Books with author Bob Longe

Have nothing but a deck of cards? With this book you'll soon be dealing out playful poker, and four-ace tricks that will make everyone say: "How did you do that?" If you can shuffle a deck, you can perform "jacks be nimble," "about face," "number nonsense," and dozens more. Clear illustrations demonstrate how to execute each move precisely. A chart gauges the difficulty of each trick.

These are 36 of the greatest impromptu card tricks ever invented. Longe shows you not only how each one works, but also how to put them over, with clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations. A special chapter in the back even explains how to bluff your way through a trick if it goes wrong. Great for kids from eight to eighty. 128 pages, 17 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

With more games than you ever knew existed and as many tricks as a professional magician has up his sleeve, this super-huge collection gives you days' and days' worth of fun! Some take as little as 10 minutes, for others you'll need to master some rules first, but when you get in the swing of it you'll never put down that deck of cards. Try rummy, poker, euchre, whist, and hearts--all the basic games, with all the instructions and scoring procedures--as well as solitaire for those moments when you're alone. But, when you've got an audience, put on a show with such card capers as "I Love the Piano," where you transfer a card from one pile to another with a magical "snap" of the fingers. You won't ever want to stop playing!

With no more than a deck of ordinary playing cards, astound your friends and family with your wizardly talents. Most of the 50 tricks can be done on the spur of the moment, and none requires any special equipment, sleight of hand, or special talent. Each trick contains suggestions of what to say to keep your performance running smoothly and even get a few laughs! A handy mastery levels chart and index will let you select tricks based on your ability. 128 pages, 40 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

These amazing card and magic tricks will astonish every crowd...without fail! No one's better than master magician, Bob Longe at teaching unbelievable illusions and transforming anyone into the star of a party or performance. The vast majority of his tricks feel completely impromptu and they all require very little preparation - but what a dazzling variety there are! Baffle an audience using cards, coins, dice and other ordinary objects. Try a little mental magic, including astonishing feats with numbers and real prestidigitation - that is ways to fool the eye with sleight of hand. Best of all, every one is achievable with just a little bit of practice.

Have you ever wished that you could perform dazzling card tricks? Just practice these techniques and tricks and soon you'll be the life of the party. Perfect the basics of card control, cuts, false cuts, forces, and glides--all simple sleights of hand. Discover four different methods of bringing cards to the top of the deck, two ways to mix the cards, and other tips to deceive the eyes of your audience. Each trick is presented as if the author were actually performing it, complete with banter and conversation, so you'll feel comfortable doing it yourself in front of a crowd. 128 pages, 53 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

Fool your friends; baffle your buddies; and perplex your parents with dozens of amazing tricks. Each of these fascinating feats appears to be the work of magical forces, but their true secret lies in mathematical manipulations. Correctly guess the age of any volunteer. Startle a stranger with knowledge about his or her life. Read minds, make accurate predictions, perform lightning-quick calculations, and demonstrate seemingly mystical powers of memory. Perform extraordinary effects with cards, dice, pencil and paper (and occasionally a calculator). In all of these tricks, the mathematical principle is well-concealed, and in many of them the use of numbers isn't even suspected. For each trick, an explanation of why it works is included in order to help you better understand the principle behind it, as well as to enable you to make your own variations on the trick or to develop other tricks on your own. Suggestions are given for what to say when introducing a trick so as to heighten suspense, increase sur prise, and keep your audience as confounded as possible. No sleight of hand is used, but with your brain power as your "magic wand," you'll have fun entertaining, amazing, and confusing people for hours. 96 pages, 51 b/w illus., 5 3/8 x 8 1/4. NEW IN PAPERBACK

More than 100 clever tricks you can perform anytime, anywhere. Amaze your friends with incredible feats of dexterity and manipulation using just your hands, feet, and a few basic household items. “Remove,” “stretch,” and “shrink” your fingers. Defy the laws of anatomy and turn your hand completely around. Make a spoon stick to the palm of your hand, and turn a pencil to rubber. Fool your friends with silly I.Q. tests worked with fingers, and entertain them with funny bits like the “trained flea.” Try stunts, impressions, and challenges that you can do but spectators can’t. Each trick includes a script of what to say during every step of your performance, ensuring that you’ll get a “big hand” from your audience.

New EditionBe the hit of any party with these crowd-pleasing exploits, taught by master magician and card-trick guru Bob Longe. He takes you from simple sleight-of-hand-techniques to feats of prediction and telepathy, and presents each one as if it were being performed, complete with audience-amusing (and distracting) banter. Entertain the gang with some smart card-cutting, shuffling, and counting. Or try an amazing trick of divination, in which two different people choose exactly the same card from two entirely different decks-and even more incredible, this feat is predicted in a newspaper article! Each caper is astonishing.