Einhorn, Nicholas: Abracadabra! Cool Magic Tricks With Cards ©2013 Nicholas Einhorn, Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., NY Hardcover, no dj, 65 pages ISBN 978-1-4488-9219-B

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Comments: An extract from Nicholas' Card Magic book, which in turn is an extract from the original Art of Magic and Sleight of Hand.

Contents (from book ToC):

4 Basic Card Techniques
5 The Hand
5 Dealing Grip
6 Mechanic’s Grip
6 Biddle Grip
7 Dribbling Cards
7 Two-Handed Spread
8 Squaring the Cards
8 Swing Cut
9 Charlier Cut: a one handed cut
10 The Glimpse
10 Out of the Box Glimpse
10 Square and Glimpse
11 The Braue Reversal: to reverse one card
12 The Glide
13 Double Lift and Turnover: with break
15 Snap Change: one card changes into another instantly
17 Ribbon Spread and Turnover: flourish
18 Overhand Shuffle
19 Table Riffle Shuffle
20 Weave Shuffle and Waterfall: in the hands with a flourish
22 Sense of Touch: magician is able to tell face of card with only the backs toward him (peek)
22 The Four Burglars: Four Jacks are mixed into the deck and reappear at the top
24 Hocus Pocus: a spelling and mathematical card trick
26 Reversed: deck is placed behind the back, and when brought forward the selection is found reversed in the deck
27 The Indicator: a card is found reversed in the deck, which indicates where the selection is found
28 Instant Card Revelation: a quick revelation using a glimpsed card
29 The Next Card is Yours: a trick apparently is about to go wrong...
30 Do As I Do: Magician and spectator each select the same card
32 Impossible Card Location: two spectators select a card from two halves of the deck; the magician finds them instantly
34 Magic Time: a card clock trick
36 Spectator Cuts the Aces: Aces appear on top of four packets
38 Spell-a-Card: selection is spelled and comes to the selection
39 Finger Break
39 Thumb Break
40 Double Cut
40 Double Cut Control: control to top
41 In-Jog Dribble Control: to top
42 Run and Back Control: an in the hands shuffle control
43 Simple Overhand Control: with an overhand shuffle
44 A False Cut: simple
45 Countdown: spectator's card is counted to, fails 1st time, succeeds 2nd
46 Gliding Home: Magician is about to reveal selection and spectator thinks he's wrong...
48 Card Through Handkerchief: Deck is wrapped and selection emerges
50 Cards Across: Three cards pass from one packet to another, both packets held by spectators
52 Hindu Force: during the Hindu Shuffle
53 Slip Force
53 Cut Deeper Force: a bit laborious
54 Cross Cut Force and Prediction: simple force using time misdirection and used to match a selection with a prediction
55 Pips Away: a "3 of Diamonds" instantly changes into the selected 2
57 Changing Card: an instant changing card gimmick
58 Find the Lady: a gimmicked version of the Three Card Monte

59 Glossary
60 For More Information
62 For Further Reading
63 Index