101 Ways to Amaze & Entertain


Book Description

101 Ways to Amaze & Entertain makes kids into magicians who are always ready with a trick or a gag. The easy-to-follow illustrations make learning magic simple! Who isn't amazed by a perfectly pulled off magic trick? 101 Ways to Amaze & Entertain turns you into the charismatic magician who's always ready with a trick and clever quip. This magic guide is the perfect combination of tricks, jokes, pranks, and illusions that aren't only entertaining for you, but also acts as your manual to learning new tricks and jokes that will amaze and entertain your friends and family members. With this book you can: Make a magic wand vanish up your nose Remove a ring from a piece of string Make predictions Read your friends’ minds Make one arm longer than the other Plus 96 other fun gags, magic tricks, and jokes to perform! 101 Ways to Amaze & Entertain can help you become a confident, funny magician by showing you unique tricks and gags with clear, easy-to-follow instructions and humorous illustrations. It provides tips on effectively telling jokes, how to deal with hecklers, as well as step-by-step instructions for 50 magic tricks. Additional instructions include performance tips that help you to create a complete magic act. Once you master the tricks, jokes, pranks, and illusions in this book, you will be able to amaze your friends and family! All you need is some skill and confidence and you’ll be surprising and making people laugh in no time.




101 Ways to Amaze & Entertain


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Provides tips on telling jokes, how to deal with hecklers, as well as step-by-step instructions for fifty magic tricks.




That's Magic!


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It's the best introduction ever to the world of trickery, legerdemain, and prestidigitation! An eminent member of the esteemed Magic Circle--elite magicians who have attained the highest standard in their art--offers you endless hours of entertainment performing amazing feats of conjuring. First, find out something about the fascinating history of illusionism. Then put together your bag of tricks, made up of only a few household props, and you are ready to entertain! 40 incredible capers are accompanied by color photographs. "Force" the spectator to choose a particular card; make coins vanish into thin air; hang a bangle on an already-knotted rope; and do divine divination. Plus: the "three M's" of magic (misdirection, motivation, and moment) and special insider terminology.




Joshua Jay's Amazing Book of Cards


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Demonstrates how to perform different types of card tricks with step-by-step instructions and photographs.




Investigating Magic


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Belief in magic has been around since early human civilization. Whether ancient black magic or medieval witchcraft, practices believed to call upon supernatural forces are part of nearly every culture. Even in secular societies, stage magic and children's series such as Harry Potter hold a respected place as a form of entertainment. In this title, the history of magic-both paranormal and performative-is explored in all its facets. Readers will be introduced to magical practices and the science that explains many of them away.




101 Magic Tricks


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Now is your chance to learn 101 magic tricks, specially selected for the amateur, which don't require any equipment, and are easily explained.




The Planets 101


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The Planets 101 is required reading for every young astronomer and future astronaut! This educational and entertaining board book takes a dazzling look at our solar system - from the 800 degree days on Mercury to the 1,000 mile winds on Neptune. The Planets 101 will amaze young and old with unbelievable photos and facts, presented in a unique, panoramic fold-out format providing an incredible view of the entire solar system. The Planets 101 makes a great gift for every young explorer.




Theme Park Design & the Art of Themed Entertainment


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Theme Park Design & The Art of Themed Entertainment aims to be the most in-depth book on theme park design ever written, documenting for professional designers, theme park design students, and curious theme park fans, the fascinating processes and techniques that go into creating the amazing worlds of theme park design.




Astonish Yourself


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This playful and profound French bestseller about finding the miraculous in the mundane offers 101 experiments in the philosophy of everyday life.




101 Bets You Will Always Win


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YouTube sensation, psychologist Richard Wiseman, shows you how to astound your friends with 101 Bets You Will Always Win Everyone loves a winner. Imagine being able to challenge anyone with seemingly impossible bets, safe in the knowledge that you will always win. Imagine no more. Richard Wiseman is a psychologist who has traveled the globe in search of the world's greatest bets and in "101 Bets You Will Always Win" he shows you how to use science, logic and a healthy dose of trickery always to be on the winning side of every bet you make. Using coins, dice, matchsticks and ordinary objects, you'll discover, among many other things, - how to balance a coin on the edge of a dollar bill - pick a cup up with a balloon - balance two forks and a matchstick on your fingertip - separate two glasses without touching them In explaining the bets, Wiseman also explains the science behind them making what at first seems mystifying as natural as the laws of gravity. Let YouTube sensation Richard Wiseman turn you into one of those smart people who can say "I'll bet I can..." and know that you'll never lose.