Books: All Magic Books

From a star studded career on the biggest stages. Royal command performances and years in TV, Wayne Dobson finally reveals his top 50 golden rules of stagecraft.

Learn how to transform your performance with tried and tested advice and tips from the master.

An A6 pocket sized booklet containing 50 stagecraft tips that will...

A Pocketful of Miracles contains brilliant magic that can be performed anytime, anywhere with what you have in your pocket, sitting on a table, borrowed, etc.

Some of the effects include: Coin Through Saucer, Coin From Bread Roll, Coin and Glass of Water, Balancing Coins, Phoenix Matches, Multiplying Matches, Psychic Steam,...

Effect

One of the main reasons magicians neglect the "acting" part of magic is because magic is such a demanding discipline to learn. A performing magician wears many hats. The magician has to learn sleights, misdirection and technical prowess of the hands. The magician is the choreographer, writer, sound person, booker and...

Tony Griffith is truly gifted when it comes to routines and presentations. In An Invitation to Mystery, Tony shares some of his greatest effects and routines. Some very deceiving card magic is explained in detail.

Keep in mind, these are far from knuckle busting effects -- as a matter of fact, they are very easy to learn and...

IONIZE THE WATER IN A DRINKING BOTTLE, MAKING IT ALMOST LIGHTER THAN AIR!

Aqua~imp is one powerful piece of "incidental" magic. It appears almost impromptu. This illusion of spontaneity actually enhances the mystery-for it is at this magical (and supposedly offhanded moment) you give your spectators a thought-provoking,...

"This is precisely the type of material that every working mentalist is searching for. It is powerful, flexible and proven. It would be difficult to think of a demonstration that packed flatter or played bigger. Using Jack's Assumption Swindle, you will be able to convince every member of your audience that you can read their mind AND...

Do you enjoy performing well thought-out card tricks? Bada-Bing! Ryan Matney is back with eleven all-new card tricks structured for the real world.

Contents include:

- Plan B Aces
- Metro Ltd.
- Jokus Locus
- Flush Exchange and seven more effects

Every item features the thoughtful construction,...

Roy Baker was one of the most versatile performers to ever grace a stage. Baker performed everything from Mentalism, close-up, Stage and parlor magic. His mind never seemed to turn off. Inventing Plots, methods, and routines for not only Adults, but also some great routines for Kids' show performers. Baker's Brainwaves contains...

Banquet or "after dinner" shows offer one of the most lucrative fields to the working magician In every town or city, every day, banquets are held where entertainment is needed In this book, David Charvet and a panel of experts share the real secrets of how to succeed in this market.

**You Will Learn...**

•Contracts
•Choosing...

A fantastic book for beginner coin enthusiasts. Great vanishes, palming, sleights, and manipulation taught in detail. Of course, the teaching is at the Lewis Ganson level of instruction. You can't go wrong with this book.

Black Heart & Bourbon is the latest collection of Dee Christopher's tricks, techniques & thoughts for magicians and mentalists.

With NINE brand new, never before seen effects; this collection is full to the brim of amazingly versatile methods, well crafted routines and clever psychological elements that will not only give...

by Docc Hilford

"Yang is the male. It is white and the sun. But Yin is the woman. It is BLACK and the MOON." - Lao Tse 660 B.C.

For the mentalist, PREDICTING THE FUTURE is where reputations are made. And BEING CONTEMPORARY is where the higher fees are found. The current craze in the New Age world is the Chinese...

by Jack Kent Tillar

Once or twice every century, a new principle is discovered in our mystery field. In 1972, Jack Kent Tillar's Blister Effect was first published in Tarbell Volume 7. Harry Lorayne wrote, "As far as I know, this principle is new to magic." The effect is that a performer mysteriously makes a blister appear...

When working professionals pour their hearts into their magic, we take notice. Chris Westfall is one of the best and busiest magicians in the Toronto area, and he has written a booklet detailing all his favorite original routines, as well as essays on the theory behind his magic. The advice alone is worth the nominal price of this...

Card College is a modern classic. It is without a doubt the most important work on sleight of hand with cards. This is the first volume in a series of five. The speciality of this electronic book are its 89 video clips, which show how Giobbi executes each and every technique described.

This ebook has also been nominated as a finalist...

A book of Magic Greats! Magic by Alex Elmsley, Jack Avis, Roy Walton, Bobby Bernard, Ted Danson, and John Derris. This book includes all the effects that were first described in the small 1953 publication called Come A Little Closer plus 19 never-before published items. Material includes True Grit The Siva Fold, Jet Transportation, Monte...

Those of you who are interested in restaurant magic are in for a real treat! In Conjurer at the Table, Al James walks you through the process of scouting, booking and keeping a restaurant gig, as well as what kind of magic to perform in this setting. A true highlight of the book is the personal stories Al shares about the long-gone...

Three spectators are called on stage and they are asked to participate into an imaginary case of crime. Each one will have to play a specific role; the victim, the murderer or the eyewitness. Depending on their role they are able to correctly determine important clues of the story after the mentalist manage to accurately find their identities....

This is a very rare find! Tony Shiels Author of "13" AND SomethingStrange has come up with another masterpiece in Daemouns, Darklings andDoppelgangers. Tony believed this to be his greatest work to date. If you like Magic with a Supernatural theme,then this book is for you!

Supreme Magic Edition of England
Limited supply/out...

In Defiance II, you will once again take a walk into Reed's mind to see how he has broken down the elements of a classic routine, souped it back up, and yet still simplified it so even the earliest beginner can perform it. The seasoned professional will appreciate its impact.

Three cups are shown, along with a wand. Suddenly,...

Effects with the Card Index is a very hard-to-find publication that is focused around the card index. Weston goes into "out of the box" placements for the index, and readers come away with a new mindset on how and where the index can be used in performance.

"Kids' Entertainment in Libraries & Community Halls"

In 2008 John Breeds released his first book on entertaining children with magic and fun: Howto Create Kids' Magic And Triple Your Income. Behind that intriguing title lay a blueprint forcommercial success in this field. Immediately upon its release it was widely hailed...

Feature Magic for Mentalists by Will Dexter has been considered by many to be the most under-rated book in Mentalism. Every serious student of Mentalism should have Will Dexter's Feature Magic for Mentalists in his/her library. Very highly recommended!

by Gregory Arce

What you will find in Four Thought--

M.O.M. – a one-on-one drawing dupe where a spectator stares at a photo of your mom and then you are able to redraw his secret drawing by looking into her eyes… your mom’s. Within that section there will also be two other ideas using...

Frank Chapman: The Elegant Phantom CD
by Frank Chapman

• Over 300 pages of material!
• More than 200 effects
• The complete 24 issues of Chap’s Scrapbook
• Nine Chapman booklets including his nail-writer work and stellar close-up routines
• Fifty Chapman articles from Genii magazine
• Fifteen Chapman routines...