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• 13 PROPHETS, Karl Fulves
• 21ST CENTURY CARD MAGIC, James Swain
• 101 MOST ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT LAS VEGAS & CASINO GAMBLING, George Joseph

• A CANDID VIEW OF THE MASKELYNES, 1916-17, Anne Davenport and John Salisse
• A CANDLE IN THE DARK, Thomas Ady
• A PRICE GUIDE TO MAGIC BOOKS: 1639-1990, Michael Canick
• ABRACADABRA KID, Sid Fleischman ...

The younger generation of card magicians probably knows or has heard of Card College by Roberto Giobbi. The Royal Road to Card Magic is very similar but of older vintage and doesn't cover as much ground. It introduces the novice into the art of card magic one move and principle at a time, always with tricks accompanying the moves. It is therefore not a mindless list of moves but a well prepared and thought out textbook. It will take the beginner to an intermediate level. Once The Royal Road to Card Magic has been mastered one can move on to Expert Card Technique which requires a higher skill level.

Actually because Expert Card Technique did not sell well...

A special Chris Hurlbert issue.

• The Evolution of a Magician by Chris Hurlbert
• In The Trenches with Paul Green
• Some Random Thoughts... by Chris Hurlbert
• How To Get Booked by Charles Greene III
• Ask the Only by Al The Only
• Reviews
  • "Matchbox Penetration" by Selecionnes Magicale
  • "The Shrinking Bill" by MagicThis
  • "Transpensition" by Kevin King
  • "The Magic of Matt Schulien" by Phil Wilmarth
  • "Semi-Automatic Card Tricks vol 2" by Steve Beam
  • "Card College Volume 1" by Roberto Giobbi
  • "Martin's Close-Up Miracles" by Martin Lewis
• The Copy Card by Chris Hurlbert
• The Destined Duo by Chris Hurlbert
• Food For Thought by Chris Hurlbert ...

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  • ... Pack" by David Regal
  • "The Dai Vernon Book of Magic" by Lewis Ganson
  • "Magical Wishes" by Meir Yedid
  • "The Power of Palming" by Michael Close
  • "Magic Italian Style Mamma-Mia Magic" by Aldo Colombini
• Rocky Does It! by Jerry Camaro
• Chop Cup Finale by Jerry Camaro
• Missile by Jerry Camaro
• Card to Forehead by Jerry Camaro
• David Acer's Top 10 Tricks That Just Aren't Selling Very Well
• The Last Word by Chris Hurlbert

• Bizarre Magic in Restaurants? by Eugene Burger
• Walking Around Bizarre-ly by Joe Lantiere
• In The Trenches with Paul Green
• My Turn by Jim...

1. ... Gordon
46. WindoW to the World: How to get your own web publicity - Mark Leveridge
50. It's Up Your Sleeve! Is sleeving a vanishing art? - Mark Leveridge
52. Sleeving Masterclass
    • Marked Coin Antics - Mark Leveridge
    • A Pocket Full Of Miracles - Alexander Allen
    • Knotty - Alexander Allen
    • Four Card Asembly - Victor Trabucco
56. Reviews
    • Sigillum Diaboli - Alan Rorrison - DVD
    • Philosopher's Stone Double DVD Set - Zenneth Kok
    • Neat & Tidy - Wayne Fox - DVD
    • UltraGaff - Daniel Garcia & Wayne Houchin - 3 volume DVD set & deck
    • Card College Lighter - Roberto Giobbi - book
    • The Real Secrets...

1. ... a magic headquarters
53. Wayne Dobson's interview session at the 2010 Blackpool Convention
54. Mike McClean's advice on putting together a comedy act
57. Interview with world champion bullwhip and trick roping artist Chris McDaniel
58. Masterclass
    • Jakob Rasmussen's "Instant Sandwich" - An easy to perform card sandwiched between two cards effect
    • Jeff Prace's "Regeneraser" - A make your own gimmick restoration of a used pencil eraser
59. Gone In 60 Seconds! - Adrian Sullivan takes 60 seconds to tell about his life
60. Reviews
    • Mick Hanzlik's trick "Numba-Lok"
    • Creative Magic's utility device plus...

( Piccolo studio sulla carta in tasca di Francis Carlyle )

Matteo Filippini presenta un suo personale studio sulla Carta in Tasca; partendo dalla splendida versione di Carlyle, apparsa sullo storico Stars Of Magic, passando da Homing Card Plus di Roberto Giobbi, presente sul secondo volume di Card College, Matteo offre la sua visione su questo grande plot cartomagico; si tratta certamente di uno dei pochi effetti con le carte da gioco che ben si adattano a diverse situazioni di lavoro: close-up, parlour magic, TV, teatro... La routine é stata divisa in diverse fasi ed analizzata fin nei minimi...

Matteo Filippini presents his personal study on the Francis Carlyle Homing Card.

