her intense, competitive nature at the same time that she generously teaches the game of pool--skills, philosophy, approach, etc. The writing is smart and engaging. A nice break from the medical stuff I usually read.
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Summary: Well written and captivating
Review: I got this book because I love to watch Jeanette Lee play the sport-- she is an exciting player to follow. The book captures her intense, competitive nature at the same time that she generously teaches the game of pool--skills, philosophy, approach, etc. The writing is smart and engaging. A nice break from the medical stuff I usually read.
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Summary: Funny and Delightful
Review: I never thought I'd read a book about pool! while waiting in a book store I picked up this brightly colored book to pass the time. I probably read half of it before I purchased it. It was funny, and inspiring, and written oh so well. Now I may even try to play pool.
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Summary: If you like pool, you'll love this book...
Review: I've seen Jeanette Lee play pool a few times on ESPN but never knew that much about her. As an avid pool player myself, I was always impressed with her ability and decided to pick up a copy of THE BLACK WIDOW'S GUIDE TO KILLER POOL after seeing it in a local book store. I was impressed; not only did this book reveal a few insights to the game -- especially in the fundamentals chapter -- but it also told the story of her life, which I found to be inspiring.
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Summary: Rack'm Up!
Review: Jeanette Lee, argueably the world's most famous pool player, titles her book: The Black Widow's Guide to Killer Pool. She should have titled it The Black Widow's Guide to Killer Self-Aggrandizement. The book, in fact, contains little information or instruction for anyone more experienced than a novice to the game. Rather, the book serves as a rather shameless plug for Ms. Lee, detailing her triumphs on and off of the pool table, from how she battled crippling scoliosis, to how she (in her own mind) saved the WPBA (Women's Pro Billiards Association) with her looks and fashion sense. The book was an interesting read however, if just to see how Jeanette Lee sees her own contributions to the pool community.
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