Books: General Magic

From his mysteriously soiled laptop keyboard, The Great Sebastiano has created a magical work of unprecedented bile and vitriol. Whether you're an embittered professional magician working the corporate scene, or a spunky young scamp aspiring to take that first step into the real art of magic, this book provides some entertaining insight...and...

">"...fascinating and fast-moving biography...Ben takes care to present the story here to appeal to insiders and laymen alike."
- The Washington Post

"A detailed and humanizing portrait of a genius and the age that hailed him as its conquering hero."
- MAGIC Magazine

"This book is a compelling read...

Harry Blackstone presented a full-evening production called the "Show of 1001 Wonders." It lived up to that billing, as a stage-filling spectacle combining spectacular illusions, magnificent costumes, gorgeous girls, a corps of assistants, humor, dancing, and intimate conjuring, into a magnificent stage production.

Blackstone...

Are you a kids or family entertainer looking for more stage props and illusions beyond the dependable classics such as the square circle, dove pan, tip over trunk, drawer box and Zig Zag Girl? Are you looking for a Harry Potter-themed illusion?

From one of Asia's top professional illusionists, author of three critically acclaimed...

For our friends in Korea here is the entire Tarbell Set (volumes 1 - 8 ) printed entirely in Korean

Professional magician John Kaplan reveals "real world" marketing techniques, tales and insights from a 30+year career in magic.

John has successfully sold his magic services in virtually every market imaginable, including birthday parties, schools, theatres, nightclubs, banquets, tradeshows, television, cruise ships, fairs, festivals,...

8 1/2 by 11 - Cloth Bound - Color Dust Jacket - Over 200 Pages, Over 380 Photos and Illustrations Including 12 Color Pages - A complimentary DVD approx. 206 minutes containing segments of a 1982 Goebel show, film clips, and news interviews plus views inside the Jones Costume Co.

Now that everybody carries a cell phone, magic over the phone can be performed anytime, anywhere. Suddenly the telephone coupled with secret knowledge have become one of the magician's and mentalist's most powerful tools.

In Magic by Phone, Deej makes a careful study of how mysteries can be created over the phone an...

Enter into the fascinating world of the Master Magician, Harry Houdini. Written by the famous magician an author Milbourne Christopher, this 240 page collector's edition, contains hundreds of rare photos, color pages with posters and even includes a bonus pocket part of removable reproduction Houdini memorabilia in which the reader...

"This is a great book!!! Take this book please!!!"
-Henny Youngman

This book is an outrageous collection of one-liner jokes that every performing magician can use to get laughs in any situation. Weather you've never told a joke before, or if you're a seasoned performer, you'll find a wealth of contemporary...

A Guide for Magical Entertainers

In this book, Gay Ljungberg shares his performing experience with the reader and reveals a treasure of valuable secrets, about the psychology and the techniques he uses. He teaches you how to select assistants from the audience and how you turn them into instant actors to play with on stage. You...

Andrew Mayne presents his most practical levitations for the stage and the street. Combining updated material from Touching Sky and step-by-step instructions from Levitator (DVD).

Learn how to levitate on the street, in your living room or on stage.

11 different ways to perform the most incredible illusion in magic! ...