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[Note: Despite all the rumors the cover does not show Jon in his younger years.]
This is an ebook about moves, card moves to be precise. If you are already familiar with the basics of card magic then you will find here a lot of advanced moves and concepts to significantly improve your magic. If you are an experienced veteran of card magic you will probably still find some moves you are unfamiliar with. It is also a great reference ebook to have in case you run one day into any of these moves. The moves are described in text and photos with references and sources in the usually meticulous Racherbaumer style.
- Adding To Vernon (Jon Racherbaumer)
- The Altman Trap (Art Altman)
- Audacity Bluff Pass (Frank Thompson, Edward Marlo)
- Benzais Cop (Diaconis, Benzais, Marlo)
- Bilis Switch (Bernard Bilis)
- Bottom Out (Edward Marlo)
- Bottop Change (Hofzinser, Marlo, Dingle)
- Break-less Mechanical Reverse Finesse (Paul Cummins)
- Burn-Surviving Switchout (Edward Marlo)
- Cascade Control (Charlie Miller)
- Clip Steal (Edward Marlo)
- Copdiddle Count (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Cover-Up Cut (Edward Marlo)
- Delayed Bottom Placement (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Drop-Delay Force (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Filigree Double (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Finessed Collectors Count (Hideo Kato, Jon Racherbaumer)
- Finessed Throw Change (Derek Dingle)
- Focussed Misdirection Palm (Edward Marlo)
- For The Unambitious (Edward Marlo)
- Greased Bottom Deal (Edward Marlo)
- Haymowie-Wowie Force (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Hofzinser Drop-Cut Force (Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser)
- Illogical Spread Switch (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Impeccable Double (Howie Schwarzman)
- In-A-Jiffy Duplex Double (Edward Marlo)
- Jog-Podge Control (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Laid-Back Bottom Palm (Cliff Green)
- Locked-In Push-In Change (Edward Marlo)
- Longitudinal Side-Steal (Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer)
- Mahatma Control (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Malone Change (Bill Malone)
- Marlo-Curry Turnover (Edward Marlo, Paul Curry)
- Mechanical-Second Palm Steal (Edward Marlo)
- Mexican Flipover (Edward Marlo)
- Nullifactor (Stewart James)
- Oops False Cut (Marlo, Forte)
- Optical Add (Edward Marlo)
- Preparing To Twist (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Pressure Spread (Paul Le Paul)
- Quick Clip Cop (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Roman Shuffle (Edward Marlo)
- Rub-A-Dub Deluxe (Glenn Morphew, Jason England)
- Scoop Addition (Edward Marlo)
- Skid Double (Edward Marlo)
- Slip-less Clip Force (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Spread Drop Switch (Tony Kardyro, Edward Marlo)
- Stealth Palm (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Tip Top Palm (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Visible Victor Change (Edward Marlo)
- Whirl Flourish (Jon Racherbaumer)
- Wink Change (Martin Gardner)
1st edition 2009; 169 pages.
word count: 30299 which is equivalent to 121 standard pages of text