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They include information on how to build his black art table, backdrop, his manipulation cards, curtains, information on proper lighting and Gary Darwin's \"Bucket of Beads\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e20 pages, comb-bound.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Unknown Vendor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31090180522032,"sku":"BK-F0033","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/6922\/6800\/products\/Fantasyinblack.jpg?v=1572516805"},{"product_id":"henry-gordons-world-of-magic-book","title":"Henry Gordon's World Of Magic - Book","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eA bit of history, a bit of showmanship, and some conjuring tricks, all rolled into a fascinating book on magic\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Unknown Vendor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31090194481200,"sku":"BK-GOWM","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/6922\/6800\/products\/HenryGordonsWorldofMagic.jpg?v=1572516922"},{"product_id":"walsh-cane-routines-by-francis-b-martineau-book","title":"Walsh Cane Routines by Francis B. 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There may be some wear and tear to the dustjacket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLearn over 150 Easy-to-Perform Tricks Using Everyday Objects”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIllustrations by Ric Estrada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eContents:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003evii Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 1: How to Create a Simple Yet Challenging Act\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 2: The Performance: Presenting a Complete Act\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 3: Tricks with Rope, String, and Handkerchiefs\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13 Harry Blackstone: and the Quick Vanish\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e19 Shake A Knot: handkerchief\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e20 Shake A Loop: handkerchief\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e21 Penetrating Handkerchief: off wand\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e22 United and Untied: handkerchief\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e23 The Animated Mouse: handkerchief fold\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e24 Three Paper Napkins: dark napkin moved from end to center as rolled\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e25 Vanishing Knot: in string\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e26 Drop-Away Knot: string\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e27 Loop a Loop: with two circles of string\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e28 Poko-Chinko: wooden disk release, can be done with washers, etc.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e30 Rope and Cone: cone is suspended by a rope\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e32 Traveling Knots: from rope in bag A to rope in bag B\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e34 Go-Go Knots: vanish in tube\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e35 Straight Through: rope penetrates spectator’s arm\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e36 The Mysterious String: puzzle\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e37 String and Straw: cut thru straw and yet restored\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 4: Dinner-table Magic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e39 T. Nelson Downs: Miser’s dream\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e45 Balancing the Cup: on edge of saucer\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e46 Glass on Card: glass balances on single card\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e47 Amazing Tumbler Balance: another approach (impromptu)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e47 Balancing Glass: on a table-cloth covered table\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e48 Changing Liquids: color changes when glass covered with handkerchief\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e49 Three Glass Turn Up: puzzle\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e50 Five in a Row: another\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e51 Five More In a Row: another puzzle\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e52 Seven Up: yet another variation\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e53 The Balanced Egg: on table\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e54 Traveling Salt: salt vanishes and reappears in a slow pour\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e56 Turnabout Knife: puzzle with a napkin and butter knife\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e57 Magnetic Dice: stick together\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e58 Magic Sugar Lumps: sugar lumps stick together\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e59 Stand-Up Matchpack: stands on its own\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e60 Jumping Chopstick: one jumps when touched by another\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e61 Around the Table: two person mentalism\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e62 A Chinese Mystery: lifting a bottle of rice with a chopstick\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 5: Bafflers and Participation Tricks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e63 Harry Houdini: the vanishing pocket watch\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e68 Tick-Tack-Toe: paper cutting trick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e70 Thieves and Sheep: with small pellets\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e72 Three Matchstick Bafflers: puzzles\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e73 Follow the Arrow: as card is flipped\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e74 Topsy Turvy Numbers: variation\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e76 Magic Seven: mentalism\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e78 The Bending Pencil: illusion\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e79 