Download or read book Masters of Illusion written by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Masters of Deception written by Al Seckel and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rings of seahorses seem to rotate and butterflies seems to transform into warriors right on the page. Astonishing creations of visual trickery by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Archimbolo make this breathtaking collection the definitive book of optical illusions. Includes an illuminating Foreword by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hofstadter.
Download or read book Masters of Illusions written by D. Camille and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sean Jackson is the...Assistant to Jordan Black at Black Diamond Holdings. Just what the assistance is that he provides is yet to be revealed. Sean is the epitome of the classic gentleman with a cool, relaxed demeanor on the outside a dangerous side within that is unrivaled. Sean becomes captivated by a curvaceous chocolate Goddess by the name of Lily Masters at their first encounter. What starts out as an innocent flirtation turns into a sensual love affair of mind and body. Lily Masters is a painter by trade. After working in art galleries all over the world she moves to LA determined to stay one step ahead of the demons from her past. Because of the secrets she harbors, Lily knows that she cannot lose her heart to Sean. She refuses to endanger them both, but Lily soon finds out that Sean is six feet four inches of brilliance and kindness that she cannot resist. He is danger of a different kind and his warrior heart calls to the Goddess within her. Determined to protect Lily at all costs, Sean utilizes his many talents as the Master of Illusions while taking Lily, along with their friends, into a world of seeing is believing. Lily and Sean discover that while they both have their secrets, the love they share transcends all boundaries. They vow that together they will dwell in their illusions and keep the secrets of each others' realities.
Download or read book Masters of Illusions written by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an historical novel based on the 1944 Barnum & Bailey's circus tent fire that killed hundreds, two survivors reexamine their lives and marriage while seeking the fire's true cause. By the author of The Port of Missing Men.
Download or read book Houdini written by Clinton Cox and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of famed magician and illusionist Harry Houdini explores how he carried out his amazing feats and exposes the secrets behind many of Houdini's tricks. The author cites Houdini's brilliance, physical dexterity, and wild imagination as factors that made him a true master of illusion. Photos.
Download or read book The Master of Illusions written by Sandro Del-Prete and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of illusions by Sandro Del-Prete, each illustration is accompanied by a description.
Download or read book Masters of Illusion written by Catherine Caufield and published by Pan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a history of the World Bank, which was set up in 1945 with the pledge to narrow the gap between the First and Third Worlds, but which has done nothing of the sort. The author argues that the Bank's bureaucrats, insulated from public scrutiny, are guilty of overlooking the human equation.
Download or read book Master of Illusion written by Anne Rouen and published by Anne Rouen. This book was released on 2013-04-05 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **Winner of the 2014 Global Ebook Awards Silver Medal for Historical Literature Fiction (Modern)** Murder, Magic, Music and Obsession ... Master of Illusion follows the lives of childhood comrades, Angel and Elise, as they run hand in hand from a history of treachery, heartache and crippling abuse. Under the mask of exceptional talent and in the name of justice, they each grapple with their own damaged version of love and loyalty, while fiercely protecting their terrible secrets. Set in the operatic era of 19th century France, talented dancer, Elise, is discovered by the eminent Opéra Français and is whisked away from a simple life to fulfil her dreams of becoming prima ballerina. Her path is forever changed the day she rescues the disfigured, amnesic, genius—Angel—from a life of abandonment and mistreatment. Angel's obsessions define him: his emulation of the Phantom of the Opera coupled with a latent dark side, develop into a fervent passion for a young soprano. Cast under Angel's charming spell, Elise assumes the role of his protector and nurturer—only to discover that she, too, wields powers of her own: persuasion and contrivance. In trying to reach the pinnacle of operatic success, Angel and Elise are faced with the challenge of defining justice, love and self acceptance. Through abandonment, Angel knows only one form of love—obsession; and Elise, whose purity lies in ruins at the hands of evil, is raped of her capacity for romantic love. Can they fulfil their childhood dreams without blood on their hands? ...
