| The FastMikie Pool & Billiard Library | ||||||||
| Reviews of Billiards Books, DVDs, Magazines | ||||||||
| as of November 16 2008 | ||||||||
| Category | Format | Title | Author | Rating | On Loan To: | |||
| AutoBio | Book | The Green Felt Jungle - The Dark side of Pool | Gerald Huber | 3*** | ||||
| AutoBio | Book | Bet High and Kiss Low | Grady Matthews | 1* | ||||
| AutoBio | Book | The Bank Shot and Other Great Robberies | Minnesota Fats | 2** | ||||
| AutoBio | Book | Ronnie: The Autobiography of Ronnie O'Sullivan | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 3*** | ||||
| AutoBio | Book | Willie Hoppe - Thirty Years of Billiards | Willie Hoppe | 4**** | ||||
| AutoBio | Book | Willie's Game | Willie Mosconi & S. Cohen | 4**** | ||||
| Fiction | Book | Painting On Green Canvas | Bob Watson | 3*** | ||||
| Fiction | Book | Runout | Richard M. Koff | 2** | ||||
| Fiction | Book | Great Pool Stories | Robert Byrne (editor) | 3*** | ||||
| Fiction | Book | The Pool Room | Sid Ragland | 2** | ||||
| Fiction | Book | The Hustler | Walter A. Tevis | 4**** | ||||
| Humor | Book | You Might Be a "D" Player If… | Samm Diep | 5***** | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | Straight Pool Run of 280 by Danny Harriman | Danny Harriman | 4**** | Dan W. | |||
| Instruction | Book | Hal Mix's Pocket Billiard Secrets | Hal Mix | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | The Stroke Zone: The Pool Player's Guide to Dead Stroke! | Bob Henning | 5***** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Superstroke: "My Winning Secrets" | Bruce Christopher | 2** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | The Black Widow's Guide to Killer Pool | Jeanette Lee | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | Banks That Don't Go - But Do! (2 DVD set) | Freddy Bentivegna | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Precision Pool - 2nd edition | Kanov & Stauch | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | The Mental Edge | Kenneth Baum | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | CD | Hypnosis: The Dead Stroke Tapes | Ryan Elliott, MSW | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | CD | Hypnosis: Overcoming Contenderosis | Ryan Elliott, MSW | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Zen Pool | Max Eberle | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | The Straight Pool Bible | Babe Cranfield & Moy | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Essential Pool | Babe Cranfield & Moy | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | Bert Kinister Presents, volumes 1-54 | Bert Kinister | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Pleasures of Small Motions - Mastering The Mental Game | Bob Fancher, Ph.D. | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | The Advanced Pro Book | Bob Henning | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | The Pro Book | Bob Henning | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | The Pro Book DVD Series | Bob Henning | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards | Dr. Dave Alciatore, Ph.D. | 5***** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Win At Pocket Billiards (Bank & Kick Shots) | Desmond Allen, Ph.D. | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Shots, Moves & Strategies (1 Pocket) | Eddie Robin | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Wining One Pocket | Eddie Robin | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Banking With The Beard | F. Bentivegna | 2** | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | Killer One Pocket | Grady Matthews | 2** | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | Sixteen Steps | Grady Matthews | 2** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Upscale Nine Ball | Jack H. Koehler | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | Almost All I Know | Jimmy Reid | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | The Art of 8-ball | Jimmy Reid | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | Racking Secrets | Joe Tucker | 5***** | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | Straight Pool Run of 245 by John Schmidt | John Schmidt | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Continuous High Runs | Johnny Holiday | 2** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Pool Player's Edge | Kanov & Stauch | 2** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Play Your Best Straight Pool | Phil Capelle | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Play Your Best Nine Ball | Phil Capelle | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Play Your Best Eight Ball | Phil Capelle | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | A Mind for Pool - How to Master the Mental Game | Phil Capelle | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | 99 Critical Shots in Pool | Ray Martin | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Byrne's Complete Book of Pool Shots - 350 Moves… | Robert Byrne | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Advanced Techniques in Pool & Billiards | Robert Byrne | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | Gamebreakers | Robert Byrne | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | The Hustler's Handbook - How to Play Pool for Fun & Profit | Steve Allen | 4**** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Point The Way | Tim Miller (The Monk) | 1* | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | Bring Your Game to Its Highest Level, The Monk 101 | Tim Miller (The Monk) | 1* | ||||