Trick of the Month: calendar trick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e80 The Mystic Watch: confederate trick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e80 Amazing Match Balance: on your fingertip\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e81 Snap!: snapping a match in two\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e81 Smash!: impossible challenge\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e82 Do As I Do Card Trick: cards\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e83 Alternate Do As I Do: another version\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e84 Three-Heap Do As I Do: cards\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e84 Do As I Do Knot: string\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e85 Do As I Do String Trick: another\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e86 Slide-Away Knot: string\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e87 Call for the Wizard: telephone trick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e88 Finger Figures: starts as a game, end up a mystery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 6: Mental Magic and Messages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e91 Joseph Dunninger: with a card prediction\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e96 The Counting Race: game with a trick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e96 Naming Numbers: two person effect\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e97 Naming the Object: feat of pretended thought projection\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e98 Mystic Totals: dice\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e99 Roll the Dice: more dice mentalism\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e100 Circles and Squares: mental mystery with round cards and numbers\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e102 Three Colored Spools: magician finds color of each spool wrapped in paper\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e103 Choose a Planet: Magician spells to the selected card\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e104 Three Clock Tricks:\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e104 – Crosswise Subtraction\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e104 – Around the Dial\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e105 – Cross Out Six\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e106 Calendar Calculation: calendar trick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e108 The Three Numbers: mathematical mentalism\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e108 Magic Math: and more\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e109 Super Mathc: and yet more\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e110 Square of Nine: another calendar effect\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 7: Money Magic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e111 Horace Goldin: Dollar-Bill Trick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e116 Double Your Money: one coin is shown, and then there are two\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e117 Six Cents at a Time: challenge\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e118 Dime to Quarter: in match box\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e119 Quick Coin Vanish: dime vanishes from between two half dollars\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e120 Buddha Money Mystery: paper fold\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e122 Find the Coin: coin fold\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e123 Big Money: half dollar appears in box of matches\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e124 Odds and Evens: Three coin puzzlers\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e124 – Quick Change\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e124 – Left and Right\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e124 – Add Them Up\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e125 The Doubling Coin: a coin is picked up and becomes two\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e125 Tell a Coin: magician knows heads and tails\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e126 Instant Coin Vanish: in handkerchief\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e128 Multiplying Coins: in the hands\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e129 Coin on Forehead: stunt\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e130 Doubling Money: tray multiplyer\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e131 Coin in Handkerchief: coin found in knot\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e132 One to Five: one coin multiplies to five\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e134 Self-Spinning Coin: coin stunt\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e135 Coin and Straws: lift coin and four straws with one straw\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e136 Seven Coins: puzzle\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e137 Tricky Turnover: puzzle\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e138 Fold the Bill: turns upside down\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e139 Coins That Stay: coin stunt\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e140 Floating Dollars: bills float above hand\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e142 Coins From String: metal washer release\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 8: Tricks with Cards\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e143 Cardini: Cardini’s Four Ace Trick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e148 A Special Note About Card Tricks: creating an act\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e150 Tricks With the Riffle Pack: the Riffle pack, often called the Svengali deck\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e152 – Lost and Found\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e153 – Instant Reverso\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e154 – Changing Colors\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e156 Quick Poker Deal: on a 2nd deal, magician gets a royal