Download or read book Men Makeup Monsters written by Anthony Timpone and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1996-09-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hollywood's Masters of Illusion and F/X Cinema is illusion, and the 12 masters of magic to be found in this book are the best to be found in Hollywood. The films featured include: Terminator Two, Aliens, Living Dead, Hellraiser, Jurassic Park, The Fly, The Exorcist and many more. Ideal interested in learning the craft of movie make-up or for film buffs who want to know how its all done. Foreword by Clive Barker.
Download or read book Grande Illusions written by Tom Savini and published by Imagine (PA). This book was released on 1983 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Blackstone Book of Magic Illusion written by Harry Blackstone and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally back in print, the complete Blackstone story and the history of magic from the 1920s to today. This much in-demand classic gift book contains over 250 photos & drawings exploring the complete Blackstone story and a vivid and varied appreciation of the history, science, and art of illusion and magic from ancient Egypt to vaudeville to Broadway, Las Vegas, and television. It contains 20 classic magic routines in detailed execution. Traces the history of magic, describes the acts of prominent magicians, and demonstrates some basic cup, card, and coin tricks.
Download or read book The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions written by Arthur Gilman Shapiro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visual illusions are compelling phenomena that draw attention to the brain's capacity to construct our perceptual world. The Compendium is a collection of over 100 chapters on visual illusions, written by the illusion creators or by vision scientists who have investigated mechanisms underlying the phenomena. --
Download or read book Empire of Illusion written by Chris Hedges and published by Knopf Canada. This book was released on 2009-07-28 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer prize–winner Chris Hedges charts the dramatic and disturbing rise of a post-literate society that craves fantasy, ecstasy and illusion. Chris Hedges argues that we now live in two societies: One, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world, that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth. The other, a growing majority, is retreating from a reality-based world into one of false certainty and magic. In this “other society,” serious film and theatre, as well as newspapers and books, are being pushed to the margins. In the tradition of Christopher Lasch’s The Culture of Narcissism and Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death, Hedges navigates this culture — attending WWF contests as well as Ivy League graduation ceremonies — exposing an age of terrifying decline and heightened self-delusion.
Download or read book Lord of Illusions written by Clive Barker and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1995 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on The Last Illusion, a short story in Clive Barker's Books of Blood, Volume 6, this book is being released to tie in with the film starring Scott Bakula. Harry D'Amour, private investigator, thought he had seen the worst that flesh could suffer, but he hadn't.
Download or read book Dal s Optical Illusions written by Salvador Dalí and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores Dali's experiments with perspectives, offering more than one hundred color and sixty-one black and white illustrations of the artist's optical illusions.
Download or read book Illusions The Art of Magic written by Christian Vachon and published by 5Continents. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2015 the McCord Museum in Montreal, Canada, was gifted with the Allan Slaight Collection, one of the largest treasuries of posters and documents on magic in the world. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Illusions. The Art of Magic at the McCord Museum, this volume presents 250 exceptional posters from this collection, dating from the 1880s to the 1940s. During this period, known as the Golden Age of Magic, droves of traveling magicians and prestidigitators fought a veritable advertising war. All over the United States and Europe, city walls and billboards were plastered with posters offering tantalizing previews of their most spectacular tricks, giving poster designers and printers of the era a golden opportunity to flex their imaginations and load their work with devils and demons, skeletons and skulls, bodies and decapitated heads, playing-cards and rabbits, alluring assistants, phantasmagoria and esoteric symbols. Seven authors recognized as experts in their respective fields introduce this dazzling array of color and fantastic imagery, providing insights to explain the full historic, social and artistic value of these magnificent posters.
Download or read book The Art of the Illusion written by Brad Honeycutt and published by Imagine Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While even the simplest of illusions please, this stunning volume showcases over 200 of the finest images from around the world. Artists include Rafael Olbinski, Rob Gonsalves, Octavio Ocampo, David MacDonald, Gene Levine and M.C Escher. From the most classic optical illusions to complex graphic and painterly designs.
