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Wonder Words
Kenton Knepper
Kenton Knepper’s audio teaching series on language in magic and mentalism. A guide to its purpose, practical study and the differences between physical sets, workbooks and later course editions.
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Dynamite Mentalism
George B. Anderson
George B. Anderson’s focused booklet on a spoken Q&A act: thought-of questions, reading-style presentation and the demands of performing without written billets.
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The Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
Jean Hugard
Jean Hugard’s extensive reference collection of card magic: ordinary cards, prepared packs, spelling effects and contrasting methods, with guidance on editions and buying a used copy.
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Simplicity, Audacity and Bluff
Val Andrews
Val Andrews explores how simple methods gain impact through confident presentation, audience management and theatrical bluff. An English-language specialist booklet for magicians interested in the performance behind the…
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My Best
J. G. Thompson Jr.
A substantial 1945 anthology of 193 contributions from 115 magicians, spanning cards, close-up magic, home magic and stage effects.
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Greater Magic
John Northern Hilliard
The landmark 1938 encyclopedia of modern magic: over 1,000 pages, 813 entries and Harlan Tarbell illustrations.
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The Amateur Magician’s Handbook
Henry Hay
A substantial 1950 classic: cards, coins, apparatus, mental magic, close-up, children’s shows and platform work - with useful limits for today’s reader.
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Theater of the Mind
Barrie Richardson
Barrie Richardson’s 1999 collection of 53 audience-tested mentalism and magic routines, valued for practical construction and complete presentations.
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Miracles of Suggestion
Kenton Knepper
A concise study of suggestion in performance magic and mentalism, with practical examples and contributions by Luke Jermay.
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Professional Presentations
Al Koran
Al Koran’s repertoire written up by Hugh Miller: the medallion prediction, mental magic, card and ring routines, with guidance on editions and used copies.
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You, Too, Can Read Minds
George B. Anderson
George B. Anderson’s 1968 sequel expands his practical mentalism with predictions, book tests, psychometry, drawing duplication, muscle reading and blindfold work.
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202 Methods of Forcing
Theo Annemann
Theodore Annemann’s 1933 reference catalogues forces for cards, numbers, books and objects, ranging from impromptu handling to prepared decks and apparatus.
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Completely Cold
Kenton Knepper
A concise reading system by Kenton Knepper and J. Tank Hanna, designed around a few adaptable principles rather than props or memorised scripts.
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It Must Be Mind Reading
George B. Anderson
George B. Anderson’s 1949 classic joins practical Q&A mentalism, billets, impression devices, book tests and professional staging advice for the solo performer.
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The Compleat Magick
Bascom Jones
Bascom Jones Jr.’s monumental archive preserves 496 issues of Magick: more than two decades of mentalism, performance theory and specialist contributions.
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En Rapport
Theo Annemann
Theodore Annemann’s 1937 blueprint for a practical two-person telepathy act, combining a subtle verbal code with cards, borrowed objects and a strong slate finale.
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Annemann’s One Man Mental and Psychic Routine
Theo Annemann
A concise 1935 blueprint for a complete 20-to-30-minute solo mentalism act, combining billet work, predictions, book tests and practical routining.
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Mind, Myth, and Magick
T. A. Waters
A detailed guide to T. A. Waters’ landmark collection of more than 200 mentalism and bizarre-magick routines, essays and working principles.
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The Mental Mysteries and Other Writings of William W. Larsen, Sr.
William Larsen Sr.
A substantial anthology of William W. Larsen Sr.’s professional mentalism: readings, muscle reading, coded telepathy, publicity lectures, séances, escapes and the influential Dr. Q material.
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Stunners! The Mental Magic of Larry Becker
Larry Becker
Larry Becker's award-winning 1992 collection of practical mentalism for close-up, platform and stage.
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Red Hot Cold Reading: The Professional Pseudo Psychic
Herb Dewey & Thomas K. Saville, Ph.D.
Herb Dewey and Thomas K. Saville's systematic 1984 guide to cold reading, performance structure and participant feedback.
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Conjurers’ Psychological Secrets
S. H. Sharpe
S. H. Sharpe’s 1988 taxonomy of perception, suggestion, misdirection, memory and reasoning in magic, presented as a practical design system for conjurers.
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Out of the Deep Freeze
Ford Kross
Ford Kross’s influential early treatise on cold reading, conversational feedback, reading atmosphere and The Talking Tarot, critically assessed for modern performers.
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Paramiracles
Ted Lesley
Ted Lesley’s professional mentalism: more than thirty routines, utilities and performance lessons in the substantially revised 1994 Hermetic Press edition.
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The Bold and Subtle Miracles of Dr. Faust
David Hoy
David Hoy's influential 1963 mentalism booklet, featuring the Bold Book Test, Tossed Out Deck, headline predictions and his performance-first bold approach.
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Dai Vernon's Revelations 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Dai Vernon
A comprehensive eleven-DVD, four-CD and two-booklet archive of Dai Vernon's teaching, rare lectures, technique, theory and magic history.
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Practical Mental Effects
Theodore Annemann
A substantial collection of mental magic drawn largely from The Jinx, bringing together Annemann and many other creators.
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Tarbell Complete cours in magic
Tarbell
The Tarbell Course in Magic by Harlan Tarbell is one of the most important and comprehensive instructional works in the history of magic. The multi-volume collection covers almost every major branch of classical magic -…
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Magic tricks
Bicycle USPPC
Bicycle USPPC
Bicycle Playing Cards are among the most recognizable playing cards in the world and have been closely connected with card magic, card games and collecting for generations. The Bicycle brand was introduced in the Uni…
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Eberhard Riese - Foundations
Eberhard Riese
Foundations by Eberhard Riese is not a conventional magic book that simply presents a collection of new tricks. Instead, it focuses on a more fundamental question: what makes a magical performance truly strong, and how …
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Psychological Subtleties
Banachek (Steve Shaw)
The first volume of Banachek's Psychological Subtleties explores how small presentational choices can shape the experience of mentalism.
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13 Steps to Mentalism
Tony Corinda
Tony Corinda's thirteen-part course offers a broad map of classic mentalism, from techniques and memory demonstrations to presentation.
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The Color Series of Mentalism
Max Maven (Phil Goldstein)
Five colour-named booklets by Max Maven, originally published as Phil Goldstein, later brought together in the hardcover Prism.
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