Download or read book 365 Optical Illusions written by Laure Maj and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incredible 365 optical illusions.
Download or read book Magic Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions Including Trick Photography written by Albert A. Hopkins and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Magic, Stage Illusions and Scientific Diversions, Including Trick Photography" by Albert A. Hopkins. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Easy to Do Magic Tricks for Children written by Karl Fulves and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1993-06-23 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and diagrams explain easy-to-do magic tricks which utilize common objects such as coins, rubber bands, and string.
Download or read book Fantastic Optical Illusions written by Marie-Jo Waeber and published by Carlton Books. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with more than 150 amazing, colorful illusions, this collection features images of previously unpublished illusions, moving patterns and color perception, and more. Each image comes with an explanation of how it works and details of why it fools the human brain.
Download or read book Magic For Dummies written by David Pogue and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998-08-14 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You don’t need a white tiger, expensive props, or hours of preparation to do magic. With a little practice, some clever misdirection (which lays at the heart of all magic tricks), and showmanship, you can surprise family, friends, and coworkers using a few everyday items! If you’re looking to saw a beautiful women in half or make buildings disappear, we’re sorry, but this book isn’t you. But if you want to act out little miracles that you can perform on the spur of the moment with items that are usually within reach, then Magic For Dummies can show you how. Magic For Dummies features more than 90 easy-to-perform deceptions, illusions, and sleights of hand for any event or occasion. You’ll discover how to perform entertaining card tricks, coin tricks, disappearing acts, as well as the always-popular mind reading trick. You’ll even see how easy it is to make money disappear as well as melt a saltshaker! Chock-full of show-stopping tricks, Magic For Dummies will: Get you started with easy-to-learn magic tricks Let you turn a restaurant into a your stage with tricks that include utensils, mugs, and even food Show you how to use a deck of cards to perform endless magic tricks Make you the life of the party with tricks such as “Call This Number,” “The Strength Test,” and “The Phantom Photo” Get you out of tough situations by giving you ten things to say when things go wrong Filled with photos, patter, and presentation tips for every trick in the book, Magic For Dummies offers a great opportunity to become familiar with some of the coolest magic tricks ever performed. With the help of author David Pogue and the stunning tricks contributed by thirty-five of America’s top professional magicians, you’ll be leaving your friends, family, and coworkers spellbound at your mastery of the mystical arts.
Download or read book The Art of Magic and Sleight of Hand written by Nicholas Einhorn and published by Southwater. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic is an age-old art form, which has the power to amaze and amuse both children and adults alike. This fully illustrated book includes over 120 amazing magic tricks to be used on a variety of different occasions. It offers simple tricks as well as some designed for the more advanced practitioner. History of Mystery: the book opens with an introduction to the most important events and names in magic's rich history, including comedy and close-up magicians, illusionists and television magicians. Card Magic: the scope for performing tricks with cards is enormous. This chapter explains how to grip, shuffle and control cards, how to force cards, do self-working tricks and peform advanced card flourishes. Dinner Table Magic: items found on the dinner table can be used to entertain and amaze your guests. The tricks in this chapter focus on glasses, napkins, cutlery, straws, cups and sugar cubes. Match Magic: the shape and size of matches make them ideal for creating optical illusions and simple magic tricks. With a box of matches in your pocket, you can perform an entire magic show. String, Cord and Rope Magic: the cut and restored rope effect is a staple of the magician's repertoire. This chapter shows how to do this and other illusions such as making a knot disappear at will. Mind Magic: your audiences will believe that you have psychic powers with the routines in this chapter. There are many ways of creating the impression of mind-reading and thought transference. Silk, Thimble and Paper Magic: tricks using handkerchiefs and small objects have always been popular. This chapter shows how to do a variety of sleights of hand with these everyday props. Money Magic: everyone enjoys watching money appear out of thin air! Once you have learnt basic techniques such as palming and vanishing, there are many tricks to perform with both coins and banknotes. This book reveals the secrets of a wide range of tricks, and explains how to achieve a polished performance, with tips and advice on planning patter, rehearsing, and creating your own performance style. Step-by-step instructions with over 1000 photographs make it an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to master this fascinating art.
Download or read book Scarne s Magic Tricks written by John Scarne and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-03-14 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read minds! Make objects disappear and then reappear! One of the great magicians of all time reveals how to perform 200 masterful deceptions without training or special equipment to audiences of all sizes.
Download or read book Magic Moving Images written by Colin Ord and published by Tarquin Group. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features images that transform into magical animations. This work is suitable for various ages.
