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Magic, October 2008
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The Complete Course
Workman Publishing Company
October 2008
On Sale: October 1, 2008
288 pages
ISBN: 0761149872
EAN: 9780761149873
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Non-Fiction
Magic is everywhere, from the big spectacle celebrity of
David Copperfield and Siegfried and Roy to the quirky Penn
and Teller to the spooky David Blaine and Criss Angel to the
endless material on YouTube. But until now, learning it has
never been easy—that's all about to change with Magic, a
book that does for close-up magic what How to Grill does for
barbecue. Written by charismatic young magician Joshua Jay,
Magic combines expertise, photographs, step-by-step
directions showing how to perform 100 tricks, and a DVD that
demonstrates 35 of them. Joshua Jay took home the top prize at the World Magic
Seminar (the Olympics of magic) when he was just 16 years
old. Ten years later, he continues to perform magic, write
about magic, eat, sleep, and breathe magic. Here, he brings
all his passion and knowledge to teaching magic. Each trick
is broken down into the Effect, the Secret, the Set-up, and,
most important, the Performance, with lessons on what to
say, how to direct the audience's attention, where to keep
your hands, and so on. (In other words, how to be smart
about the things your audience is surprisingly clueless about.) Here are the Ten Greatest Card Tricks; tricks to dazzle a
dinner date; tricks to perform for the boss (poke a hole
through his shirt, then magically mend it); tricks
especially for kids; and even tricks for an audience in
another state—with "Australian Self-Help," you can find a
participant's chosen card over the phone. It's the Aha! book
for a subject whose time has come.
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