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Editorial Review:
"Street Magic" is a how-to magic book that teaches the real secrets of closeup, under-your-nose, in-your-face magic as seen on television. Magic is one of the longest surviving forms of entertainment and is as popular today as ever, having undergone a huge renaissance recently. This book contains great tricks, as popularised by today's greatest magicians. The book is very accessible, and is fully illustrated in colour with specially commissioned photography.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Really Good Starter for 10 This book is ideal for anyone who has never touched magic before and is interested in learning from scratch. I got this book to entertain family and friends and impress the kids. The tricks start from the really simple to some more complex ones that need a little practice (but not much). But don't be fooled in to thinking that they wont impress - even the simplest tricks are really effective. Well worth the money and as the other reviews suggest this book is well illustrated and easy to read.
A good introduction to magic This book is great introduction for someone starting out in magic. The book is suitable for teens to adults, just bear in mind that good magic means "Practice ", you will have to put time and effort in to learning the contents...but you will be rewarded for your efforts. This book has a little bit of everything but just enough of a taste to whet your appetite to learn more. It starts with " Auto Magic ", tricks that basically work by themselves. As the book says " ...designed to ease readers into the... more info
As good as a magic book can be The main point to buying a magic book like this is to learn how to perform tricks - which is not an easy thing to do on a page - it takes a very clear understanding of the trick itself and an articulate use of language to get the process duplicated by the reader. And this book does just that extremely well. Supplimented by very clear photographs, the main point of the book is accomplished, which again, is to teach you how to perform some magic tricks! Paul Zenon has also captued the spirit of the... more info
Best starter guide to Magic I have seen I bought this book in order to entertain my children (7 and 9) and ended up amazing my work colleagues as well.
I have dabbled in magic a few times, even bought the Royal Road to Card Magic (which is excellent and still recommended by virtually all magicians) but this has the benefit of fantastically clear photography instead of line drawings, and a much wider range of tricks including some easy to perform mentalist skills that have superb effects.
He is genuinely enthusiastic about explaining the... more info
