Learn the tricks in this book and you can impress your family, friends, and colleagues with a little impromptu magic wherever you happen to be. Each trick is clearly explained using step-by-step illustrations, and accompanied by advice from a master magician on preparation, presentation, and performance. Amaze your audience with a display of slick tricks such as The Flying Paper Clip, Psychic Coins, The Napkin Kidnap, and The Rip-Roaring Rip-Off. You won't need a shiny costume or special props, just ordinary, everyday objects and the right occasion. Everyone loves a good magic trick. It offers a surefire way to spark conversation in a bar, brighten up a dull dinner party, or break the monotony of a long afternoon in the office. This book is a compilation of the best and most sophisticated illusions--all simple to learn, but guaranteed to impress. Each one is explained with clear illustrations and uses only the props that you're likely to have at hand, such as coins, matchbooks, pens, and, of course, a deck of cards. Written by experienced magician and entertainer Jon Tremaine, this book will instruct and inspire everyone who wishes to make magic the grown-up way. 128 hardbound pages.