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The Joy of Bocce is the only instructional book on Bocce in America. It covers the A to Z of the sport. . . rules, strategy, bocce jargon, organizing a league. . . all enhanced by numerous photos and illustrations. According to Donna Allen of the United States Bocce Federation, the book "Answers yes, yes, yes, to the three questions most frequently asked of our organization. Can you tell us how to build a court? Can you show us where to buy equipment? Is there a good book on the subject?" This second edition includes feedback from readers of the author's ezine, The Joy of Bocce Weekly, where loyal subscribers regulary submit photos and suggestions for improving the work. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (8)

Bocce, I good resource
The book is clear, well written, and has proved me with the information I needed.

Man knows his boccce!
I enjoyed the book very much. It was easy to read and follow the instructions. I like the use of photos for enhancement and for explainations. This history was informative but I think carried a little too much. I would recommend the book to all beginners learning to play.

Great book
It is a great book on bocce.If you play you should own it.

Excellent book for first time Backyard Bocce info
I bought this book and a Backyard Bocce Ball set for my husband for his birthday and found it very helpful for planning game strategy.We plan to build walls for our game area next Spring using the guidelines in the book.Good book for all beginners to Backyard Bocce!

The Best There Ever Was!!!
This book shows all the best of Bocce and I think for anyone just starting out or already in the game should read it and enjoy it as much as I have.

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Joy of Bocce-Pure Joy to read!
My neighbors and I enjoy a good game of Bocce in New Jersey.This book is a great primer for those who are just learning this great game and for those who have thrown the "pallino" around more than a few times.Mr Pagnoni knows his stuff and has written the definitive book on all things Bocce in a very concise and informative way. ... Read more

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Don't waste your money
If you purchase a Bocce set, it will surely come with instruction on how to play the game. Use those and don't waste your $14 dollars on this collection of photos of the author and his Bocce cronies.

Bocce, Daniele
No tree should have been cut down to print this. I wanted to know how to play bocce and how to build a court. This book did not satisfy my needs.

Cheesy to the max
I have to agree with Reader from Houston. This is the cheesiest book I've ever seen in print. It could only have been self-published. Over 50 pages of illegibly-reproduced random clippings and home album photos. Interspersed are about 30 pages of useful information about how to build a court and rules for playing the game. If you really need this information, the ... price tag is not too high. Other than that, it's a masterpiece of ...

truly a sport for everyone
Reading "A Sport for Everyone" brought back memories of warm Sunday afternoons at my grandparents. After a big family dinner, both adults and kids would go out to the back yard to play Bocce, Just enough exercise to help digest. I haven't played in years, so when we built a vacation house, I ordered this book in hopes of putting in a Bocce court of my own. The chapter on building courts was very helpful and clear. The rest of the book deals with equipment and rules, all very useful and upbeat. I'm now the proud owener of both the book and a truly fine court. This is a book written with the enthusiasm of a Bocce zealot. Even though the pulication is technically a bit primative,I hope it converts others over to a great "social" sport.

Disappointing
This book is less than desirable.The print quality is poor, the diagrams are obvious cut-and-paste examples, and over 80 pages are no-value lists of Italian resources where Bocce information MIGHT be found, and poor quality photographs from a personal album.This is a very amateurish book and provides little value.I recommend Amazon drop it from the catalog. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Wines & Vines, published by Hiaring Company on September 1, 1999. The length of the article is 775 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Insight.(marketing of bocce ball courts to wineries)(Column)
Author: Larry Walker
Publication: Wines & Vines (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 1999
Publisher: Hiaring Company
Volume: 80Issue: 9Page: 36(2)

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Here is how to play and become a champion of "Beach Bocce".It features rules that work in life and business.Learn the rules, how to toss the balls, some strategies and how to deal with Seagulls! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Palaestra, published by Challenge Publications Limited on January 1, 1992. The length of the article is 483 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Bocce. (Demonstration Sports) (The 1991 ISSOG: Special Olympics International)
Author: Michael Paciorek
Publication: Palaestra (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1992
Publisher: Challenge Publications Limited
Volume: v8Issue: n2Page: p28(2)

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Measures 10 3/4" x 13 4/4", 125 pages, too large to scan in its entirety, great coffee-table magazine, Shipped Media Mail unless Expedited Selected ... Read more

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Chapters: Pétanque, Bocce, Basque Bowls, New Zealand Indoor Bowls, 2010 Welsh International Open, Short Mat Bowls, Boccia, Bowling Green, Blackball, Southampton Old Bowling Green, Hastings Open Bowls Tournament, Carpet Bowls, Lawn Bowls at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Boule Lyonnaise, Crackerjack, Goldenacre, Gibraltar Petanque Association, Fédération Internationale de Boules. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 100. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bowls is a game in which the goal is to roll slightly asymmetric balls, called bowls, so that they stop close to a smallernormally whitebowl called the "jack" or "kitty". Bowls, either flat- or crown-green, is usually played outdoors, on grass and synthetic surfaces. Flat-green bowls can also be played indoors on synthetic surfaces. Both variants are collectively known as "lawn bowls". Bowls belongs to the boules game family, and so is related to bocce and pétanque. It is most popular in Australia, New Zealand (where the natural playing surface is cotula), the United Kingdom, and in other Commonwealth nations. Bowls match in progress at Wookey HoleIt has been traced certainly to the 13th century, and conjecturally to the 12th. William Fitzstephen (d. about 1190), in his biography of Thomas Becket, gives a graphic sketch of the London of his day and, writing of the summer amusements of the young men, says that on holidays they were "exercised in Leaping, Shooting, Wrestling, Casting of Stones , and Throwing of Javelins fitted with Loops for the Purpose, which they strive to fling before the Mark; they also use Bucklers, like fighting Men." It is commonly supposed that by jactus lapidum, Fitzstephen meant the game of bowls, but though it is possible that round stones may sometimes have been employed in an early variety of the game - and there ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4248 ... Read more