Card Magic - Cards

DVD's

Warp One - David Jenkins

http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=1512

Torn - Daniel Garcia

http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=1103

Introduction

Crash Course In Cards 1

http://www.ellusionist.com/product/dvd+training/beginner/crash+course+in+cards+1.do

Content

Introduction
Mechanic's grip and breaks
Swing cuts
Injog Controls
Card in Hand - trick
False Cut & Dribble
Here Then There - trick
Protrude Control
Heat - 2 Card Selection - trick
C-Short, Force, T-Palm
Braue Reversal
Fastest Trick on Earth - trick
Out of Sight /see it done - trick
Out of Sight - learn it
Wrap up

The essential and indispensable sleights a beginner should learn before any other moves; a control, force, double lift taught on this DVD. The rest should be learned after these. There are enough tricks to see how these sleights are applied.

Something you'll hear on many of Brad Christian's DVDs, helped me! "Breaking down a move, at first you try to learn the sleight and you just don't get it, rewind x 1 000 000 000 times, check every little movement, every little finger. AND GO SLOOOOW. The body will pick up the mechanics and speed it up later"

Ambitious Card Routine

Crash Course In Card 2 (Ambitious Card Routine)

http://www.ellusionist.com/product/dvd+training/beginner/ellusionist%27s+crash+course+2+ambitious+card.do

Content

Preview
Calvin
Brad Welcome Intro
Push Off Double Lift
Standard Double Lift
Breaking Down A Move
Card Reverse Turnover
Mahal
LePaul Bluff Pass
Marlo Tilt
Spectator Card Insert
James Ellis Loading Move
Braue Pop Up Move
Brenna
Routining
Jerry Sadowitz Side Jog
Ambitious Purist?
One Handed Top Palm
Catch Card Invisibly
Tenkai Production
MORE ON ROUTINING
Top Change (2 Ways)
Get Experience Performing
Tilt Colour Change
Air-Flip Over
Victoria
Utility Double Lift Get Ready
The Pass
Jackass
Rubaway Knee Vanish
Woodfield's Torn & Restored Card
Torn & Restored Talk
Have Fun And Experience
JUNE/TRICK SHIRT PERFORMANCE
Wrap Up / MORE
Nate Staniforth Rouitne

Enough sleights for your ambitious card routine, thorough except for the One Handed Top Palm, oh also The Pass isn't expplanation it's overview of it's use in this routine.

Penguin Magic (Beginner Card Magic)

Born to Perform Card Magic with Oz Pearlman

http://www.penguinmagic.com/product.php?ID=618

Content

Fundamentals:
Mechanic's Grip
Biddle Grip
Pinky Break
Thumb Break
Dribble to Secure a Break
Swing Cut
Swivel Cut
Double Lift
Top Palm

Routines:
Ultimate Transpo
Two Card Monte
Biddle Trick
Ambitious Card

Controls:
Classic Pass
Hindu Shuffle Pass
Double Undercut
One Handed Top Palm
Elmsley Count
Spread Cull
Swing Swivel Cut

Forces:
Hindu Shuffle
Riffle Shuffle

Flourishes:
2 Handed Thumb Fan
Le Paul Spread
Springing the Cards
Erdnase Color Change
One Handed Thumb Fan
Hot Shot Cut [Daryl]
Pendulum Cut [Hooser]
Trinary Cut [Acer]

Beginner, The Pass explanation CRAP! 2 Handed Thumb Fan explantion CRAP! Oz your jokes suck!

Books

Roberto Giobbi - Card College Books Volume 1 - 5

Comment: First of five volumes in this complete course in card magic. Well illustrated with line drawings, each section ends with "check points" to help you evaluate your learning

Contents:

xi Foreword: by Juan Tamariz, Madrid 1992
xiii Introduction to Volume 1: by Roberto Giobbi, Reinach 1995

1 The Art of Performing Magic With Cards: a personal note, getting the most from the book

5 A Brief History of Playing Cards

7 Instruments and Tools
7 The Hands: hand and skin types, hand care
8 The Playing Cards: card size, the finish, face and back designs, the card case, treating the cards
11 The Close-up Pad: Pad size, material, color

13 Chapter 1: Fundamental Techniques
15 Dealing Position
17 The End Grip
18 Elevated Dealing Position
19 Squaring the Deck
20 The All-around Square-up
21 Giving the Deck a Complete Cut
21 Spreading the Cards in the Hands
23 Outjogging Cards as They are Spread Between the Hands
24 Dribbling Cards
24 Dealing Cards: introduction
25 Dealing Cards Face Down - The Draw Method
26 Dealing Cards Face Up - The Stud Method
27 The Swing Cut
28 The Break: intro
28 The Little-finger Break
29 Forming a Little-finger Break Under the Top Card - Two-handed Method
30 Forming a Little-finger Break Under the Top Card - One-handed Method
31 Forming a Little-finger Break Under Multiple Cards
32 The Thumb Break
33 The Step
34 The Riffle: a flourish
35 The Ribbon Spread: on the table

