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Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Other public performances & spectacles > Conjuring & magic
The ultimate book of magic for kids from a world-famous magician,
complete with photographs for easy to follow instructions. From one
of the world's premier practitioners of classic magic, with years
of experience instructing younger readers in the magical arts,
comes this new revision of his complete guide to learning and
performing fantastic feats of prestidigitation. Acclaimed by the
Los Angeles Times as "the text that young magicians swear by," it's
full of step-by-step instructions. More than 2,000 illustrations
provide the know-how behind 300 techniques, from basic card tricks
to advanced levitation, along with advice on planning and staging a
professional-quality magic show.
In the vein of Neil Strauss' The Game and Joshua Foer's Moonwalking
with Einstein comes the fascinating story of one man's colorful,
mysterious, and personal journey into the world of magic, and his
unlikely invitation into an underground secret society of
revolutionary magicians from around the world. Magic Is Dead is Ian
Frisch's head-first dive into a hidden world full of extraordinary
characters and highly guarded secrets. It is a story of
imagination, deception, and art that spotlights today's most
brilliant young magicians-a mysterious club known as the52, who are
revolutionizing an ancient artform under the mantra Magic Is Dead.
Ian brings us with him as he not only gets to know this fascinating
world, but also becomes an integral part of it. We meet the52's
founding members-Laura London, Daniel Madison, and Chris Ramsay-and
explore their personal demons, professional aspirations, and what
drew them to their craft. We join them at private gatherings of the
most extraordinary magicians working today, follow them to magic
conventions in Las Vegas and England, and discover some of the best
tricks of the trade. We also encounter David Blaine; hang out with
Penn Jillette; meet Dynamo, the U.K.'s most famous magician; and go
behind the scenes of a Netflix magic show. Magic Is Dead is also a
chronicle of magic's rich history and how it has changed in the
internet age, as the young guns embrace social media and move away
from the old-school take on the craft. As he tells the story of
the52, and his role as its most unlikely member, Ian reveals his
own connection with trickery and deceit and how he first learned
the elements that make magic work from his poker-playing mother. He
recalls their adventures in card rooms and casinos after his
father's sudden death, and shares a touching moment that he had, as
a working journalist, with his childhood idol Shaquille O'Neal.
"Magic-the romanticism of the inexplicable, the awe and admiration
of the unexpected-is an underlying force in how we view the world
and its myriad possibilities," Ian writes. As his journey
continues, Ian not only becomes a performer and creator of
magic-even fooling the late Anthony Bourdain during a chance
encounter-he also cements a new brotherhood, and begins to
understand his relationship with his father, fifteen years after
his death. Written with psychological acuity and a keen eye for
detail, Magic Is Dead is an engrossing tale full of wonder and
surprise.
Highly instructive book analyzes every phase of conjuring-from sleights, devices, misdirection an, controlling audience attention, to incorporating patter and the effective use of assistants. Includes 60 original routines, plus advice for their presentation. For novices and veteran conjurers alike.
The world's greatest and most celebrated magicians, conjurers and illusionists can make us believe the unbelievable, the impossible possible. But, of course, just like everybody else these conjurors had to start at a beginning. They too had to learn simple (but effective) card tricks, easy (but imaginative) coin tricks and basic (but still mind boggling) sleight-of-hand tricks before advancing to more innovative and radical skills and techniques. Amazing Magic Tricks is a cool compendium of diverse tricks to inspire all aspiring magicians to pick up a wand and impress their friends and family! Full of trivia as well as simple illusions to practice, perfect and perform at home, Amazing Magic Tricks will guide you on your way to becoming a master magician quicker than you can say 'Ta-Dah!'.
Easy-to-master crowd-pleasing tricks, require a deck of cards and offer beginners experience in handling an audience. Instructions.
Beginners interested in learning how to perform card tricks will
find this volume an excellent guidebook. 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, Finger Tips, Palming, The
Glide, Sensitive Finger Tips, The Slip Force, and Reading the Pack.
There is special emphasis on presenting magic for the spectator's
entertainment. ..". extremely well done." -- "Hugard's Magic
Monthly."
Henry Box Brown is well-known in America for remarkably escaping
slavery by being nailed up in a box and posted from Virginia to
Philadelphia. The passing of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 made it
unsafe for Brown to remain in America so he relocated to England.
There, he had a very successful career, initially as a speaker on
abolitionism, before he began speaking on other subjects and then
branched out into other forms of entertainment including as a
magician. He married again to Jane Floyd, who, along with their
children, appeared in his acts. With his wife and surviving
children, he returned to America in 1875 finally moving to Canada,
where he died. This book tells his story, concentrating on the
relatively unknown period of his life in Britain, detailing both
how he was received and how he developed as a performer. It is the
biography of a brave, intelligent individualist who was always
willing to learn and to take chances, becoming the first black man
to achieve landmarks in British law and entertainment.
The team behind Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN), bring you
Conjuring with Computation: A Manual of Magic and Computing for
Beginners. Develop your skills to be a magician while also learning
the basics of computer science by exploring its links to magic.
Each chapter explains how to do a simple magic trick, step-by-step,
then uses the trick to introduce linked fundamental ideas in
computer science in a fun way.By reading the book you will learn to
do self-working tricks, be able to hold magic shows, create you own
versions of tricks and with creativity even invent your own. We
cover:The book includes profiles of computer scientists, and
magicians with links to technology, through history.Master
conjuring and thinking computationally.
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