Author : Darwin Ortiz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Card tricks
ISBN : 0915181215
The Annotated Erdnase
Darwin Ortiz
The Annotated Erdnase
The Annotated Erdnase Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of The Annotated Erdnase book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
The Expert at the Card Table
S. W. Erdnase
Author : S. W. Erdnase
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486156675
The Expert at the Card Table by S. W. Erdnase Pdf
DIVThe one essential guidebook to attaining the highest level of card mastery, from false shuffling and card palming to dealing from the bottom and three-card monte, plus 14 dazzling card tricks. /div
Magic Is Dead
Ian Frisch
Author : Ian Frisch
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062839305
Magic Is Dead by Ian Frisch Pdf
In the vein of Neil Strauss’ The Game and Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein comes the fascinating story of one man’s colorful, mysterious, and personal journey into the world of magic, and his unlikely invitation into an underground secret society of revolutionary magicians from around the world. Magic Is Dead is Ian Frisch’s head-first dive into a hidden world full of extraordinary characters and highly guarded secrets. It is a story of imagination, deception, and art that spotlights today’s most brilliant young magicians—a mysterious club known as the52, who are revolutionizing an ancient artform under the mantra Magic Is Dead. Ian brings us with him as he not only gets to know this fascinating world, but also becomes an integral part of it. We meet the52’s founding members—Laura London, Daniel Madison, and Chris Ramsay—and explore their personal demons, professional aspirations, and what drew them to their craft. We join them at private gatherings of the most extraordinary magicians working today, follow them to magic conventions in Las Vegas and England, and discover some of the best tricks of the trade. We also encounter David Blaine; hang out with Penn Jillette; meet Dynamo, the U.K.’s most famous magician; and go behind the scenes of a Netflix magic show. Magic Is Dead is also a chronicle of magic’s rich history and how it has changed in the internet age, as the young guns embrace social media and move away from the old-school take on the craft. As he tells the story of the52, and his role as its most unlikely member, Ian reveals his own connection with trickery and deceit and how he first learned the elements that make magic work from his poker-playing mother. He recalls their adventures in card rooms and casinos after his father’s sudden death, and shares a touching moment that he had, as a working journalist, with his childhood idol Shaquille O’Neal. “Magic—the romanticism of the inexplicable, the awe and admiration of the unexpected—is an underlying force in how we view the world and its myriad possibilities,” Ian writes. As his journey continues, Ian not only becomes a performer and creator of magic—even fooling the late Anthony Bourdain during a chance encounter—he also cements a new brotherhood, and begins to understand his relationship with his father, fifteen years after his death. Written with psychological acuity and a keen eye for detail, Magic Is Dead is an engrossing tale full of wonder and surprise.
Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table
S. W. Erdnase
Author : S. W. Erdnase
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Card games
ISBN : CORNELL:31924084451222
Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table by S. W. Erdnase Pdf
David Copperfield's History of Magic
David Copperfield,Richard Wiseman,David Britland
Author : David Copperfield,Richard Wiseman,David Britland
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982112912
David Copperfield's History of Magic by David Copperfield,Richard Wiseman,David Britland Pdf
In this personal journey through a unique performing art, David Copperfield profiles some of the world's most groundbreaking magicians. From the sixteenth-century magistrate who wrote an early book on conjuring, to the roaring twenties and the man who fooled Houdini, to the woman who levitated, vanished, and caught bullets in her bare hands, David Copperfield's History of Magic takes you on a wild journey through the remarkable feats of some of the greatest magicians in history. The result is a sweeping tale that reveals how these astonishing performers were outsiders who used magic to escape class, challenge conventions, transform popular culture, explore the innermost workings of the human mind, and inspire scientific discovery. Their incredible stories are complemented by more than 100 never-before-seen photographs of artifacts from Copperfield's exclusive Museum of Magic, including a sixteenth-century manual on sleight-of-hand; Houdini's straitjackets, handcuffs, and water torture chamber; Dante's famous sawing-in-half apparatus; Alexander's high-tech turban that allowed him to read people's minds; and even some coins that may have magically passed through the hands of Abraham Lincoln. By the end of the book, you'll be sure to share Copperfield's passion for the power of magic. --
Card Control
Arthur H. Buckley
Author : Arthur H. Buckley
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486156651
Card Control by Arthur H. Buckley Pdf
This profusely illustrated book demonstrates step by step the astonishing card magic cultivated by one of the premier sleight-of-hand artists of the 20th century. It presents maneuvers that have left theater audiences amazed and that card-playing professionals have used to great advantage. It is not a book for beginners, but will help those with basic card expertise reach new levels of performance in their art. Among the moves are shifts, palms, glides, false shuffles, cuts, fans, and steals. You'll learn how to do the false table riffle shuffle, how to deal from the bottom, how to know an opponent's hole card, how to "warm up a cold deck," and much more. In addition, the author presents forty dazzling deceptions guaranteed to amaze your audience: Confusion, Birds of a Feather, The Ambitious Card, A Brilliant Climax, Your Favorite Ace, A Quickie, The Obtrusive Queens, and many more. Over 300 photographs show the practitioner's exact hand positions during each critical move. Australian-born Arthur H. Buckley became well known in America for the magic he worked with cards on the major vaudeville circuits of the 1920s. Schooled by the great sleight-of-hand artists he met in the entertainment business and by professional gamblers he met in his early years touring Australia, his absolute mastery of the most artful and demanding card-handling routines was legendary. In 1946, he wrote this practical guide revealing in detail the secrets of his art. Any magician or card conjurer who aspires to the utmost proficiency in card manipulation will want to have this indispensable reference in his or her library.
