from: Visible Ink Press
Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.342
EAN num: 9781578590001
ISBN number: 1578590000
Label: Visible Ink Press
Manufacturer: Visible Ink Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 698
Printing Date: 1997-05
Publishing house: Visible Ink Press
Sale Popularity Level: 1836716
Studio: Visible Ink Press
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This book is huge and is not to read for enjoyment. It is a book filled with stats, rules, and tons of information on tennis. Why would a normal person want to know all of this? He won't. Who would want to buy this? A tennis freak. What exactly is a tennis freak? He would be someone that plays tennis almost everyday if not every weekend at the very least. Someone who would play rain, snow, sleet, or shine. Someone who would tape all the best matches on TV and then analyze them frame-by-frame later. Someone whose conversation goes something like this: "Remember the lob Edberg threw over Becker on the last set, eigth game at the 1990 Wimbledon? My God, that was the turning point of the entire match!"
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I have no doubt in considering Bud as the top tennis writer in the world. His passion and imense knowledge for the game of tennis is well ilustrated in this masterpiece. Any fan of tennis will take pride in owning a copy of this encyclopedia which provides the most complete information about tennis.
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I enjoy Bud, despite his preference for Becker over Edberg, but all in all, a very good tennis reference. I have something called The World Encylopaedia of Tennis, but this is more comprehensive and more current. A must for anyone interested in the history of tennis.
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My brother, who lives in Boston, sent this book for me in 1998. It's really an encyclopedia, covering up the facts until 1996 (at least in my Edition). It's very fun reading, it has the rules of the game, the hiistory, the profiles of the top players of all generations. It only lacks in its editoring process, with a low material printing, but what matters is that the informations serve very well a tennis fan.
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This is a very intriguing (if not lengthy) account of tennis players (past and present), the various tennis records, past winners of the major tournaments, and other statistics that will intrigue avid tennis fans like myself. Bud Collins is a very colorful and interesting person, and he knows a lot about the game! He even provides an account of the history of the game. This is the most in-depth look at the game that I've found. It's a great book.
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