Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table

Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table PDF Author: S. W. Erdnase
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ISBN:
Category : Card games
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table

Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table PDF Author: S. W. Erdnase
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Card games
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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The Expert at the Card Table

The Expert at the Card Table PDF Author: S. W. Erdnase
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486156672
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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DIVThe one essential guidebook to attaining the highest level of card mastery, from false shuffling and card palming to dealing from the bottom and three-card monte, plus 14 dazzling card tricks. /div

The Experts at the Card Table

The Experts at the Card Table PDF Author: David Ben
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780987868633
Category : Card tricks
Languages : en
Pages :

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"The Experts at the Card Table is a new interpretation of the seminal work on card cheating and magic, "Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table", self-published originally by an S.W. Erdnase, in Chicago in 1902. Here, Ben offers a fresh and new perspective on what he describes as the "Erdnase System" for "Advantage Play"-- that is, cheating at card play. The reader is taught, in great detail, using over 800 photographs, clandestine card table artifice including how to secretly locate desired cards, secure them and then how to stock them for the deal. Ben has reformulated Erndase's original prose for greater clarity, in order to illustrate how one can falsely shuffle and cut the deck, manage and maintain the desired cards--all the while creating the illusion that the cards are being thoroughly mixed. Finally, the reader is instructed how to place the controlled cards into the desired hands. While the general reader will find the technical information and the "Erdnase System" highly educational, the book is intended for those with an advanced understanding and skillset of this arcane practice. This book is the first of three volumes that examines and discusses the science and art of manipulating playing cards for advantage play."--

The Expert at the Card Table

The Expert at the Card Table PDF Author: S. W. Erdnase.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244967873
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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The Expert at the Card Table

The Expert at the Card Table PDF Author: S. W. Erdnase
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781954621022
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Magician and the Cardsharp

The Magician and the Cardsharp PDF Author: Karl Johnson
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1466833041
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 381

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A famous magician's journey to find the greatest cardsharp ever evokes the forgotten world of magic where Americans found escape during the Great Depression It has the nostalgic quality of an old-fashioned fable, but Karl Johnson's The Magician and the Cardsharp is a true story that lovingly re-creates the sparkle of a vanished world. Here, set against the backdrop of America struggling through the Depression, is the world of magic, a realm of stars, sleight of hand, and sin where dreams could be realized - or stolen away. Following the Crash of '29, Dai Vernon, known by magicians as "the man who fooled Houdini," is tramping down Midwestern backroads, barely making ends meet. While swapping secrets with a Mexican gambler, he hears of a guy he doesn't quite believe is real - a legendary mystery man who deals perfectly from the center of the deck and who locals call the greatest cardsharp of all time. Determined to find the reclusive genius, Vernon sets out on a journey through America's shady, slick, and sinful side - from mob-run Kansas City through railroad towns that looked sleepy only in the daytime. Does he find the sharp? Well, Karl Johnson did - after years of research into Vernon's colorful quest, research that led him to places he never knew existed. Johnson takes us to the cardsharp's doorstep and shows us how he bestowed on Vernon the greatest secret in magic. The Magician and the Cardsharp is a unique and endlessly entertaining piece of history that reveals the artistry and obsession of a special breed of American showmen.

Living My Life

Living My Life PDF Author: Emma Goldman
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486225449
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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The autobiography of the early radical leader and her participation in communist, anarchist, and feminist activities

The Royal Road to Card Magic

The Royal Road to Card Magic PDF Author: Jean Hugard
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486156680
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 319

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DIVSimple-to-use book gives versatile repertoire of first rate card tricks. The authors, both expert magicians, present clear explanations of basic techniques and over 100 complete tricks. 121 figures. /div

Taro-San the Fisherman and the Weeping Willow Tree

Taro-San the Fisherman and the Weeping Willow Tree PDF Author: Richard Hatch
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781480274785
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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This is a bilingual (English and Japanese) story about the struggles and triumph of a young fisherman in old Japan. Inspired by the ancient Japanese feat of “Nankin Tamasudare” in which bamboo sticks are manipulated into figures, and the art of the great Japanese master Hokusai, the story was written in America, translated in Japan and illustrated in Hungary!Richard Hatch, the author, is a professional magician and co-founder of the Hatch Academy of Magic and Music. He includes his telling of this tale, illustrated with the mysterious tamasudare mat, in many performances, often accompanied by his wife, violinist Rosemary Kimura Hatch.András Balogh, the illustrator, is a children's book designer and digital painter living in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. He studied at the Free School of Fine Arts in Kecskemét where he received a strong foundation in the arts, visual creativity and traditional painting. Since 2003 he has been an invited member of the government of Bács Kiskun's country painter camp and is a full member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Yukishige Kadoya, the translator from English into Japanese, is a freelance translator and writer based in Nagoya, Japan. He is also a performing magician and a scholar of magic. He often serves as the interpreter for the many major foreign magicians who lecture and perform in Japan. He has written several books, including Tokyo-do Shuppan Publishing's best-selling “Eigo de Pera-Pera Magic (Let's perform magic in English)”.Children's Bookwatch, Vol. 23, no. 2 (February 2013): ""Taro-San the Fisherman and the Weeping Willow Tree" is a beautiful, traditionally illustrated, bilingual children's tale written in Japanese and translated into English for children age 8 and up. Taro-San grew up as a boy sitting on a river bank under a weeping willow tree, fishing all day long. He wanted nothing more than to be a professional fisherman. However, when Taro-San is finally able to buy a boat and cast out to sea to fish, his nets come up empty for two weeks in a row! He decides to make a special pilgrimage to a sacred Shinto shrine. When he arrived at the beautiful O-Torii gate to the harbor of the sacred shrine, he enjoyed seeing the beauty of the setting. Taro-San crossed on a bridge to approach a special well, like a wishing well, where he respectfully wrote his wish to become a successful fisherman on a piece of parchment, dropped it into the well, and struck a bell three times to summon his ancestors to hear the request he made of them. A rainbow cheers and heartens him as he leaves the shrine. Soon he meets an old man who is a successful fisherman and asks him for his secrets for success. Here Taro-San discovers he has omitted an important step in his venture: He has not chosen a name for his boat. With the guidance of the old man, Taro-San chooses just the right name and paints it on the boat in Kanji characters. After that, Taro -San is so successful with his fishing that he can barely sail his catch home each day. What was the name he chose, the name that enchanted the fish so they came to the boat willingly to be caught? Of course, it was the Weeping Willow Tree. "Taro-San the Fisherman and the Weeping Willow Tree" is presented in both English and Japanese, beautifully illustrated with a traditional appearing style of delicately tinted paintings by Hungarian artist Andras Balogh. The story of "Taro-San the Fisherman and the Weeping Willow Tree" was inspired by a traditional storytelling art called "Nankin Tamasudare," in which a bamboo mat is used to represent many different figures in the story. For a visually stunning, multi-cultural reading-storytelling experience, "Taro-San the Fisherman and the Weeping Willow Tree" is an exquisite choice for juvenile audiences age 7 and up."

Bourbon for Breakfast

Bourbon for Breakfast PDF Author: Jeffrey Albert Tucker
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN: 1610164911
Category : Austrian school of economics
Languages : en
Pages : 364

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"A compilation of many ... shorter writings ... of his twin loves, libertarian political philosophy and Austrian economics."--Page 4 of cover.