Starting from the splendid Carlyle version, which appeared on the historical Stars Of Magic, through Roberto Giobbi's Homing Card Plus, from the second volume of Card College, Matteo offers his vision on this great card magic effect.

The Homing Card is certainly one of the few effects with playing cards that are well suited to different situations: close-up, parlour, TV, theatre...

The routine has been divided into several phases and analyzed down to the smallest detail. In addition some historical notes and a rich bibliography.

1st edition 2019,...

The next three chapters detail the three routines that were the backbone of my Houdini Lounge set.

The Trick that Lance Burton Showed Me demonstrates what happens when you live with a trick for 15 years. This is my handling and presentation for Dan Garrett’s Four Card Reiteration. I discussed this trick on one of the Very Very Close videos, but there is new work in this ebook.

Presentation for Gary Plants’s Magnetized Cards is my handling of this superb marketed effect. Many professionals have asked permission to perform this, but until now I have selfishly...

Among magicians he is perhaps best known for his research on the identity of "S. W. Erdnase", the mysterious author of the 1902 classic, Artifice, Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table, and as the translator from German into English of works about Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser (1806 – 1875), Paul Potassy, and the first four volumes of Roberto Giobbi's acclaimed Card College course of card manipulation.

Richard and his wife Rosemary moved to Logan, Utah in October 2010 where they have opened the Hatch Academy of Magic and Music (www.hatchacademy.com) in the historic...

January 1999 - December 1999
Richard Kaufman, Editor

912 pages

1. Genii - Volume 62, Number 1 - January 1999 - 72 pages
1. Cover - William W. Larsen, Sr.
5. Contents
6. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
   • Where We've Been and Where We're Going
   • Michael Skinner and the Death of the Art
   • Speak to Genii and it Will Speak to You
8. Messages
   • Matthew Field
   • Steve Bryant
   • Bob Neale
   • Bev Bergeron
10. Bagdad
    • Bond Kills by Card Tricks
    • Sands of the Desert
    • Hooray! Tasteful Magic Greeting Cards Now Available
    • Interactions and Influences
11. Masked Magician Voodoo Doll ...

1. ... Interviews George Johnstone
36. The 6ht Los Angeles Conference on Magic History - Richard Kaufman
46. A Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities - Edwin A. Dawes
    • 11 - Jacob Philadelphia
50. Magicana - Richard Kaufman
    50. Engagement Alchemy - Jeff Haas
    51. Lunch Crunch - Paul Cummins
    52. The Card On The Window - Peter W. Tappan
    54. The Jennings Tapes - Larry Jennings
        • Glacier
    56. The Other Month - Phil Goldstein
        • Prophet Sharing
    58. The WebbMaster - Gregg Webb
        • Segue To Color-Change Section: Billiard Balls No. 3
    60. The Schneider Technique -...

January 2002 - December 2002
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1168 pages

1. Genii - Volume 65, Number 1 - January 2002 - 96 pages
1. Cover - Mac King
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
12. The Los Angeles Conference on Magic History - Dustin Stinett
14. Messages - Your Thoughts
    • Stephen Minch
    • Brett Sears
    • Christopher H. Hanna
    • Dennis Marks
    • Tim Wallace
    • Andy Schneider
    • Bryan Lizotte
    • Bob Loomis
    • Jeff Brown
    • Magicmike2013Aaol.com
    • Ulf Morling
18. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • On John Ramsay
      • John Ramsay - Personal Moments
      • John Ramsay - The Man ...

1. ...
   1. ... Lyons - Max Maven
   76. On the Si Stebbins System - P. Howard Lyons
   77. Confusion - P. Howard Lyons
   77. That's What I Call Direct! - P. Howard Lyons
   78. The Bard and The Bible - Allan Slaight
   79. The Issue of Ransom - Max Maven
   80. The Real Work On One-Way Faces - Tom Ransom
   80. Duped Again - Tom Ransom
   81. Card Sense (By Computer) - Tom Ransom
28. Here Are Your Mac King Paper Dolls! - Mac King
34. The Magic Castle Turns 40
    34. Introduction - Richard Kaufman
    35. The House That Milt Built - The Story of the Magic Castle - Bill Larsen, Jr.
    44. Milt Larsen's Haunted Mansion - Steve Bryant
        • The...

January 2005 - December 2005
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1432 pages

1. Genii - Volume 68, Number 1 - January 2005 - 120 pages
1. Cover - Kalin & Jinger
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
11. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Austin Dobson's Remark
    • Parasites and Precursors
15. Max Maven's Monthly Inquisition
20. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • More Study of Magic Literature: The Vernon Chronicles 2
22. The Inside Story - Mark Wilson
    • Number 11 - The Vanishing Automobile
26. Supernatural Chicago - Reviewed by Eugene Burger ...

