James Alan is a busy professional magician, specializing in sleight of hand, and performing "Magic for Grownups." Despite a busy schedule, he still finds time to read plenty of magic books.
Geoff Latta was an influential underground New York card scene. Here is a detailed, and loving tribute that preserves Latta’s work.
This book by Christian Scherer will be a polarizing one. It’s a remarkable collection of original and creative takes on classic routines. But the features that will suck some people in will lead others to put it down in frustration.
This is something well off the beaten path for most performers: a lecture series on memory demonstrations.
Even if you love magic, if you don’t have children of your own, you might not see much kid magic. And, you can forget how fun it can be.
Dani DaOrtiz is arguably one of the finest living card magicians. In addition to creating astonishing magic, he has enough quirky charm that you would enjoy listening to him read the phone book… probably in Spanish.
The seminal text on mentalism is back in print. Find out why this is the go-to book for any serious student on the subject.
This book contains material well within the reach of any intermediate close-up performer. The routines seem to be designed with the restaurant worker in mind.
Calico is composed entirely of tricks using coins that look visibly different. The tricks shared here seem impossible even to someone who has read Bobo and Roth.
This “expert” biography assumes that the pillars of 20th-century stage magic are known to you: Kellar, Thurston, Blackstone, Dante. But it tells the story of 20th-century magic from the less famous side—the Great Depression, World War II, live performance giving way to film and television.
Looking at the cover and the title, you would think this was a theory monograph. It’s actually a card trick. And while most magic releases are engineered to be as easy as possible, this card trick is complicated, hard, and will absolutely not go “right into your show.”
This installment of Vanishing Inc.’s Masterclass series might be described as the beginner’s guide to advanced sleight of hand. To say this instruction is detailed would be an understatement.
Oliver Meech has produced an easy-to-read collection of even-easier-to-do card material. It is quirky in a Paul Harris, Jay Sankey sort of way that screams “don’t take me too seriously.”