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Category : General
Skill Level : Intermediate
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Create magic wherever you go with Amazing Irv's Handbook of Everyday Magic - a sophisticated, hip, how-to guide to making magic with everyday objects in everyday situations. From how to levitate yourself to impress your kids and how to successfully read your boss's mind, to how to charm and disarm a potential mugger, you'll be able to amaze your family, co-workers, friends, and fellow commuters in no time flat. More than 40 tricks - complete with step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations that focus close in on the sleight-of-hand - are divided into sections on creating magic at home, at work, on the go, and on the town. Each trick is introduced by irreverent, semi-practical anecdotes that teach you just the right time and place for performing them. With Amazing Irv's Handbook of Everyday Magic, you'll never again need to rely on a joke to be entertaining.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginners
Again, this is quite an old book, written by an acknowledged master in his field. The book primarily focuses on sleight of hand techniques.
Category : General
Skill Level : Intermediate
Written by probably the most famous magician of all time, this books provides insights into Houdini's life, escapes, exploits and thinking.
Category : General, History
Skill Level : Intermediate
This book contains many really great tricks that are easy to do, from over 35 of America's top professional magicians, and is the sort of book that I wish had been around when I started in magic back in 1976.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginners
This book explains about 25 magic tricks, including some that are suitable for close-up and stage, and using cards and ropes, amongst other items.
Category : Cards, General, Rope
Skill Level : Beginners
This is a magical new edition to the best-selling "Things to Make and Do" series. This title contains 24 magic tricks that will astonish any audience, including card tricks, disappearing coins and incredible shrinking wands. Each trick is clearly illustrated with step-by-step instructions, and full instructions for creating props from everyday items are also included. It includes over 180 stickers for use decorating props and scenery.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginners
A book that discloses the secrets behind a collection of close-up magic tricks, including the author's "Out of the World", reputed to be the best card trick of the past century.
Category : General
Skill Level : Intermediate
This is probably the best book from which to learn a wide range of magic - there is practically nothing that isn't covered, including a few illusions. There are over 450 pages with plenty of illustrations.
Category : Cards, Coins, General, Mentalism, Rope
Skill Level : Beginners
Although this book is entitled "Mathematical Magic", you do not need to be a mathematical genius to benefit from the wide range of tricks contained therein.
Category : Cards, Coins & Money, General, Mathematics
Skill Level : Intermediate
Written by one of the world's leading authorities on professional magic, this book contains illustrated instructions for performing scores of magic feats using many different props.
Category : Cards, Coins & Money, General, Performance
Skill Level : Beginners
In his long-awaited first book, David Blaine, downtown hipster and extraordinary illusionist, offers a unique exploration of the mysteries and history of the ancient art of magic.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginners
Step-by-step instructions for sleight of hand tricks using cards, coins, ball and other common items.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginners
This book contains 61 self-working tricks, with an amazing 500 illustrations, using a handkerchief.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginners
This book describes 81 self-working effects, with over 350 illustrations, using nothing more than paper.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginners
97 self-working effects using everyday items that can be performed at the table.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginners
Amaze and confound friends and family with 70 easy to learn - but hard to figure-out magic tricks. The detailed and abundant illustrations show every sleight of hand so that anyone can master each feat in a matter of minutes. All it takes is a minimum amount of effort, and everyday objects suddenly become charmed. Make a coin vanish just by tapping it three times with a pen. In Band on the Run, a rubber band jumps from one set of fingers to another, then back again. Predict what cards will turn up, read someone's mind, try telekinesis, and many more stunts. Equipment lists, difficulty ratings, and practice tips are all included, along with a special presentation section for budding magicians.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginner
This book, by one of magic's younger stars who may frequently be seen on television, contains instructions on how to make and perform over 20 magic tricks.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginners
This book, although somewhat dated, is still a valuable reference for learning all manner of sleight of hand effects, and is highly regarded as a teaching book.
Category : Cards, Coins & Money, General
Skill Level : Intermediate
Magic is an age-old art form, which has the power to amaze and amuse both children and adults alike. This illustrated guide includes over 100 amazing magic tricks to be used on a variety of different occasions. It offers simple tricks as well as some designed for the more advanced practitioner, all supported by step-by-step instructions and comprehensive definitions of terms.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginners
Containing over 40 tricks and sleights of hand, this is a must-have book for all budding magicians. Young magicians feature in the book, providing models that the reader can relate to. Close-up photography and 'hidden views' of the tricks give clear instructions as to how the tricks are performed. There are also individual chapters on the dramatic history of magic, including sections on close-up magic, comedy magic, dangerous magic, mind magic and silent magic. With fascinating anecdotes about some of the world's greatest magicians - from Harry Houdini to David Blaine - this book is an essential introduction to the mysterious world of magic.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginners
In a similar vein to "Magic For Dummies", this is another excellent and light-hearted book on magic for beginners.
Category : General
Skill Level : Beginners
Fail-safe tricks and illusions are combined with tips on performance and principles of showmanship in this complete guide to creating magic acts.
Category : General, Performance
Skill Level : Beginner
This book, written by a 14-year old magician, contains over 50 magic tricks, using a variety of items, that you can easily learn to perform.
Category : Cards, Coins & Money, General, Rope
Skill Level : Beginners
This book contains about a dozen "interactive" tricks that anybody can do, and the book is really well put together - probably the best of the interactive, pop-up books that I have seen!
To date, I have ordered six of these - one for myself and the rest for friends, who have all received them both gratefully and enthusiastically!
Category : General, Performance
Skill Level : Beginners
A famous magician's journey to find the greatest cardsharp ever evokes the forgotten world of magic where Americans found escape during the Great Depression. It has the nostalgic quality of an old-fashioned fable, but Karl Johnson's The Magician and the Cardsharp is a true story that lovingly recreates the sparkle of a vanished world. Here, set against the backdrop of America struggling through the Depression, is the world of magic, a realm of stars, sleight of hand, and sin where dreams could be realized - or stolen away. Following the Crash of '29, Dai Vernon, known by magicians as 'the man who fooled Houdini,' is tramping down Midwestern backroads, barely making ends meet. While swapping secrets with a Mexican gambler, he hears of a guy he doesn't quite believe is real - a legendary mystery man who deals perfectly from the center of the deck and who locals call the greatest cardsharp of all time. Determined to find the reclusive genius, Vernon sets out on a journey through America's shady, slick, and sinful side; from mob-run Kansas City through railroad towns that looked sleepy only in the daytime. Does he find the sharp? Well, Karl Johnson did - after years of research into Vernon's colorful quest, research that led him to places he never knew existed. Johnson takes us to the cardsharp's doorstep and shows us how he bestowed on Vernon the greatest secret in magic. The Magician and the Cardsharp is a unique and endlessly entertaining piece of history that reveals the artistry and obsession of a special breed of American showmen."
Category : General, History
Skill Level : Intermediate
Working on stage is one thing, but when you want to work in a more impromptu street enviroment, then the problem is with directing your audience away from your dodgy doings. This is especially important when the audience may be all around you. Hence it is vital to have a working knowledge of the sleight of hand and misdirection techniques in order to perform your tricks in public places. For anyone interested in street magic or "pub" tricks these techniques are invaluable. Also a great source of information for any magician.
Category : General
Skill Level : Intermediate
This book reveals many of Houdini's closely-guarded secrets.
Category : General, History
Skill Level : Intermediate
