Download or read book The Secret Mystifying Unusual History of Magic written by Patrice Sherman and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes the history of magicians and performance magic, featuring little known facts and bizarre inside information"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book How to Make a Living as a Professional Magician written by Matt Patterson and published by Dover Publications. This book was released on 2019-02-13 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You may be able to pull off an impressive card trick, but can you recruit new clients and tailor your show to different occasions? In the only guide of its kind, professional magician Magnus shows you the ins and outs of managing your career in magic. His tried-and-true methods will convert you — presto, change-o — into a successful professional. Magnus will help you with developing the persistence and conviction you'll need for a career in close-up magic, making your pitch to potential employers, and promoting and marketing your act. He'll advise you on the tricks that will provide you with the most mileage — the time-tested audience-pleasers that can be performed in a wide variety of situations — and the best ways to practice them to ensure a smooth execution. His advice on cultivating skills that contribute to a successful performance, getting along with coworkers, and handling hecklers will save you untold aggravation and smooth the path toward a magical career.
Download or read book The Secret History of Magic written by Peter Lamont and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pull back the curtain on the real history of magic – and discover why magic really matters If you read a standard history of magic, you learn that it begins in ancient Egypt, with the resurrection of a goose in front of the Pharaoh. You discover how magicians were tortured and killed during the age of witchcraft. You are told how conjuring tricks were used to quell rebellious colonial natives. The history of magic is full of such stories, which turn out not to be true. Behind the smoke and mirrors, however, lies the real story of magic. It is a history of people from humble roots, who made and lost fortunes, and who deceived kings and queens. In order to survive, they concealed many secrets, yet they revealed some and they stole others. They engaged in deception, exposure, and betrayal, in a quest to make the impossible happen. They managed to survive in a world in which a series of technological wonders appeared, which previous generations would have considered magical. Even today, when we now take the most sophisticated technology for granted, we can still be astonished by tricks that were performed hundreds of years ago. The Secret History of Magic reveals how this was done. It is about why magic matters in a world that no longer seems to have a place for it, but which desperately needs a sense of wonder.
Download or read book Mysterious Stranger written by David Blaine and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Blaine, downtown hipster and extraordinary illusionist, offers an exploration of the mysteries and history of the ancient art of magic. Mysterious Stranger brings Blaine's magic directly to his audience. In the book you'll find: mind-bending tricks you can learn to do yourself; interactive magic effects; mind-reading and psychic techniques; David Blaine's unique perspective on the art of magic; a copiously illustrated history of the art; and autobiographical background and an insight into David's private world.
Download or read book Abracadabra written by HP Newquist and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magician never reveals his secrets . . . but HP Newquist does, in this illustrated history of magic and famous magicians! Magic is a word we use to describe something amazing, awe-inspiring, or spectacular. Truly great magic makes us believe in things we know can't be real. In the hands of the greatest magicians, even a simple card trick can become truly wondrous. Now, in this nonfiction narrative of magic through the ages, HP Newquist explains how the world's most famous tricks were created. From the oracles of ancient Egypt and the wizards of medieval Europe on to the exploits of Houdini and modern practitioners like Criss Angel, this book unlocks the secrets behind centuries of magic and illusion. Fully illustrated and including step-by-step instructions for eight classic magic tricks, this book will have middle-grade readers spellbound.
Download or read book The Readers Advisory Guide to Genre Blends written by Megan M. McArdle and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this informative and entertaining book McArdle gets library staff up to speed on these engaging titles, showing how such crossover fiction appeals to fanbases of multiple genres.
Download or read book History of Conjuring and Magic written by Henry Ridgely Evans and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book How Magicians Think written by Joshua Jay and published by Workman Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional magician Joshua Jay's (author of Magic: The Complete Course) brief and fascinating essays offer an inside look at how the very best magicians think about magic, how they practice and put together a show, what inspires them, and the psychology behind creating wonder and being tricked when we expect both, as well as why we seek magic in the first place.
Download or read book Weird History 101 written by John Richard Stephens and published by . This book was released on 2006-03-25 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the true stories behind the history you learned in school in this collection. This book contains dozens of new twists on the dusty old histories you're used to reading about.
Download or read book Mind Magic written by Marc Lemezma and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mind-reading, fortune telling, uncanny predictions and other paranormal activities continue to baffle audiences throughout the world Marc LeMezma, a member of the Magic Circle, opens up the world of psychic magic and shows just how easy it is to "trick" your audience into thinking that you can read their minds, predict their futures and control their thoughts. This book contains 17 tricks that anyone with a little guile and patter can perform, it guides readers through a little history of the subject, moving into the realms of mind-reading, ghostly occurrences, fortune telling and mind control, creating atmosphere, stories and stunts to amuse and confuse. Including tips on what to wear, what food and drink to serve, and how to set up your room, Marc LeMezma also gives information on a growing interest - holding a paranormal party.
Download or read book The Book of Wizard Magic written by Janice Eaton Kilby and published by Books of Wizard Craft. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shazaam! Create fabulous illusions and perform magic tricks just like a long line of wizards, magicians, and conjurors have done throughout the years. I'm a 600-year-old wizard, and I want to share my magical secrets with you, my chosen apprentice. Are you ready to make the impossible possible?" -- page 4 of cover.
Download or read book The Prophecy and the Warnings Shines Through the Mystifying Codes of the Holy Quran written by Adel Awadalla and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nostradamus (1503-1566), a Jewish-French physician and astrologer, wrote a book of over 900 predictions. A lot of these predictions came true. How could he get to this precision in his predictions? So, could Nostradamus make these predictions? And what books did he use? For someone to predict the future with this precision, he must be a man who knew the secret methods of predicting the future, as we will explain. The author will show you how these predictions came about, and how we can make our own predictions, and events about to happen. It's been said that the CIA uses the Bible and the Book of Revelation and other holy books as the backbone of all their plans and plots.
Download or read book The Book of Wizard Craft written by Janice Eaton Kilby and published by Lark Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fans of all that is wizardly will love this one.”—School Library Journal. “Lavishly illustrated throughout...the first of its kind, a fabulous fantasy and a how-to crafts book in one.”—Hobby Merchandiser.
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