flush\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e157 The Gambler’s Dream: another poker hand\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e158 Super Poker Deal: and another\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e162 Twenty Cards: magician finds selection when spectator point to row they are in\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e164 New Deal Twenty-Card Trick: variation\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e166 Sense of Touch: magician produces same number of face up cards in 2 packets\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e168 Perfection Prediction: card prediction\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e170 The Baffled Burglars: story card trick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e172 The Modern Burglars: another version\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e173 Cops and Robbers: another story trick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e174 Crossed Colors: magician predicts red \u0026amp; black\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e176 The Magic Aces: Ace of Diamonds placed in center of pack rises to top\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e177 The New Magic Aces: follow-up\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e178 The Balanced Pack: on back of hand\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e179 Single-Card Balance: on back of hand\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e180 Steal the Sheep: thieves and sheep performed with cards\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e182 Four Kings in a Paper Bag: instantly remove four Kings from mixed cards in bag\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e183 Amazing Card Vanish: card vanishes from glass\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e184 Jumping Card: card jumps from deck\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e185 Slide-Away Card: card slid between cards ends up underneath\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e186 Traveling Cards: two cards transpose to bottom of deck\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e186 Card and Pack: discovering a card placed in the deck\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 9: A Hatful of Miscellaneous Tricks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e187 The Great Raymond: two strips of colored paper are torn and turn into a hat\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e192 Dicky Birds: finger trick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e193 Invisible Transposition: red and green ribbons transpose between two clear tubes\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e194 Colored Crayons: magician knows which color crayon is selected\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e194 Colored Balls: similar to above\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e195 The Climbing Ring: up pencil\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e196 The Rising Pencil\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e197 The Bottle Imp: bottle hangs by string\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e198 The Traveling Checker: colored checker rises in stack\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e199 The Mystic Banana: cutting a banana inside the skin\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e200 The Jumping Ruler: jumps in the hand\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e201 The Magic Mark: on the hand\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e202 The Animated Hairpin: hairpin walks along a stick\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e203 Take-Apart Pins: safety pins\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e204 Link the Pins: safety pins\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e205 Cling-O-Clips: paper clips link\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e206 Jumping Elastic: rubber band magic\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e207 Vanished Ball: in handkerchief\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e208 Move the Clips: magician knows how many paper clips moved\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e209 Adhesive Thimbles: thimbles stick mouth to mouth\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e209 Magnetic Matches: matches move apart by invisible force\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e210 Have a Match: matches spray from box\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e211 Quick Matchbox Vanish\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e212 String and Matchbox: matchbox removed from string\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e213 Pop-Up Match: match pops up when box is opened\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e214 Matches from Nowhere: empty then full box\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e215 Turnabout Match: match instantly changes direction\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e216 Magnetic Matches: matches cling to the hand\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e217 Card to Matchbox\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChapter 10: Special Tricks for a Complete Act\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e219 Howard Thurston: and the Card Rise\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e223 Color Changing Balloon\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e223 Restored Paper Strip: torn and restored\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e224 Restored Ribbon: clearly cut through cards, yet restored\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e225 Silly Spooks: things happen behind a cloth\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e226 The Vanishing Bowl: behind cloth\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e227 Ball and Rope: Ball suspends on rope\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e228 The Oriental Snowstorm: fanned tissue paper floats like snowflakes\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e230 The Inexhaustible Box: production box\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHard covers with dust 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His new book contains items from the acts he is now doing, and include: 17 routines with cards and\/or coins 7 routines mostly with silk, but employing stage sleight of hand.  50 pages, illustrated.