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Author: Alfred C. Gilbert
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Published: 2016-10-26
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 0486816540
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A renowned toymaker shares his conjuring secrets in this single-volume compilation of two vintage books, Gilbert Coin Tricks and Gilbert Handkerchief Magic. Simple, amply illustrated instructions provide guidance to ageless sleight-of-hand entertainments.
Author: Alfred C. Gilbert
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Published: 2016-11-16
Total Pages: 147
ISBN-13: 0486811182
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Make coins vanish and reappear, make handkerchiefs change color, and make friends, family, and other audiences gasp with delight at your dazzling sleight-of-hand tricks. You can learn the secrets behind dozens of classic maneuvers from Alfred C. Gilbert, a manufacturer of magic kits. The renowned toymaker shared his conjuring secrets in Gilbert Coin Tricks and Gilbert Handkerchief Magic. Published a century ago, these two charming guides are now available in this new single-volume edition. Geared toward young readers, Gilbert's Table Magic abounds in simple, clearly illustrated instructions that provide insights into ageless entertainments. The tricks are divided into two classes: sleight-of-hand tricks that call for patience, practice, and determination; and a series of tricks that require practically no skill and that anyone can quickly learn. A treasury of tricks for every style of aspiring magician, this book is ideal for both serious magic enthusiasts and more casual readers.
Author: Louisa Lelias Greene (hon.)
Publisher:
Published: 1875
Total Pages: 772
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Geoffrey Dixon
Publisher: Rhosearn Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 0952553236
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: e-artnow
Published: 2015-08-27
Total Pages: 125
ISBN-13: 802684386X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This carefully crafted ebook: "Puck of Pook's Hill - Complete Collection of Puck's Magical Stories (With Original Illustrations)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Puck of Pook's Hill is a fantasy book, containing a series of short stories set in different periods of English history. It can count both as historical fantasy - since some of the stories told of the past have clear magical elements, and as contemporary fantasy - since it depicts a magical being active and practicing his magic in the England of the early 1900s when the book was written. The stories are all narrated to two children living near Burwash, in the area of Kipling's own house Bateman's, by people magically plucked out of history by the elf Puck, or told by Puck himself. (Puck, who refers to himself as "the oldest Old Thing in England", is better known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.) The genres of particular stories range from authentic historical novella (A Centurion of the Thirtieth, On the Great Wall) to children's fantasy (Dymchurch Flit). Each story is bracketed by a poem which relates in some manner to the theme or subject of the story. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift."
Author: A. Gilbert
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-01-25
Total Pages: 62
ISBN-13: 9781984235466
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the INTRODUCTION. The Thing To Do First. We do not ask that you should do at any one performance every one of the tricks which we describe, as it is possible that some of them may not particularly appeal to you. The thing to do is to pick out those which you think are the best and which are suited to your idea of an evening's entertainment. We should certainly recommend that you do each one of the tricks and then pick out those which you think will produce the most fun and amazement. All Your Tricks Need Not Be Chemical Tricks. We do not recommend that you give an entire performance of just chemical tricks, but pick out one or two of the best and give them in connection with your evening's entertainment with some of the other Gilbert Magic Series. How to Give a Chemical Magic Entertainment. First, have a table (see Fig. 1) with a depression or shelf in the back where the chemicals can be left open ready for use. Second arrange your glasses on the table in advance and have those for each trick in a row, so that you will not get them mixed up when performing; or you can actually mark on the table the name of the trick, the number, and the order in which the glasses are to be used. It is important that the articles required for the performance should be arranged beforehand so that there will be no confusion, otherwise your show will not run smoothly. With a little practice and care you will avoid all cause for trouble. Third, the method herein described of putting the chemicals into the glasses during the performance, is quite unique and simple. For this purpose, use a little wooden wand with a notch at one end in which the chemicals can be picked up and carried unnoticeably and then dropped into the glass or bottle while you are performing. All conjurers and magicians use a wand, so do not fear that anyone in the audience will become suspicious. By gently tapping the bottle with the wand, using this in a perfectly natural manner, the chemicals will drop without in any way your audience becoming aware of what has taken place
Author: Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2010-09-24
Total Pages: 1174
ISBN-13: 140881790X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For the first time the complete works of the award-winning author Elizabeth Gilbert are collected together, highlighting her talents as a writer of both fiction and non-fiction. In the international best-seller Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert narrates her struggles after a bitter divorce and turbulent love affair, beginning her quest to rediscover how to be happy. In Rome, she indulges herself and gains nearly two stone. In India, she finds enlightenment through scrubbing temple floors. Finally, in Bali a toothless medicine man reveals a new path to peace, leaving her ready to find love again. In Committed, Gilbert is about to wed the man she fell in love with at the end of Eat, Pray, Love and with wit and intelligence contemplates marriage, trying with all her might to discover what this stubbornly enduring old institution actually is. In The Last American Man, Gilbert presents a fascinating, intimate portrait of the American naturalist and brilliant modern hero Eustace Conway, who at the age of seventeen ditched the comforts of his suburban existence to escape into the wild. Attempting to instil in people a deeper appreciation of nature, Conway stops at nothing in pursuit of bigger, bolder adventures. In Gilbert's first novel Stern Men, the eighteen-year-old irredeemably unromantic Ruth Thomas returns home from boarding school determined to join the 'stern-men'. Throwing her education overboard, this feisty and unforgettable American heroine helps work the lobster boats and brushes up on her profanity, eventually falling for a handsome young lobsterman. In Pilgrims, Gilbert's sharply drawn and tenderly observed collection of twelve short stories, tough heroes and heroines, hardened by their experiences, struggle for their epiphanies and seek companionship as fiercely as they can.
Author: Thomas W. Gilbert
Publisher: Godine+ORM
Published: 2020-09-15
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 1567926886
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The untold story of baseball’s nineteenth-century origins: “a delightful look at a young nation creating a pastime that was love from the first crack of the bat” (Paul Dickson, The Wall Street Journal). You may have heard that Abner Doubleday or Alexander Cartwright invented baseball. Neither did. You may have been told that a club called the Knickerbockers played the first baseball game in 1846. They didn’t. Perhaps you’ve read that baseball’s color line was first crossed by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Nope. Baseball’s true founders don’t have plaques in Cooperstown. They were hundreds of uncredited, ordinary people who played without gloves, facemasks, or performance incentives. Unlike today’s pro athletes, they lived full lives outside of sports. They worked, built businesses, and fought against the South in the Civil War. In this myth-busting history, Thomas W. Gilbert reveals the true beginnings of baseball. Through newspaper accounts, diaries, and other accounts, he explains how it evolved through the mid-nineteenth century into a modern sport of championships, media coverage, and famous stars—all before the first professional league was formed in 1871. Winner of the Casey Award: Best Baseball Book of the Year
