Books: All Magic Books

Jack's Pack is a devious stacking method for finding any card in a deck by way of using: numbers, names, words, etc. Highly Recommended!

A beautiful 34-page booklet featuring 10 powerful workers and 97 color photographs. PDF version included!

Royal Twist
Four Aces magically flip from face up to face down. Think you've seen this trick before? The surprise royal flush ending (done in the participant's hand) will catch you off guard.

The...

This effort was kicked off in Luka's "Thoughts On..." column which ran in The New Tops magazine from October 1993 to December 1994. John's column was for the majority of magicians who tend to do a lot of pocket and parlor tricks for small audiences and few shows. He knew that most magic shows are informal, sometimes spontaneous events,...

John Breeds' previous book, the best-selling, How To Create Kids' Magic, is still acknowledged as the best book of its kind. David Kaye described this publication as "...the A to Z of all aspects of being a professional children's entertainer". It embraced the business of earning a good living as a children's...

Compatibility
No need for chat up lines with this trick

Best Friends
Everybody will want to be your best friend after performing this miracle

AFCAAN
Another F#%*$^G card at any number

Sharpie 2
Like the original but much sharper

Mind Ray
From the creative genius...

For more than ten years, from 1990 through 2001, The Magic Menu was a continuing and trusted source of practical information for close-up magicians, particularly those who performed in restaurants, bars and night spots. Each issue brought real-world advice, information, reviews of the latest magic and audience-tested effects from some of...

Think of this book as your very own, private consultant to improve your shows!

Magic as Entertainment is filled with practical advice for the professional magician. Advice on selecting routines, stage presence, timing, dress, knowing when to pause, when to talk and knowing when not to, are just a few of the subjects conquered...

The Magic of Frederica (Tommy Frederick) contains fantastic material for the stand-up performer as well as the close-up artist. Cards, coins, candles, rings, mentalism, liquid, clocks, dice, plus much much more!

Making a Shadowgraph Show is a very rare and hard-to-find book. Eric Hawkesworth covers all of the basics. He also explains more intricate routines and details of putting on a shadowgraph show. Subjects include: setting up the shadowgraph show, projection lights, operations, arranging the program. He also explains his Punch and Judy...

This 31 page booklet contains 5 essays, each including a trick that uses the effects as examples to illustrate the various concepts.
One Two Twos Sandwich, Hold the Selection Please - A sandwich effect with a twist, and a beautiful flourish that teaches why a show of skill is not always a hint to method!
Neoteric Signed...

Novel Notions is classic Adair! Packed with great magic and plots. Mostly stand-up but still contains a good amount of close-up, mentalism, and more. Some of the topics include: Cigo Gravity, Clear-Vue Production Box, Ultra-Triple Prediction, Hole-Sum Prediction, Paddle Split plus much, much more!

Doug Edwards is known throughout the world for his straightforward approach to card magic. You will find all sorts of surprises and gems with a pack of cards, but the biggest surprise in Nukes is the non-card material included. Doug has finally released his work on magic with ropes, coins, pens, spoons, and more, giving Nukes...

OPUS is a "Master-Class" on modern mentalism, from the creative mind of Fraser Parker. Watch the trailer to see the stunned reactions!

It's in video format, released via USB stick, containing links to each of the downloads.

Effects include:

His latest propless name guess, LOST NAME OF GOD, exclusive...

Ouija by Fraser Parker and Ross Tayler

As close to real billet-less name guess.

Imagine... In the course of a routine, during a close up performance, you get the spectator to focus on the name of someone close to them. They name a few random letters, including letters from the name. The name is not written down anywhere and...

This book contains the late Patrick Page's handling and routine for the classic Cards to Pocket. Patrick's take on the effect is extremely direct and fooling. Plays from close-up, walk-around to stage.

This is a very hard-to-find booklet. Very limited quantities available.

This rare booklet contains the routines and handling of Kazan. Also included are diagrams on how to construct a variety of performance props. Some of the topics included are: The Construction of the Fire-Eaters Torch, Eating Fire from the Hand, Burning the Tongue Alive, The Giant Blow-Out, The Mysterious Gas Jet, A Simple Fire Wheel, Multiplying...

Populate - An illusionary appearance of a small crowd.
Introduction by Eric Olsen of EDF Magic

This is the first in a series of single illusion publications by renowned Illusion designer Mark Parker, author of illusion books 'Vivify' & 4E Illusion Design.

Populate is Parkers take on the Guy Jarrett...

This book contains routines and tips for the Punch & Judy puppeteer. Tony Green was a professional Punch and Judy man and made puppets for the Supreme Magic Co. Ltd, Bideford, Devon, England. He was Supreme Magic's second Punch maker, following Joe Parsonage. Very limited quantities available.

Profit at the Party, by David Hallett, is a fantastic book containing activities and bits of business for Kids Shows. Also included are marketing tips that still stand up in today's world.

If you perform Children's magic, this book really is a must! Limited quantities available.

Reel Magic Magazine - Episode 6 (Dean Dill)

Features:

Caught on Tape
Kozmo gets his hair cut by Dean Dill who shares what it was like to perform on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.

Andrew Pinard - Continuum
legendary performer Johnny Thompson and Andrew sit down for Part...

by Jim Pace & Jerry Macgregor

Make Money Doing Restaurant Magic!

Jim Pace's "The Restaurant Worker's Handbook shows you how!

Jim Pace makese a very successful living performing Restaurant Magic. Now, in this "Handbook for Restaurant Workers," Jim shares the secrets that have taken him years to learn....

Aldo Colombini's presentation of the Rings Supreme is a very solid and entertaining routine for any audience. If you perform The Chinese Linking Rings and are not aware of the Rings Supreme routine, then this book is a MUST HAVE!

This is the second book in a three-book series. Routined Manipulation Part 2 is filled with great manipulation techniques.

Knives, coins, cards, balls, etc. This volume also contains AL KORAN's Blindfold Card Act. This alone is worth the price of the book.

Limited quantities available.

"The whole process is incredibly clean and works like a charm. It's a great step forward in prop-less mentalism..."
- Marc Paul

"Wow, what a tome you've created! I never imagined that this could lead to so many things..."
- Greg Arce

Banachek was certainly spot on the money when he said:...

Secret Scent-sations
by Kenton Knepper

THE HIDDEN ART OF USING SCENT AS INFLUENCE AND SUGGESTION IN PERFORMANCE.

Secret Scent-sations is a truly innovative manuscript that pushes the boundaries yet again on the very underused principle of scent in performance.

Subtitles "The hidden...