"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

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.

Despite increase in entertainment avenues,magic continues to be a major amusement source.This book has been carefully planned to meet the growing demands of those amateurs who wish to take it up as a hobby.The author himself is a noted magician, hypnotist and a journalist, who has performed over 5000 shows all over the world.The tricks described in this book are carefully selected by him and are harmless and the objects can be easily obtained. Efforts have been made to present this learning-guide with illustrations and step-by-step instructions.Some interesting themes covered in the book include:*Balancing trick*Dissolving coin*Black Magic*Mental magic*Teleportation*English rope trick*Freezing hot water.

Read minds! Make objects disappear and then reappear! One of the great magicians of all time reveals how to perform 200 masterful deceptions without training or special equipment to audiences of all sizes.

After Bart King interviewed hundreds of the wisest guys and smartest alecks for The Big Book of Boy Stuff, something awesome happened: the book became a classic! Hailed by critics and kids alike, it has sold hundreds of thousands of copies, and even won awards. In this updated and redesigned tenth anniversary edition, hijinks and hilarity are still front and center. Within these pages, boys can find a myriad of things to do, things to laugh at, and things they didn’t know. Bart King, the veteran of many water balloon wars, taught middle school for many years. He’s written other cool books, including The Big Book of Superheroes, The Pocket Guide to Girl Stuff, and The Big Book of Gross Stuff. Visit his website at www.bartking.net.

Hundreds of tricks for amateurs and professionals alike -- from relatively complex maneuvers involving mathematical calculation to simple tricks for beginners such as "The Traveling Ace."

Enhanced by more than five hundred illustrations, offers step-by-step instructions for performing approximately 150 rope tricks, including "Jamison's Severed Rope," "The Tarbell Rope Mystery," and "Eddie Clever's Triple Cut Routine."