37 Chapter 2: Overhand Shuffle Techniques, Part 1
39 The Overhand Shuffle
42 Running Single Cards
43 Control of the Top and Bottom Cards: using the overhand shuffle
44 Controlling the Top Stock of the Deck - The Injog Shuffle
47 Controlling the Bottom Stock
49 Tricks with the Overhand Shuffle
49 Thought Stealer: Spectator selects on of several cards, the deck is shuffled, then the specator spells the card while dealing, ending with the selection!
51 The Spectator Cuts the Aces: Spectator cuts the deck into four packets and the top card of each is an Ace

55 Chapter 3: False Cut Techniques, Part 1
57 An Optical False Cut from the Hand
58 The False Swing Cut
59 A Simple False Cut
60 A Triple False Cut
61 The Slip Cut from Dealing Position
62 Tricks with False Cuts
62 Hat Trick: Spectator shuffles the deck, magician places three prediction cards face up. Deck is cut three times, to the cards matching the prediction cards in value and color
63 Court Card Conclave (Nick Trost): Twelve court cards are removed from deck and shown in random order. They are cut into the deck, where they rise to the top in matching pairs

65 Chapter 4: Card Controls
67 The Overhand Shuffle Control
68 The "Whoops!" Control
69 The Diagonal Insertion
72 The Peek Control
74 The Post-peek Overhand Shuffle Control
75 A Peek Control for Two Cards
76 The Multiple Peek Control
77 The One-card Middle Pass
79 Other Controls: appearing elsewhere in the course but mentioned here for reference
80 Tricks with Card Controls
80 The Shamus Card: A card chosen by the spectator is found in the deck at a position determined by the Shamus card
81 The Question Is... (Karrell Fox): the point of a question mark is the spectator's selection

83 Chapter 5: Force Techniques, Part 1
85 The Crisscross Force
86 The Balducci Force
88 The Goldin Force
90 The Ten-to-Twenty Force
91 A Trick with the Force
91 The Lie Detector. Spectator names 8 cards but lies on one (naming his selection). Magician knows which card was lied about and the name of the selection

93 Chapter 6: Transfer Cuts
95 The Double Cut
97 The Triple Cut from Top to Bottom
98 The Triple Cut from Bottom to Top
99 Tricks with Transfer Cuts
99 Triple Coincidence (John Scarne): three cards are exhanged from two decks between spectator and magician; the three cards match!
101 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: Three spectators each name a number, and magician deals that many cards to the table. A previously chosen card is revealed to be a Seven, and the bottom card of each packet is also a seven

103 Chapter 7: Riffle Shuffle Techniques
105 The Closed Riffle Shuffle
107 Squaring After the Shuffle
108 The Open Riffle Shuffle
109 Riffle Shuffle Stock Controls: Control of the Top Stock, Control of the Bottom Stock
110 The Waterfall Riffle Shuffle
113 Tricks with Riffle Shuffle Techniques
113 The Red-Black Location: card is chosen from a fan and placed back in the deck; the card is found in a flash
114 Royal Flush Finale: a Four Ace to Royal Flush effect

119 Chapter 8: The Glide
121 The Glide
123 Tricks with The Glide
123 The Acrobat Family: a version of Marlo's Elevator Cards
125 The Coué Test: the wrong card is found, but the magician corrects his mistake

127 Chapter 9: The Double Lift, Part 1
129 A Double Lift
130 A Double Turnover
132 Tricks with a Double Lift
132 Rise and Swap (Sven Maro): One card travels to the top of the deck, then changes to a card held by the spectator
133 A Card in Hand (Annemann): a card used to locate a selection turns into the selection

135 Chapter 10: The Key Card
137 Key-card Placement: The Key Card in a Hand-to-Hand Spread, Key Card in a Ribbon Spread
140 Glimpse and Placement
142 Location, Identification and Control with a Key Card: Control in a Hand-to-Hand Spread, Tabled Ribbon Spread Control
144 Further Thoughts on the Key Card: Shuffling with a Key Card, Letting the Spectator Shuffle with a Key Card
145 Tricks with a Key Card
145 A Phenomenal Memory (Jimmy Grippo): spectator moves selection from one spot in a fan to another, magician is apparently able to tell which card was moved by memory
147 Your Number - Your Card (Paul Rosini): magician is able to locate the selection by merely knowing its former postion
149 Thot Echo (Sam Schwartz): magician finds selections made in two separate packets

