Turnbull, Stephanie: Super Skills - Magic
Skills ©2014 Franklin Watts, London |
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Comments: A beginner's book of magic, though with a
strange needle through arm effect...
Contents (from book):
4 That's Impossible: intro, golden rules
6 Magic Basics: misdirection
8 Perfect Props
8 - Escaping Rubber Band: jumps on fingers
9 - Paper Clip Flip: link on dollar bill
10 Money Magic
10 - Money Mind Reader: find the coin held by the spectator
11 - Sticky Coin Vanish
12 Paper Pranks
12 - The Expanding Hole: walk through a post-card
13 - Paper Loops: the Mobius Strip
14 Card Magic
14 - Cutting Cards
15 - Royal Couples: usng a stacked deck
16 Shuffling Tricks
16 - Straight Shuffle
16 - Sneaky Stuff
17 - Rising Jacks: come to the top of four piles
18 More Card Skills
18 - The Magic Touch: magician removes specified card from deck in
pocket
19 - Card Vanish: in a box
20 Rope Tricks
20 - Instant Knot
21 - Magical Mending String (cut and restored)
22 Mind-Reading Magic
22 - Word Genius: simple book test
23 - Double Acts: using a confederate
24 Science Magic
24 - Upward Water: water extinguishes a match
25 - Soap Power: a small boat propels by soap
25 - Floating Arm: physical stunt
26 Extreme Magic
26 - Going to Pieces: when sawing in half first appeared
27 - Ouch!: needle through arm
27 - History: Great escapes, Endurance feats
28 What Next?: planning an act, costumes, skills
30 Glossary
31 Useful Websites
32 Index