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THE EDITORS* ECCESEELE Ed Faulkner's Tennis: How to Play It, How to Teach It, by Edwin J. Faulkner and Frederick Weymuller, with an introduction by Arthur Ashe. The Dial Press, 1Q70, 294 pages, $7.95 (soft-cover only). Community action, group-think and mass demonstrations dominate our life style, but in the game of tennis you're on your own. And while you needn't be a Rod Laver or Billie Jean King to enjoy tennis, the game is more fun if you play well. This book can help anyone— beginner, intermediate or accomplished player—do it. So many sports how-to books have the double fault of being unsatisfactory explanations that are badly written and of concentrating their efforts on producing the major-leaguer rather than the competent amateur in the sport. Faulkner's book on the other hand is well explained, gracefully written and ingeniously illustrated for Everyplayer. Ed Faulkner, who has been coaching players since the time of Bill Tilden, is the complete teacher who can explain how to execute a stroke properly ("To begin, take the throat of the racket and look carefully at the handle . . ."). He also can anticipate all the things that may go wrong; for instance, he points out 50 possible problems with the serve, explains them and offers directions for correcting them. The writing is clear and informal, thanks to Frederick Weymuller, pro writer and tennis pro who teamed with Faulkner like a good doubles partner. Picture sequences taken from movie shots of proper and faulty strokes illustrate exactly how to hit forehands, backhands, serves, lobs and volleys— and how not to hit them. The How to Play part outstrips all other tennis books in memory. But the real bonus is the How to Teach part. By following it, even two novices can help each other. Nonplayers can watch players, analyze their errors and help correct them. The book has been tested and proved a winner by an intermediate player who was both teaching a beginner and being coached by a nonplayer using the book. Tennis can be played for life, between all members of the family, outdoors for much of the year and indoors as indoor courts proliferate in colder climates. If you're giving a racket in the coming present-buying season, give this book with it. If you already own a racket, you'll swing it with more authority once you've learned tennis from Faulkner. Kids Cooking: a first cookbook for children, by Aileen Paul and Arthur Haw-kins. Doubleday, 1970,128 pages, $3.95. Breathes there the child who has never had a ball whipping up something in the kitchen that is pure joy to put together—and perhaps to eat? Kids love to play at cooking, yet parents with the patience to help and supervise often reach a dead end as instructors just beyond a gooey sundae but short of a passable casserole or cake. Now Kids Cooking comes along to help Mom lead youngsters, step by step, past the messing-around stage to a number of creditable dishes for all the regular meals and for parties. The authors really know their business. Aileen Paul is an accomplished cook who has taught some of her art to all ages on TV, to her own children and to classes of adults and kids in her neighborhood. Arthur Hawkins, a professional artist and designer and skilled amateur in the kitchen, has written and illustrated several cookbooks. Together they have produced a book that can intrigue kids and lead them on from the simple to the more difficult. Recipes range from hot cereal and cinnamon toast to meat loaf, chili con came and a mystery called "wacky cake." Each recipe has a list of "what you need" and outlines "what you do." Every term is explained, yet there is no babying. The authors emphasize safety around the stove and with knives; until a child reaches seventh grade age, or thereabouts, an adult should be on hand. Now here's what you do to make a wacky cake . . . Japan: Images and Realities, by Richard Halloran. Alfred A. Knopf, 1968, 281 pages. $6.95. The amazing resurgence of Japan as the foremost example of an economic miracle has reinforced the common American assumption that this small country is atypical of the Orient and is indeed Western in its viewpoint and methods. In this fascinating analysis of the inner workings of a culture that some forecasters see as heir apparent to the U.S. as the world's most powerful nation, the author argues that Japan's appearance may be Western but the reality is not. Halloran, a newspaperman and experienced Far East observer, demonstrates that a small interlinked establishment of governmental and industrial leaders is in fact making the decisions for a disciplined citizenry in the nation's drive for international preeminence. It is this cadre which guides the economy, maneuvers a press that is more instructional than informative and that inculcates in the rank and file the necessity to conform for the social good. Without making any judgments, Halloran's case is the contrast between the highly visible Westernization and the reality beneath—a system that still takes its cues from tradition. Included in the book is a concise survey of Japan's historical coming to terms with the West. The author describes a nation which early recognized the importance of Western technology, yet was loath to surrender its traditional values, including a fear of outsiders that served to preserve its culture. •
Object Description
Title |
Editors' bookshelf |
Author |
Anonymous |
Subject |
Books -- Reviews |
Citation |
H&S Reports, Vol. 07, (1970 autumn), p. 15 |
Date-Issued | 1970 |
Source | Originally published by: Haskins & Sells |
Rights | Copyright and permission to republish held by: Deloitte |
Type | Text |
Format | PDF page image with corrected OCR scanned at 400 dpi |
Collection | Deloitte Digital Collection |
Digital Publisher | University of Mississippi Library. Accounting Collection |
Date-Digitally Created | 2010 |
Language | eng |
Identifier | HSReports_1970_Autumn-p15 |