Skill Level: Intermediate
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Magie Duvivier
SYNOPSIS: Magie Duvivier presents the distinctive close-up magic of French magician Dominique Duvivier, written and organized by Jon Racherbaumer. The book explores Duvivier’s unconventional approach to constructing magic, combining highly visual effects, playful presentations, unusual methods, and unexpected transformations. Although card magic forms the heart of the collection—including Duvivier’s celebrated “Printing” routine—the book also contains material…
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Magic by Misdirection
SYNOPSIS: Magic by Misdirection is Dariel Fitzkee’s systematic study of how magicians influence an audience’s attention, interpretation, expectations, and memory to create deception. Rather than treating misdirection as simply making spectators look elsewhere, Fitzkee examines the broader psychology behind magical conviction: establishing normal conditions, disguising method, controlling attention, encouraging assumptions, and shaping how an effect is…
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Letters from Juan Series
SYNOPSIS: Letters from Juan is a six-volume series in which Juan Tamariz writes conversationally to the reader as though addressing a close magical friend. Drawing on roughly fifty years of performing and developing magic, Tamariz explains previously unpublished routines alongside their presentation, construction, variations, history, and underlying theory. The series is intimate and informal rather than a conventional encyclopedic course, combining personal reflections with material designed to astonish both lay audiences and knowledgeable magicians. The English editions were translated from Spanish by Rafael Benatar. Book Details: Author/Creator: Juan TamarizPublisher: Penguin MagicEdition: 1stPublication Year: 2022Subjects: Cards, Knives, MemoryPages: 256Skill Level: IntermediateAvailability: Penguin Magic
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Korem Without Limits
SYNOPSIS: Korem Without Limits is a 1985 collection of 25 original magic effects and techniques by professional magician Danny Korem. It emphasizes practical, performance-ready routines for close-up and stand-up magic, including the influential Omni Deck routine. The 181-page book also discusses stand-up performance and Korem’s exposure of alleged psychic James Hydrick. Book Details: Author/Creator: Danny KoremPublisher:…
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Interpreting Magic
SYNOPSIS: Interpreting Magic is David Regal’s highly anticipated follow-up to Approaching Magic and represents far more than a collection of tricks. Combining over sixty polished routines with insightful essays and more than thirty in-depth conversations with many of magic’s leading performers and creators, the book explores how magicians transform methods into memorable experiences. Regal presents commercial material for…
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Approaching Magic
SYNOPSIS: Approaching Magic by David Regal is a collection of original close-up magic that reflects Regal’s creative thinking, practical construction, and entertaining performance style. The book features commercial routines using cards, coins, and everyday objects, along with insightful discussions on presentation, routining, and audience management. Blending clever methods with engaging plots and humor, Approaching Magic has become a…
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Hugard’s Magic Monthly
SYNOPSIS: How to Develop a Super-Power Memory by Harry Lorayne is a classic guide to memory training that teaches practical techniques for remembering names, faces, numbers, speeches, appointments, lists, and other everyday information. Using Lorayne’s association and visualization methods, the book demonstrates how anyone can dramatically improve their memory through practice. Although not a magic book,…
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Full Bloom Series
SYNOPSIS: The Full Bloom series is the definitive collection of the creative genius of Gaëtan Bloom, gathering more than 150 original effects, routines, utility ideas, essays, lecture material, and performance pieces developed over his remarkable career. Spanning close-up magic, stage, parlor, cabaret, mentalism, comedy, illusions, and inventive gimmicks, the two-volume work reveals not only Bloom’s ingenious methods…
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Evidence of a Well Spent Life
SYNOPSIS: Evidence of a Well Spent Life is Helge Thun’s first full-length book in English and showcases the thoughtful, theatrical card magic that has made him one of Europe’s most respected performers. Rather than presenting isolated tricks, the book focuses on multi-phase routines that build steadily toward memorable climaxes, emphasizing structure, audience engagement, and impossibility. Alongside…
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Encore 3
SYNOPSIS: Encore 3 is the third volume in Michael Ammar’s acclaimed Command Performance Series, collecting audience-tested routines from Ammar and many of the leading close-up performers of the era. Rather than focusing on a single branch of magic, the book offers a diverse repertoire of professional material with cards, coins, bills, sponge balls, and everyday objects, emphasizing…