January 2006 - December 2006
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1424 pages

1. Genii - Volume 69, Number 1 - January 2006 - 120 pages
1. Cover - Jean-Jacques Sanvert
4. Bob Read 1940-2005
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
11. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Bob Read 1940-2005
14. Bob Read and the Cups and Balls - Teller
17. Max Maven's Monthly Inquisition
15. Cartoon - Martin's Misdirection - James Burks
24. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • a look at the methodological concepts that make card magic work
26. The Language of Illusion - Jim Steinmeyer ...

January 2007 - December 2007
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1400 pages

1. Genii - Volume 70, Number 1 - January 2007 - 120 pages - Free "Bruise" Enclosed from Creative Magic
1. Cover - Tony Chapek
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
11. Now Performing - The Magic Castle - Las Vegas
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Magic: A Joking Matter?
    • Is Magic and Infinite Game?
    • Everybody has ADD
    • There May Be More to Mitt-Reading Than Palms
13. Cartoon - Rich Powell & Josh Mandel
15. Max Maven's Monthly Inquisition
16. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • Assemblage II - Continued from November...

1. ...
   1. ...
      • ... (Weapons of Choice) - Alan Rorrison
      • Fingers of Fury - Vol. 2 (Death by Cards) - Alan Rorrison
      • A Fabulous Monster - Max Maven
   106. Tricks Reviewed by David Oliver
        • The Red Carpet - Ari Soroka
        • The Riser Deck - Mark Elsdon
        • WizardFX Zed+ Wallet - WizardFX
        • Signed Card to Hip Wallet (Without Palming) - El Duco
        • Amazing Materializing Signature - John Rivav & Joseph de Leon
        • Ascension - Joshua Quinn
        • Bunko! - Jim Steinmeyer
112. Advertisers Index
112. Subscription Information

1. Genii - Volume 71, Number 2 - February 2008 - 112 pages
1. Cover...

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   • ...
18. Magicana - David Acer
    18. Unwedding Ring - Joe M. Turner
    20. Through the Drinking Glass - R. Paul Wilson
    21. Conversion - Donald Orbit
    23. Alex Cutting the Christ Aces - Bob Farmer
    25. The New Mind - Luke Jermay
        • Mixing Mentalism with Other Genres
34. Tension, Focus, and Design in Card Magic - Aaron Fisher
    • Shattered
44. Lynetta Welch: Tailor. Tinker. Soldier. Spy. - Paul Critelli
    48. Ghostly Pocket Hank - Lynetta Welch
56. Wayne Dobson: Changes and Choices - Dustin Stinett
    66. Wayne Dobson's "Rainbow"
    67. Wayne Dobson's "Fluke"
74. Your Vote Is Magic! - David...

January 2010 - December 2010
Richard Kaufman, Editor

1184 pages

1. Genii - Volume 73, Number 1 - January 2010 - 96 pages
1. Cover - The 11th Los Angeles Conference on Magic History
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
11. Now Performing - New York & Boston
12. On the Slant - Jon Racherbaumer
    • Poker Trumps Magic Tricks
    • A Pitch on Pitching
13. Now Performing - The Magic Castle & Las Vegas
14. In Memoriam
    • Carl Ballantine 1917-2009 - Joan Lawton
    • Jon Booth 1912-2009 - Clay Shevlin
16. The Genii Session - Roberto Giobbi
    • Technical Writing - About the Aesthetics
18. Magicana...

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   1. ...
      • ... Lab
      • Oh Snap! - Jibrizy Taylor & SansMinds
      • Sweet Penetration - Jibrizy Taylor
      • Digital Twin - The SansMinds Creative Lab
      • Apollo Ascending - Apollo Riego
      • Extract - Jason Yu & SansMinds
      • Deceive - Jason Yu & SansMinds
      • Box Pad - Gary Jones & Chris Congreave
      • Lucky Card - Costa Fantastico
      • Cup Cards - Will Gray
      • Decon - Danny Weiser
      • Horoscope - Chris Congreave
      • Enlighten - Ravi Mayar
      • Finger Flasher - Bracco
      • Sweetch - Gabbo
      • Burn Notice - Takel
      • Las Vegas Aces - Cody Fisher
107. Advertisers Index
107. Subscription Information

1. Genii - Volume 80, Number 2 - February 2017 - 112 pages
1. Cover - Katherine Mills
5. Contents
10. Genii Speaks - Richard Kaufman
    11. online video file available - John Scarne Schafer Beer Commercial
    11. online audio file available - On the...

Roberto Giobbi has a mathematical and scientific background, studied literature and linguistics and eventually majored as a translator and interpreter in German, English, Italian and French. Since 1988 he has been working as a free-lance magician, author and lecturer. His 5 bestselling volumes of Card College are the most widely translated magic books in history and are considered worldwide as the ultimate reference work for card magic. (The first two volumes are available as PDF ebooks with embedded video clips, and as an 8 hour pure video course.) He is member of the Escuela Magica de Madrid, magic's only Think Tank with 40 members worldwide. Several international awards...

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...

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...