Even the most attentive audiences will fall for these card tricks! A master entertainer shares his secrets for presenting them with flair. Many are his own invention, and none needs any complicated sleight of hand. Tricks are organized by category, including Prediction, Four Aces, Spelling People's Names, and Clock Tricks. Amaze even yourself as you master tricks like Double Detection, Invisible Turnover, Jealousy, Poison Personality, and many more.
Pick a card, any card--but DON'T pick any other card book! This one's beyond compare, the biggest and the best, with 352 pages of fabulous sleights and tricks that will amaze your friends. "Force" your volunteers to choose the right card; make false cuts and shuffles; do double lifts; sneak a peek; and much more. With a little practice, ideas for presentation, and great hints on making magic with your deck, you'll put on a show-stopping performance every time. 352 pages, 156 b/w illus., 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.
It's one thing to learn the mechanics of a magic trick, and quite another to entertain and mystify your audience. You'll master both at the same time with 64 money tricks involving coins and bills--and the magician's professional banter and diversionary tactics. Tricks range from simple ones to delight the kids to advanced ones to fool sophisticated adults: Make coins disappear and reappear all over the room, change places with each other in plain sight, sneak about while hidden under cards. Cut up somebody's bill and put it back together, spin a coin in the air as you toss it from the palm of your hand, and drop a coin onto a table so it lands on its edge.
With this gold mine of card tricks and games you'll never run out of ways to entertain your friends. Learn how to keep an audience guessing with sleights of hand. Impress them with prediction, discovery, and other amazing tricks. Or encourage camaraderie with friendly rounds of games like Seven Card Stud and Crazy Eights or Linger Longer and Spanish Monte. Whether your goal is to mystify or amuse a group, all you need is a deck of cards and this book to get things started. Book jacket.
New York Times Bestseller • On the 40th anniversary of The Band’s legendary The Last Waltz concert, Robbie Robertson finally tells his own spellbinding story of the band that changed music history, his extraordinary personal journey, and his creative friendships with some of the greatest artists of the last half-century. Robbie Robertson's singular contributions to popular music have made him one of the most beloved songwriters and guitarists of his time. With songs like "The Weight," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," and "Up on Cripple Creek," he and his partners in The Band fashioned a music that has endured for decades, influencing countless musicians. In this captivating memoir, written over five years of reflection, Robbie Robertson employs his unique storyteller’s voice to weave together the journey that led him to some of the most pivotal events in music history. He recounts the adventures of his half-Jewish, half-Mohawk upbringing on the Six Nations Indian Reserve and on the gritty streets of Toronto; his odyssey at sixteen to the Mississippi Delta, the fountainhead of American music; the wild early years on the road with rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks; his unexpected ties to the Cosa Nostra underworld; the gripping trial-by-fire “going electric” with Bob Dylan on his 1966 world tour, and their ensuing celebrated collaborations; the formation of the Band and the forging of their unique sound, culminating with history's most famous farewell concert, brought to life for all time in Martin Scorsese's great movie The Last Waltz. This is the story of a time and place--the moment when rock 'n' roll became life, when legends like Buddy Holly and Bo Diddley criss-crossed the circuit of clubs and roadhouses from Texas to Toronto, when The Beatles, Hendrix, The Stones, and Warhol moved through the same streets and hotel rooms. It's the story of exciting change as the world tumbled through the '60s and early 70’s, and a generation came of age, built on music, love and freedom. Above all, it's the moving story of the profound friendship between five young men who together created a new kind of popular music. Testimony is Robbie Robertson’s story, lyrical and true, as only he could tell it.
Invite the audience up close; they'll still never figure out how these easy tricks work. Start with a can't-miss gambit, where you challenge your friends to pick the hand that holds the odd number of coins. Then try a classic; though it sounds like "a real stretch," it's a mere sleight of hand to make a handkerchief seem to get longer, and longer...and longer. Plus: astonishing magic with math, string, cards, paper clips, and more.
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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
