_EF Nearly 20 years in the making but now printed and on its way! The reviewer for Genii gave the book the best review I have ever had for any book I have ever published. I have heard that the reviews in MAGIC magazine are going to be equally full of praise. Here are just …
5 out of 5 "Mnemonica" by Juan Tamariz"Mnemonica" by Juan Tamariz- Translated from the Spanish by Rafael Benatar I would like to start off by saying that Mnemonica by Juan Tamariz is one of the greatest works on the memorized deck in the history of magic; an encyclopedia on the subject Tamariz has painstakingly researched …
_EF Filled with history, stories, and, most of all, magic, Best of All Worlds pays tribute to one of the greatest card tricks of all time: Paul Curry’s classic card effect Out of This World. Best of All Worlds is not just a book about a ‘Magic Trick”. It is an extensive, in-depth look at …
_EF If you have not read and learned the magic contained in this book you have no business calling yourself a close-up magician. The magic by John Scarne, Dai Vernon, Bert Allerton, S. Leo Horowitz, Emil Jarrow, Francis Carlyle, Dr. Jacob Daley, Tony Slydini, Ross Bertram, Nate Leipzig, and Max Malini helped shape the art …
_EF Bills, beer, socks, envelopes, DVDs, coffee cups, baskets, boxes, borrowed rings, portable darkness, pieces of paper, paperback books, a bulletin board, a glass canister, a wand, a pencil, and a marshmallow…plus Cards & Coins. Magic for Stand Up, Sit Down, Near and Far. How it Works and How to Perform it. “David Regal’s magic …
_EF This second volume, with forewords by Roberto Giobbi and Aurelio Paviato, contains an exhaustive study of the Ascanio Spread and its variants, and all the lay-downs. These sleights, the cornerstones of Ascanio’s magic, have never been explained so thoroughly before. Careful study of this section alone will give you a complete understanding of these …
4 out of 5 Good material – However, not hard hitting…I originally purchased this book because it discusses many slieghts used in most card magic. I was also short on budget and couldn’t afford the entire "Card College (Volumes 1-5)" by Roberto Giobbi at the time of purchase. The routines contained within "The Card Magic …
From Nick Trost’s wonderful Card Magic of Nick Trost and Precursor X (January, 1986). This trick was inspired by Dai Vernon’s “Do as I Do,” which appeared in Hilliard’s Greater Magic (1938). _EF The performer hands a packet of red-backed cards to a spectator while he holds a packet of blue-backed cards. The spectator hands …
_EF Lorayne: The Classic Collection: Omissions, Additions, Decisions, Revisions, Upgradings and Updatings for and of Close-Up Card Magic, Personal Secrets, My Favorite Card Tricks & Deck-Sterity, Bonus, The Epitome Location. This collection is one of the best deals in card magic. Four of Lorayne’s pivotal books, the ones that established his distinctive voice and exceptional …
_EF A celebrity of television and stage in Spain and South America, JUAN TAMARIZ is known internationally among magicians as a true master of his art, and one who generously shares his time and knowledge, both in print and in person, with the magic community. He is the author of three critically acclaimed best-selling books …