Regal, David: Interpreting Magic ©2019 by David Regal Hardcover, 553 pages

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Contents (courtesy Jake Austin):

Introduction
i Michael Carbonaro

iii Preface

1 Cards
1 The Magicians
5 Straight Face Aces
7 Safe Deposit
9 Staging, structure, & Conditions
12 Departure Point
16 Hamman's Child
20 Isolated Assembly
25 The Part that Isn't The Effect
25 Thank You, Dean
30 Ladies & Gentlemen
33 Win a Date with Marlo
36 Marlo's Favorite Aces
38 One for the Ladies
44 A Conversation with Simon Aronson
50 A Conversation with Barry & Stuart
60 A Conversation with John Bannon
65 Writing Magic
69 The Opposite of a Card Trick
72 The Crystal Ball
77 Trust
83 Warp Drive
89 A Conversation with Gaetan Bloom
94 A Conversation with Eugene Burger
101 A Conversation with Derren Brown

111 Card Moves
111 The Tri-Swindle Control
113 A Useful Palm
114 It Will Never Happen Again (Part One)
115 A Sequence
119 Mixed Media Palm
120 The Illegal Turn Control
125 The Need to Fail
127 A Conversation with Lance Burton
134 A Conversation with Angelo Carbone
140 A Conversation with John Carney

151 Close Up Magic
151 Magic in Motion
152 There
157 Stones
166 A Servante System
167 Method and Effect
168 A Ring Routine
178 Glass & Gold
182 It Will Never Happen Again (Part Two)
183 Plot
184 My Crush
190 Office Epic
194 A Cup
197 A Conversation with Mike Caveney
204 A Conversation with Raymond Crowe
209 A Conversation with Charlie Frye
218 A Switching Device
224 Box of Silver
233 Eye on the Die
237 Reasons
239 Our Daily Bread
242 Stabbing Season
246 The Nigerian Prince
250 You & Me
255 Rabbits
264 A Conversation with Neil Patrick Harris
276 A Conversation with Guy Hollingworth

281 Cards &
281 The Paris Assembly
290 Clean Queens
292 The Fairest One of All
301 Hands-Off
304 A Conversation with Kevin James
309 A Conversation with Mac King
316 A Conversation with Martin Lewis
322 No
327 Sticker Shock
331 The Power in Not Knowing
332 The Prisoner
335 The Valentine Trick
340 A Transposition
343 Improving the Invisible
344 A Conversation with John Lovick
348 A Conversation with Max Maven
355 A Conversation with Eric Mead

362 Monte
363 Two-Eyed Monte
366 Find the Dude
371 Monte Python
375 Perspicacity
382 A Conversation with Jeff McBride
388 A Conversation with Andy Nyman
395 A Conversation with David Roth
402 Paralysis

403 The Rainbow Set
403 Rainbow Dream
407 Rainbow Simon
411 Rainbow in the Bag
414 A Conversation with Jim Steinmeyer
420 A Conversation with Suzanne
427 A Conversation with Juan Tamariz

433 Stand-Up & Stage
433 Thirty Seconds
434 Not Hattie
435 Doctor, Doctor
441 Fiscal Waste
449 A Cop Wallet
453 David's Bottle
458 A Moment
466 The Beer, The Ball, & The Baby
471 Examining Examination
472 In Flight
477 A Conversation with Teller
485 A Conversation with Johnny Thompson
489 A Conversation with Paul Vigil
493 Lucky Number
499 Quotable
505 The Secret
510 The Human Element
511 It Will Never Happen Again (Part Three)
511 The Survey
517 Tossed Across
521 Falling Down
524 Two Ships (That Pass in the Night)
530 A Conversation with Michael Weber
536 A Conversation with David Williamson
539 A Conversation with R. Paul Wilson
545 A Conversation with Rob Zabrecky

553 In Conclusion