Thanks! Roberto Giobbi
Forward Arturo De Ascanio

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

Effects:
• The Invisible Card
• The Four Seasons
• The Master Grip
• Remember And Forget
• A Sure Bet
• Ambitious 1-2-3-4
• The Palindrome Cards
• The Time Machine
• Rise And Switch
• The Strasbourg Waltz
• Set-Reset Plus
• The Dance Of The Cannibals
• Triumph
• Dad Stevens, King Of Card Cheats
• The Vanishing Deck
• The Acrobatic Aces
• The Two Detectives
• Numerology
• The Card In The Glass
• The Open Prediction
• Through And Through
• Holy Smoke!
• Picnick At The Summit
• The Return Of The Phantom