Maybe we should lie more. The connection between deception and art dates back to some of the earliest philosophers. How does the consideration of magic, an art form that seemingly relies on deception, change the conversation? The Artist Who Lied is, at its core, a proposal for an aesthetic theory of...
"Nancy offers a fascinating plot of truly Fulvesian quirkiness. It combines a topologically flavored impossibility with an existential philosophical question in a unique way. I loved reading the stages of its development and exploring the different solutions." Denis Behr Chicago-based magi...
Head Tricks is an incredible book from Joel Dickinson filled with a variety of hard-hitting effects that are super simple to perform, yet astound every audience. These routines are remarkably versatile. Both mentalists and magicians, as well as close-up magicians and stage or parlor magicians, will ...
52 classic card games with rules, explanations and strategies you can learn today for your next card game night! Featuring step-by-step, illustrated instructions, and two indexes that organize each game by difficulty and number of players needed, Card Night includes directions for playing all the mo...
To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of their beloved debut book, Dan and Dave Buck have released a special new limited print of If an Octopus Could Palm. Packed with more than a dozen innovative and conceptual palming techniques, this iconic book was written to help card magicians approach palming...
This signed and numbered deluxe collector's edition of a beloved magic text is a rare find for any magic collector. Extremely limited quantities available. They will never be available again. (note: no slipcase included) Note About Vanishing Inc.’s Rare Magic Book Collection: These rare magic books ...
A practical guide for the classroom teacher in using doable magic as a motivator, metaphor and curriculum delivery tool. Can a teacher be a magician? Does mathemagic exist? Is magic an efficient teaching resource? Can student be magicians? To answer all these questions, the author of this book, a te...
Ben Earl's Inside Out is a deeply personal book filled with radical new approaches for creating powerful magic. It will alter your thinking, challenge your assumptions and offer a whole new meaning to the concept of audience involvement. Using stories and beautiful imagery, Inside Out offers a diffe...
A devastating Rubik's Cube prediction that can be done with any regular cube, even a borrowed cube. With "Mosaik", a participant is instructed to call out a number between 1 and 20. You then mix the Rubik's Cube that many times. Despite the fact the participant chose the number, you are ab...