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Features 54 Dan Sperry by David Regal 48 An Extract from a Dissertation on The Double Lift
by Jamy Ian Swiss
70 Mind Magic
70 Psychologists Investigate the Impossible by Richard Wiseman 73 A Look at Two New Books on Magic and the Mind by David Britland
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Genii Speaks by Richard Kaufman Now Performing On the Slant by Jon Racherbaumer
Memoirs of a Magic Dealer
More Washington Wizards by Al Cohen The Genii Session Card Magic is the Poetry of Magic by Roberto Giobbi Magicana by David Acer 24 Cheeky Triumph by Chris Westfall 25 The Hucko Double Color-Change by Richard Hucko 27 Portia’s Portrait by Daniele Nigris Conjuring The Upside-Down Lantern by Jim Steinmeyer The Chamber of Secrets T hayer’s Sensational Growing Billiard Ball by John Gaughan Lodestones Wonders of a Fragmented Vision by Tom Stone
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Light from the Lamp 78 Books Reviewed by Jamy Ian Swiss
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Handcrafted Card Magic Volume 2 by Denis Behr Tales of Enchantment by Walt Anthony ACAAB: Any Card At Any Birthday by Boris Wild Look No Hands by Wayne Dobson
81 Videos Reviewed by Dustin Stinett
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World’s Greatest Magic: Wild Card, Tenkai Pennies and Milliken’s Transposition, Out of This World The Minotaur: Final Issue by Dan Harlan and Marv Leventhal The Classic Force by Phil Jay The Skip Switch Project by Ollie Mealing The Way of the Shinobi by Emran Riaz
The Awakening by Dan Harlan The Finger of Fate /Psychic Darts by Peter Marucci Perfect Nail Bending by Katto Cody’s Comedy Confabulation ebook by Cody Fisher Restaurant Opener by Cody Fisher Three Six Five by Chris Congreave !Warning by Kostya Kimlat Devastation by Wayne Dobson
84 Tricks Reviewed by Danny Orleans
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88 Subscription Information /Advertisers Index
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