Presents 40 tricks which can be performed with simple materials such as coins, matches, and water glasses.

"The best book yet on easy-to-do magic." — Martin Gardner Amaze friends, astonish your family, and fascinate any audience by infallibly dealing a royal flush, correctly predicting the outcome of the World Series, unmasking a psychic fraud, and performing a host of other dazzling deceptions. You can do it with the help of this book, one of the best guides to magic tricks that don't require long hours of practice or elaborate preparation. You'll find invaluable techniques — clearly demonstrated with abundant illustrations — for accomplishing magical feats with cards, coins, rope, comedy magic, mental displays of dexterity and much more, as well as expert advice for practicing psychological misdirection and dramatic presentation. Although the tricks in this book require little in the way of props, sleight of hand or a high degree of skill, the effects they produce are astounding. Novices especially will find Big Book of Magic Tricks a wonderful introduction to the art of conjuring but the book is crammed with so much choice new information that even professional magicians can learn something. "This book is quality — the tricks are effective, the methods ingenious, and the advice Fulves gives on presenting the tricks properly is excellent." — Robert Dike Blair

Text and photographs instruct the novice magician in a variety of tricks and sleights of hand.

Packed with easy-to-learn illusions, The Great Big Book of Magic Tricks explains how to perform amazing feats with clear, step-by-step instructions and detailed illustrations. "Top Tip!" boxes and profiles of famous magicians and their most impressive tricks will captivate reluctant readers, encouraging aspiring magicians to learn and perform card tricks, coin and rope tricks, sleight of hand, and mind tricks to impress friends and grow confidence.

This simple step-by-step guide makes magic easy no matter what your age. Use this book of tricks to perform mind-reading stunts. Inventive tricks using mobile phones will delight more experienced magicians looking for something new.Let' s try them: Easy Magic Trick: How to Bend a Spoon, How to Do the Magic Cork Trick, The Disappearing Water Magic Trick, How to Do the Easy Thumb Magic Trick, Steel Straw, The Bill Drop, Floating Metal, The Afghan Bands, Easy Magic Tricks: The Magnetic Pencil, Jumping Rubber Band Trick, The Banana Buster, The Vanishing Coin Trick. They're all amazing!

Learn to do astounding tricks with cards, coins, rope; also, comedy magic, mental dexterity, more. Abundantly illustrated directions. 247 illustrations.