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Category : General
Skill Level : Intermediate
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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
This book, by one of the most prolific authors on card magic, contains instructions for over 100 workable but effective tricks. Also contains over 200 illustrations.
Category : Cards
Skill Level : Intermediate
This book contains over 190 tricks, with 200 illustrations, covering a wide range of effects with playing cards.
Category : Cards
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
Many people now know how to create Magic Squares, including how to create one that adds up to a total specified by a spectator.
Magic Squares became somewhat of a speciality for me, when I wrote a book on this subject as my "entrance examination" to become a Member of The Magic Circle.
It was while I was discussing Magic Squares with David Berglas, who was the President of The Magic Circle at the time, that he told me about a routine he had performed whereby a person’s birthday was included within four cells of a 4 x 4 Magic Square. (David’s Magic Square routines are detailed in the recently published book by David Britland, "The Mind & Magic of David Berglas".)
This short eBook describes the method which I eventually discovered of creating such a Birthday Magic Square, where the top row of four cells forms a specific date (e.g. somebody’s birthday, anniversary, or perhaps Christmas Day).
Category : Mathematics
Skill Level : Intermediate
Although this book does contain some tricks, its place in the history of magic books is assured because of the huge volume of useful and practical information about the performance of magic.
Category : Performance
Skill Level : Intermediate
Described by one leading magician as "the definitive work on Magic Squares for years to come", this illustrated, 74-page, A4 comb-bound non-mathematical treatise on Magic Squares covers the following subjects:
- the history of Magic Squares
- general classes of Magic Squares
- various formulae for creating Magic Squares
- detailed analyses of 3 x 3, 4 x 4 and 5 x 5 Magic Squares
- variations on Magic Squares
- Magic Square routines, puzzles and presentations, including "one novel contribution by the author which combines origami (the Crossed Box Pleat) with a Magic Square, The Origami Magic Square, and a prepared sample comes with the book" (Eddie Dawes in The Magic Circular)
- references to approximately 40 other works on Magic Squares and mnemonics.
Category : Mathematics
Skill Level : Intermediate
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
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
A well-known puzzle and mathematical expert explains the mathematics behind over 400 tricks that you will be able to perform.
Category : Mathematics
Skill Level : Intermediate
This is the classic book on coin magic, including all the sleights you will need to know and many tricks that use those sleights.
Category : Coins & Money
Skill Level : Intermediate
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
This is one of the classic works on the long and fascinating history of magic.
Category : History
Skill Level : Intermediate
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
