Фокусы

Пер. с англ. В. А. Алямовская. — М.: Рольф, 2001. — 192 с., с илл. — (Карнавал). В книге собраны фокусы и трюки из репертуаров самых знаменитых фокусников мира. Постигнув тайны чтения мыслей, секреты карточных фокусов, фокусов с монетами и веревками, лентами и кольцами, платками и зубочистками, вы сможете поставить в тупик не один десяток людей. Книга также поможет вам освоить...

New Shoe Press, 2023. — 144 р. — ISBN-13: 978-0760383704. With a little practice and this beginner’s guide, you will quickly be amazing your friends and family with your new sleight-of-hand craft. Being an accomplished magician definitely takes practice, but it starts with the right instruction. Amazing Magic Tricks for Beginners offers just the right level of foundational...

Univ of Hertfordshire Press, 2008. — 192 p. — ISBN 978-1-902806-50-1. A useful manual for any magician or curious spectator who wonders why the tricks seem so real, this guide examines the psychological aspects of a magician’s work. Exploring the ways in which human psychology plays into the methods of conjuring rather than focusing on the individual tricks alone, this...

Quirk Books, 2008. — 340 p. — ISBN: 978-1-59474-704-5. Behold the secrets of the world's greatest conjurer! Stretch handkerchiefs! Bend spoons! Until his untimely death on stage in 1936, the Amazing Mr. Mysterio was one of the world's most celebrated magicians — a brilliant showman who rivaled Harry Houdini and Howard Thurston with his astonishing performances. And now, with...

Avis Reader Press, 2019. — 336 p. — ISBN: 978-1-501137-23-9. Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski enters the world of Harry Houdini and his legions of devoted fans in an immersive, entertaining, and magical work on the illusionist’s impact on American culture—and why his legacy endures to this day. Harry Houdini. Say his name and a number...

Racehorse Publishing, 2019. — 96 p. — ISBN: 978-1-631583-09-3. Magic has entranced public forums for hundreds of years, predating many other forms of entertainment that we enjoy today. This ancient art, with its captivating illusions and seemingly impossible sleight of hand, is still as relevant today as ever. Originally published in 1935, master magician John Mulholland’s...

TarcherPerigee, 2018. — 120 р. If you read a standard history of magic, you learn that it begins in ancient Egypt, with the resurrection of a goose in front of the Pharaoh. You discover how magicians were tortured and killed during the age of witchcraft. You are told how conjuring tricks were used to quell rebellious colonial natives. The history of magic is full of such stories,...

Dover Publications, 1993. — 32 p. — ISBN: 0486276139. With this easy-to-follow guide, it's easy to master a host of mystifying maneuvers and clever conjurings. Includes clear diagrams and step-by-step instructions for performing 18 simple feats of prestidigitation: Strength Test, Untangled, Elastic Lock, Mystic Spinner, Rollaway, Heavyset, The Great Escape and many more, using...

BLINK Publishing, 2017. — 192 p. — ISBN13: 978-1911600404. In this fully illustrated guide to modern magic, Dynamo shows you how you can perform magic yourself. Learn how to make water freeze instantly, read your friends' minds, make chewing gum float 360 degrees around your head, slice a banana without even touching it, discover superhuman strength and many more mind-blowing...

Quirk Books, 2002. — 176 p. — ISBN13: 978-1931686013. Looking for a little magic in your life? Presto! Here’s Amazing Irv’s Handbook of Everyday Magic—a hip, how-to guide to making magic with everyday objects in everyday situations! With the expert guidance of Amazing Irv, you’ll learn all the tricks of the conjuring trade. Using nothing more than your own two hands and the...

Dover Publications, 2012. — 308 p. — (Dover Magic Books). — ASIN: B00A73IX4K, ISBN: 048623911X, 0915926156. Let's say you are at a dinner party and are invited to perform a trick. You have no apparatus on you, nothing prepared. In an absent manner, you place a glass of sherry to your lips, as though bracing yourself for the fray. The glass is half emptied (be careful about...

Dover Publications, 1992. — 128 p. — ISBN13: 978-0486271347. "People have always been fascinated by magic," says author, teacher, and magician Allan Kronzek. In this entertaining how-to book — prepared especially for young, aspiring magicians — he shows how to learn and perfect mystifying feats of illusion that will baffle any audience. Simple directions and clearly drawn...

Dover Publications, 1990. — 117 p. — (Dover Magic Books). — ISBN10: 0486261794, ISBN13: 978-0486261799. Age Range: 10 and up Grade Level: 5 and up Money and magic - a combination that never fails to attract attention! With this helpful and revealing book, even novices can astound friends and relatives with mystifying magical feats requiring little more than common coins and...

Fall River Press, 2007. — 224 p. — ISBN: 0760783543. Is it true that a magician never reveals his secrets? In this rare 1922 gem, master illusionist Harry Houdini may not explain how to make an elephant disappear or how to perform fantastic acts of escape, but he does divulge dozens of terrific sleight-of-hand tricks and puzzles anyone can do with paper. Divided into four...