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T.G. later decided that gambling and especially cheating were not in the cards. He believed that nerves of steel and the killer instinct were for the young and relentless. T.G. choose to convert back to magic. He bought and studied magic books and continued creating his own style of deception.

The two greatest factors of his formative years that were instilled in him were to create his oen repertoire of original sleights and to learn how to "unhandle" a deck of cards...

He was born Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia in Steubenville, Ohio. Leaving school after the eighth grade, he learned as a teenager how to perform card tricks like three-card monte and to gamble using cards and dice. His mother, disappointed in how he was making his money, encouraged him to take up magic instead. He soon started making money at card tricks.

Scarne became quite an expert at tricks and games of all kinds. Articles were written about him in various magazines, and he was hired as a consultant or advisor by various companies. He wrote 15 books on magic, gambling and games. He served as a technical advisor in the 1973 motion picture, "The Sting",...

Based on his own childhood and personal experiences, he is acclaimed as a story-telling magician. Graphic designer and illustrator. Expert on Logotype design. Highly experienced in creating designs for business cards, letterheads and promotional leaflets and brochures. Mentor and SYM leader. Recipient of The Charles Hopkins Award for Magical Excellence. Co-performer and co-producer of a CD pertaining to the usage of music in magic performances. Highly skilled in the areas of Children's magic and open-air performances.

Kyle is also a weekly columnist for Magic NZ Ezine as well as columnist for The Funny...

He is usually seen with a pack of cards stuck to his hands, lost in the world of magic creation...

Matthew would like to thank Mr. Mike Reed for inspiring his first interest in magic.

John currently resides in his hometown of Woodstock, Illinois, where he spends his summers performing for audiences all over northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin. If you find yourself in one of John's classes at his high school, you'll likely see him nearby with a pack of cards, surrounded by a crowd of stunned spectators.

John's performances of various effects have been featured on personal web sites and newsletters by such magicians as Cameron Francis and Paul Gordon.

Some of his greatest influences in magic over the years have been Cameron Francis, Dave Forrest, Paul Hallas, Aldo Colombini, and Paul Gordon (to name a few).

He became a recognized specialist of card magic and corresponded with such luminaries as Karl Fulves, Frank Garcia and Larry Jennings. Particularly noteworthy are his creations of small packet tricks and ESP tricks, many of which he either sold directly to retailers or licensed to manufacturers such as Emerson-West. He also had his own playing card printing press on which he would print special cards for his small packet tricks.

His publications are Symphonie in Rot und Blau, Card Nostalgie, Ein Card Mirakel, and Card Magic.

Imagine performing incredible mesmerizing close-up spur-of-the-moment magic that you can pull right from your pocket with no setup, no crazy sleight of hand, no weird moves to master. Further visualize slow, right before your eyes mind-blowing magic feats that leave your spectators speechless and wanting more all performed with magic’s classic thumb tip! Wait, what? Did you say the thumb tip? Yes, the thumb...

Dr. Joseph Banks Rhine was a botanist and the father of parapsychology. He established the parapsychology lab at Duke University and founded journals and organizations of parapsychology. He coined the term extra-sensory perception (ESP) and was the first to systematically and experimentally explore ESP using the Zener cards (designed by his colleague Karl Zener) and later psychokinesis. He recorded remarkable results in his ESP experiments that would suggest that ESP is real. However, the results could never be replicated by other academic institutes. The results he achieved were likely a combination of sensory leakage and outright fraud by...

This is a very well done PDF. Here is what Michael writes about his ebook:

This ebook offers unparalleled instruction by allowing text, photographs, and video clips to do what they do best and can be printed out to produce a spectacular 8.5 x 11, 179-page book. Each routine is described in complete detail in Michael Close’s clear, easy-to-read style. It’s almost like having private lessons with Michael Close. BONUS: Three Essays on Magic Theory and Michael’s Presentation & Handling of: Dean Dill’s Box & Gary Plants Magnetized Cards.

The 179 pages of Closely Guarded Secrets contain...

1. ...A Rule Of The Thumb
11. A Handkerchief Is Selected
12. A Card Is Found Once More
13. Odd or Even, Which?
14. The Alternate Detection
15. A New Kink
16. Annemann's Eight-in-a-Row Location
17. Red or Black
18. The Challenge Of The Year
19. The Mind In Retrospect
20. The Five Thought Effect
21. The Guessing Contest
23. The Two Person Location
23. A Couple of Cards Get Together
24. The New Deal Card Code
25. The Perfect Club Slate Routine
27. Fair and Square
28. Dual Sympathy
29. Another Sympathetic Mystery
30. Triplets By Chance
31. The Last of The Think Stop Tricks
33. Your Card!
34. The Tune Detective
35. The Mindreader's Dream
37. Music In The Air
39. A Quaint Happening
40. The Prophecy...

5. Addenda and Corrigenda
7. Introduction
33. I.Significant Events in the Life of Robert-Houdin
51. II.The Orange-Tree Trick
83. III.The Writing and Drawing Figure
116. IV.The Pastry Cook of the Palais Royal
141. V.The Obedient Cards - The Cabalistic Clock - The Trapeze Automaton
176. VI.The Inexhaustible Bottle
200. VII.Second Sight
222. VIII.The Suspension Trick
245. IX.The Disappearing Handkerchief
264. X.Robert-Houdin's Ignorance of Magic as Betrayed by His Own Pen
295. XI.The Narrowness of Robert-Houdin's Memoirs

• CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
  1. Introductory Observations
  4. The Magic Wand
  5. The Magician's Table
  8. The Magician's Dress
  9. Profondes
  9. Pochettes
  9. "Loading" Pockets
• CHAPTER II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SLEIGHT-OF-HAND APPLICABLE TO CARD TRICKS.
  11. The Cards
  12. To "Make the Pass"
  21. To "Force" a Card
  23. To Make a "False Shuffle"
  27. To "Palm" a Card
  27. To "Ruffle" the Cards
  28. To "Change" a Card
  34. To Get Sight of a Drawn Card
  35. To "Slip" a Card
  36. To "Draw Back" a Card
  37. To "Turn Over" the Pack
  37. To Spring the Cards from one Hand to the Other
  38. To Throw a Card
  39. The...

1. ...Thurston, Howard
128. Valadon, Herr
     Tricks and Illusions
87. Another Man Cut Up To-night
78. Caught by the Finger Tips
105. Chinese Miser's Dream
100. Coin Handkerchief and Ring Trick
105. Floating Coin, The
133. From Water to Wine - Then Back Again
104. Gold or Silver
125. Great Cigar Box Trick, The
80. Great Change Trick, The
117. History of Playing Cards and Their Manipulation, A
103. Magic Coin Box, The
73. Modern Cigar Manipulation
84. New Century Bottle, Egg, Orange, and Bird Trick
79. New Handkerchief Production
81. New Handkerchief Vanish, A
123. New Hat and Cigar Effect, A
129. New Rising Card, A
108. Photographic Deceptions
102. Rice Bowls and Mystic Coin, The
78. Tambourine...