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From the back cover:
Amaze, fool, surprise--and best of all--entertain your friends with easy-to-do magic tricks. Most of these mysterious maneuvers and humorous hoaxes can be performed with stuff you can find lying around your house, such as cards, coins, string, rubber bands, safety pins, handkerchiefs--and of course the always handy fingers. Break the bounds of nature by revolving your wrist and shrinking your finger. Read someone's mind, and identify chosen cards. Make objects disappear and come back. Each trick comes with precise instructions on how to preform it (but don't let your audience find out), and you'll even find suggestions on what you should say to get the most "ooh"s, "aaah"s, and "ha-ha-ha"s.
From the author:
The magic tricks you'll find in this book not only fool, but they're also interesting, surprising, amusing--in a work, entertaining. None requires special dexterity, and only a few call for some degree of practice. The majority can be performed with everday objects: cards, coins, string, rubberbands, safety pins, handkerchiefs, dice, and--always at hand, of course--your own fingers. Some tricks require props or gimmicks that can be constructed easily.
To help you achieve maximum impact, you'll be taught precisely how to perform each trick, including hints on patter.
Because I almost always use a comical approach when presenting tricks, many of these tricks stress humor.
Amaze, fool, surprise--and best of all--entertain your friends with easy-to-do magic tricks. Most of these mysterious maneuvers and humorous hoaxes can be performed with stuff you can find lying around your house, such as cards, coins, string, rubber bands, safety pins, handkerchiefs--and of course the always handy fingers. Break the bounds of nature by revolving your wrist and shrinking your finger. Read someone's mind, and identify chosen cards. Make objects disappear and come back. Each trick comes with precise instructions on how to preform it (but don't let your audience find out), and you'll even find suggestions on what you should say to get the most "ooh"s, "aaah"s, and "ha-ha-ha"s.
From the author:
The magic tricks you'll find in this book not only fool, but they're also interesting, surprising, amusing--in a work, entertaining. None requires special dexterity, and only a few call for some degree of practice. The majority can be performed with everday objects: cards, coins, string, rubberbands, safety pins, handkerchiefs, dice, and--always at hand, of course--your own fingers. Some tricks require props or gimmicks that can be constructed easily.
To help you achieve maximum impact, you'll be taught precisely how to perform each trick, including hints on patter.
Because I almost always use a comical approach when presenting tricks, many of these tricks stress humor.
