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Card College Lightest is the final volume of Roberto Giobbi's acclaimed 'Light' trilogy. In it are taught 18 thoroughly astonishing tricks of professional quality, complete with performing psychology, presentations, valuable tips and insights, all of which contribute to making these sleightless effects into near miracles.

The tricks Giobbi has selected this time range from time-tested classics to little-known wonders by masters of the craft, including Larry Becker, Henry Christ, Aldo Colombini, Paul Curry, Alex Elmsley, Karl Fulves, Martin Gardner, Stewart James, Howard Adams, Richard Vollmer and more.

Also explained are simple methods for achieving false shuffles,...

Roberto Giobbi's newest survey of sleightless card magic, Card College Lighter, gives the famous Giobbi treatment to 21 baffling card tricks by some of the craft's greatest masters, including Vernon, Annemann, Leech, Maven, Fulves, Hummer, Vollmer and Krenzel. These tricks do not require sleights, but they all show the cunning perspective of a professional performer, guaranteeing astonishing and entertaining results.

Following in the footsteps of his Card College Light, Roberto Giobbi teaches the secrets of professional-caliber card magic, providing insights into the presentation, psychology and routining that make these simple tricks into...

This is by far the best ebook on self-working card tricks. (For the second volume in this series see Card College Lighter. For the third volume see Card College Lightest.)

From the author of Card College, the world's most acclaimed course on sleight-of-hand card magic, comes Card College Light, Roberto Giobbi's first text focused entirely on professional caliber card tricks requiring no manipulative skill.

For whom is this ebook intended? It is for beginners, of course - but by no means in total. This ebook is intended for everyone who has always wanted to perform card tricks, but who didn't have the time necessary to learn complex routines,...

Card College is a modern classic. It is without a doubt the most important work on sleight of hand with cards. This is the first volume in a series of five. The speciality of this electronic book are its 89 video clips, which show how Giobbi executes each and every technique described. (If you are looking for the 8 hour video course please go here Card College 1 & 2: Personal Instruction.)

This ebook has also been nominated as a finalist in the prestigious EPPIE 2004 ebook award in the category non-fiction/how-to. This is the first magic book to be nominated for a non-magic book prize.

Please note that there are significant...

These are 8 hours of personal video instructions from Roberto Giobbi. This is almost like taking private lessons from Roberto. It is a one-to-one coaching from one of the world's premier card experts, who is considered by his peers to be one of today's finest and most influential teachers of magic.

"I was extremely impressed. Giobbi is an excellent teacher, he communicates his ideas clearly, and he's passionate about card magic - this is one of the best card magic DVD sets I've come across in recent memory. It contains a tremendous amount of solid material for beginning and even seasoned...

This is a companion DVD to the bestselling classic book "Card College 1" by Roberto Giobbi. The menu of this DVD mirrors exactly all 16 chapters of the book (English edition). For the companion DVD to volume 2 follow this link: Card College 2: Videos Only.

Each technique is demonstrated with short video clips showing Roberto Giobbi performing. There are about 100 video clips on this DVD. Sometimes a technique is shown from different angles or in slow motion.

So pop in this DVD into your player and enjoy to see how Roberto masterfully executes the techniques from Card College 1.

Please know that the video clips...

This is a companion DVD to the bestselling classic book "Card College 2" by Roberto Giobbi. The menu of this DVD mirrors exactly all 11 chapters of the book (English edition chapter 17 - 27). For the companion DVD to volume 1 follow this link: Card College 1: Videos Only.

Each technique is demonstrated with short video clips showing Roberto Giobbi performing. There are close to 100 video clips on this DVD. Sometimes a technique is shown from different angles or in slow motion.

So pop in this DVD into your player and enjoy to see how Roberto masterfully executes the techniques from Card College 2.

Please know...

This is the second volume of the famous Card College series. Volume 1 and volume 2 can be considered a unit, covering most important moves as well as most if not all crucial theoretical points. Each section describes a move or a group of sleights in minute detail, using carefully chosen words, beautiful illustrations and clear video clips. There are a total of 108 video clips in this volume. At the end of each section you will find some of the best and most amazing effects. (If you are looking for the 8 hour video course please go here Card College 1 & 2: Personal Instruction.)

The many video clips, some in slow motion, some from different...

You get both volumes, Card College 1 and Card College 2. And since you are buying two volumes, we can give you a bit of a price break. (If you are looking for the 8 hour video course please go here Card College 1 & 2: Personal Instruction.)

For a detailed description of the contents of volume 1 and 2, please refer to the separate product pages. You will find in these two ebooks almost 200 embedded video clips showing you how master magician Giobbi works the cards.

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The Glimpse

• General Comments on the Glimpse
• Top-card Riffle Glimpse
• Top-card Double Lift Glimpse
• Top-card Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
• Bottom Card All-around Square-up Glimpse
• Situational Bottom Card Glimpse
• Center-card Glimpse
• Final Notes

  TRICKS WITH THE GLIMPSE

• Card Catcher
• Impossible!

