Subject: Coins
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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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Maelstrom
SYNOPSIS: Maelstrom is an expansive collection of Tom Stone’s original magic, creative experiments, performance pieces, and theoretical thinking. Drawing on his experience as a full-time professional, Stone covers both close-up and stage work, moving between polished routines, technical studies, short ideas, and explicitly identified works in progress. Rather than functioning simply as a trick manual, the…
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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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Greater Magic Library
SYNOPSIS: The Greater Magic Library is one of the most comprehensive and influential works ever published on the art of conjuring. Based on John Northern Hilliard’s original manuscript and completed after his death by Jean Hugard and Carl Waring Jones, the work compiles the knowledge of many of the greatest magicians of the early twentieth century…
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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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Flamenco
SYNOPSIS: Flamenco is Juan Tamariz’s long-awaited third volume in his celebrated Bewitched Music series, following Sonata and Mnemonica. Written by Stephen Minch and refined over nearly three decades, the book presents some of Tamariz’s most cherished professional repertoire, featuring routines that have evolved through countless performances. The material spans cards, coins, color-changing knives, and interactive effects for both live and broadcast…
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Expert Coin Magic
SYNOPSIS: Expert Coin Magic is considered one of the most influential books ever written on coin magic and stands alongside Modern Coin Magic and CoinMagic as one of the three essential texts for serious coin workers. Written by Richard Kaufman to document the groundbreaking work of David Roth, the book presents Roth’s complete approach to modern coin magic, from foundational…