153 Chapter 11: Hindu Shuffle Technique
155 The Hindu Shuffle
157 Glimpsing the Bottom Card with a Hindu Shuffle
157 Placing a Key Card with a Hindu Shuffle
158 The Hindu Shuffle Force
160 Hindu Shuffle Card Controls: Controlling a Single Card, Controlling Multiple Cards
162 Tricks with the Hindu Shuffle Technique
162 The Magus Card: a special Magus card helps the spectator find her selection, then the Maguc card matches the selection
164 The Lucky Card: selection is found with the help of a lucky card

167 Chapter 12: Flourishes, Part 1
169 Turning Over the Top Card I
170 Turning Over the Top Card II
171 Turning Over the Top Card III
172 The Charlier Cut
173 The Swivel Cut
175 The Boomerang Card
176 The Spring Riffle Shuffle
177 Jack Merlin's Riffle Shuffle
178 The Pop-up Card
179 The Wind-up Gag
179 The Two-handed Fan
181 The Broad One-handed Fan
182 The Reverse One-handed Fan
183 The Ribbon Spread Turnover

185 Chapter 13: Spread Cull Techniques
187 The Spread Cull
189 The Under-the-spread Force
191 Tricks with the Spread Cull
191 The Magic Phone Number: Four cards are touched in the deck and turned face up, the cards next to them turn out to be the four Queens
192 As You Like It: Deck is cut into four packets, with the bottom card of each matching a value selected by the spectator

195 Chapter 14: Useful Auxiliary Sleights
197 Thumb Counting
201 The Little-finger Count
203 The Secret Addition of Cards
204 The Braue Addition
206 The Tip-over Addition
208 ATFUS: Any Time Face Up Switch
211 The Single, Double and Multiple Push-over
212 Buckling One or More Cards

215 Chapter 15: Force Techniques, Part 2
217 The Classic Force: Technique, Handling and Structure, The Psychological Management of the Spectators, The Inner Game of the Performer, How to Practice the Classic Force, Outs (Direct Methods, Indirect Methods, Final Observations)
224 The Riffle Force
227 More Tricks with the Force
The Jumping Pulse: Magician identifies selection by feeling spectator's pulse, then the spectator determines the magician's selection in the same manner!
228 Headliner!: The chosen page of a newspaper reveals the selection

231 Chapter 16: The Top Change
233 The Top Change
236 Top Change Covers
238 The Top Change as an Out for the Classic Force
239 Tricks with the Top Change
239 Metamorphosis: a prediction card matches three other cards after an apparent mismatch
241 The Lucky Coin: a coin helps locate a selection

245 Bibliography
247 Index

Comment:The second of five volumes in this excellent course in card magic.

Contents: (note, page numbers continue from Volume 1)

xxiii Introduction to Volume 2: Roberto Giobbi, Reinach 1996

251 Chapter 17: Overhand Shuffle Techniques, Part 2
253 Bringing the Bottom Card to the Top
254 Controlling the Top and Bottom Stocks
257 The Lift Shuffle: Top Stock Control with the Lift Shuffle, Key-card Placement with the Lift Shuffle
259 Controlling the Entire Deck: the G. W. Hunter Shuffle
260 Controlling the Entire Deck: the Optical Shuffle
262 More Tricks with the Overhand Shuffle
262 Subconscious Poker: a demonstration of a controlled deal in Poker, with a Royal Flush finish
265 Aces Off the Cuff: Black Aces are produced, then change to red Aces, with the Blacks dropped from the sleeves

269 Chapter 18: Palming
271 Theoretical Considerations
272 The Palm Grip
273 The Top Palm
276 Palming Multiple Cards from the Top
277 Concealing Palmed Cards in the Hand
285 Replacing Palmed Cards
288 Tricks with Palming
288 Homing Card Plus (Francis Carlyle, Jimmy Grippo): signed card to pocket twice, then all but the signed card goes to the pocket
292 The Cards of Capistrano: a cards across routine

295 Chapter 19: The Pass
297 The Classic Pass
300 Covers for the Pass: The Riffle Pass, Other Covers
304 Tricks with the Pass
304 Finnegins Rewake: selection appears at the top of the deck
305 Card Through Handkerchief: deck is wrapped in handkerchief, yet selection slowly penetrates

309 Chapter 20: False Display Counts
311 The Elmsley Count
314 The Jordan Count
315 The Hamman Count
318 The Buckle Count
319 The Push-off Count
320 The Hamman Two-for-Four Count
321 Tricks with False Display Counts
321 The Really Wild Nine-card Trick (Bro. John Hamman, Arturo de Ascanio): Nine black cards turn red with the aid of a wild red card (Hammann count)
324 The Royal Acrobats: Variation on Vernon's Twisting the Aces. Four Kings turn face down one at a time. When placed in deck, they turn face up trapping a selection

329 Chapter 21: The Double Lift, Part 2
331 Another Double Turnover
335 More Tricks with the Double Lift
335 Vanished without a Trace!: A card changes into the selection. On a repeat, the card simply vanishes.
337 The Ambitious Card: a signed card repeatedly jumps to the top of the deck

345 Chapter 22: The Crimp
347 Crimping with the Index Finger
347 Crimping with the Heel of the Thumb
348 Crimping with an Overhand Shuffle
349 Cutting to a Crimped Card
349 Applications
350 A Trick Using the Crimp
350 Transposition Extraordinary: Spectator notes card at a position thought of. Magician takes a different card. The cards change places.

