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Thomas Edison, who knew a thing or two about the subject, said that genius was "one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration." In The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius, genius is apparent at every turn of the page. John Cornelius is one of magic's most innovative performers and inspired inventors and his effects and routines are in use by magicians the...

Combining two influential works from the annals of card magic; "Full Tilt" is a comprehensive treatise on one of the most powerful subtleties in card magic. Introduced by Dai Vernon and finessed by Ed Marlo, it has dozens of uses and applications. Anyone can understand and perform it in minutes - yet it deceives everyone. Forget about complicated, difficult, knuckle-busting...

Piles of junk accumulated at Flosso's. Showcases were crammed with antique magic equipment. Stacks of magic literature teetered on the countertops. Al Flosso lived a life of disarray. So assembling this life story proved a challenging task. In writing The Coney Island Fakir, magic writer Gary Brown examined books, newspapers, photographs, magazines, programs, catalogs, and...

IMAGINE.... ...extracting a two-inch contact lens from your eye and changing it into a pair of glasses. ...causing a spectator's card to rise completely out of the deck and then hover in mid-air with a life of its own. ...having the spectator's selected card develop right before their eyes like a Polaroid picture. ...viciously tearing up a playing card and restoring it by...

Written by Lance Pierce. This book presents the routines and concepts of Roger Klause, noted performer and teacher, with clarity and detail. With special attention paid to the construction and principles of magic, Roger can show you how to raise your level of performance and further your craft. Within these pages are symphonies with coins, rings, bills and keys - both...

This effort was kicked off in his "Thoughts On..." column which ran in The New Tops magazine from October 1993 to December 1994. John's column was for the majority of magicians who tend to do a lot of pocket and parlor tricks for small audiences and few shows. He knew that most magic shows are informal, sometimes spontaneous events, typically being a performance of a few...

Long unavailable, Lewis Ganson's The Magic of Slydini is, perhaps, one of the most influential magic books ever. Many of its routines have now become classics in magic, including Flight of the Paper Balls, Helicopter Card, Coins Through The Table, Slydini's Knotted Silks, The Paper Balls In The Hat and others. In many ways, these routines have all become standard phrases in...

Spectacle offers a stellar selection of new magic for every taste and ability. Magicians in search of astonishing, performance-tested magic will find nothing less. Each item is thoroughly explained in both words and drawings. The contributors include Tommy Wonder, Daryl, David Roth, Finn Jon, Jonathan Pendragon, Lisa Menna, Rudy Coby, Richard Kaufman, Michael Rubinstein,...

COALESCE is a scripted 30-minute act of PREDICTION, PSEUDO-HYPNOSIS, and MIND READING (both by the performer as well as the participant). It can be accomplished using merely the following: - A deck of cards, a marker and 2 extra Jokers - An envelope with 3 minutes of preparation (no arts and crafts) - A close-up pad (no arts and crafts) - A table and 3 chairs Back in 2016, I...

SURREALCHEMY is a term that was coined by Tony 'Doc' Sheils in his 1989 publication, "The Cantrip Codex," and it is a word that sums up the routines in this book. Within these 38 pages you will find four of Scott's favorite bizarre/surreal mentalism routines that offer a 'strange profound and unsettling' experience. No blood curdling screams, cloaks and daggers, blood...

A Dazzling Effect for Any Occasion! A packet of eight cards is shown. All eight cards are different on the face. The backs however, are not shown. It is explained to the spectator that there is one card and one card only that's back is different than the others. The spectator decides on one card. That card is held by the spectator, while you show the backs of the unselected...

Ideal for beginners up to seasoned pros! Magic with cards, coins, bills, sponge balls, ESP, thumb-tip magic, ring & string, topological problems, packet tricks, and a poker routine! This book is loaded! 30 magical effects which are tried and proven to be winners! Included are many, many techniques and sleights, for giving your magic... Maximum Impact! Included in this...