Mindfreak

Author : Criss Angel
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061982431
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mindfreak written by Criss Angel and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-09-02 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hottest magician in years takes us behind–the–scenes of his hit A&E show and offers secret tips to 25 illusions you won't see anywhere else. Criss Angel is poised to take the magic world by storm. He had his first 1–hour special on ABC in '01, headlined Madison Square Garden's annual Halloween special a year later to an audience of 60,000, performed in front of 75,000 people in Times Square, had two subsequent 1–hour specials on the Sci–Fi channel, he's received countless magician awards, and he currently has a groundbreaking show on A&E called CRISS ANGEL MINDFREAK, the first weekly magic show in over 40 years, that consistently wins its timeslot. MINDFREAK – the book – will be an extention of the show, which uses a specific topic each week – like 'Buried Alive', 'Bullet Catch', 'Building Walk', or 'Levitation' – to delve into the history of each subject, and see if Criss can't break new ground by doing something no one has done before. We are also going to try and include secrets in the book – clues to be dissected by readers – that relate back to magic he will perform on the show, where the book will be heavily promoted.

Author : Max Sexton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501320963
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secular Magic and the Moving Image written by Max Sexton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The power of the moving image to conjure marvelous worlds has usually been to understand it in terms of 'move magic'. On film, a fascination for enchantment and wonder has transmuted older beliefs in the supernatural into secular attractions. But this study is not about the history of special effects or a history of magic. Rather, it attempts to determine the influence and status of secular magic on television within complex modes of delivery before discovering interstices with film. Historically, the overriding concern on television has been for secular magic that informs and empowers rather than a fairytale effect that deceives and mystifies. Yet, shifting notions of the real and the uncertainty associated with the contemporary world has led to television developing many different modes that have become capable of constant hybridization. The dynamic interplay between certainty and indeterminacy is the key to understanding secular magic on television and film and exploring the interstices between them. Sexton ranges from the real-time magic of street performers, such as David Blaine, Criss Angel, and Dynamo, to Penn and Teller's comedy magic, to the hypnotic acts of Derren Brown, before finally visiting the 2006 films The Illusionist and The Prestige. Each example charts how the lack of clear distinctions between reality and illusion in modes of representation and presentation disrupt older theoretical oppositions. Secular Magic and the Moving Image not only re-evaluates questions about modes and styles but raises further questions about entertainment and how the relations between the program maker and the audience resemble those between the conjuror and spectator. By re-thinking these overlapping practices and tensions and the marking of the indeterminacy of reality on media screens, it becomes possible to revise our understanding of inter-medial relations.

Author : Bob Sehlinger
Publisher : Unofficial Guides
ISBN 13 : 1628090618
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 2017 written by Bob Sehlinger and published by Unofficial Guides. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With insightful writing, up-to-date reviews of major attractions, and a lot of "local" knowledge, The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas has it all. Compiled and written by a team of experienced researchers whose work has been cited by such diverse sources as USA Today and Operations Research Forum, The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas digs deeper and offers more than can any single author. This is the only guide that explains how Las Vegas works and how to use that knowledge to make every minute and every dollar of your time there count. With advice that is direct, prescriptive, and detailed, it takes out the guesswork. Eclipsing the usual list of choices, it unambiguously rates and ranks everything from hotels, restaurants, and attractions to rental car companies. With The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas, you know what's available in every category, from the best to the worst. The reader will also find the sections about the history of the town and the chapters on gambling fascinating. In truth, The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas by Bob Sehlinger emphasizes how to have fun and understand the crazy environment that is today's Vegas. It's a keeper.

Author : Bob Sehlinger
Publisher : The Unofficial Guides
ISBN 13 : 162809088X
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 2019 written by Bob Sehlinger and published by The Unofficial Guides. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your guide on how to have fun and understand the crazy environment that is today’s Las Vegas With insightful writing, up-to-date reviews of major attractions, and a lot of “local” knowledge, The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas 2019 has it all. Compiled and written by a team of experienced researchers whose work has been cited by such diverse sources as USA Today and Operations Research Forum, The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas digs deeper and offers more than any single author could. This is the only guide that explains how Las Vegas works and how to use that knowledge to make every minute and every dollar of your time there count. With advice that is direct, prescriptive, and detailed, it takes out the guesswork. Eclipsing the usual list of choices, it unambiguously rates and ranks everything from hotels, restaurants, and attractions to rental car companies. With The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas, you know what’s available in every category, from the best to the worst. The reader will also find the sections about the history of the town and the chapters on gambling fascinating. In truth, The Unofficial Guide to Las Vegas, by Bob Sehlinger, emphasizes how to have fun and understand the crazy environment that is today’s Vegas. It’s a keeper.

