Handbook of Magic

Whether you've always wanted to know how they do it, actually become a magician, or just learn some tricks to entertain your friends, master magician Marin Kaye reveals how you can amaze and mystify audiences from two to two thousand. The Handbook of Magic takes you step by step through an entire routine of card tricks, such as the Reverse Sliparound, sleight of hand tricks, such as the Coaster Coin Dazzler, and the mental magic of the Ultimate Prediction. Soon you will be able to cut a rope into pieces and restore it, change the faces of playing cards and even saw a woman in half. Written in a clear concise, easy to follow style, supplemented with almost 60 illustrations and a full glossary of magic, a must for every aspiring magician and everyone who want to know what really is up a magician's sleeve.