Classic and comprehensive, this guide to over 350 games is sure to appeal to all ages. From Bridge to Poker and Solitaireto Hearts, card games are a beloved source of entertainment and competition (and they are recession proof!). This authoritative book is ideal for every household, college dorm, family cabin, or neighborhood bar that has a pack of cards. Designed in the style of the popular Ultimate Bar Book, this essential resource provides the rules to dozensof variations of your favorite games, and a few you've probably never heard of (Bezique, anyone?). With simple instructions and clear illustrations to guide the way, this volume will be a welcome addition to any gamer's library.
The ultimate book of magic for kids from a world-famous magician, complete with photographs for easy to follow instructions. From one of the world's premier practitioners of classic magic, with years of experience instructing younger readers in the magical arts, comes this new revision of his complete guide to learning and performing fantastic feats of prestidigitation. Acclaimed by the Los Angeles Times as "the text that young magicians swear by," it's full of step-by-step instructions. More than 2,000 illustrations provide the know-how behind 300 techniques, from basic card tricks to advanced levitation, along with advice on planning and staging a professional-quality magic show.
Discover the facts, myth, history, and mystery of the spiritual art of Tarot-reading. Whether you want to learn to read the cards or deepen your Tarot interpretation skills,The Ultimate Guide to Tarot honors the deep heritage of Tarot, while guiding you through practical techniques. Tarot expert Liz Dean offers an overview to all of the important elements of each card from symbols, to links with astrology, kabbala and numerology. The Ultimate Guide to Tarot also includes all the classic tarot spreads – Celtic Cross, Horseshoe, Star and Astrological Year Ahead – plus, a mini-layout to try for each of the 22 major cards. Learn how to combine the three essential ingredients of a great tarot reading: knowing the meaning of the cards, how to lay them out, and trusting the intuitive messages the images often spark within us during a reading. This synthesis is the true magic of tarot. With the authority and confidence this book offers, The Ultimate Guide to Tarot will be the must-have companion for beginner readers and tarot aficionados alike.
DIVThe one essential guidebook to attaining the highest level of card mastery, from false shuffling and card palming to dealing from the bottom and three-card monte, plus 14 dazzling card tricks. /div
In this one comprehensive volume, by America's leading authority in the field, is everything anyone, from novice to expert, needs to know to play poker to win. This is the biggest, most complete, and most authoritative book ever written on poker—everything there is to know about the Great American Game from the rules of each variation to the most expert instruction on playing the odds. Albert Morehead, author of more than 70 books on the rules and procedures of card games, has taken most of the mystery and even more of the luck out of winning—“Poker is a game of skill. If you aren’t beating the game, you’re being outplayed.” What does count in this game is attitude, judgment, skills, and these can all be acquired.
What Can I Say contains over 100 newly created, original poems and expressions that are as varied as your scrapbook pages! This is not merely a book of quotes or one-liners, but rather a unique collection designed to complete your perfect page. This book is simple to use. Copy the poem you want directly to your paper, cut, and adhere to your scrapbook page, card or paper craft. Or simply transfer their words in your own unique handwriting. In addition to adding important names and dates, you will find that it will enhance your own personal journaling style.
Letters To Heaven: Words of Comfort for the Grieving Soul was written to help grieving families heal through poetry and crafting. 'Letters to Heaven: Words of Comfort for the Grieving Soul', written by Lynne Carey and Thena Smith, covers those challenging topics like miscarriage, war and loss of parents. Thena and Lynne have created words of comfort to share with loved ones who are grieving. 'Letters' is an extraordinary resource to help express words of sympathy and heartwarming condolences. This title will ease the burden of finding "just the right words" with a multitude of original poems. 'Letters' is meant for the griever and the comforter. Create a memorial album or sympathy card using these heartfelt poems to encourage the healing process. 'Letters to Heaven' is a 'must have' for every crafters' resource library.