Book Author: Paul Harris
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close up fantasies series
SYNOPSIS: The Close-Up Fantasies series represents Paul Harris at the height of his creative explosion during the early 1980s. Across the three volumes, Harris presents dozens of original close-up routines featuring cards, coins, bills, everyday objects, and unconventional props, all characterized by his signature blend of visual impossibility, playful humor, and imaginative thinking. The books challenge traditional…
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Close Up Entertainer
SYNOPSIS: Close-Up Entertainer is one of Paul Harris’s classic early works and a precursor to many of the ideas later refined in his acclaimed Art of Astonishment series. The book features twenty-nine inventive routines using cards, coins, bills, cigarettes, wax lips, and other everyday objects, all presented with Harris’s signature blend of offbeat humor, strong visual magic, and…
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Art of astonishment series
SYNOPSIS: Paul Harris’s The Art of Astonishment is a three-volume collection showcasing some of the creator’s most imaginative and influential magic. Blending inventive methods with memorable presentations, the series explores visual magic, offbeat plots, and audience-centered performance, featuring effects with cards, coins, mentalism, everyday objects, and impromptu magic. Considered a modern classic, the books have inspired countless…
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a close up kinda guy
SYNOPSIS: What the heck is a Close-up kinda guy anyways? On the one hand you’ve got your asic skilled Close-up artist, well-versed in bold bluffs, cheap shots, and other pseudo strategies of deception. While on the other hand (the clean one) you’ve got your basic fun kinda guy, genetically compelled to provoke verbal warmies, mental…
