MAGIC!

Magic and Magic Tricks

Become a Magician, Master Magic Tricks, and Mesmerize Your Friends or just simply make a Kid say
" Wow, how'd you do that? "

From the vanishing coin to the floating playing card, simple magic tricks are sure to please everyone. Following step by step instructions, packed with photo illustrations and some practice, you can quickly be on your way to becoming a magician.

Magic is the art of entertaining by creating illusions through sleight of hand, misdirection, concealment and suggestion. Magicians have always been for entertainment, whereas witch doctors and medicine men may have used some of the same techniques but for other purposes. The first recorded Magicians date all the way back to Egyptian times. More history at the Wikipedia entry Magic and Illusion.

Try these paperbacks and ebooks to get started. Then, once your mesmerizing your friends with your prestidigitation, explore the history of magicians like the famed escape artist Harry Houdini up to today's masters like David Copperfield!