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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Fundamental Techniques

• Dealing Position
• The End Grip
• Elevated Dealing Position
• Squaring the Deck
• The All-around Square-up
• Giving the Deck a Complete Cut
• Spreading the Cards in the Hands
• Outjogging Cards as They are Spread Between the Hands
• Dribbling Cards
• Dealing Cards
• Dealing Cards Face Down–The Draw Method
• Dealing Cards Face Up–The Stud Method
• The Swing Cut
• The Break
• The Little-finger Break
• Forming a Little-finger Break Under the Top Card–Two-handed Method
• Forming a Little-finger Break Under the Top Card–One-handed Method
• Forming a Little-finger Break Under Multiple...

Card Controls

• The Overhand Shuffle Control
• The "Whoops!" Control
• The Diagonal Insertion
• The Peek Control
• The Post-peek Overhand Shuffle Control
• A Peek Control for Two Cards
• The Multiple Peek Control
• The One-card Middle Pass
• Other Controls

  TRICKS WITH CARD CONTROLS

• The Shamus Card
• The Question Is...

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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The Key Card

• Key-card Placement
• The Key Card in a Hand-to-hand Spread
• Key Card in a Ribbon Spread
• Glimpse and Placement
• Location, Identification and Control with a Key Card
• Control in a Hand-to-hand Spread
• Tabled Ribbon Spread Control
• Further Thoughts on the Key Card

  TRICKS WITH A KEY CARD

• A Phenomenal Memory
• Your Number–Your Card
• Thot Echo

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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False Display Counts

• The Elmsley Count
• The Jordan Count
• The Hamman Count
• The Buckle Count
• The Push-off Count
• The Hamman Two-for-Four Count

  TRICKS WITH FALSE DISPLAY COUNTS

• The Really Wild Nine-card Trick
• The Royal Acrobats

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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Palming

• Theoretical Considerations
• The Palm Grip
• The Top Palm
• Palming Multiple Cards from the Top
• Concealing Palmed Cards in the Hand
• Replacing Palmed Cards

  TRICKS WITH PALMING

• Homing Card Plus
• The Cards of Capistrano

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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Overhand Shuffle Techniques, Part 1

• The Overhand Shuffle
• Running Single Cards
• Control of the Top and Bottom Cards
• Controlling the Top Stock of the Deck–The Injog Shuffle
• Controlling the Bottom Stock

  TRICKS WITH THE OVER HAND SHUFFLE

• Thought Stealer
• The Spectator Cuts the Aces

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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Useful Auxiliary Sleights

• Thumb Counting
• The Little-finger Count
• The Secret Addition of Cards
• The Braue Addition
• The Tip-over Addition
• ATFUS
• The Single, Double and Multiple Push-over
• Buckling One or More Cards
• Picking up the Deck
• The Card Stand

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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Hindu Shuffle Technique

• The Hindu Shuffle
• Glimpsing the Bottom Card with a Hindu Shuffle
• Placing a Key Card with a Hindu Shuffle
• The Hindu Shuffle Force
• Hindu Shuffle Card Controls
• Controlling a Single Card
• Controlling Multiple Cards

  TRICKS WITH THE HINDU SHUFFLE TECHNIQUE

• The Magus Card
• The Lucky Card

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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Flourishes, Part 2

• Turning Over the Top Card IV
• Turning Over the Top Card V
• Turning Over the Top Card VI
• Springing the Cards
• The Cascade
• The Swivelleroo Cut
• The Flip-flap Cut
• One-handed Riffle Shuffle

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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Flourishes, Part 1

• The Use of Flourishes
• Turning Over the Top Card I
• Turning Over the Top Card II
• Turning Over the Top Card III
• The Charlier Cut
• The Swivel Cut
• The Boomerang Card
• The Spring Riffle Shuffle
• Jack Merlin’s Riffle Shuffle
• The Pop-up Card
• The Wind-up Gag
• The Two-handed Fan
• The Broad One-handed Fan
• The Reverse One-handed Fan
• The Ribbon Spread Turnover

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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False Cut Techniques, Part 1

• An Optical False Cut from the Hand
• The False Swing Cut
• A Simple False Cut
• A Triple False Cut
• The Slip Cut from Dealing Position

  TRICKS WITH FALSE CUTS

• Hat Trick
• Court Card Conclave

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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Force Techniques, Part 1

• The Crisscross Force
• The Balducci Force
• The Goldin Force
• The Ten-to-twenty Force

  TRICKS WITH THE FORCE

• The Lie Detector
• Further than that...

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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Riffle Shuffle Techniques

• The Closed Riffle Shuffle
• Squaring After the Shuffle
• The Open Riffle Shuffle
• Riffle Shuffle Stock Controls
• The Waterfall Riffle Shuffle

  TRICKS WITH RIFFLE SHUFFLE TECHNIQUES

• The Red-black Location
• Royal Flush Finale

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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Transfer Cuts

• The Double Cut
• The Triple Cut from Top to Bottom
• The Triple Cut from Bottom to Top

  TRICKS WITH TRANSFER CUTS

• Triple Coincidence
• Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

The full volume ebooks can be found here: Card College 1 & 2

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