More Magic of the Hands

More Magic of the Hands
Author: Edward Victor
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2008-03-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1434465004

Edward Victor -- famous for his slight-of-hand effects -- offers more of his innermost secrets and shows exactly how to perform some of his greatest magic effects. Includes: cards, tapes, coins, silks, dice, salt, cigars, gloves, thimbles, matchboxes, billiard balls, more!

Big Magic for Little Hands

Big Magic for Little Hands
Author: Joshua Jay
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2014-10-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0761180095

Kids love magic. They love to see it, and they love to do it. Enter Joshua Jay, who started doing magic when he was 7 and was named champion at the World Magic Seminar (the Olympics of magic) by the time he was 16. His Big Magic for Little Hands is packed with 25 astonishing illusions for kids ages 7 and up. In other words, it’s sleight of hand for the small of hand. These are tricks that require little prep time and dexterity yet are guaranteed to deliver a big payoff. The large format, oversized ext, and black-and-white vintage-style illustrations make Big Magic particularly easy to follow and kid-friendly. Here’s how to levitate your sibling several feet off a bed. Escape Houdini-like from tightly bound ropes. There are also impromptu effects that can be performed anytime, anywhere, like Spook-Key, in which an antique key mysteriously rotates in your hand. Each easy-to-perform feat is clearly illustrated with step-by-step drawings and accompanied by insider tips. Joshua Jay is a master who guides his apprentices through every aspect of the magician’s art, from the first step—taking the Magician’s Oath—to how to minimize nervousness (Rule #1: Rehearse. A lot).

The Magic In Your Hands

The Magic In Your Hands
Author: Brian Snellgrove
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2011-12-31
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1446447316

In this book Brian Snellgrove will provide you with a method for seeing and tuning into other peoples' auras - their problems, their needs and understanding them, without a requirement for words. The author, who had an international practice in South Africa, Australia, Finland, Ireland and the UK, shares his experience of benign and non-invasive method of analysis. Of use to counsellors, therapists, healers, sensitives - in fact anyone having to do with human nature in all its aspects - this technique is a well-tested and accurate way of determining how clients can be most effectively helped to understand and face their circumstances.

Magic: The Complete Course

Magic: The Complete Course
Author: Joshua Jay
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2008-11-08
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0761159681

Magic is everywhere, from the big spectacle celebrity of David Copperfield and Siegfried and Roy to the quirky Penn and Teller to the spooky David Blaine and Criss Angel to the endless material on YouTube. But until now, learning it has never been easy—that's all about to change with Magic, a book that does for close-up magic what How to Grill does for barbecue. Written by charismatic young magician Joshua Jay, Magic combines expertise, photographs, and step-by-step directions showing how to perform 100 tricks. Joshua Jay took home the top prize at the World Magic Seminar (the Olympics of magic) when he was just 16 years old. Now he continues to perform magic, write about magic, eat, sleep, and breathe magic. Here, he brings all his passion and knowledge to teaching magic. Each trick is broken down into the Effect, the Secret, the Set-up, and, most important, the Performance, with lessons on what to say, how to direct the audience's attention, where to keep your hands, and so on. (In other words, how to be smart about the things your audience is surprisingly clueless about.) Here are the Ten Greatest Card Tricks; tricks to dazzle a dinner date; tricks to perform for the boss (poke a hole through his shirt, then magically mend it); tricks especially for kids; and even tricks for an audience in another state—with "Australian Self-Help," you can find a participant's chosen card over the phone. It's the Aha! book for a subject whose time has come.