In this totally accessible, how-to guide, master magician Herbert L. Becker, "The Great Kardeen, " explains how to perform the greatest magic tricks. Tricks and illusions include levitation of people or objects and making objects disappear. Also featured are escapes from ropes, chains, trunks, and straitjackets, and even how to walk through solid walls. Among the magicians whose tricks are described are Harry Houdini, Kreskin, Joseph Gabriel, Doug Henning, and Penn and Teller.Examples of some of the tricks: -- Head Mover: cut off your in-law's head, then move it-- Magic Water Glass and Pitcher... View More...
Here's an excellent guidebook for people who want to learn how to perform card tricks without having to spend wearisome hours practicing.Thirteen diagrams and easy-to-follow directions provide the novice with fundamentals for successfully mastering more than 50 impressive techniques -- among them The False Shuffle, The Corner Crimp, Sensitive Finger Tips, Palming, The Glide, The Slip Force, and Reading the Pack. No special dexterity is needed to successfully complete any of these methods.With its special emphasis on presenting magic for the spectator's entertainment, Card Tricks for Beginners ... View More...
Here are two excellent books for the beginner interested in learning to perform magic and card tricks. Bound together in one convenient volume, both approach the art of conjuring in a business-like manner, grounding the novice in fundamentals and leading him gradually to a surprising mastery of some 80 different tricks involving cards, coins, matches, tumblers, handkerchiefs, rings, and various other articles associated with legerdemain. The art of presenting magic for the spectator's entertainment is given special emphasis.Magic Tricks explains impromptu deceptions like Coin Through the Hand,... View More...
The world famous magician Mark Wilson reveals more than 200 classic magic tricks, from sleight of hand to levitation, accompanied by more than 1,500 illustrations. How does so much information fit in this little book? It's magic View More...
Offers instructions for a variety of hand tricks that can be performed in an intimate setting, including the Triple Rope Trick, the Broken and Restored Match, and Bill in a Lemon. View More...
Ninety-five foolproof card tricks that can be performed either by beginners or by experienced magicians. "The reader who masters this material will have on hand a repertoire of tricks that can be accomplished under a variety of performing circumstances for audiences of all kinds." 101 illustrations by Joseph K. Schmidt. Introduction. View More...
What is a self-working card trick? A trick that does not depend upon legerdemain or special abilities on the part of the magician, but a trick that works automatically because of the mathematics inherent in the card deck itself. Long practice and supernormal dexterity are not needed to perform these tricks, yet they are often among the most entertaining and most spectacular of all card tricks.Some of these sure-fire tricks are simple, a good place to begin. Others were specially adapted from professional routines and are here presented for the first time for amateurs. Almost all of these trick... View More...
What is a self-working card trick? A trick that does not depend upon legerdemain or special abilities on the part of the magician, but a trick that works automatically because of the mathematics inherent in the card deck itself. Long practice and supernormal dexterity are not needed to perform these tricks, yet they are often among the most entertaining and most spectacular of all card tricks.Some of these sure-fire tricks are simple, a good place to begin. Others were specially adapted from professional routines and are here presented for the first time for amateurs. Almost all of these trick... View More...
Money and magic -- a combination that never fails to attract attention With this helpful and revealing book, even novices can astound friends and relatives with mystifying magical feats requiring little more than common coins and paper currency.Written by one of today's foremost authorities on self-working magic tricks (those that need no special dexterity or long hours of practice), this how-to book features an impressive array of 92 simple-to-do tricks sure to dazzle any audience.Clearly worded instructions and 251 illustrations show beginning as well as veteran conjurers how to pluck a see... View More...
The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Up with the Indiana Joneses For everyone who's ever wanted to be as smooth as James Bond, as clever as Captain Kirk, or as tough as Charlie's Angels, The Action Hero's Handbook is the ultimate guide to the essential skills every action hero needs to survive and thrive in this dangerous but exciting world. This book features dozens of real-life action hero techniques, directly from experts in the subjects at hand: FBI agents, sexologists, stuntmen, hypnotists, karate masters, criminologists, detectives, and many others. Learn how to: - Catch a great white shark ... View More...
"The Museum of Hoaxes" is a fascinating historical tour of hundreds of documented hoaxes, many collected here for the first time. Read about the curiosities and cons of the most notorious hornswogglers and flimflam men of the nineteenth century; be astounded at the imposters, pretenders, and tricksters of the twentieth. The Queen of England, Jimmy Carter, the editors of "The New York Times"-no one is immune to the cunning of history's hoaxers. From the origin of April Fools' Day to the Taco Liberty Bell, from Bigfoot to the War of the Worlds-and filled with photographs and illustrations . View More...