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Unknown Vendor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31090195988528,"sku":"BK-F0025","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/6922\/6800\/products\/thevisualartistryofjeffwhite.jpg?v=1572516956"},{"product_id":"mysterious-stranger-by-david-blaine","title":"Mysterious Stranger by David Blaine - Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Blaine - he's been buried alive for seven days and nights, became the only living ice cube in Times Square and stood as still as a statue 10 stories above Manhattan. Millions of people around the world have witnessed the magic of David Blaine, but who is David, where did he come from and how does he do it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Mysterious Stranger, Blaine's brand-new hardbound book, you'll learn the answers to all of these questions and many more. Plus, David even tips his hat on a few secrets you can use to impress your friends and family!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardbound, 214 pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapters:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor Those Who Believe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscovery of Magic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Three Magi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecrets of Cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConfidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePlaying the Part of a Magician\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Main Ain't Right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrimitive Mysteries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEhrich Weiss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Premature Burial\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrozen in Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVertigo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Publishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe was buried alive for a week in Times Square, encased in ice for three days, also in Times Square, and stood atop an 83-foot pillar in Manhattan's Bryant Park for 36 hours-and received national TV coverage for all these feats. Often touted as the new Houdini, Blaine is a consummate magician as well as endurance artist and an important force in the field for his advocacy of \"street magic.\" In this spirited book, his first, Blaine offers readers a magical extravaganza on paper, a mix of autobiography, history of magic, how-to (do magic), interactive magic tricks and self-help advice. Blaine begins with intimations of stage magic's power, with an account of legendary 19th-century magician Robert-Houdin traveling to Algeria on orders of the French government to quell an uprising by showing that his magic was greater than that of the rebels. He ends with a knuckle-whitening account of his pillar stunt, a \"dream manifesto\" (\"Read. Observe.... Our minds have no limits\") and suggested resources including books of general interest (at the top: The Brothers Karamazov). This is a very personal volume, with Blaine's passionate, playful, opinionated, determined personality evident on nearly every page. Magic buffs will find much here that's familiar, like the recaps of magicians past and present, but even serious hobbyists will pick up tips from the tricks and explanations scattered throughout, and the final chapters, devoted to Blaine's endurance challenges, are pure gold. Copious illustrations enliven the already brisk text. Though doubling as major promo for Blaine, this is one of the most thorough and enjoyable introductions to magic in years. Two-color throughout; four-color photo inserts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Library Journal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Michael Jordan of magic. The hip-hop Houdini. These are some of Blaine's promotional tags. Even if you didn't join the 15.88 million viewers who watched this escape artist's \"Frozen in Time\" special, you might like to know that Robert DeNiro has optioned his life story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-extend-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the Inside Flap\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlaine’s Challenge!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA never-before-attempted challenge to readers everywhere!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWIN $100,000.00 hidden throughout the volume now in front of you are secret little signals, clues, and codes that, once understood and deciphered, will lead to the discovery of a\u003cbr\u003eTreasure!!\u003cbr\u003eWhich has been hidden somewhere within the confines of the continental United States of America. Where is it? Who Will find it? We Can’t Say!\u003cbr\u003e——————————————\u003cbr\u003eThis challenge has been created and sponsored by the world’s greatest mystifier . . .\u003cbr\u003eDAVID BLAINE\u003cbr\u003ewho was\u003cbr\u003eBuried Alive\u003cbr\u003eFor Seven Days and Seven Nights.\u003cbr\u003eThe one and same who became\u003cbr\u003ethe world’s ONLY LIVING ICE CUBE in world-famous Times Square\u003cbr\u003eand who . . .\u003cbr\u003estood as still as a statue\u003cbr\u003e10 stories above Manhattan\u003cbr\u003eonly to\u003cbr\u003eleap to his life below.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book in your hands now Reveals Some of David Blaine’s most closely guarded SECRETS. Such as:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWHO IS HE?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWHERE DID HE COME FROM?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHOW DOES HE DO IT?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reader will also\u003cbr\u003eLEARN a multitude of inside SECRETS with which he or she too can mystify anyone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE MYSTERIOUS MR. BLAINE\u003cbr\u003eFOR THE FIRST TIME IN RECORDED HISTORY\u003cbr\u003eWILL READ YOUR THOUGHTS THROUGH THE WRITTEN WORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A latter-day Houdini.” —The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The hottest name in magic.”