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97 mystifying tricks done with ordinary objects that can be borrowed from the audience. Make coins appear or disappear; matchsticks jump into the air; classic cups and balls; pierce balloons without bursting them; plus tricks with dice, rubber bands, eggs, safety pins, pens and pencils, more. 185 illustrations.
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English
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Have you ever wondered how a magician saws a woman in half? Or makes coins materialize out of thin air? Or reads your mind? Magic tricks work because humans have a hardwired process of attention and awareness that is hackable. A good magician uses your mind's intrinsic properties against you in a form of mental jujitsu, to fool you every time, even when you know full well that you are being tricked. Now Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde,...
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Publisher
Williamson Pub
Pub. Date
2003
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127 p. : ill. ; 22 x 28 cm.
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English
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Offers guidelines and tips for putting together a magic act including selecting a wand, mastering official terminology, developing a stage personality, and selecting and performing tricks.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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Magic is a word we use to describe something amazing, awe-inspiring, or spectaular. 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...
11) History of magic
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
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"An illustrated, illuminating history of magic from the world's greatest and most successful magician, capturing its most audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form's most famous artifacts housed at David Copperfield's secret museum"--
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Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
c2010
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64 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 x 25 cm.
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English
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Reveals the science behind magic tricks, using dozens of activities to show how the world of magic manipulates simple scientific principles of illusion and perception to leave audiences baffled.
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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English
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Traces the story of dancer-turned-magician's assistant Adelaide Herrmann, placing her achievements against a backdrop of period conventions about women in the arts and her determination to continue her work after the death of her husband.
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