353 Chapter 23: The Glimpse
355 Top-card Riffle Glimpse
356 Top-card Double Lift Glimpse
356 Top-card Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
357 Bottom Card All-around Square-up Glimpse
357 Situational Bottom Card Glimpses
359 Center-card Glimpse
360 Tricks with the Glimpse
360 Card Catcher: the selection ends up face up in a face down packet
363 Impossible!: an impossible looking card location

365 Chapter 24: The Reverse
367 The Braue Reverse
368 Double Lift Reverse
370 Double Turnover Reverse
371 The Leg Reverse
372 Deck Turnover Reverse
374 Tricks with the Reverse
374 The Whistle (Annemann): two cards turn face up in the deck when whistled for
376 Reversible Mix-up (Frank Garcia): the wrong card ends up as the right one

379 Chapter 25: False Cut Techniques, Part 2
381 A True, Single, Tabled Cut
384 Single, Tabled, False Cut I
385 Single, Tabled, False Cut II
386 A True Running Cut
388 Up the Ladder
389 Dai Vernon's Cold-deck Cut
391 Affas-gaffas False Cut
392 Gambler's False Triple Cut

393 Chapter 26: Flourishes, Part 2
395 Turning Over the Top Card IV
396 Turning Over the Top Card V
396 Turning Over the Top Card VI
398 Springing the Cards
399 The Cascade
401 The Swivelleroo Cut
402 The Flip-flap Cut
404 One-handed Riffle Shuffle

407 Chapter 27: Theory
408 Some Thoughts on Theoretical Subjects
409 Presentation
409 The Role of Presentation: Meaning, Magical Atmosphere, Entertainment
410 The Role of the Performer: Why Perform Magic? Personality, Image, Voicebody Language
413 Style
414 Theme: Roles, The Phenomenon, Purpose, Proof
415 The Script: Content, Studying the Script, Spontaneity, Original Scripts, the Meaning of a Word, the Silent Script, The Script Structure, Logic
417 The Audience: Dealing with the Audience, Interaction with the Audience
418 Humor, Comedy, and the Joke: Personal Humor, Situation Comedy, Gags, Verbal Humor, The Role of Humor
420 Diverse Presentational Strategies: Conflict, Personification, Objects
421 Presentation and Construction: Effect, The Rule of Three, Applause
423 Concluding Remarks
423 Recommended Reading: recommended books for General, Biographies, Communication, Body Language, Rhetoric, Theater, Scripts, Humor
426 Construction
426 The Construction of a Trick: The Magical Effect, The Effect as Orientation, Consistency, Surprise and Suspense
428 The Construction of a Routine: Structure, The Principle of Mounting Interest, Examples of Routines
429 The Construction of the Program: Choice of Repertoire, Various Effect Categories, The Program Structure, New Tricks in the Program
432 In Conclusion
432 Recommended Reading
434 Directing Attention
434 The Means of Perception: We Perceive Constantly, Individual Conviction, Prejudices and Expectations, Peripheral Perceptions
436 The Physical Direction of Attention: The Direction of the Gaze, Movement, Touch, Contrast, Pointing, Visual Attractions
438 Mental Direction of Attention: Sources of Information, The Center of Attention, The Performer's Attention, False Contexts, False Assumptions, Premature Conclusions, The Strategy of Posing Questions, Naturalness and Handling, The Theory of False Solutions
442 Reading Your Spectators: It's the Eye, Body Language, Distance, Verbal Expressions
444 Summary
444 Recommended Reading
446 Technique, Handling and Management
446 Technique: Understanding the Mechanics, Understanding the Function, The Best Technique, Active and Passive Techniques
448 The Handling: A Soft Elegance, Dynamic and Aesthetic, Naturalness, Handling and Style
453 Management: Examples
454 Concluding Remarks
454 Recommended Reading
456 Timing
456 Timing and Duration
456 Timing and Rhythm
457 Timing and the Moment: Strong and Weak Moments, In-Transit Actions
458 Timing and Coordination: Timing as a Motor Skill, Timing in Construction, Timing in Presentation, Timing in the Direction of Attention
459 Timing and Simultaneity
460 Summary
460 Recommended Reading
461 Outs for Disasters and Disturbances
461 Disasters: Preventing Disasters, Technical Mistakes
464 Disturbances from the Audience: Strategies for Preventing Disturbances, Unintentional Disturbances, The Spectator Makes a Mistake, Intentional Disturbances
474 Conclusion
475 Recommended Reading
476 The Study of Card Conjuring
476 Choosing, Sifting and Collecting Material
477 Studying a Card Trick
478 General Remarks
481 Accessories: An Oversized Deck, Hand Weights, Hand Strength Exerciser, Qui Gong Balls, The Metronome, A Soft Surface, The Mirror, The Tape Recorder, The Video Recorder
483 Training Techniques: How Does One Practice Theory?, Mental Training
484 Concluding Remarks
484 Recommended Reading