Download or read book Modern Coin Magic written by J. B. Bobo and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most complete treatise on sleight-of-hand coin conjuring, including best traditional methods and modern innovations. Guides you systematically from basic techniques, through integrated tricks to complete acts, 18 in all. 510 clear illustrations.
Download or read book Letters on Natural Magic Addressed to Sir Walter Scott Bart written by David Brewster and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mark Wilson s Complete Course in Magic written by Mark Anthony Wilson and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2003-05-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Harry Houdini for Kids written by Laurie Carlson and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: &&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&RIllusionist, escape artist, movie star, aviator, and spy—Harry Houdini was all these and an international celebrity and the world’s most famous magician. This fascinating biography looks at all the facets of Houdini’s amazing life and includes 21 magic tricks and illusions for a hands-on learning experience. Children will be inspired by this Jewish immigrant who grew up in poverty and, through perseverance and hard work, went on to become one of the most popular and successful entertainers of all time. Houdini was an artist who created his acts carefully, practicing them for years in some cases. He performed such seemingly impossible stunts as escaping several sets of handcuffs and ropes after jumping off a bridge into a flowing river. &&L/P&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&R &&L/P&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&RKids will learn how he devised his most legendary stunts and will also learn the science and logic behind many of Houdini’s acts including his famous milk can escape. Kids can amaze their family and friends with these simple, entertaining, and fun tricks and illusions: &&L/P&&R Stepping through an index card Performing an odd number trick Making a coin appear Mind reading with a secret code Making a magic box Lifting a person with one hand Making a talking board And much more &&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&R &&L/P&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R
Download or read book Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs written by Chuck Klosterman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-06-22 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback after six hardback printings, the damn funny...wild collection of bracingly intelligent essays about topics that aren't quite as intelligent as Chuck Klosterman'(Esquire). Following the success of Fargo Rock City, Klosterman, a senior writer at Spin magazine, is back with a hilarious and savvy manifesto for a youth gone wild on pop culture and media, taking on everything from Guns'n'Roses tribute bands to Christian fundamentalism to internet porn. 'Maddeningly smart and funny' - Washington Post'
Download or read book Optical Illusions for Quilters written by Karen Combs and published by American Quilter's Society. This book was released on 1997 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of optical illusions has fascinated artists for centuries, and quiltmaker Karen Combs has been intrigued by them for years. In Optical Illusions for Quilters, she unravels the mysteries of optical illusions as applied to quilting, some of them for the first time. Masterpiece quilts are used to explain each illusion and quilters are shown how to apply these principles to their work. Though Karen's focus is on quilting, these principles can be applied to other creative mediums. In an easy to understand manner, she encourages readers to use their imaginations, listen to their inner voices, and apply their new knowledge as they become masters of illusions.
Download or read book Magic Tricks written by John Wade and published by Teach Yourself. This book was released on 1992 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to perform effortless tricks for friends at home or put on a show with glamorous props, mysterious assistants and a grand finale, this book will open the door on a world of magical possibilities.
Download or read book Kids Party Magic written by Wolfgang Riebe and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes full access to online e-learning videos Wolfie's Kids Magic Part 1 & 2 Xmas Magic Balloon Modeling PLUS Your own Easy Magic Tricks book with full print rights Kids Party Magic is a practical book of magic for children's magicians that contains entertaining and many original tricks that you can add to your show right away. Included are themed tricks around Easter & Christmas, as well as insights into the theory of performing for kids. Are you looking for new comedy items and gags to perform with assistants? What about ideas for prizes? How about incredible comedy routines with props that break and fall apart? All of which you can construct easily and inexpensively within an afternoon - from balloons, wands, bells, cards to hankies. The original book was written a few years ago and has been completely revised, edited and updated. Plus you receive a download link for the Easy Magic Tricks book (with full print rights) which your digital printer can print as a prize for the birthday child. If that's not enough, you also receive the links to 3 Teach-In videos on Children's magic, including Wolfie's Kids Magic, Xmas Magic and a Balloon Modelling video that teaches 25 single balloon figures. Many of these original tricks and routines would cost ten times the price of this book from a magic dealer. An incredible value package that will benefit every children's magician!
Download or read book Magic Eye 25th Anniversary Book written by Cheri Smith and published by Magic Eye. This book was released on 2018-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special 25th anniversary edition features a fascinating selection of new Magic Eye images created using the latest 3D illusions and advancements, commemorating a quarter century of mesmerizing Magic Eye entertainment.
