Hiding The Elephant. How Magicians Invented the Impossible, Paperback - Jim Steinmeyer

Presents a story of the Golden Age of magic and of the world's legendary magicians: the personalities who patented the first ghost and competed fie...

Reducere. Now in paperback comes Jim Steinmeyer's astonishing chronicle of half a century of illusionary innovation, backstage chicanery, and keen competitio...

A comic-book inspired adventure, it is funny, thrilling and totally engrossing. When Hector Coleman and his mates genetically mutate overnight, his...

A fascinating and comprehensive history, 'Demanding the Impossible' is a challenging and thought-provoking exploration of anarchist ideas and actio...

Reducere. In a biography woven from equal parts enchantment and mystery, master illusion designer and today's foremost magic historian, Jim Steinmeyer, unvei...

Incredible true stories of a life-saving presence experienced in extreme adventuring situations - backed up by weighty research

Greg Whyte learnt from an early age that the biggest obstacle in life was people telling him 'No, you can't'. Using the examples of iconic Comic Re...

Bestselling author, Sally Emerson introduces the eerie and supernatural into her keen-eyed portraits of everyday life in this wondrous collection o...

In 'Kathy Acker: Writing the Impossible', Georgina Colby explores Acker's compositional processes and intricate experimental practices, from early ...

Reducere. That Old Black Magic is a history of the best known black stage magicians performing in the United States since the colonial days, featuring fascin...

Storytelling radio phenomenon }The Moth{ draws together stories from voices familiar and lesser known. The selection here are along the theme of mo...

Over the past fifteen years, writer, producer and director Christopher Nolan has emerged from the margins of independent British cinema to become o...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Dr Joe VitaleThink about this -- * What would you try if you knew "Anything Is Possible"? * What goal could you achieve if ...

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Reducere. One of the most popular Saints in the Church for centuries, St. Rita is known as the "Saint of the Impossible" because of her amazing answers to pr...

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Reducere. With this empowering, transformative guide, you'll find the strength to overcome your greatest challenges by exploring the lives of the Bible's mos...

What have the hippies ever done for us? Matthew Ingram explores the relationship between the summer of love and wellness, medicine, and health.

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Reducere. DescriptionThe God Dare. Where will you hear it? . . . Deep down inside, you know you're on this planet for a reason. God has a plan in mind just f...

Reducere. Have you encountered the God of miracles? Do you have faith to believe the impossible? Learn to develop wonder-working faith in God's Word that wil...

A no nonsense self-empowerment handbook from Scarlett V Clark: activist, motivational speaker and Founder, CEO of Smart Girl Tribe.

Reducere. And They Said It Wasn't Possible relates the true stories of people who suffered with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel difficul...

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Reducere. From the author of Hiding the Elephant and The Glorious Deception comes a collection of five essays that shows how the great stage illusions were i...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Jim KellyIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 164Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 202 x 19Cove...

Why do we give a damn about strangers?

Vice, Crime, and Poverty traces the untold history of the concept of the underworld and its representations in popular culture. From the Parisian d...

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Reducere. Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capitalism? The Scots. As historian and author Ar...

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Reducere. From the Financial Times's global finance correspondent, the incredible true story of the iconoclastic geeks who defied conventional wisdom and end...

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A brilliant, revelatory account of the Cold War origins of the data-mad, algorithmic twenty-first century, from the acclaimed and internationally b...

Her grandfather's last wish is that Kirsty should take care of his allotment, but she is devastated when she is told that it has to go to the next ...

A magical blend of biography, history and illustration brings the stories of eight amazing magicians into the spotlight.Illustrations: 33 Illustrat...

Stuart Kelly's biography of Sir Walter Scott defies classification in terms of genre. Rather than a literary biography, or critical study, it is a ...

A brilliant, revelatory account of the Cold War origins of the data-mad, algorithmic twenty-first century, from the acclaimed and internationally b...

The bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus, one of the most renowned and controversial Bible scholars in the world today examines oral tradition an...

Reducere. "Much like The Boy In the Striped Pajamas or The Book Thief, " this remarkable memoir from Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the...

Reducere. We can all live the impossible, even when life doesn't go as planned.Jenny Smith was a typical '80s teenager-a gymnast and athlete who loved hair a...

Reducere. "Makes a reader feel like a time traveler plopped down among men who were by turns vicious and visionary." The Christian Science Monitor The modern...

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Focusing on the philosophical registers of literary texts, Adam Meehan traces the development of modernist attitudes toward subjectivity, particula...

Reducere. We believe in the 'Impossible'. We believe 'impossible' isn't just a word, it's a challenge. A challenge that invites us to step up to the plate an...

Steve Inskeep tells the riveting story of John and Jessie Fr mont, the husband and wife team who in the 1800s were instrumental in the westward exp...