Precision in card magic is something many practitioners spend decades striving for. And beyond purely looking for precision in magic tricks from the viewpoint of sleights or misdirection, there are those who also want to know the inner workings of magic from a provable mathematical point of view. Indeed, many card tricks revolve around quite [...]
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Classic Correspondence by Mike Caveney
Mike Caveney’s monthly column for MAGIC magazine is well known for it’s fascinating letters taken from the Egyptian Halls Museum’s files. In this new book, the first twenty four articles from the series have been collected together. The book itself is an attractive, beautifully presented hardback that will be a delight to collector’s of quality [...]
Alexander: The Man Who Knew by David Charvet
Claude Alexander Conlin was a talented stage magician who became famous in the 1910s and 20s for his mind reading and prediction act. Billed as “The Man Who Knows”, he performed dressed in robes and turban, along with what was to become his trademark prop; a crystal ball. He became a very wealthy man, [...]
The Evolution of Card Manipulation by Lee Ang Hsuan
Lee Ang Hsuan is a very talented and, for a change, original magician. He’s been in increasing demand lately with many invitations flooding in from magic conventions. The Evolution of Card Manipulation is a DVD that covers many of Lee Ang Hsuan’s technical methods of card manipulation in a clear and understandable step by step [...]
Handle With Carey with John Carey
Handle with Carey by John Carey features 11 spectator friendly magic tricks that Carey uses as part of his professional act. One nice point with this DVD is a number of the routines don’t require any knuckle busting sleight-of-hand skills, only a working knowledge of basic sleights. What’s included on the Handle with Carey DVD? [...]
Lennart Green Masterfile
I’ve been a fan of Lennart Green’s work for many years. Give me a choice between a book and a DVD and I’m normally go for the book. One of the few exceptions to this rule is when something by Lennart Green is released. Masterfile is a serious DVD set. None of that 20 minute [...]