AMORALMAN
Derek DelGaudio
Author : Derek DelGaudio
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780593081112
AMORALMAN by Derek DelGaudio Pdf
Truth and lies are two sides of the same coin. But who's flipping it? A thought-provoking and brilliantly entertaining work of nonfiction from one of the world's leading deceivers, the creator and star of the astonishing theater show and forthcoming film In & Of Itself. Derek DelGaudio believed he was a decent, honest man. But when irrefutable evidence to the contrary is found in an old journal, his memories are reawakened and Derek is forced to confront--and try to understand--his role in a significant act of deception from his past. Using his youthful notebook entries as a road map, Derek embarks on a soulful, often funny, sometimes dark journey, retracing the path that led him to a world populated by charlatans, card cheats, and con artists. As stories are peeled away and artifices are revealed, Derek examines the mystery behind his father's vanishing act, the secret he inherited from his mother, the obsession he developed with sleight-of-hand that shaped his future, and the affinity he felt for the professional swindlers who taught him how to deceive others. And once he finds himself working as a crooked dealer in a big-money Hollywood card game, Derek begins to question his own sense of morality, and discovers that even a master of deception can find himself trapped inside an illusion. A M O R A L M A N is a wildly engaging exploration of the fictions we live as truths. It is ultimately a book about the lies we tell ourselves and the realities we manufacture in others.
HOW TO CHEAT AT POKER - The MALLIANCE
DANIEL MADISON
Author : DANIEL MADISON
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780244499815
HOW TO CHEAT AT POKER - The MALLIANCE by DANIEL MADISON Pdf
Gambling Scams
Darwin Ortiz
Author : Darwin Ortiz
Publisher : Lyle Stuart
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-06
Category : Cardsharping
ISBN : 0818405295
Gambling Scams by Darwin Ortiz Pdf
Explains how to watch for the techniques used to cheat at forms of gambling such as blackjack, craps, roulette, and backgammon.
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge. The Expert at the Card Table Graphic Novel
David Trustman,S. W. Erdnase
Author : David Trustman,S. W. Erdnase
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0997892781
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge. The Expert at the Card Table Graphic Novel by David Trustman,S. W. Erdnase Pdf
The Expert at the Card Table has been the most studied card manipulation book for almost 120 years. For the first time you can meet the author S.W. Erdnase, the man shrouded in mystery, and session one-on-one with him. Every page is full of rich illustrations, complete with the original illustrations being re-inked and incorporated into this seminal work. Adapted and illustrated by David Trustman (The Rise, GOD Slap, The Memory Arts) The Expert at the Card Table Graphic Novel is a entirely true to the original, but reformatted to be as reader friendly as possible. With almost an additional 100 figure drawings, this is the most expansive version of The Expert to date.
Expert Card Technique
Jean Hugard,Frederick Braué
Author : Jean Hugard,Frederick Braué
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486156538
Expert Card Technique by Jean Hugard,Frederick Braué Pdf
Definitive work on card technique: everything from basic manipulations to advanced flourishes; also a wide variety of tricks. 318 illustrations.
The Pleasures of Statistics
Frederick Mosteller
Author : Frederick Mosteller
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-10
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780387779560
The Pleasures of Statistics by Frederick Mosteller Pdf
From his unique perspective, renowned statistician and educator Frederick Mosteller describes many of the projects and events in his long career. From humble beginnings in western Pennsylvania to becoming the founding chairman of Harvard University’s Department of Statistics and beyond, he inspired many statisticians, scientists, and students with his unabashed pragmatism, creative thinking, and zest for both learning and teaching. This candid account offers fresh insights into the qualities that made Mosteller a superb teacher, a prolific scholar, a respected leader, and a valued advisor. A special feature of the book is its chapter-length insider accounts of work on the pre-election polls of 1948, statistical aspects of the Kinsey report on sexual behavior in the human male, mathematical learning theory, authorship of the disputed Federalist papers, safety of anesthetics, and a wide-ranging examination of the Coleman report on equality of educational opportunity. This volume is a companion to Selected Papers of Frederick Mosteller (Springer, 2006) and A Statistical Model: Frederick Mosteller’s Contributions to Statistics, Science, and Public Policy (Springer-Verlag, 1990). Frederick Mosteller (1916–2006) was Roger I. Lee Professor of Mathematical Statistics at Harvard University. His manuscript was unfinished at his death and has been updated.
Cheating at Texas Hold'em
Born Innovations
Author : Born Innovations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0982467907
Cheating at Texas Hold'em by Born Innovations Pdf
The Magician and the Cardsharp
Karl Johnson
Author : Karl Johnson
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0805074066
The Magician and the Cardsharp by Karl Johnson Pdf
A biography set against the backdrop of Depression-era America traces the efforts of famed magician Dai Vernon, who wandered the backroads and shady underworld of the Midwest in search of a mysterious, legendary cardsharp.