Author: Bob Longe
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: book, math, magical
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1998-12-31
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 080699990X
ISBN-13: 9780806999906

Fool your friends; baffle your buddies; and perplex your parents with dozens of amazing tricks. Each of these fascinating feats appears to be the work of magical forces, but their true secret lies in mathematical manipulations. Correctly guess the age of any volunteer. Startle a stranger with knowledge about his or her life. Read minds, make accurate predictions, perform lightning-quick calculations, and demonstrate seemingly mystical powers of memory. Perform extraordinary effects with cards, dice, pencil and paper (and occasionally a calculator). In all of these tricks, the mathematical prin

Author: Bob Longe
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: zany, dares, amp, challenges, allowed, nutty, boredom
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2008-08-05
List price: $4.95
ISBN-10: 1402750609
ISBN-13: 9781402750601

When boredom sets in and kids start whining, there is only one thing left to do: hand them this book! Filled with verbal deceptions, riddles, brain teasers, finger tricks, pesky puzzles, pencil-and-paper gags, mathematical capers, and goofy stunts, it gives children all the tools they need to become a one-kid modern variety show. Coins, newspapers, paper clips, handkerchiefs, pens, and pencils: all of the activities require only the simplest of materials, and when combined with a dash of wit, will astound and confound audiences. At a restaurant waiting for the food to arrive: mix a little salt

Author: Bob Longe
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: tricks, card, world
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1992-06-30
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 0806982330
ISBN-13: 9780806982335

These are 36 of the greatest impromptu card tricks ever invented. Longe shows you not only how each one works, but also how to put them over, with clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations. A special chapter in the back even explains how to bluff your way through a trick if it goes wrong. Great for kids from eight to eighty. 128 pages, 17 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

Author: Bob Longe
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: tricks, card, book, giant, little
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2000-06-30
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0806944714
ISBN-13: 9780806944715

Pick a card, any card--but DON’T pick any other card book! This one’s beyond compare, the biggest and the best, with 352 pages of fabulous sleights and tricks that will amaze your friends. "Force" your volunteers to choose the right card; make false cuts and shuffles; do double lifts; sneak a peek; and much more. With a little practice, ideas for presentation, and great hints on making magic with your deck, you’ll put on a show-stopping performance every time. 352 pages, 156 b/w illus., 4 3/16 x 5 1/4.

Author: Bob Longe
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: galore, tricks, card
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 1999-06-30
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 0806920602
ISBN-13: 9780806920603

Even the most attentive audiences will fall for these card tricks! A master entertainer shares his secrets for presenting them with flair. Many are his own invention, and none needs any complicated sleight of hand. Tricks are organized by category, including Prediction, Four Aces, Spelling People’s Names, and Clock Tricks. Amaze even yourself as you master tricks like Double Detection, Invisible Turnover, Jealousy, Poison Personality, and many more.

Author: Bob Longe
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: tricks, card, mystifying
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2005-09-01
List price: $5.95
ISBN-10: 1402724578
ISBN-13: 9781402724572

New EditionBe the hit of any party with these crowd-pleasing exploits, taught by master magician and card-trick guru Bob Longe. He takes you from simple sleight-of-hand-techniques to feats of prediction and telepathy, and presents each one as if it were being performed, complete with audience-amusing (and distracting) banter. Entertain the gang with some smart card-cutting, shuffling, and counting. Or try an amazing trick of divination, in which two different people choose exactly the same card from two entirely different decks-and even more incredible, this feat is predicted in a newspaper ar

Authors:Gale Group, Jacqueline L. Longe, Deirdre S. Blanchfi
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Keywords: volume, medicine, encyclopedia, gale
Number of Pages: 3500
Published: 2001-12-15
List price: $550.00
ISBN-10: 0787654892
ISBN-13: 9780787654894