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Three books in one, "Investgating the Mene Tekel Deck", "Beyond Svengali" and "Ten Mysteries now back in print under the same cover. The bulk of this compilation revolves around two easy to make gaffed decks, the lesser known Mene Tekel deck and it's big brother the Svengali. If you ever wondered what to do with a Mene Tekel deck here's plenty. As for the Svengali, you are taken beyond normal Svengali deck tricks. Apart from turning the principle on it's head and combining it with others a number of these routines don't even use playing cards! To round things off, Chris's first booklet "Ten Mysteries" completes this collection, a collection of close up and stand up routines. The ...

This is the first book to examine the history of juggling props. Volume 1 examines the history of balls, rings, and clubs.

This book examines forgotten juggling props of the past, the earliest known juggling prop catalogs, and the history of mass marketed juggling sets.

Lee Earle has spent a lifetime in the trade. He has earned his 'chops' as a performer, author of multiple books, columnist for the Society of American Magician's M-U-M magazine, editor of SYZYGY-The Journal of Contemporary Mentalism, publisher of books by authors Richard Mark and Larry Becker, creator and medium for Manifestations-The Ultimate Séance, and originator of trademark Mentalism props, routines, and concepts. As recipient of the Psychic Entertainers Association Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Art of Mentalism, Lee Earle is acknowledged as one of the men who has changed the face of Mentalism forever. Now, the bulk of his creativity is assembled in this single, ...

A book for mystery entertainers who theme their demonstrations around what the mind can accomplish. Discussion, references and fully detailed routines that will open your mind to mentalism with cards. Playing cards, ESP cards, number cards, alphabet cards, symbol decks all are discussed along with the many variations on some classic plots and themes. A useful resource you will refer to again and again and guaranteed to make you think about the subject matter.

This book of movable scales fills a void left by most scale books available to guitarists. In general, guitar scales books make an effort to show every scale ever devised - guitarists are discouraged and may learn few, if any, useful scales. In most books, scales are shown in a theoretical order, so it’s hard to tell which of the scales are actually used by practicing musicians. If numbers are shown in scale charts, they usually refer to which finger plays which note, sacrificing any clue where each note falls in the scale and therefore how it’s best used. And there are few aids to keeping on the right frets as you play the scales. Finally, the useful linkage between scales and ...

A fun collection of over fifty magic and mentalism effects and ideas shared in an easy to read style. Some you will be doing almost instantly, others may require easily obtainable props or props you may already have or can create. Some of the non-card items previously appeared in Paul's "OOPS" e-book series, now together under one cover to make your bookshelf look nicer! Effects in this collection demonstrate time travel, remote viewing, causing thought of cards to travel inside a spectator's wallet, the hypnotic qualities of rare berries and demonstrating love conquers all with a few alphabet cards. But there's a lot more,it's Paul's most diverse collection since "Magic From The Over ...

OOPS Just Cards contains over 40 card tricks that amuse, amaze and cause jaws to drop, but always entertain as the author (a professional entertainer) puts his own spin on not only some classic plots but some that are more obscure. Please note, this material is NOT intended for the complete beginner in magic but rather other professional magicians and serious hobbyists who perform card magic already.

This book includes biographies of 12 famous jugglers or juggling acts that haven’t been written about in great detail before. These jugglers are Anglo, Carl Baggesen, Ben Beri, Serge Flash, Lucy Gillett, Stan Kavanagh, Paul La Croix, George Moore, Lloyd Nairn, Joe Ortnes, King Repp, and Carl Thorson. The book features numerous photos, including many that have never been published before.

This book includes biographies of 10 famous jugglers or juggling acts that haven’t been written about in great detail before. These jugglers are The Alpha Troupe, Harry Barrett, Wolfgang Bartschelly, Chinko, Morris Cronin, Frankie Ferrer, Boy Foy, Jacky Lupescu, Pemani, and Luly Perezoff. The book features numerous photos, including many that have never been published before.