From simple to advanced, and using household and inexpensive props, Knack Magic Tricks includes tricks using cards, coins, handkerchiefs, and fruit, as well as mental tricks, anytime tricks, standup tricks, and tricks especially for kids (to be performed both for them and by them). There's nothing like performing magic--and there's nothing like plodding through a text-heavy book on the subject whose illustrations don't quite do the trick. Enter Knack Magic Tricks. With instructions distilled to the most essential information you need, combined with 450 full-color photographs that lead you step by step through each action (many from the magician's point of view), this book makes learning magic easier than you ever thought possible. Written by a noted authority, and using household and inexpensive props, it also offers plenty of advice on how to entertain an audience while performing mind-blowing deceptions, illusions, and sleight of hand. 450 full-color photos showing: Card Tricks * Coin TricksMental Mysteries String Tricks * Rope TricksBill Tricks * Fruit TricksHandkerchief TricksCup Tricks * Magic for Kids Richard Kaufman is the editor and publisher of Genii, The Conjurer's Magazine , an acclaimed magicians' journal. He has written and edited many books on magic for magicians and the public.   Elizabeth O’Keefe Kaufman is an award-winning reporter, photographer, designer, and previously the managing editor of National Jesuit News. Today she’s publisher and art director of Genii.