487 Bibliographic Notes
491 Index

Giobbi, Roberto Giobbi: Card College 3

Comment:

Contents:

Foreword
Words for Enthusiasts
An Enticement to the Introduction
Contents
What Is in These Books?
The Principle of Reading Satisfaction
Principles Rather than Techniques
The Study
Trust
Intellect, Intuition, and Inspiration in Practice
The Sensuality of Card Magic
Gestalt
What Else?
The Prop as Instrument
Simplicity
Selecting the Right Trick
The Iceberg
The Secret
Some Comments on Terminology
Reactions to Date
Absolute Versus Relative Frames of Reference
Card College References
Chapter 28: Assorted Techniques and Refinements
The Biddle Steal
Counting Cards in a Fan
Counting Cards While Spreading Them Between the Hands
Setting Multiple Key Cards
The Spin Revelation and Display
The Vanish of a Card
The Bluff Cut
Holding Back a Card in the Card Case
The Transfer Move
The K. M. Move
The Vernon Addition
Tricks with Assorted Techniques and Refinements
The Invisible Card
The Four Seasons
Chapter 29: Techniques with Breaks, Steps and Injogs
Techniques with the Break
The Dribble Break
The Crocodile Technique
Transferring a Break from the Little Finger to the Heel of the Thumb
Inserting a Card into a Break
The Erdnase Break
Techniques with the Step
Ribbon Spread and Step
A Spectator Holds the Step
Fan and Step
Techniques with the Injog
The LePaul Automatic Jog-control
The Drop Jog
The Diagonal Insertion and Fan
An Injog Handling
Injog and Step After the Cut
General Reflections on Injogged Cards
Tricks with the Break, Step and Injog
The Master Grip
Remember and Forget
Chapter 30: Card Controls, Part 2
The Convincing Control
The Bluff Pass
A Direct Overhand Shuffle Control
The Logical Control
The Spread Crimp
The Bridge Control
Refinements and Final Thoughts
More Tricks Using Card Controls
A Sure Bet
Ambitious 1-2-3-4
Chapter 31: The Double Lift, Part 3
The Push-over Double
A Double Lift from the Center
Small Packet Double Lift
The Optical Replacement
The Turnover Replacement
The Vernon Replacement
A Double Lift Finesse
More Tricks with the Double Lift and Turnover
The Palindrome Cards
The Time Machine
Rise and Switch
Chapter 32: False Display Counts, Part 2
The Ascanio Spread
The Ascanio Spread Fan
The Open Display
The Olram Subtelty
The Gemini Count
The Over-count
The Multiple-lift Display Sequence
The Flushtration Count
Displaying All the Cards as Identical
The D'Amico Spread
More Tricks with False Display Counts
The Strasbourg Waltz
Set-reset Plus
The Dance of the Cannibals
Chapter 33: Riffle Shuffle Techniques, Part 2
The Zarrow Dynamic
The Zarrow Shuffle
The Direct Zarrow Shuffle
The Pull-through False Shuffle
Vernon's Pull-through Shuffle Variant
The Triumph Shuffle
A Combination False Shuffle
Controlling the Top Stock with a Riffle Shuffle
A Combination False Shuffle and Cut
The Block Transfer
A Red-Black False Shuffle
An In-The-Hands False Shuffle
More Tricks with Riffle Shuffle Techniques
Triumph
Dad Stevens, King of Card Cheats
Chapter 34: The Multiple Shift
The Insertion of the Cards
Swing Cut Multiple Shift
Bluff Multiple Shift
The Vernon Multiple Shift
Cardini's Overhand Multiple Shift
Carney's Natural Multiple Shift
The Simple Shift
The Tabled Multiple Shift
A Trick with the Multiple Shift
The Vanishing Deck
Chapter 35: The Faro Shuffle
The Partial Faro
The Faro Slough-off
The Perfect Faro
The Incomplete Faro Control
Faro Types
The Mathematical Basis of the Perfect Faro Shuffle
Mathematical Principles
Tricks with Faro Techniques
The Acrobatic Aces
The Two Detectives
Numerology
Chapter 36: Advanced Palming Techniques
The One-handed Palm
The Gambler's Cop
Management Strategies for the Gambler's Cop
Replacing Cards in Gambler's Cop Under the Deck
The Transfer Palm
The Loewy Palm
The Left-hand Bottom Palm
The Right-hand Bottom Palm
The Right-hand Bottom Palm of Multiple Cards
Norman Houghton's Pocket Extraction
Producing a Card from Your Inner Left Jacket-pocket
Producing a Card from Your Inner Right Jacket-pocket
Replacing Palmed Cards on the Bottom of the Deck
More Tricks with Palming
The Card in the Glass
The Open Prediction
Chapter 37: Color Changes
The Side-slip Color Change
The Slap Change
The Wave Change
The Houdini Color Change
The Flip-flop Change
The Fadeaway Card Change
Final Thoughts
Tricks with Color Changes
Through and Through
Holy Smoke!
Chapter 38: The Side Steal and Diagonal Palm Shift
The Side-steal Transfer
Covers for the Side Steal
The Side-steal Bottom Placement and Variations
The Side-steal Palm
The Simplified Side-steal Palm
The Diagonal Palm Shift
The Convincing Control Palm
Tricks with the Side-steal Transfer and Palm
Picnick at the Summit
The Return of the Phantom
Bibliographic Notes
Index

