Sleight

Author : Jennifer Sommersby
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781443418874

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The greatest treasure, a most dangerous magic. Growing up in the Cinzio Traveling Players Company, Genevieve Flannery is accustomed to a life most teenagers could never imagine: daily workouts of extravagant acrobatics; wild animals for pets; and her mother, Delia, whose mind has always been tortured by visions—but whose love Geni never questions. In a world of performers who mystify and amaze on a daily basis, Delia’s ghostly hallucinations never seemed all that strange . . . until the evening Geni and her mother are performing an aerial routine they’ve done hundreds of times, and Delia falls to her death. That night, a dark curtain in Geni’s life opens. Everything has changed. As they reel from the tragedy, the Cinzio Players are also grappling with the circus’s new owner: a generous, mysterious man whose connection to the circus—Geni suspects—has a dark history. And with the discovery of an otherworldly inheritance and her perilous mission to protect it, Geni is suddenly stumbling into a new reality of her own, her life interrupted daily by the terrors only Delia used to see. As the visions around her grow stronger, and her magical legacy becomes even more menacing, Geni is not sure who she should trust or love. Worst of all, she’s starting to question whether she can trust her own mind.

Author : Edwin Sachs
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783752431346

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Sleight of hand by Edwin Sachs Pdf

Reproduction of the original: Sleight of hand by Edwin Sachs

Author : Kirsten Kaschock
Publisher : Coffee House Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781566892933

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Sleight by Kirsten Kaschock Pdf

Sisters Lark and Clef have spent their lives honing their bodies for sleight, an interdisciplinary art form that combines elements of dance, architecture, acrobatics, and spoken word. After being estranged for several years, the sisters are reunited by a deceptive and ambitious sleight troupe director named West who needs the sisters' opposing approaches to the form--Lark is tormented and fragile, but a prodigy; Clef is driven to excel, but lacks the spark of artistic genius. When a disturbing mass murder makes national headlines, West seizes on the event as inspiration for his new performance, one that threatens to destroy the very artists performing it. In language that is at once unsettling and hypnotic, Sleight explores ideas of performance, gender, and family to ask the question: what is the role of art in the face of unthinkable tragedy? Kirsten Kaschock has earned degrees from Yale University, the University of Iowa, Syracuse University, and the University of Georgia. The author of two collections of poetry, Unfathoms and A Beautiful Name for a Girl, she resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she is currently a doctoral fellow in dance at Temple University.

Author : Edwin Thomas Sachs
Publisher : anboco
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783736407237

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Sleight of Hand: A Practical Manual of Legerdemain by Edwin Thomas Sachs Pdf

It is always a matter for self-congratulation on the part of an author to be called upon to furnish a Preface to a second or subsequent edition of some "bantling of his brain." In the present instance the task is more satisfactory than usual, the author not coming before the reader empty-handed. Since the publication of the first edition, conjurors have not been idle, and numerous new methods for producing magical surprises have been invented. Such of these as are suitable or worthy—for, in their haste to be novel, many have failed to be satisfactory—the author has incorporated; and, by a thorough revision of the work, he has placed before the aspiring conjuror, written up to date, all that it is possible for him to know in the region of Sleight of Hand. E. S.Part I. Drawing-room Magic. I.—Palming II.—Tricks with Coins III.—Tricks with Common Objects IV.—Tricks with Cups and Balls V.—Tricks with Handkerchiefs VI.—Chinese Tricks VII.—Tricks at Table VIII.—Tricks with Cards Part II.—Grand, or Stage Magic. IX.—General Remarks X.—The Table and Dress XI.—Sleights and Properties for General Use XII.—Tricks with Cards XIII.—Tricks with Handkerchiefs and Gloves XIV.—Tricks with Coins XV.—Miscellaneous XVI.—The Cornucopian Hat XVII.—Tricks with Watches and Live Stock XVIII.—Sham Mesmerism, Clairvoyance, &c. XIX.—Final Instructions

Author : Anon.
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781473353596

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Legerdemain - The Art of Sleight of Hand Including Magic Tricks by Anon. Pdf

This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of sleight of hand magic tricks, is sure to delight young and old alike and is the perfect introduction to magic of this type. Its 88 pages contain a wealth of anecdote on a variety of tricks and stunts that are guaranteed to liven up your dinner party. Thoroughly recommended reading for the budding magician. Extensively illustrated with black and white drawings and explanatory diagrams This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

Author : Anon.
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781447490982

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Magic with Billiard Balls - Sneaky Sleight of Hand to Snooker Your Friends Senses by Anon. Pdf

This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of magic tricks using billiard balls, is sure to delight young and old alike and is the perfect introduction to magic of this type. Its 41 pages contain a wealth of anecdote on a variety of tricks and stunts that are guaranteed to liven up your dinner party. Thoroughly recommended reading for the budding magician. Extensively illustrated with black and white drawings and explanatory diagrams. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

Author : Phillip Margolin
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062069924

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Sleight of Hand by Phillip Margolin Pdf