— USA Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHIS SECRETS WILL BECOME YOURS\u003cbr\u003e——————————————————————————————\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFor those who believe, no explanation\u003cbr\u003eis necessary.\u003cbr\u003eFor those who do not, none will suffice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e–Dunninger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eFor Those Who Be\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the 1850s in the North African country of Algeria, a group of Muslim miracle men called the Marabouts were stirring up a revolt among the native tribes, encouraging them to sever their ties to France. The Marabouts accomplished this by doing simple pieces of magic that would whip the local tribesmen into a frenzy, convincing them that they possessed supernatural powers. To preserve order in their colony, the French government didn’t send troops to Algeria. They sent a retired magician named Robert-Houdin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert-Houdin traveled around Algeria performing miracles. He produced cannonballs from a hat and money from his fingertips. He made a young native disappear. But he faced his most difficult challenge when he visited a small tribe in the desert. A Marabout sheikh who had heard of his previous feats pulled two guns from his robes and challenged him to a duel. Since Robert-Houdin claimed to be invincible, the Marabout would have the right to the first shot. Thinking on his feet, the French magician postponed the duel until eight o’clock the next morning, claiming that he needed six hours of prayer to refresh his powers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe didn’t pray. He spent two hours preparing for this challenge and then fell asleep. The next morning, he met the Marabout and his entourage in the village square. The street was swarming with Algerians who hoped to see the Frenchman killed. The Marabout produced the guns and loaded them with powder. Then he offered Robert-Houdin a choice of bullets. The magician chose two bullets and, under the watchful eye of his adversary, loaded the guns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Frenchman walked fifteen paces from the sheikh and turned to face him without displaying the slightest emotion. The Marabout took careful aim, and pulled the trigger. The pistol fired, and Robert-Houdin smiled. He had caught the bullet between his teeth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert-Houdin then lifted his gun and, instead of pointing it at the frightened Marabout, fired the pistol at one of the buildings on the square. Whitewash flew, and where the bullet had struck, a large patch of blood suddenly appeared and dripped down the masonry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Marabout rushed to the wall, dipped his finger in the red substance, and tasted it. It was blood all right. His arms fell to his sides, and his head bowed. The spectators in the square raised their eyes to the heavens and began muttering prayers. Convinced that the French sorcerer had powers far beyond their own, the Algerians lost faith in the Marabouts, and the uprising began to cease.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver a hundred years later, a Russian magician was performing onstage as part of a circus. His wife, who was wearing a beautiful fur coat, stood next to him. The magician took out a gun and aimed it at his wife. The gun discharged, and her coat disintegrated into pieces. As each piece hit the ground, it turned into a living mink. Hundreds of frightened minks started running all over the stage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1937 a magician named Rajah Raboid, whose real name was Ray Boyd, was performing in Maine. He chose a random woman from his audience to come to the stage. When she realized that she was to be sawed in half, she refused. Then Raboid found two willing male volunteers and brought them onstage. He told the audience that he was going to perform the classic Sawing a Woman in Half illusion, but this time he would use one of the male volunteers in place of a woman. Then he hypnotized one of the men. A box was rolled onstage. Two assistants helped lift the hypnotized volunteer into the receptacle. The doors of the box were closed, and Raboid began to saw the box containing the man in half.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuddenly the other volunteer objected. “If you’re gonna cut him in half, why do you need a box? It must be a trick box,” he scoffed. Indignant, Raboid called for his assistants, and they began dismantling the box. All four sides were removed, so that the man was completely visible as he lay on a thin wooden plank.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaboid got to work. Slowly and methodically, in full view of the audience, he sawed right through the man’s body. What happened next was magic at its best. The lower part of the now-severed man’s torso rolled off the plank and scurried offstage. The hapless volunteer looked down and realized that the bottom half of his body was missing. “My legs! My legs!” he screamed. “Where are my legs?” With that, the half-man hopped off the plank, landed on his hands, and slowly waddled toward the audience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePandemonium broke out.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Villard Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31090208276528,"sku":"BK-BLMS","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/6922\/6800\/products\/MysteriousStranger.jpg?v=1572517059"},{"product_id":"big-magic-for-little-hands-by-joshua-jay-book","title":"Big Magic for Little Hands by Joshua Jay - Book","description":"\u003cspan id=\"ctl00_Content_Description\"\u003eKids love magic. They love to see it, and they love to do it. 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Jean Hugard, author of Modern Magic Manual, and dozens of other texts, combined meticulous writing of great clarity, when describing the working of an effect, with a lifetime of knowledge as a performer and scholar to bring his unique style to the magazines. Contributions came from all the greats of the time. 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