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Card manipulation is an element of magical illusion concerning the creation of effects through sleight of hand techniques that involve playing cards.

This book contains the first in the series of handbooks on card manipulation by master magician Jean Hugard.

This vintage book contains the second in the series of handbooks on card manipulation by master magician Jean Hugard.

This is volume IV of Jean Hugard's fantastic handbook "e;Card Manipulations"e;, which includes simple instructions for a variety of fantastic tricks.

Card manipulation is an element of magical illusion concerning the creation of effects through sleight of hand techniques that involve playing cards.

First published in 1922, "e;Indian Conjuring"e; is an illustrated guide to Indian magic tricks by Major L.

This book contains a collection of puzzling magic tricks and illusions.

This unusual book, containing an impressive variety of magic tricks, is sure to delight young and old alike.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This book contains an unabridged republication of the two volumes, 'Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks' and 'Ammemann's Miracles of Card Magic'.

Before the turn of the twentieth century, before the nickelodeon, even before the first cinemas, Georges Melies began making movies.

If they expect me to run and hide, eat myself up, they can think again.

Tears of laughter' examines the interactions of comedy and drama in three vital thematic strands of British cinema during the 1990s: comedies exploring issues of class, culture and community in British society, 'ethnic' comedy-dramas engaging with complex issues of identity and allegiance in modern Britain, and romantic comedies featuring characters searching (somewhat desperately or frantically) for a suitable and desirable long-term or short-term partner.

Deindustrialising communities have called upon street theatre companies to re-animate public space and commemorate industrial heritage.

An oral history of Los Angeles independent stand-up comedy with a collection of comedian portraits from a decade of the beloved independent comedy show, The Super Serious Show.

Everyone in the world knows DMV means poor service.

Now this is the story about the doll family I liked and the doll family I didn't.

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K.

Wealthy countryman Mr.

The four great comedies of Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, were all written at the height of the controversial Irish author's powers in his last, doomed decade, the 1890s.

In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C.

What would you do if someone bet you they could balance a coin on the edge of a banknote, walk through a postcard, or make you move your limbs through the power of suggestion?

It is no secret that some people are feeling alienated from the church, for various reasons; social status, sexual orientation, or how they dress, among others.

Phonopoetics tells the neglected story of early "e;talking records"e; and their significance for literature, from the 1877 invention of the phonograph to some of the first recorded performances of modernist works.

Comedy is a brutal business.

The Front Lawn is a multi-award-winning, much-loved New Zealand duo-turned-trio made up of Don McGlashan, Harry Sinclair and, eventually, Jennifer Ward-Lealand.

The Front Lawn is a multi-award-winning, much-loved New Zealand duo-turned-trio made up of Don McGlashan, Harry Sinclair and, eventually, Jennifer Ward-Lealand.

Since 2006, leading opera companies have beamed their shows to thousands of cinema screens all over the world - live.

Since 2006, leading opera companies have beamed their shows to thousands of cinema screens all over the world - live.

Becoming Carole Lombard: Stardom, Comedy and Legacy is a historical critique of the development and reception of Carole Lombard's stardom from the classical Hollywood period to present day.

Becoming Carole Lombard: Stardom, Comedy and Legacy is a historical critique of the development and reception of Carole Lombard's stardom from the classical Hollywood period to present day.

What does it mean when a singing voice is detached from an originating body through recording?

What does it mean when a singing voice is detached from an originating body through recording?

On the night of Sunday, April 23, 1961 Judy Garland made history.

On the night of Sunday, April 23, 1961 Judy Garland made history.

Situation Comedy, Character, and Psychoanalysis puts the sitcom character on the analyst's couch and closely examines the characters of Basil Fawlty, Lucy Ricardo and Kim from Australia's Kath & Kim, in order to reveal the essential elements that must exist in a sitcom before even the first joke is written.

Situation Comedy, Character, and Psychoanalysis puts the sitcom character on the analyst's couch and closely examines the characters of Basil Fawlty, Lucy Ricardo and Kim from Australia's Kath & Kim, in order to reveal the essential elements that must exist in a sitcom before even the first joke is written.

From massive raves sprouting around the London orbital at the turn of the 1990s to events operated under the control of corporate empires, EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festivals have developed into cross-genre, multi-city, transnational mega-events.

From massive raves sprouting around the London orbital at the turn of the 1990s to events operated under the control of corporate empires, EDM (Electronic Dance Music) festivals have developed into cross-genre, multi-city, transnational mega-events.

The definitive story of the making of 2001: A Space Odyssey, acclaimed today as one of the greatest films ever made, and of director Stanley Kubrick and writer Arthur C.

Penn Jillettes New York Times bestselling account of his extremely funny and somewhat profane journey to discovering a healthy lifestylethat will motivate others to seek weight-loss solutions (The Washington Post).

An instant New York Times bestseller!

The authoritative edition of The Comedy of Errors from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers.

';With this charming, sardonic debut, stand up comedian and actor Todd Barry makes readers laugh as hard as the audiences at his shows' (Publishers Weekly) in this hilarious book of travel essays from his time on tour in the US, Canada, and Israel.

"e;A psychologically nuanced, tough-minded portrait"e; of the New York filmmaker and his relationships with Mia Farrow and Soon-Yi Previn (Publishers Weekly).

An American icon, Joseph Frank "e;Buster"e; Keaton is easily acknowledged as one of the greatest filmmakers in early cinema and beyond.

Peter Smith sets about his normal daily routine only to find his day, his world and his whole life turned upside down as a series of rather unfortunate events; unravel around him.

No fairy tales is about three couples who are different stages in there lives.