Author : Spencer Drate
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1136137343
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book VFX Artistry written by Spencer Drate and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be inspired by the masters! This visually stunning book showcases the work and creative process of several of today's leading VFX studios. Over 1000 vibrant four color images provide great visual insight as to how the studios start with a concept then arrive at their finished VFX shot. includes insight into the production process and listings of the tools used to create each effect. Among the studios featured are Digital Kitchen, Trollback and Company, Eyeball, and nailgun*, among others. * Artistic inspiration through a visual showcase of work from some of today's leading VFX studios * Be captivated and find creative guidance with over 1000 radiant 4 color illustrations * Companies featured include Digital Kitchen, Prologue, Thornberg and Forester, Trollback and more.

Author : Rick Lax
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 9781429990479
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fool Me Once written by Rick Lax and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rick Lax was paranoid to begin with. He saw lies everywhere. And when he saw them, he spoke up. But when his girlfriend gets conned by a violent drug dealer, nothing Rick does seems to help. So what if he misses the next lie? What if spotting them isn't enough to protect against them? What if exposing lies puts him in even more danger? Terrified of being conned himself, Rick bolts for Vegas, deception capital of the world, to learn the game and how to guard against it. Rick meets deceivers of all kinds, from back-alley hustlers and poker pros to the biggest headliners on the Strip. During the course of his unconventional education, which includes passing himself off as an octogenarian, being exposed as a card counter, and picking up a hooker (inadvertently, of course), Rick gets closer to becoming a human lie detector...but at what cost? By the end of Fool Me Once, you'll know why seventh graders make better liars than college students, how to use a handful of rice as a polygraph, and how to bluff a poker pro. But above all, you'll understand why some things in life are a lot worse than being fooled.

Author : Jennifer Bromann-Bender
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810888092
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Booktalking Nonfiction written by Jennifer Bromann-Bender and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-12-20 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booktalking Nonfiction: 200 Sure-Fire Winners for Middle and High School Readers will provide an introduction to selecting and writing booktalks for nonfiction books with a focus on unique informational texts and biographies and autobiographies. A booktalk is a summary of a book presented in a way that would interest someone in reading the book described. Why non-fiction? Because the Common Core Standards Initiative, which most states have adopted, requires that 70% of the materials students read be from the category of informational texts it is especially important to focus on nonfiction when sharing books with students. Here’s everything you need to do just that. Chapters cover selecting, writing, preparing, and presenting booktalks, special tips for high-interest, low-level books, and using non-fiction in the library and the classroom. Two hundred ready-to-present booktalks arranged by genre are also included. Genres include animals, famous people, sports, crime and serial killers, movies and television, religion, war, history, and the supernatural.

Author : Rodman Philbrick
Publisher : Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1409591050
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freak the Mighty written by Rodman Philbrick and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Max is used to being called Stupid. And he is used to everyone being scared of him. On account of his size and looking like his dad. Kevin is used to being called Dwarf. And he is used to everyone laughing at him. On account of his size and being some cripple kid. But greatness comes in all sizes, and together Max and Kevin become Freak The Mighty and walk high above the world. An inspiring, heartbreaking, multi-award winning international bestseller.

Author : Bart King
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 1423612728
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pocket Guide to Magic written by Bart King and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abracadabra ! Hocus-pocus! Allakazam! Happis crappis! Say it together now-magic! Take a peek inside the magician's secret wardrobe to discover the tricks of the trade, the tales of derring-do, and the people who made the magic happen. Demystifying the mystical is the popular, raucous, ready-to-trick-his-own-mother Bart King! But what, you may ask, can Bart do? He can show the ways of the most secretive magicians in the world.

Author : M.L. Elder
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 1977260438
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book PROPERTY OF THE UNIVERSE written by M.L. Elder and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2022-12-07 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Property of the Universe is the true story of an immortal sphynx, Nosferatu-950, told through a collection of poetry from his temporary owner and partner in crime. Nos and ME, his recorder/keeper, are both destined for the long sleep of cryonics together and have miles to go before they finish their final journey into the void.