Richardson, Barrie: Act Two ©2005, Published by Hermetic Press Hardcover, 366 pages

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Contents:

ix Introduction (Michael Weber)
xiii Preface

1 Chapter I: Winners All
7 The Thought Hatchery
12 Another World
19 Do Continue
25 Everyone a Winner
29 The Modest Memory routine

35 Chapter II: Devilish Devices
39 The Ambiguous Coffee Can
41 The Legal Switch-pad
44 Devious Deck Switch
48 Rounders
52 Lazy Magician's Memorized Deck
54 Double-Sided Peek Box

57 Chapter III: After Dessert
61 Solid Ghost revisited
67 the Power of Touch
71 After the Dessert Thought Transference
74 Impromptu Psychic Matching
78 The Janie Test

83 Chapter IV: Money Matters
87 The Human Scale
93 But There's More!
105 Net Worth
114 Helicopter Coins
121 Dr. Faust Does a Miracle

125 Chapter V: Mind Excursions
129 The Tossed-out Magazine
135 Untouched
144 Birthday Cards
150 Marble Memories
157 The Simplex Mind-reading Routine

165 Chapter VI: Magic And Metaphor
171 Giant Pairs Repaired
175 Letting Go!
179 The Impossible Knot Routine
188 Seeing with the Chinese Eye
192 The Unchecked Assumption
196 The Astonishing Rice jar Suspension
203 The ABCs of Our Lives

207 Chapter VII: Card Deceptions
211 "My Card" Trick
217 Optical Brainwave Illusion
223 Bluff Card to Pocket
229 1-2-3 Card in Wallet
234 Out of My Sight, But in My Mind
241 A Mental Maguffin

247 Chapter VIII: Paper Chase
251 Business Card Center Tear
256 Post-It Note Center Tear
261 Eliminate the Negative
264 A Question is Answered
270 Contact
275 The Double Billet
281 The Devil's Peek
287 The Devil's Routine

293 Chapter IX: Super Mentality
299 Thoughts on the Memorized Magazine Demonstration
303 Fifty-two Cards in Succession
308 Synergistic Memory Demonstration
313 The Incredible Human Calculator

321 Chapter X: Aha! Think Of A Card
325 Final Ecstasy
333 Psychic Poker
341 Impromptu Princess
346 The Blind Voice-detector

351 Epilogue: Reflections