Giobbi, Roberto Giobbi: Card College 4

Comment:

Contents:

Foreword
Chapter 39: Force Techniques, Part 3
The Under-the-Table Force
The Ribbon-spread Force
The Toss Force
The Peek Force
The Cut Force
The Credit-card Force
The Curious Count
The Packet Force
The Mishmash Force
Forcing Under a Handkerchief
The Bottom Bluff Force
The Dribble Force
Tricks Using Forces
A Question of Sex
The Card in the Wallet
Chapter 40: Card Switches
The Curry Turnover Change
The Simple Turnover Switch
The Card-spread Switch
The Allerton Change
The Kaps Switch
The "Hofzinser" Top Change
The Push-in Change
The Glide Change
The Mexican Turnover
Tricks with Card Switches
Everywhere and Nowhere
Underground Twins
Trapped in the Future
Chapter 41: Packet Switches
The Veeser Concept
The Toss Switch
The Talazac Switch
The Gambler's Packet Switch
The Jinx Change
The Pendulum Switch
Olram's Jinx Switch
The Turnover Palm Switch
The Steamboat Switch
The Count Switch
Tricks with Packet Switches
Flash Transposition
Day Trippers
Three-way Excursion
Chapter 42: The Deck Switch
The Direct Deck Switch
The Gambler's Deck Switch
The Joker Switch
The Deck Switch in the Contect of a Trick
The Trojan Deck
Through the Table
In a Flash
The Cardsharp
The Vanishing Deck Reconsidered
Final Thoughts on Deck Swithces
Chapter 43: Estimation
Visual Estimation
An Application
Location Using Outs
Fingernail Estimation
Tricks with Estimation
The Miracle Aces
Impossibility
Miraculous Coincidence
Chapter 44: Culling
The Grismer Cull
The Lessinout Shuffle
The Downjog Cull
The Above-the-Spread Cull
The Green Angle Separation
Tricks Using Culls
Trimental
The Stop Trick
Chapter 45: Stacking
The Erdnase Stack Shuffle
The Milk-build Shuffle
The Frank Lane Stack
Riffle Shuffle Stacking
Final Observations
Tricks with Stacking
Moracle
The Pseudo-stack
The Gambler in Person
Chapter 46: False Dealing
The Cards
The Basic Grip and the True Deal
The Double Deal
The Push-off Second Deal
The Strike Second Deal
The Bottom Deal
The Sail
A Trick Using False Deals
Call Your Hand
Chapter 47: Sandwich Techniques
The Display Load
The Direct Load
The Kosky Switch
The Simple Sandwich Load
Tricks with Sandwich Techniques
Cheops's Dunbury Sandwich
Hold the Mayo
Chapter 48: Lapping
General Observations on the Application of Lapping
The Bottom-card Lap
The All-around Square-up Lap
Jean Claude Page's Lapping Method
The Lap Control
The Trousers-fold Holdout
The Knee Holdout
Chapter 49: Advanced Pass Techniques
The Basic Technique
The Invisible Pass
Cover Suggestions for the Invisible Pass
The Turnover Pass
The Spread Pass
The Dribble Pass
The Cover Pass
The Display Pass
The Spread Half-pass
The Christ Twist
More Tricks with the Pass
Catch 22
Super-sensitive Fingertips
Chapter 50: Tilt
Tilt
One-handed Tilt Get-ready
Tilt Finesse I
Tilt Finesse II
Final Thought
Tricks with Tilt
Card Collection
Ultra-ambitious
Chapter 51: Flourishes, Part 2
The Side Shuffle
The Wave Cut
The Toss Cut
The Twin Falls Shuffle
The Four-card Turnover Display
The Star Turnover Display
The Frank Shields Display
The Pirouette
The Twirl
The Ravelli Pop-out
Chapter 52: Reverses, Part 2
The Swing-cut Reverse
The Future Reverse
The Palm Reverse
The Larreverse
FIRP
The Riffle-shuffle Reverse
More Tricks Using Reverses
Reverse Interlude
Surprise Spelling
Chapter 53: Turnovers
The All-around Square-up Turnover
The Through-the-Fist Flourish
The Gambler's Turnover
The Wristwatch Turnover
The Spectator Turnover
The Okito-box Turnover
The Transfer Turnover
Tricks with Turnovers
The Easy Poker Demonstration
Ace-capades
Chapter 54: The Structure of Magic
The Magic Pyramid
The System
Effects, Intellectual and Emotional
The Magic Iceberg
Final Thoughts
Bibliographic Notes
Cumulative Index

