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Learned pigs & fireproof women

Learned pigs & fireproof women more books like this

by Ricky Jay

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A cult classic and a work of remarkable scholarship, this title is an investigation into the inspired world of side shows, circuses, and singularly talented performers. Jay's unparalleled collection of books, posters, photographs, programs, broadsides, and data about unjustifiably forgotten entertainers all over the world made this unique book ...

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Jay's Journal of Anomalies

Jay's Journal of Anomalies more books like this

by Ricky Jay

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This volume gathers four years of Ricky Jay's quarterly of the same name, a collection of magic-related tidbits from history. Jay, himself a sleight-of-hand artist who has performed in the intimate settings of Broadway theaters as well as in Hollywood films and is an historian of magic and performance, presents pieces regarding such eccentric ...

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Cards as Weapons more books like this

by Ricky Jay

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The author of the critically acclaimed Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women, a nationally known sleight-of-hand expert, movie actor and magician extraor dinaire, presents a stylish parody of self-defense books that demonstrates how ordinary playing cards can be used as a means of protection. Photos.

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Extraordinary Exhibitions: The Wonderful Remains of an Enormous Head, the Whimsiphusicon & Death to the Savage Unitarians

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by Ricky Jay

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An informal history of sensational, scientific, silly and startling attractions based on 17th, 18th and 19th Century Broadsides from the collection of Ricky Jay. With some observations on the convention of promoting such appearances, and digressions on the manner and method of printing advertisements to do so, and with insight into the psychology ...

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Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotton Luck

Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotton Luck more books like this

by Ricky Jay, Rosamond Wolff Purcell (Photographer)

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This celebration and meditation on dice through the ages includes an explanation of the etymology of "craps" and various tales of armless dicers and ingenious hustlers. It also features the tale of Scandinavian kings of the Middle Ages who diced for islands.

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Dice: Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck

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by Ricky Jay, Rosamond Purcell (Photographer)

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An actor and sleight-of-hand performer, Ricky Jay proves that there's more to dice than meets the eye. He journeys through history and literature, examining the role of dice in Indian epic poetry and Viking allegories alike. He also provides insider information on how dice are loaded.

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Donald Sultan : playing cards more books like this

by Donald Sultan, David Mamet, Ricky Jay, Edit DeAk

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Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten Luck used book

Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten Luck

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Publisher: Quantuck Lane Press ISBN-13: 9780971454811 ISBN: 0971454817

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Dice: Deception and Destruction new book

Dice: Deception and Destruction

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ISBN-13: 9780971454811 ISBN: 0971454817

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Magic, 1400s-1950s new book

Magic, 1400s-1950s

by Noel Daniel; Jim Steinmeyer; Mike Caveney; Ricky Jay other copies of this book

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Taschen America LLC ISBN-13: 9783836509770 ISBN: 3836509776

Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). Magic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Once persecuted as heretics and sorcerers, magicians have always been conduits to a parallel universe of limitless ... read more

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Magic, 1400s-1950s new book

Magic, 1400s-1950s

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Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Taschen America LLC ISBN-13: 9783836509770 ISBN: 3836509776

Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly imported from the UK using International Priority Airmail. Delivery is typically 5-10 working days. Please do not select expedited shipping. Heavier and more expensive items have tracking number. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). Magic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Once persecuted as heretics and sorcerers, magicians have always been conduits to a parallel universe of limitless ... read more

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