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How to Cheat at Everything: A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating, Scams, and Hustles
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many of his effects were willed to his brother, and almost all of his secrets are known today.
Teller Jim Steinmeyer • Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
Rule of thumb: Opinions are worthless.
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Still, it's hard to overestimate deKolta's influence on his generation of magicians. He began a cult of creativity that certainly inspired two remarkable performers who followed him onto the Egyptian Hall stage. One, David Devant, is remembered today as Britain's greatest magician. The other, Charles Morritt, is largely forgotten today, a peripatet
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Germany, he presented his version of the famous Gun Trick. Inspired by the tale of William Tell, Torrini would fire a marked bullet at his son; the bullet would be found lodged in an apple on his son's head. But one evening, through a tragic mistake, the trick failed and Torrini fatally shot his son on stage.He was imprisoned for the killing and ne
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Steve Martin (Paul Simon Tribute) - 2002 Kennedy Center Honors
youtube.comKellar was almost certainly the inspiration for the wizened Wizard of Oz described by author L. Frank Baum; he was America's leading magician when Baum's book was written.