Giobbi, Roberto: Card College Vol. 5
©2003, Hermetic Press, Inc.
Hardback, 1417

Comments (Jake Austin): none

Contents:

lxi Foreword
lxiii Introduction to Volume 5

1097 Chapter 55: Miscellaneous Techniques
1099 Versatile Jokers
1099 Adding or Subtracting Special Cards in the Card Case
1101 Starting with Jokers and Special Cards in the Card Case
1102 Gimmicked Jokers
1103 Jokers and Simple Setups
1103 Tricks Using the Jokers
1103 Three-card Monte
1104 Twin Fools
1110 The Charlier Shuffle
1113 The Overhand Lift Shuffle Run-up
1119 On the Red-black Overhand Shuffle
1122 The Overhand Shuffle Glimpse
1123 The Gamblers' Bottom-card Glimpse
1124 Secret Setup
1129 Double Turnover from a Spread in the Hands
1133 The Snap-over Color Change
1134 Obtaining a Duplicate of a Spectator's Signature

1137 Chapter 56: Starting Easy
1139 A Psychological Test
1146 Strange Harmony
1153 Affinity in Numbers
1157 The Happy Birthday Card Trick

1161 Chapter 57: Quick Effects
1163 The Quick-change Artists
1170 Countdown Stop
1174 Pasteboard Blendo
1178 Coalaces

1181 Chapter 58: Ace Overtures
1183 Thompson's Aces
1188 How Lucky Can You Get?
1192 The Cards of Destiny
1199 Sign of Four

1205 Chapter 59: Four for the Aces
1207 Study for Four Aces
1220 The Joker is a Diakka
1233 The Knowledgeable Cards
1239 Slow Henry

1251 Chapter 60: Firm Favorites
1253 The History of Playing Cards
1260 The Homesick Jesters
1269 The Endless Loop
1276 Stop!

1283 Chapter 61: Gambles
1285 Fantasist at the Card Table
1298 The Poker Player's Royal Flush
1303 Poker Burn

1309 Chapter 62: Mental Effects
1311 Insured Prediction
1318 Mind-and Sightless
1326 Telekinesis

1331 Chapter 63: Cards & Co.
1333 The Color-changing Deck
1344 SuperLative Lover
1349 The Joker Folds Up
1361 All's Wells That Ends Wells
1367 On the LePaul Envelope Set
1375 Wallet Bound

