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Mind Magic: Extraordinary Tricks To Mystify, Baffle and Entertain | 
| Author: Marc Lemezma
Publisher: New Holland Publishers Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 2235
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 6.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1843304767
Dewey Decimal Number: 793.8
EAN: 9781843304760
ASIN: 1843304767
Publication Date: October 1, 2003
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 Disappointing read August 10, 2008
I bought this book hoping to learn a few tricks to baffle my mates down the pub, it is really disappointing.
The best thing about it is the cover, which is covered in black felty material. Obviously that is where all the money was spent and not on the editing.
The writing style is annoying and takes ages to cut to the chase, obviously trying to pad out the book with waffle to make it seem more value for money. If that wasn't bad enough, the tricks aren't really what i expected either. Quite lame for the amount of work expected to go into them. Would give it one star but i supposed it is a mind magic book, the greatest trick is convincing you to buy it!
 Misleading title July 4, 2008
Its a good beginner's magic book. A little hokie. No real mind magic (a la Darren Brown). I think most reviews hit the mark.
Don't judge a book by it's cover (or it's name) April 15, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this book hoping that there would be some kind of psychological elements to it, along the Derren Brown style of tricks. I was out of luck. The book is just another magic book where every trick requires props that you wouldn't usually carry around. If that's what you want then it's probably not a bad book to get, but if you are looking for something a little bit different, you won't find it here.
 rubbish October 25, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Bought this book and i believe that the author write this book together over a weekend. Waste of time and money
Don't believe the hype December 28, 2006
37 out of 42 found this review helpful
I bought this book having read the other reviews despite the wildly varying reactions expressed. Sadly I was let down.
The cover (as stated below) is the first clue - velvet effect embossing which does not like nice at all.
The content then rapidly goes downhill - if you ignore the dreadful style (more later) there are a couple of decent enough tricks in here, though none you wouldn't find in a less pretentious book. There are nowhere near enough to justify the asking price.
As to style, not only does it tell you exactly what dialogue to use (and it is the most patronising you can imagine) but the whole book suggests that maybe magic exists, and this book can help you appear clever to your friends. To me this panders to the lowest common denominator of wannabe magicians.
This will be going straight to the charity shop!
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