| Instruction | DVD | The Four Strokes of Pool | Tim Miller (The Monk) | 1* | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Billiards As It Should Be Played | Willie Hoppe | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Willie Mosconi's Winning Pocket Billiards | Willie Mosconi | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | Book | Willie Mosconi On Pocket Billiards | Willie Mosconi | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | VHS | Break Shots and Key Balls - Straight Pool | Grady Matthews | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | VHS | How to Run 100 Balls | Jim Rempe | 3*** | ||||
| Instruction | VHS | Standard Video of Pool and Billiards, vol. 2 | Robert Byrne | 1* | ||||
| Misc | VHS | Tribute to Willie Mosconi & Jimmy Caras | Accustats | 1* | ||||
| Misc | VHS | On The Hill | Accustats | 2** | ||||
| Misc | VHS | Pool's Greatest Shots & Bloopers | Accustats | 1* | ||||
| Misc | VHS | Highlights, 1992 - 2002 | Accustats | 2** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | 2006 World 14.1 Straight Pool Championship DVD#5 (finals) | Dragon Promotions | 5***** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | Mike Sigel vs. Efren Reyes (IPT 8-ball) | International Pool Tour | 2** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | Niels Feijen vs. Francisco Bustamante (IPT 8-ball) | International Pool Tour | 3*** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | Mika Immonen vs. Earl Strickland (IPT 8-ball) | International Pool Tour | 3*** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | Francisco Bustamante vs. Efren Reyes (IPT 8-ball) | International Pool Tour | 3*** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | Shawn Putnam vs. Thorsten Hohmann (IPT 8-ball) | International Pool Tour | 3*** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | Johnny Archer vs. Efren Reyes (IPT 8-ball) | International Pool Tour | 3*** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | Francisco Bustamante vs. Johnny Archer (IPT 8-ball) | International Pool Tour | 3*** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | Charlie Williams vs. Corey Deuel (IPT 8-ball) | International Pool Tour | 3*** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | Mika Immonen vs. Efren Reyes (IPT 8-ball) | International Pool Tour | 3*** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | Corey Deuel vs. Efren Reyes (IPT 8-ball) | International Pool Tour | 3*** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | Mike Sigel vs. Loree Jon Jones (IPT 8-ball) | International Pool Tour | 3*** | ||||
| Competition | DVD | Shane Van Boening vs. Alex Pagulayan, Derby City 2008 | The Action Report | 5***** | ||||
| Competition | VHS | 1992 US Open, Straight Pool, Mike Sigel runs 150 & out | Accustats | 3*** | ||||
| Movie | DVD | Poolhall Junkies | 3*** | |||||
| Movie | DVD | Stickmen (New Zealand) | 3*** | |||||
| Movie | DVD | The Color of Money | 4**** | |||||
| Movie | DVD | The Hustler | 5***** | |||||
| Movie | DVD | Virgin Pockets | 1* | |||||
| News | Magazine | Pool & Billiard | various | 2** | ||||
| News | Magazine | The American Poolplayer | APA | 1* | ||||
| News | Magazine | Billiards Digest | various | 5***** | ||||
| NonFiction | Book | Running The Table: The Legend of Kid Delicious | L. Jon Wertheim | 2** | ||||
| NonFiction | Book | The Hustler and The Champ: Willie Mosconi, Minnesota Fats, etc | R.A. Dyer | 5***** | ||||
| NonFiction | Book | Cornbread Red - Pool's Greatest Money Player | Bob Henning | 4**** | ||||
| NonFiction | Book | Playing Off The Rail | David McCumber | 3*** | ||||
| NonFiction | Book | Road Player: The Danny Diliberto Story | Jerry Forsyth | 2** | ||||
| NonFiction | Book | Hustler Days | R.A. Dyer | 2** | ||||
| NonFiction | Book | McGoorty - A Pool Room Hustler | Robert Byrne | 2** | ||||
| Reference | Book | The Billiard Encyclopedia: An Illustrated History of the Sport, 3rd ed. | Victor Stein & Paul Rubino | 4**** | ||||
| Reference | Book | Billiards - The Official Rules and Records Book | BCA | 2** | ||||
| Reference | Book | Game Log | Samm Diep | 5***** | ||||
| Reference | Book | The Blue Book of Pool Cues, 3rd Edition | Simpson | 4**** | ||||
| Test | Book | Playing Ability Test (PAT) Level 1, 2, and 3 | Eckert, Sandman, Huber | 5***** | ||||
| Test | DVD | Playing Ability Test (PAT) Level 1, 2, and 3 | Eckert, Sandman, Huber | 5***** | ||||
| Notice: Click on the titles above to go to the source for more information and/or to buy the book, DVD, etc. Any commissions paid to me are donated to various children's charities. If the title is not a link, then the item is not currently available, try eBay. Please let me know of any errors in this list and/or how this list can be improved. If you have a favorite that is not listed here, please let me know. | ||||||||
| Format | Books | 56 | ||||||
| DVD sets | 32 | |||||||
| Magazines | 3 | |||||||
| VHS | 8 | |||||||
| CD | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 101 | |||||||
| Category | AutoBio | 6 | ||||||
| Fiction | 5 | |||||||
| Humor | 1 | |||||||
| Instruction | 50 | |||||||
| Misc | 4 | |||||||
| Competition | 14 | |||||||
| Movie | 5 | |||||||
| News | 3 | |||||||
| NonFiction | 7 | |||||||
| Reference | 4 | |||||||
| Test | 2 | |||||||
| Total | 101 | |||||||
| Rating | No Star | 0 | ||||||
| 1* | 9 | |||||||
| 2** | 18 | |||||||
| 3*** | 31 | |||||||
| 4**** | 31 | |||||||
| 5***** | 12 | |||||||
| Total | 101 | |||||||