Author : Joshua Jay
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 21,71 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0761158421
Demonstrates how to perform different types of card tricks with step-by-step instructions and photographs.
Author : Jen Klein
Publisher : Ember
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 17,29 MB
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0553509853
When Harry Met Sally for YA romance readers. This opposites-attract love story is perfect for fans of Huntley Fitzpatrick, Stephanie Perkins, and Jenny Han. June wants high school to end and real life to begin. Oliver is soaking up senior year’s glory days. They could have coasted through high school, knowing about—but not really knowing—each other. Except that their moms have arranged for Oliver to drive June to school. Every. Single. Day. Suddenly these two opposites are fighting about music, life . . . pretty much everything. But love is unpredictable. When promises—and hearts—get broken, Oliver and June must figure out what really matters. And then fight for it. “Addictive. Fans of Deb Caletti and Sarah Dessen will enjoy this sweet romance.” —SLJ “An entertaining and even touching romance.” —Kirkus Reviews “Satisfying from the first fractious car ride right down to the unabashedly happy ending. A fine romance.” —Booklist
Author : Persi Diaconis
Publisher : American Mathematical Society
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 11,89 MB
Release : 2023-03-20
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1470463032
This book gives a lively development of the mathematics needed to answer the question, “How many times should a deck of cards be shuffled to mix it up?” The shuffles studied are the usual ones that real people use: riffle, overhand, and smooshing cards around on the table. The mathematics ranges from probability (Markov chains) to combinatorics (symmetric function theory) to algebra (Hopf algebras). There are applications to magic tricks and gambling along with a careful comparison of the mathematics to the results of real people shuffling real cards. The book explores links between shuffling and higher mathematics—Lie theory, algebraic topology, the geometry of hyperplane arrangements, stochastic calculus, number theory, and more. It offers a useful springboard for seeing how probability theory is applied and leads to many corners of advanced mathematics. The book can serve as a text for an upper division course in mathematics, statistics, or computer science departments and will be appreciated by graduate students and researchers in mathematics, statistics, and computer science, as well as magicians and people with a strong background in mathematics who are interested in games that use playing cards.
Author : S. Brent Morris
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,82 MB
Release : 2020-08-03
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1470458497
Author : A. H. Almaas
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 25,53 MB
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0834843943
More than just a tool to diagnose your personality type, the Enneagram was originally developed to help people find the ultimate freedom of consciousness and achieve spiritual liberation. A. H. Almaas brings us back to this original mission as he shares the essential keys that will help readers break free from the limitations and distortions of each type’s fixation—and to express their true spiritual nature in everyday life.
Author : Clinton Heylin
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 19,52 MB
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0143124552
The celebrated popular music scholar presents an intimate portrait of The Boss and his legendary band Bruce Springsteen fans know that the band makes the man, which is why millions of people have jammed stadiums and arenas to see The Boss play countless shows with his incredible E Street Band. In this revelatory and unapologetic biography, respected music scholar Clinton Heylin turns a critical eye towards Springsteen’s early days, capturing this classic phase of his career and his rise from Asbury Park hood rat to global rock star. Using long-buried archival recordings and bootlegs, Heylin expertly traces Springsteen’s creative process as a songwriter and performer and illuminates the roles of the E Street Band members in creating their distinctive sound. Highly nuanced and as fiery as Springsteen himself, E Street Shuffle offers the most revealing portrait yet written on this American icon.
Author : Jean Hugard
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 23,20 MB
Release : 2012-06-28
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0486156680
DIVSimple-to-use book gives versatile repertoire of first rate card tricks. The authors, both expert magicians, present clear explanations of basic techniques and over 100 complete tricks. 121 figures. /div
Author : Persi Diaconis
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 19,83 MB
Release : 2011-10-03
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1400839386
The mathematics behind some of the world's most amazing card tricks Magical Mathematics reveals the secrets of fun-to-perform card tricks—and the profound mathematical ideas behind them—that will astound even the most accomplished magician. Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham provide easy, step-by-step instructions for each trick, explaining how to set up the effect and offering tips on what to say and do while performing it. Each card trick introduces a new mathematical idea, and varying the tricks in turn takes readers to the very threshold of today's mathematical knowledge. Diaconis and Graham tell the stories—and reveal the best tricks—of the eccentric and brilliant inventors of mathematical magic. The book exposes old gambling secrets through the mathematics of shuffling cards, explains the classic street-gambling scam of three-card Monte, traces the history of mathematical magic back to the oldest mathematical trick—and much more.
Author : Hummer Grissom
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 28,17 MB
Release : 2019-01-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1984504223
In this book, we learn how the wonderful, magical Mister Shuffles helps a little boy overcome his fears.
Author : Zoro
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 42,72 MB
Release : 2013-10-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 1470622548
The Commandments of the Half-Time Shuffle is the first book dedicated exclusively to learning about and playing the half-time shuffle. Complete with historical analysis and overviews of the lineage of the style, the book will equip drummers with all of the necessary tools needed to conquer one of the most beloved, yet mystifying, grooves in drumming history. The book features photos, album cover art, motivational quotes, recommended listening, as well as transcriptions of the most definitive half-time shuffle grooves. Gain insight and wisdom from Zoro, one of the legendary masters of R&B drumming, and master the language of the triplet---the foundation of all shuffles. The Commandments of the Half-Time Shuffle is highly innovative, informative, inspirational, and is sure to be a classic!