Private investigator Dana Cutler must take down a cunning psychopath before he can pull off the perfect crime, in Sleight of Hand, a novel of suspense from Phillip Margolin, New York Times bestselling author of Capitol Murder and Supreme Justice. Charles Benedict – charismatic criminal defense lawyer, amateur illusionist, and professional hit man – has performed his greatest sleight of hand yet: framing a millionaire for the murder of his much younger wife. When Horace Blair married Carrie, the prosecutor in his DUI trial, he made her sign a prenuptial agreement guaranteeing her twenty million dollars if she remained faithful for the first ten years of marriage. Just one week before their tenth anniversary, Carrie disappears, and Horace is charged with her murder. Desperate to clear his name, the millionaire hires D.C.’s most ruthless defense lawyer – Charles Benedict. P.I. Dana Cutler is in the Pacific Northwest on the trail of a stolen relic dating from the Ottoman Empire. Hitting a dead end sends her back to Virginia perplexed and disappointed – and straight into the case of Horace and Carrie Blair. Now Dana must conjure a few tricks of her own to expose Benedict’s plot, before he can work his deadly magic on her...

Author : Susana Martinez-Conde,Stephen L. Macknik,Sandra Blakeslee
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781847652959

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Sleights of Mind by Susana Martinez-Conde,Stephen L. Macknik,Sandra Blakeslee Pdf

What can magic tell us about ourselves and our daily lives? If you subtly change the subject during an uncomfortable conversation, did you know you're using attentional 'misdirection', a core technique of magic? And if you've ever bought an expensive item you'd sworn never to buy, you were probably unaware that the salesperson was, like an accomplished magician, a master at creating the 'illusion of choice'. Leading neuroscientists Stephen Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde meet with magicians from all over the world to explain how the magician's art sheds light on consciousness, memory, attention, and belief. As the founders of the new discipline of NeuroMagic, they combine cutting-edge scientific research with startling insights into the tricks of the magic trade. By understanding how magic manipulates the processes in our brains, we can better understand how we work - in fields from law and education to marketing, health and psychology - for good and for ill.

Author : Edwin Thomas Sachs
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547022244

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Sleight of Hand: A Practical Manual of Legerdemain for Amateurs & Others by Edwin Thomas Sachs Pdf

Sleight of Hand is a manual by Edwin Sachs. It shows the basics and finer points of the skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks, such as tricks with coins, cards, cups and balls, handkerchiefs, watches, gloves, as well as mesmerism & clairvoyance tricks of the trade.

Author : Edwin Sachs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Games
ISBN : 1614279276

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Sleight of Hand by Edwin Sachs Pdf

2016 Reprint of Second, Enlarged Edition of 1885. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Considered by some to be the single most complete book ever written on magic, it includes both stage and close-up magic, chapters on technique, presentation, and all the peripheral skills necessary for great conjuring. Covers every significant aspect - from palming to clairvoyance, vanishing and producing an object, using essential apparatus, etc. Explains hundreds of astonishing tricks - with coins, cups and balls, handkerchiefs, cards, more. A book with an excellent reputation among professional magicians for teaching techniques. 57 illustrations. Chapters: Chapter I - Palming Chapter II - Tricks with Coins Chapter III - Tricks with Common Objects Chapter IV - Tricks with Cups and Balls Chapter V - Tricks with Handkerchiefs Chapter VI - Chinese Tricks Chapter VII - Tricks at Table Chapter VIII - Tricks with Cards Chapter IX - General Remarks Chapter X - The Table and Dress Chapter XI - Sleights and Properties for General Use Chapter XII - Tricks with Cards Chapter XIII - Tricks with Handkerchiefs and Gloves Chapter XIV - Tricks with Coins Chapter XV - Miscellaneous Chapter XVI - The Cornucopian Hat Chapter XVII - Tricks with Watches and Live Stock Chapter XVIII - Sham Mesmerism, Clairvoyance, &c. Chapter XIX - Final Instructions

Author : Anthony Bly
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-07
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780359074044

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"Sleights" by Anthony Bly Pdf

From the INTRODUCTION. This volume is the outcome of a letter to the publishers from a prominent magical dealer, who said: ""If the Magical Public as a whole could once actually see your publications and thus be brought to an instant realization of their novelty of contents, their elaborate illustration and the fact that their sale is restricted to magicians only, I feel certain that you would at once receive an order from almost every person interested in the subject of Magic."" In order to test the foregoing assertion, the publishers have prepared the present booklet as a means of placing in the hands of magical readers within the shortest space of time, full descriptions of the features and contents of these publications, in order that the reader may draw his own conclusions of the value of these publications, or of their interest to him....

Author : Rodericus O'Flaherty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z207702706

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A Chorographical Description of West Or H-Iar Connaught, Written A.D. 1684, by Roderic O'Flaherty, Esq., Author of the "Ogygia" ; Edited, from a Ms. in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin with Notes and Illustrations by James Hardiman by Rodericus O'Flaherty Pdf

Author : American Short-horn Breeders' Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1130 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Cattle
ISBN : PSU:000066649021

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American Herd Book ... by American Short-horn Breeders' Association Pdf

Author : Marshalltown (Iowa). Water Works Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Water supply, Marshalltown (Iowa)
ISBN : HARVARD:LI34GV

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Annual Report by Marshalltown (Iowa). Water Works Department Pdf

Author : Ireland. Public Record Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Ireland
ISBN : HARVARD:32044090388752

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Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records and of the Keeper of the State Papers in Ireland by Ireland. Public Record Office Pdf