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Includes step-by-step directions, with information on the necessary props and preparation, for a variety of magic tricks.

Sheldon and Rosie demonstrate a variety of simple and amusing magic tricks.

A description of ten illusions, including "Dollar in the Orange," "The Penetrating Ring," and "The Thinking Cap," that together make up a complete magic show with props, patter, and working. Concludes with a ten-minute show of six tricks without props.

Presents sixty magic tricks that require little preparation, including tricks using cards, coins, numbers, and optical illusions.

Explains basic principles of magic and gives directions for twenty-five easy magic tricks.

Describes how to write invisible messages, make ghosts appear on walls and many other tricks.

A history of magic as it has been practiced since the 1300s, tellings the stories of some of the world's most renowned necromancers and their famous tricks, including Houdini, Ching Ling Foo and his imitators, and Sigfried and Roy.

Shows how to perform magic tricks using air pressure, air resistance, friction, and other principles related to air.

Teaches the basic scientific principles of magnets through a series of magic tricks, with advice on the materials and props needed to use the tricks in performance.

Shows how to perform magic tricks using reflection, refraction, and other qualities of light.