Rose, Jim: Snake Oil ©2016 Jim Rose, Bartleby Press Softcover, perfect-bound, 5.5x8.5", 160 pages ISBN-13 : 978-0910155595

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Comments: "Life's calculations, misdirections, and manipulations"

Contents (from book ToC):

xiii Introduction
1 Entertaining Animals

1 So You Want to Bullfight?
2 Kangaroo Boxing and Other Animal Stunts
3 Python Death Grip
4 Animals Can be Hypnotized
5 Alligator Jumping
5 Flea Cruelty
6 Bear Bicycling
6 Mouse in Wheel
7 Cruelty to Man
8 Squirrelly Cat

9 Devices and Sleights for Deception
9 Blindfolds
12 Swami Gimmicks
13 Sleight of Hand
13 Human Blockhead
13 Dice Switch

19 Hypnotism, Mind Control, and other Mysterious Feats
20 Stage Hypnotism
20 Easy Way Out
21 Easier Way Out
21 Controlling Power
22 Pulse Control
23 High Pressure
23 Your Future
24 Bad Fortune
24 Cold as Hot
25 Trick Yourself

27 On Stage
27 Georgia Magnet
28 Devilish Broomstick
28 Vanishing Glass
29 Magical Ball of Paper
28 Dirt in Eyes
30 Dry as Water
30 Name the Card
30 Valentine Trick
31 One Good Apple
31 Sawing a Woman in Half
33 Mirror Mirage
33 Wooden Match Mysteries
35 Tens
37 Rising Arms
37 Middle Eastern Strong Hold
38 Rung Out 38
38 Glowing Eyes
39 Rip a Phone Book with Your Hands
39 Temperature Changing
40 Balancing Acts for the Dinner Table
42 The Inflamed Sugar Cube
42 Pest Your Vest
43 Psychic Hand
44 The Human X-Ray Test
45 Real Control of the Blood
46 Metal Bending
46 The One that Got Me

49 Genius Mind
49 My Favorite Days
49 Day Tripper
50 I Know What You're Thinking
51 Psychic Object
51 Sooth Sayer's Pride
52 Is The Person Alive or Dead?
53 Change in Pocket #1
53 Change in Pocket #2
54 The Shoes Say It All
54 Two Heads Equal One
55 Never a Loser
56 I Know the Music Playing In Your Head!
57 Magazine, Anyone?
58 Pin City
59 Memory of an Elephant
63 Brain Eraser
64 Brain Eraser # Two

65 At the Risk of Bodily Harm
65 Tough Man with Lockjaw
66 One-Finger Lift
66 Run-Over Fun
67 Sword Swallowing
68 Hold a Man Overhead With One Hand
68 Magical Weight Gain
68 Suspended Animation
69 Hold Fire With Your Hands
69 Eating Red Hot Pepper
70 Walking On Hot Coals
70 Human Bench
71 Fire-Eating
72 Flaming Banana
72 Hammer a Nail With Your Hand
72 Can't Break Away
73 Hot Coal Diet
74 Light a Cigarette In Your Mouth
74 Two Strong Fists
74 Five-Finger Discount

77 Feats of Torture
77 Branding Oneself With a Hot Iron
78 Needle Jabbing
78 Fangs of Lucifer
80 The Trap Trick
81 Drinking Acid
82 Putting Fingers in Hot Lead
82 Bar Through Tongue
83 Piercing the Tongue
83 Pierced Weight-Lifting
84 Buried Alive
85 The Human Fountain
85 Human Radio Feature
86 Human Pincushion

87 Bar Bets, Impress Your Friends and Win Free Drinks
87 Knife in a Glass
88 Cheesy Bar Bet
88 Drunk and Acrobatic
88 Rising Salt Shaker
89 Unusual Fireworks
89 A Spoonful of Fire
89 Fire Bar Bet
90 Deck of Cards Torn in Half
90 Twenty-Sic Drop Pop
91 The Flies Have It
91 The Edible Candle
91 The Ice Candle
92 One Hundred Words Bet
92 The Big Hit
92 Dry Coin
93 Locked Knee
94 Second Time Around
94 Ping Pong Schnoz
94 Paper Bridge
95 Smoky Drink
96 A Quarter is Too Heavy to Lift
97 Spoon Boom
98 Dad's Favorite
99 Unusual Lighter
99 Smoke Produced From Sleeve
100 The Jerk
100 Artificial Blizzard
100 One Through Ten

101 Gambling Scams and Card Sharps
101 Face-Up Poker
102 Marked Deck
103 Monte Myth #1
104 Monte Myth #2
105 The Talking King
106 If the Shoe Fits, Steal It
106 Craps Props
108 The Sure Bet
109 Internet Gambling

111 The Numbers Game
111 All Numbers Lead to the Same One
113 Repeated Number
113 100 to 999
114 Which Day Is It?
116 Date Prediction
117 Easy Mental Arithmetic

119 Carnival Games
119 Strung Out
120 Getting Nailed
120 Basket Case
121 The Bottle Toss
122 Age Guessing
123 The Weight Guess
124 Baby Show 124
124 Hoop and Block Game
124 Go Fishing
125 The Mark
125 The Geek Act

127 Street Scams
127 Beware of this One!
128 Chalk One Up
129 Short Change
129 The Oopsy
130 A Dog Called Unlucky
131 The Ring Sting
132 Alerts
132 Three Penny Smack
133 Bon Appétit!
135 It's in the Mail
136 Homeless and Rich
136 Keep the Receipt
137 The Yard Stick to Riches
137 Airport Taxi Scam
138 I Know I can Trust You, Right?
138 Shoe Gazer
138 May I Use the Phone?
138 The Perfect Time Waster
139 Consumer Scams
139 Tooth Ache
139 Telemarketing
140 Coin Collectors
141 Money from Your Nose
141 Urine Test
143 Drug Scams

145 Get Out of Jail Free Cards
145 The Injury
145 Shockabi
146 Excuse Me
146 Speed
147 Vanish
149 One, Two, Three, on Billy Hiding Behind that Door
150 Pick Pocket Psychology
151 Body Language
152 First Impression
152 The Handshake
153 Sneaky Smoker
154 Twenty-First Century Phobias
154 Getting Even
155 House Down
155 Box of Rocks
155 Merry Christmas
156 Winning a Fight
156 Easy Jail Time
156 How to Get Everything You Want

157 About the Author