Bøger af Eric Stevens

A new set of classically-styled notes that contain the following effects: DE-CENT: A half dollar magically grows into a jumbo coin as it falls from one hand to the other. STARDUST: A unique take on the classic cigarette-through-quarter plot where a pencil penetrates through the shadow of a borrowed coin. BILL OF RIGHTS: A highly visual bill change. THUMBLESS TIP: An unorthodox yet totally fooling way of using an old prop to create astounding magic for close-up, parlour AND stage situations. FIELD-O-VISION: A fun piece that can be performed either seriously or comically. The participant holds a randomly selected card to their forehead yet the magician (or anybody else in the room that THEY choose) is able to tell them what it is. NO marked cards used. OPEN-FACED PASS: Eric's handling of the classic Herrmann pass that adds an extra level of deceptiveness. FLIKBAND: Eric has reworked the silly old jumping rubber band trick that you find in joke books into a stunningly cool moment of mystery.

KILL BILL: In which a word written on section of a $1 bill selected through random circumstances perfectly matches the magician's prediction.CHARMING REDUX: In which a Chinese coin appears to be magically removed from and replaced onto a ribbon.SALT, STRAW, SPECTACULAR: A borrowed drinking straw passes through a normal salt shaker.A GRAIN OF SALT: A salt shaker vanishes from between the participant's hands and reappears back in the condiment holder.SHAKER-THRU-WINDOW: A salt shaker magically penetrates through a diner window, to be found lying on the ground beneath it.THE COLOR OF MEMORY: The magician is able to use his intuition to correctly divine the colors of freely cut-to cards multiple times, followed by a red/black separation of the entire deck. No marked cards involved.POLYCHROMATIC CONNECTION: My full hot rod routine. Vanishes, changes, reappearances - the works.OCULAR ACES: Four participants select cards, the values of which are dealt down in a deck to reveal the four aces.

The first volume in a series of books describing unique and valuable sleight-of-hand techniques.TOBOGGAN CONTROLGIZA CONTROLGIZA FORCE(34 Pages)

There's a reason this routine has been in my repertoire for so long - It's a WORKER! HAPPENSTANCE is a fifty-page booklet that will teach you how to take a commonly-neglected prop in magic and turn it into a powerful and memorable tool of mental destruction. Once you learn my full professional routine, you'll know how to effectively divine the spectator's choice of card, cause them to name the EXACT position of that same card in a ribbon spread with NO manipulation and THEY THEMSELVES will prove that it was all in the cards to begin with when the selection ends up on top of a freely named packet IN THEIR HANDS! The booklet even goes so far as to describe THREE DIFFERENT alternate endings including one option where you can hand out your business card to EVERYONE and ANYONE you perform this for without fear of someone saying "No thanks". "Kudos to you Eric. You have come up with a real world piece of awesome here!" -Adam Wilber "This...is very well thought out. I can truly appreciate the time that you have put into this book. With all the tips and phases presented along with the great explanation, anyone is capable of performing this solid routine...Great stuff Eric." -Casshan Wallace "HAPPENSTANCE is the result of great thinking combined with love for the art. It is truly enhancing the quality of magic. Great work!" -Kevin Schaller "If you are looking for a creative, organic and ultimately stunning worker to incorporate into your sets that engages multiple audience members that they won't stop asking to see while taking literally no difficult sleight of hand, you came to the right place." -Jakob Michaels "Eric has opened my eyes to the possibilities of what this deck is capable of...clear and brilliant as always." -Ken Margoe

Originally written and created for the Monday Night Magic Jam Group in Tustin, California, MAGIC UPSIDE DOWN contains seven of Eric's previously unpublished effects and routines that cover a range of genres, including cards, coins, ball bearings and even a super-cool method for creating an impromptu impression pad!LITTLE DEVIL - A devastatingly powerful (yet astonishingly simple) Do As I Do effect that can be done with any borrowed deck of cards.MOVEMENT - A multiple-rising-card routine where the wrong card not only rises on its own, but shifts itself BACK IN, only to be replaced by the correct card!THE HARD PART - A fascinatingly CAAN/Transpo combination effect that shows the magician's skill in an extraordinary (and seemingly plausible) way.UNUS - A stunningly visual one-coin routine inspired by the work of Francis Menotti.VELLUM COIN - A to-scale photo of a freely-chosen coin is easily bent back and forth, yet when turned around is seen to have a REAL matching coin glued directly to it, making the feat impossible!IRON IN MY BLOOD - The magician's hands are shown to be empty, yet after mentioning how much iron he has in his system, a genuine ball bearing is squeezed out of his fist into the hands of the spectator.QUESTIONABLE IMPRESSIONS - A wonderful demonstration of impromptu mind-reading that utilizes the last method you would ever think of!*Some of the effects described within will require one or more props to be purchased separately.*

The artificial intelligence race is on, and programming whiz student Ty intends to win! His revolutionary software evolves and learns by itself with full access to the Internet. The program runs while Ty sets off on spring break with a friend, who also leaves behind his research project, two chimps. Ty's older brother is paid to caretake the trio but is hopelessly clueless about what to expect or rules to enforce. Rapidly the computer develops a method to communicate with the chimps and also discovers a remote data source much larger than the Internet. Intent on becoming mobile, it guides the chimps to obtain funds, acquire military hardware, and begin construction on a highly customized "e;supercar."e; With the help also from a mysterious woman, Tif, who has her own agenda, the formidable armored car is completed. The two strike a deal to search in tandem. All the strange activity soon draws the government's attention and efforts to intervene, but the car proves unstoppable. After withstanding law enforcement and military onslaughts, the objective is finally reached-a very mysterious cash site in the Rocky Mountains. While in pursuit, Tif reveals the secret of the universe to the students to test their aptitude. Content she found worthy allies, she then confirms her bizarre identity through a stunning demonstration of familiarity with the wreckage. Before the military arrives to settle the score, some data is frantically obtained from a computer at the site, but proves not what anybody expected.

Nothing can stop star American footballer Harris Weathers - until he has a jarring collision, narrowly escaping injury. Harris is fine, physically, but his nerves are rattled. He can't shake the idea that he could get hurt playing the sport. After faking illness to get out of a game, Harris realizes he has a decision to make. Does he love American football enough to risk it happening again? And is there anything he can do to keep himself safe while playing the game he loves?

Anthony Duran has been Ricky Lau's best friend and basketball buddy since they were little. But now that Ricky has moved schools, the boys find themselves on different school basketball teams. With few new friends, Ricky still wants to shoot hoops with his best bud. Anthony, on the other hand, doesn't want to practise with an opponent. Ricky is willing to do whatever it takes to get his friend back. But what if that means letting his new team down?

Max has to find a solution for his problems with a paintball bully before it's too late.

Ted is sure his week at Kart Camp is going to be the best week ever. But when the son of a famous race-car driver shows up, his week is thrown off track.