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Amazing Magic Tricks for Beginners

Impress Your Friends with Simple to Learn Magic that Anyone Can Do

Bryan Miles

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English
New Shoe Press
10 October 2023
Series: New Shoe Press
With a little practice and this beginner's guide, you will quickly be amazing your friends and family with your new sleight-of-hand craft. Being an accomplished magician definitely takes practice, but it starts with the right instruction. Amazing Magic Tricks for Beginners offers just the right level of foundational guidance in easy-to-follow, illustrated, step-by-step instruction. Whether it's cards, coins, or magic boxes and hats, even the most inexperienced magic enthusiasts will be able to access the insider magic tips and performance advice taught in this book.

Professional magician Bryan Miles from the world-renowned School of Magic presents: A guide to all the tools you will need to do everything from a simple card trick to tricks that use multiple props to execute

The practical elements for executing a wide array of tricks, starting with the basics and including fresh takes on traditional tricks

Performance skills such as distraction, sleight of hand, storytelling, and pace, which are the key to executing a convincing magic trick Amazing Magic Tricks for Beginners will give you the inspiration you need to create a magic show around every trick you perform. No matter which end of the spectrum your magic aspirations fall in, you will succeed in performing your tricks of choice with panache and leave your audience wondering how you did it. Always wanted to pull a coin out from behind an ear or pull the queen of hearts from a shuffled deck of 52 cards? This book will teach you what you need to know to be the magician you've always wanted to be!

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Imprint:   New Shoe Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 191mm, 
Weight:   499g
ISBN:   9780760383704
ISBN 10:   0760383707
Series:   New Shoe Press
Pages:   144
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Contents CHAPTER 1: The Foundation  The Hand  The Deck of Cards  Mechanic’s Grip and Biddle Grip  Classic Two-Handed Spread  Cutting the Cards  Overhand Shuffle  Riffle Shuffle  Hindu Force  Criss-Cross Force  Slip Force  Finger Palm  Classic Palm  French Drop  Bobo Switch  CHAPTER 2: Magic in the Classroom  Magical Pendulums Color-Changing Pencil  Perplexing Paper Rings  Mind Tapped  Vanishing and Appearing Glue Cap  Which Hand?  CHAPTER 3: Birthday Magic  Phone-Nomenal Birthday  Birthday Card for You!  Impossible Birthday Card Prediction  Card in Balloon  Birthday Card Transformation  Confetti to Candy  CHAPTER 4: Restaurant Magic  Vanishing Sugar  Penetrating Cork  Torn and Restored Straw Paper  Sugar Packet Stab  Psychic Waiter  Traveling Olive  Coin through Napkin  Vanishing Toothpick  CHAPTER 5: Office Magic  Animated Stickman  Acrobatic Linking Paper Clips  Lie for Me  Card on Fan  What Is in My Hand?  Rising Ring on Rubber Band  Magical Number Prediction  CHAPTER 6: Magic at the Bar  Inexhaustible Match  Freeze!  Vanishing Matches  Keep the Change  Penetrating Coin through Coaster  The Traveling Kings  The World of Magic  CHAPTER 7: Street Magic  Ashes on Arm  Receipt to Money  Card on Window  Coin through Hole  Obedient Ketchup Packet  Bending Nail  CHAPTER 8: Holiday Magic  Transporting Napkins  Torn and Restored Tissue Heart  Appearing Rose  Santa’s Production Cone  Spooky Money  CHAPTER 9: Anytime Magic  Devious Domino  Dice Divination  Match through Metal  Tissue Paper Divination  Pencil Prediction  Water to Ice Cubes  Jumping Rubber Band  Do as I Do  Glossary  Credits  Index  About the Author   

Bryan Miles is an award-winning and internationally acclaimed magician. His mind-blowing shows have taken him from London to New York. He has performed at the prestigious Magic Castle in Hollywood, California. He is featured on TV, radio, magazines, and newspapers regularly. Bryan has studied the mysteries of the human mind through illusion, mentalism, magic, and hypnosis. He is a Silver Medallion graduate of the College of Magic in Cape Town and is frequently invited to teach his skills to aspiring magicians. His YouTube channel BryanMilesTV showcases his latest clips in which he demonstrates the incredible power of the human mind. He is currently based in Cape Town, South Africa.

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