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"A Billiards and Snooker Compendium"
Gary Clarke. 280 Pages. Published 23rd May 2008.
A fully cross-referenced bibliography of over 650 billiards and snooker
books, describing each book's content, notes on scarce dustjackets,
and estimated values of 1st editions.
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"Black Farce and Cue Ball Wizards:
The Inside Story of the Snooker World"
Clive Everton. 400 Pages. 26 Illustrations. Pub. 6th September 2007.
Clive Everton recounts the glory and despair, the dreams and disillusion,
and the treachery and greed that have characterised the game since it
was invented as an innocent diversion by British Army officers in India
in the nineteenth century. He tells the true and unexpurgated tale of
snooker's transformation into a television success story second only to
football and exposes how its potential has been shamefully squandered.
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"Unbreakable - My Life With Paul"
Lindsey Hunter.
320 Pages. 13 Photographs. Published 3rd September 2007.
Paul Hunter became one of the most accomplished players of his
generation and won three Masters titles. Tragically Paul died from
a rare type of cancer in October 2006 18 months after his diagnosis,
leaving Lindsey a widow and single mother. Lindsey was determined
to celebrate Paul's life rather than mourn his death. This is their story.
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"From the Eye of the Hurricane: My Story"
Alex Higgins. 320 Pages. 33 Photographs. Published 29th May 2007.
Throughout the 1970's and 1980's Alex Higgins was one of the
biggest names in the country - on the front and back pages of
the nation's papers. Twice world champion, the emotion he
displayed when winning in 1982 was witnessed by millions on
television and remains one of British sport's iconic images.
But the tears shed that evening revealed the fragility of his
character - a character that has taken him to the top of
the world and back down to its darkest corners.
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"Out of the Blue - Into the Black"
John Spencer. 206 pages. 23 Photographs. Published 2005.
John Spencer became one of the first professionals of the modern era in
the late 1960's, and claimed 3 World Championship titles among his many
tournament wins before his double vision problems were diagnosed as the
rare condition Myasthenia Gravis, effectively ending his playing career.
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"Snooker Legends: And Where Are They Now ?"
Dean Hayes. 134 Pages. 48 Photographs. Published 2004.
Dean Hayes explores the lives of 40 of the game's greatest players;
including Joe Davis, Alex Higgins, Ray Reardon, Kirk Stevens, Cliff
Thorburn and Eddie Charlton. Includes biographies and career statistics.
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"Masters of the Baize: Cue Masters, Bad Boys and Forgotten
Men in Search of Snooker's Ultimate Prize"
Luke Williams & Paul Gadsby. 256 pages. Published April 7th 2005.
Starting with Joe Davis, 21 of the greatest players, including Alex
Higgins, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Jimmy
White, have their lives and achievements explored in this journey
through the game's rich and absorbing history.
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"Ronnie: The Autobiography of Ronnie O'Sullivan"
Ronnie O'Sullivan with Simon Hattenstone.
216 Pages. 52 Photographs. Indexed. Published 2003.
An open and honest autobiography that reveals the sometimes
troubled life of the player now recognised as the most talented
the game has ever produced.
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"The Hurricane: The Turbulent Life and Times of Alex Higgins"
Bill Borrows. 384 Pages. 47 Photographs. Published October 2002.
Bill Borrows leads you deeper and deeper into the self-destructing
lifestyle of Alex Higgins. Probably the greatest genius the game has
known and who is now attempting to restart his professional career.
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"Double or Quits: The Willie Thorne Story"
Willie Thorne & Derek Marsden. With a forward by Gary Lineker.
143 pages. 38 Photographs. Published 2004.
Now best known as a television commentator, Willie was one of the
most knowledgeable break-builders the game has ever seen. Here in
his life story he recalls his gambling addiction, an attempted suicide,
and the self-doubt that cost him dearly during his playing career.
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"Right on Cue"
John Parrott. 192 Pages. 24 Photographs. Published 1991.
Probably the most readable biography of any player. Charts his career
from his earliest days through to winning the 1991 World Championship
against Jimmy White, in which he produced in the first seven frames
some of the best competitive snooker ever seen at the Crucible.
Includes chapters on players anecdotes and his rivals past and present.
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"On Snooker - The Game and the Characters Who Play It"
Mordecai Richler. 194 Pages. Not Illustrated. Published 2001.
A brilliant, witty and compact look at the game of snooker - past
and present - from a masterful storyteller. The Lyons Press.
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"The Eye of the Hurricane - The Alex Higgins Story"
John Hennessey. 224 Pages. 22 Photographs. Published 2000.
The fascinating life story, warts and all, of one of the
most flamboyant players snooker has ever produced.
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"Behind the White Ball" Jimmy White with Rosemary Kingsland.
298 pages. 12 Photographs. Published 1998.
'I want to tell it like it is - and like it really was. I will hold nothing back
and will tell all my little secrets, things that have never been revealed
in the newspapers. This will be the truth behind the headlines. It is not
your usual sporting autobiography.'
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