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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 in magic round...

When Hideo was thirteen years old, he purchased a book of card magic for beginners but he didn't have a deck of cards. He went to a department store to buy one and asked a saleslady, 'Where can I buy a deck of cards?' She asked, 'What are you going to use it for?' he answered, 'To perform magic.' She pointed to a corner of the store where there was a Tenyo Magic Counter. He had never known that magic apparatus was sold to the general public. He bought a set of Multiplying Billiard Balls and both marked and stripper decks. This was the beginning of his magic career.

He went to work part-time as a magic demonstrator for Tenyo when he was nineteen years old while attending...

Learning from observing cheats in action, T.G. discovered and mastered the mechanics of the cardsharps as well as developed his own unrivaled style of shearing the sheep for slaughter. If provoked by being cheated, he believed it was open season, and could he ever lay a trap.

T.G. later decided that gambling and especially cheating were not in the cards. He believed that nerves of...

One day, while attending graduate school in Washington D.C., Cameron stumbled into a...

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...

At an early age of 10, Scott moved to Littleton, Colorado, where he spent the next 13 years of his life. Throughout his primary education, Scott retained the desire to analyze and perfect the craft of card manipulation. After completing college, Scott traveled across the country...

Mike Powers is an award-winning magician who has over 30 years of experience performing in both close-up and stage environments. He performs, lectures and writes, for example the monthly column "The Card Corner" in The Linking Ring. He was formerly a Professor of Physics at Holy Cross College in South Bend Indiana.

(The photo is copyright Robin W. Dawes, and is used with permission.)

Wrote Dabbling with Daub (1951, 7pp). Invented over 200 original effects published as "Manu-Secrets", including Soft Dice (1952), Flabbergasting! (1952), Red Tape Thumb Tie (1953), No Nest Cups & Balls (1953), Soft Dice (1954), The Travelling Salesman (1954), Just Imagination (1954), Alphabet Soup Card Trick (1955), Beyond...

Billed as "Master of Mystery". Semi-pro card, mental, and thimble magic for clubs, colleges, and hotels. A teacher by profession was a magician from Morristown, New Jersey. Served 41 months in the US Army Signal Corps.

Wrote Exciting Experiments in E.S.P. (1970, 76pp). Tricks in Genii, Magick, and Jinx.

This publication is in my opinion among the best books on cards ever written, but it is rarely mentioned or recommended. I am not sure why this is. Perhaps one reason is that Jack Merlin himself has not left a large footprint in the magic literature besides this one publication. He has a published trick in Expert Card Technique and if you read Card College 1 you will have learned the Jack Merlin's Riffle Shuffle. Farelli mentions in his Farell's Card Magic: "I agree with Mr. Jack Merlin that the custom of continually practicing in front of a glass is the cause of the unfortunate habit many magicians have of blinking at the precise moment of performing...

Where to start and what's important.

This is a well thought out and compact introduction to card magic by Paul Hallas. He teaches you the most important sleights and tricks that go along with these sleights.

From the introduction:

Be is the latest ebook from creative young magician Kyle MacNeill, and contains 7 commercial card effects, 2 new sleights, and one troubleshooting idea. It is 6 months in the making, and also contains a cool new principle of magic.

From the Intro:

1. Introduction
2. On Mountains & Under Buildings
3. Disappearing Ink
4. Introduction to Smelling Pennies
5. Smelling Pennies
6. Study Notes and Background
7. Dan S.
8. GHOST
9. A Funny Thing Happened in the Theatre
10. Connecticut College Goes to Atlanta
11. Kennedy & Lincoln
12. The Hawaiian Postcards
13. Swing Street Synchronicity
14. Victor Brauner's Eye
15. The Cat's Cufflink
16. Stubby Goes to LaGuardia
17. It's All Happening at the Zoo
18. Ganesha - Remover of Obstacles
19. Isleford in New York
20. Howle's Buffalo Fur Houdini Card
21. Asian Synchronicity ...

All these episodes have been digitally restored and remastered. Each episode has had the major clicks, pops, and distortions removed while preserving the vintage sound.

49. The Vanishing Brooch
    While attempting to get his watch repaired, the jewelers ask Blackstone to solve a rash of robberies that are leaving their own detectives baffled. Could one of the store's oldest and best customers be to blame?
    After another mystery is solved by magic, Blackstone teaches a strange little card trick with a singing revelation. Originally broadcast 09/04/1949
50. Crimes on a Merry Go Round
    The police are...

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...

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.

[Note that to view the embedded video clips on iPad you will need the PDF-Expert app. And to view them on Android tablets use ezPDF. There could be other apps that work but these two have been tested.]

[Note: If you want to use the green cross-volume links in the PDFs you have to rename the PDFs to: 'Card College Volume 1.pdf' and 'Card College Volume 2.pdf'.]...

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...

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...

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

[Note that to view the embedded video clips on iPad you will need the PDF-Expert app. And to view them on Android tablets use ezPDF. There could be other apps that work but these two have been tested.]

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

[Note that to view the embedded video clips on iPad you will need the PDF-Expert app. And to view them on Android tablets use ezPDF. There could be other apps that work but these two have been tested.]

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

[Note that to view the embedded video clips on iPad you will need the PDF-Expert app. And to view them on Android tablets use ezPDF. There could be other apps that work but these two have been tested.]

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

[Note that to view the embedded video clips on iPad you will need the PDF-Expert app. And to view them on Android tablets use ezPDF. There could be other apps that work but these two have been tested.]