1383 Chapter 64: A Cardman's Humor

1395 Bibliographic Notes
1403 Cumulative Index

The Royal Road To Card Magic Book - Jean Hugard & Frederick Braue

PREFACE
PART ONE
I. "THE OVERHAND SHUFFLE, I"
    Position of the Pack
    Execution of the Overhand Shuffle. Using the Overhand Shuffle: Controlling the Top Card
    Controlling the Bottom Card
    Retaining the Top and Bottom Cards
    Top Card to Next to Bottom and Back
    The Run
    The Injog
    The Undercut. Overhand Shuffle Control: Retaining Top Stock
    Overhand False Shuffle
    Overhand Shuffle Practice Routine. Tricks with the Overhand Shuffle: Topsy turvy Cards
    Poker's Player's Picnic
    A Pocket Discovery
    Telepathy Plus
    Thought Stealer
    Pinkie Does It
    A Card and a Number
II. THE RIFFLE SHUFFLE
    Riffle Shuffle Control: Retaining Card at Top
    Retaining at the Bottom
    Riffle Shuffle in the Air. Tricks with the Riffle Shuffle: An Instinct for Cards
    Mirror of the Mind
    Ultra Card Divination
III. FLOURISHES
    Displaying the Top Card:
    (a) For intimate performances
    (b) For intimate performances
    (c) For platform performances
    The Ruffle:
    (a) With both hands
    (c) With a Single Card
    The Click-Spread and Turnover:
    (a) On a Cloth-Covered Table
    (b) On a Bare Table. Gathering the Ribbon-Spread Pack
    Springing the Cards
    A Flourish Count
    Throwing a Card
    Waterfall Sh
    The Fan
    One-Hand Fan
    Thumb Fan
    Pressure Fan
IV. THE GLIDE
    Tricks with the Glide: Design for Laughter
    Observation Test
V. THE GLIMPSE
    Bottom-Card Glimpse
    I Bottom-Card Glimpse
    II Bottom-Card Glimpse
    III Top-Card Glimpse
    Fan Peek
    Tricks with the Glimpse: Gray's Spelling Trick
    Round and Round
VI. THE KEY CARD
    Key Undercut
    Key Undercut Shuffle. Tricks with the Key Card: Do as I Do
    The Three Piles
    The 26th Card
    A Meeting of the Minds
    The Non-Poker Voice
    Intuition with Cards
    Sliding Key Card
VII. THE PALM
    Top Palm:
    (1) A Single Card
    (2) Several Cards
    Palm Glimpse
    Replacing Palmed Cards: First Method
    Second Method
    Tricks with the Palm: Card in the Pocket
    Now You See It!
    Grag-Bag Card
    Good-Luck Card
    Do It and Fail
    Gathering of the Clan
    A Vested Interest
    Piano Trick
VIII. THE BACKSLIP
    Backslip Force
    Backslip Control. Tricks with the Backslip: Lightning Card
    The Tanalizer
    Under You
IX. "THE OVERHAND SHUFFLE, II"
    Injog and Break
    Overhand Break Control
    Overhand Lift Shuffle
    Lift Shuffle Force
    Spread and Break
    Holding a Break
    Spread and Break Control
    Tricks with the Overhand Shuffles: The Sevens
    Obliging Aces
    Leapfrog
    Spectator's Card Trick
    A Poker Puzzle
X. FALSE SHUFFLES AND CUTS
    Optical Shuffle
    Charlier Shuffle
    The Cut: First Method
    Second Method
    Third Method
    Fourth Method
    Palm Cut. Tricks with the Shuffles and Cuts: An Incomprehensible Divination
    Circus Card Trick
    "Black Jack, Detective"
XI. THE DOUBLE LIFT AND TURNOVER
    Double-Lift Glimpse
    Double-Lift Card Reverse:
    (a) Top-Card Reversal
    (b) Second-Card Reversal
    (c) Second-Card Reversal
    Tricks with the Double Lift: Rapid Transit
    The Trey
    Ambitious Card
    Throughth and Consequences
    Insidious Dr. Fu Liu Tu
XII. THE PASS
    The Grip
    Left-Hand Action
    Right-Hand Action
    Riffle Pass
    Spread Pass
    Spring Pass
    "Tricks with the Pass: Off Again, On Again, Finnegin"
    Kangaroo
    Righting a Wrong
    Blindfolded Pack
    Double Speller
XIII. MISCELLANEOUS FLOURISHES
    Color Change
    Double Color Change
    The Changing Card
    Self-Cutting Deck
    A Pretty Cut
    Pop-up Card
    A Bit of Byplay
    Charlier Cut
    Acrobatic Aces
XIV. THE REVERSES
    First Method
    Second Method
    Third Method
    Fourth Method
    Reversed Location. Tricks with the Reverses: Spellbound
    A Tipsy Trick
    Double Reverse
    Mentalivity
    Mountebank
    Miracle
XV. THE HINDU SHUFFLE AND OTHER CONTROLS
    Hindu Shuffle Control: Single Card
    Several Cards. Hindu Shuffle Force
    Hindu Shuffle Glimpse
    The Step
    Natural Jog
    Twelve-Down Riffle. Tricks with the Hindu Shuffle: All Change Here
    Ewephindit
XVI. THE CLASSIC FORCE
    One-Hand Force
    Bottom Force
    Slide-Out Force
    Two Card Force
    Riffle-Break Force
    Sliding-Key Force
    Double-Lift Force
    Cut Force. Tricks with the Force: Justice Card Trick
    Four of a Kind
    Pulse Trick
XVII. TOP AND BOTTOM CH
    Top Change
    The Changing Card
    Top-Change Byplay
    Bottom Change
    Top and Bottom Changes
XVIII. ARRANGEMENTS
    Tricks with Arrangements: The Selective Touch
    A Future in Cards
    Jacks Wild
    Think Stop
    Deal Away
    The Educated Cards
    Reds and Blacks
XIX. ROUTINES
    Routining Card Tricks
    A Table Routine
    A Rollicking Routine
    Card-Discovery Routine
    Razzle-Dazzle Routine
PART THREE
XX. PLATFORM TRICKS
    Conus Ace Trick
    Ladies' Looking Glass
    Everywhere and Nowhere
    Cards up the Sleeve
    Cards to the Pocket
    Enlarging and Diminishing Cards
    Three Cards Across
    "Everybody's Card, I"
    "Everybody's Card, II"
INDEX

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