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"An illustrated, illuminating history of magic from the world's greatest and most successful magician, capturing its most audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form's most famous artifacts housed at David Copperfield's secret museum"--
"In this personal journey through a unique and remarkable performing art, David Copperfield profiles twenty-eight of the world's most groundbreaking magicians. From the 16th-century magistrate...
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Why do card tricks work? How can magicians do astonishing feats of mathematics mentally? Why do stage "mind-reading" tricks work? As a rule, we simply accept these tricks and "magic" without recognizing that they are really demonstrations of strict laws based on probability, sets, number theory, topology, and other branches of mathematics. This is the first book-length study of this fascinating branch of recreational mathematics. Written by one of...
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Millennium Interactive Inc
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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"Magic the very well kept secret, is revealed here on this DVD for you to learn, enjoy, and amaze your friends with magic tricks. Just Pop-in the DVD and let us show you how to become part of the secret Magic world and the center of every party and office meeting. An expert magician explains in details a series of different tricks you that you can do at home without the need for any special equipment, using objects that are mostly found at home or...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Reveals the secrets of the world's most famous magicians and illusionists from the ancient Egyptians to Harry Houdini while explaining how to master such examples as the classic cups-and-ball illusion and mind-reading card tricks.
71) Mind magic
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English
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Provides instruction on simple mind magic tricks, including the "pick it prediction" and "number crunch."
73) Hocus bow-cus!
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Disney Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Minnie hires Penguini the Magnificent to put on a magic show at her fashion line release party, but when Penguini leaves to get his lucky bow tie, Millie and Melody must jump in and save the day.
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Mr. Monkey volume 2
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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Mr. Monkey is invited to visit a school to perform a trick he just learned, but nothing goes as planned.
76) Rabbit magic
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English
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"A picture book in which the magician's assistant, a talented rabbit, reverses their roles so that the magician becomes a rabbit and the existing rabbit gets to run the show"--
79) The dirty trick
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Ghost and Max Monroe volume 3
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English
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Max Monroe's favorite writer, Rhonda Remington, needs his help! It's the night of a big storytelling competition at Waldon Hall, and Rhonda Remington has received a warning note about a dirty trick. She turns to the Monroe Detective Agency, but the clock is ticking ... Can Max and Larry clean up this case before the competition begins?
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